Introduction

As the 1992 C.O. On-the-Job Training was about to end, the CO Supervisors articulated the need for a C.O. Training Manual that would serve as guide for Training Community Organizers and Lead Persons in Antique. At the same time, the Training Team had to prepare a brief summary of the training as a part of the second quarter documentation. To respond to both, the Training Team agreed to come up with a book that would embody a CO Training Manual and a brief account of the CO on-the-job training.

The task of preparing the draft of the book outlines was mine, afterwhich my teammate. Gil Boboy Gardiola and the other members of the CO Training Team, Norma Javellana and Elizabeth Veñegas of AFON critically reviewed and enriched.

I also prepared the first draft of the book, drawing heavily from COPE's CO Training Materials namely: COPE's Trainors' Training Manual written by Fernando "Y" Yusingco, CO Training Manual written b Felipe Maglaya and Organizing People for Power. I also drew from Oscar Francisco's inputs during the study sessions and C.O. seminar in Antique and from other references which are listed in the ANNEX portion of this book.

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Gil Gardiola's and my own experiences in training and organizing that were shared throughout the 1992 CO on-the-job training are all here. The inputs on socio-economic projects by Alice Murphy of COPE and Rose Dimamay of PROCESS and the inputs on organizing around gender issues by Karina David are included too.

The draft that I prepared was critically reviewed by the CO Training Committee mentioned above. The team of Editors was the same committee plus Arnold Vandenbroek of ANIAD-PMO.

Arnold gave so much time in pursuing the drafts. He helped improve the logical arrangement of the topics and patiently suggested improvements on phraseology from one draft to another. Aside from editing, portions of Part Two, namely, The Antique Situation, Pointers for Socio-Economic Projects and Pointers for organizing around gender issues were prepared for him.

The Kinaray-a translation of the C.O. qualities was done by Nonong Egida of AFON and the encoding on the computer from one draft to another draft was done by Mary Grace Hilario, also Denis Murphy of COPE Foundation edited the third draft.

After the final draft, all the other tasks in preparation for the printing of this book were Arnolds.

This book, as you see, is a convergence of many people's efforts to make social change happen. With much hope then, motivated by our faith in one anothers capacity to take risks and responsibilities, let us be strong. May we, who use this book, never stop dreaming.

Francia C. Clavecillas

COPE Foundation