Rooted in Mission, Growing in Action: TAMPEI 2026 Midyear Assessment and Planning
TAMPEI conducts a midyear assessment and planning every June/July of each year to revisit its strategic plan and detail its activities for the rest of the year. This year, the midyear assessment and planning was conducted in San Rafael, Bulacan from 17 July to 20 July 2026. This event includes a planning session, a Movement-building and Advocacy Program (MAP) Workshop which aimed to detail TAMPEI’s membership criteria, and smaller, more focused, project-level meetings. This was attended by all TAMPEI staff, volunteers, board members, and other representatives of organizations of the Philippine Alliance (PA) – PACSII, HPFPI, and LinkBuild.
Updates and Planning
Introduction and Overview
The program started with welcome remarks by TAMPEI president Ar. Arr Jay Rubinos stating expectations on alignment of project and institutional activities with other PA organizations and recognizing the efforts of the MAP Committee to organize and plan the workshop.
This was followed by introductions where participants shared their expectations including status and updates from other hubs, to learn more about where TAMPEI is involved, and to have meaningful discussions throughout the three-day event.
Before the discussions started, Ar. Louie Posadas, Executive Director of TAMPEI, facilitated a prioritization of concerns where each participant was given five cards to write down one concern or question in each card for pre-identified topics. Topics ranged from project plans and activities, pending proposals, and institutional tasks. This helped prioritize points of discussion to better understand which topics need more involved conversations.
This was then followed by an overview of the current strategic plan where Mr. Posadas ran through how the strategic plan was formulated and its development through the years. The current strategic plan was presented with TAMPEI’s vision, mission, objectives, programs, key result areas, and organizational chart.
Hub Updates
After the strategic plan overview, each hub coordinator presented hub updates covering their current active members, the hub direction, current priorities, and networks. Mr. Ruel Orcajada, Core Programs Manager, presented the hub updates for the Luzon Hub. Mr. Orcajada focused on discussing the progress on university partnerships and the work being done by the interns in the communities. Luzon Hub priorities include building academic partnerships in Albay, renewing TAMPEI’s PRC accreditation, developing new project proposals, and TAMPEI’s CSO accreditation in Muntinlupa City.
The Mindanao Hub, led by Mr. Armand Martin, presented their ongoing project activities covering the Passive Cooling project, SIDA project, VALHOA water system construction, GA-LLA project, and RURBANISE project. Alignment with other PA organizations were discussed regarding TAMPEI involvement especially for projects being led by other organizations.
The discussion around the Cebu Hub updates, led by Engr. Lurebe Paña, revolved around the Cebu office renovations and equipment needs. The hub also reported updates on TAMPEI’s CSO accreditation in Mandaue City and the next steps after the conduction of the Community Architecture Mentorship Program (CAMP) in Mandaue City.
The Iloilo Hub updating, led by Ar. Arr Jay Rubinos, focused on project activity updates and engagements with Iloilo City Government and Antique Provincial Government. Discussions with other participants revolved around TAMPEI’s gains from the engagement with Antique Provincial Government.
Before the next activity, Ar. Emelyn Bermundo presented a summary of the HOA Adaptation Plans developed under Project RURBANISE. This added context for the next activity, given the technical components of some of the plans, where the participants broke out into three groups: 1) Technical concerns, 2) Project RURBANISE concerns, and 3) Finance, Administration, and Human Resources concerns.
Given time constraints, each group noted action points which TAMPEI will then take into smaller, more focused meetings to be conducted after the Midyear Assessment event.
MAP Workshop
Context
The Movement-building and Advocacy Program (MAP) Committee’s main objective for this cycle’s strategic plan is to set the criteria for membership and identify who TAMPEI’s members are. The MAP Committee was formed last September 2024 during TAMPEI’s Strategic Planning session for the 2025-2027 Strategic Plan. In July 2025, during TAMPEI’s Midyear Assessment that year, a membership workshop was conducted to lay the foundation of the MAP Committee’s work in developing the Membership Manual.
After the membership workshop, the committee started conducting quarterly meetings to develop the manual. Simultaneously, at the hub level, each one discussed membership criteria that are applicable for their respective area’s context. These criteria discussed at the local level were then consolidated by the committee into a criteria with the minimum requirements that can be implemented at the national level.
Workshop
After contextualizing and discussing the refined criteria, the MAP Committee, led by Ar. Emelyn Bermundo, presented the draft membership manual. The participants were then divided into seven groups to discuss the eight sections (one group discussed two sections) that comprised the membership manual. Each group deliberated on the terms of each section, editing and commenting on the details. They then presented these to the plenary which then further discussed the proposed changes to sharpen the salient points. All these inputs were documented and the MAP Committee will consolidate and present a final version at the TAMPEI Annual General Assembly for approval.
Q2 Board of Trustees Meeting
TAMPEI also held its Q2 Board of Trustees Meeting last 19 July 2026. Six of nine board members were present with TAMPEI President, Ar. Arr Jay Rubinos, presiding the meeting. Ar. Cagan, Ar. Santos, Ms. Ayson, Ar. Libutaque-Ebreo, Ms. Sarmiento, and Atty. Torre were the other board members present.
Ms. Roberta Gonzales-Sison, the Finance, Administration, and Human Resources (FAHR) Program Manager, presented to the board TAMPEI’s financial health highlighting how TAMPEI utilizes its project grant funds and taking note of the board’s comments on the guidelines in development for a revolving fund that TAMPEI is piloting. Under the FAHR Program matters, the board also discussed guidelines (also still in development) for the retirement fund, a topic that was brought about due to findings in the audit report.
Mr. Ruel Orcajada, the Core Programs Manager, presented the progress of the Technical Assistance Program (TAP) in developing the consultancy packages which are based on the existing tariffs prescribed by professional organizations such as the United Architects of the Philippines, Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, etc. Mr. Orcajada stressed that in developing the packages, it is important to draw the balance between recognizing the value of the work that technical professionals do while, at the same time, making these services accessible to the urban poor, TAMPEI’s main target sector. He also gave the board some updates on the progress on TAMPEI’s Civil Society Organization (CSO) Accreditation wherein TAMPEI has already been accredited in Iloilo City and Davao City while application is ongoing for Muntinlupa City and Mandaue City.
Since the Membership and Advocacy Program (MAP) Workshop just culminated, the Board advised that the MAP Committee consolidate workshop results, present these back to the hubs, refine the Membership Manual, and ensure the committee’s commitment to the timeline presented during the workshop. The MAP Committee aims to present the refined manual to the Board during the Third Quarter Board Meeting.
Ar. Louie Posadas, Executive Director of TAMPEI, gave updates on project proposals, upcoming projects, ongoing projects, and projects for closing that have only a few pending deliverables left. He then showed a calendar of TAMPEI’s projected institutional and project activities.
Other Activities
In between major institutional activities, the multiple project-level meetings were conducted to maximize the physical presence of board, staff, and members based in the cities of Mandaue, Iloilo, and Davao. The different teams took the time to plan out their upcoming activities and engagements.
Given that many community engagements happen during the weekend when community members are free and don’t have to sacrifice a day’s wage to attend capacity building, organizational development, and other activities, finding time to rest can be a challenge for the staff so a whole day was allotted for free time. This provided the team time to spend time together outside of work obligations to relax and have fun.
