SLSU-TO RIES Hosts Capacity-Building Writeshop on Extension Impact Assessment

A two-day Seminar-Writeshop on Integrating Impact Assessment in Extension Programs, Projects, and Activities (PPAs) was successfully held on July 15–16, 2025, at the Conference Room, Admin Building. This engagement, organized by the Extension Services Office of Tomas Oppus Campus, gathered extension project leaders, program heads, and professors to enhance their knowledge and capacity in integrating impact assessment into extension work.

Dr. Rhoderick D. Malangsa led the core sessions of the two-day seminar-writeshop, delivering in-depth lectures on key concepts such as Extension Project and R.D.E. Inputs, Adoption Pathway, Project Outcomes, Net Benefits, Theory of Change, and Monitoring and Evaluation. He stressed the importance of aligning extension work with research outputs and impact assessment. Participants engaged in an interactive writeshop to assess their projects, focusing on adoption pathways and social value. On Day 2, attendees presented and refined their proposals using the frameworks learned, with peer feedback and expert guidance. The two-day engagement concluded with a brief closing program that celebrated the participants' active involvement and renewed commitment to improving the quality, relevance, and sustainability of extension services.

This seminar-writeshop was grounded in a strong rationale: while SUCs have expanded their extension activities, the lack of structured impact assessment systems continues to pose challenges in measuring real outcomes and societal benefits. Many programs focus solely on outputs without evaluating long-term impacts, thus limiting institutional effectiveness and growth. Embedding impact assessment as an integral part of extension work is critical for accountability, continuous improvement, and policy development. 

This initiative directly supports Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4: Quality Education by promoting inclusive, equitable, and impactful lifelong learning through extension.