PROFILE

[Personal Information] [Educational Background] [Career Highlights]
[Training in Development] [Conferences Attended][Awards]

Congressman, Second District Camarines Sur (current)
Mayor of Naga City (1998-2001)

Committee Memberships

Vice Chairman: Basic Education

Member: Agriculture, Appropriations, Banks, Civil Service, Economic Affairs, Ecology, Games and Amusements, Good Government, Health, Higher Education, Local Government, National Defense, Oversight, People's Participation, Public Order and Security, Public Works, Special Committee on Globalization, Transportation and Communications, Youth and Sports Dev't.

Summary

Sulpicio S. Roco Jr. is currently Congressman of the Second District of Camarines Sur. He won under the banner of Aksyon Demokratiko.

Previously he was Mayor of Naga City. When he assumed the reins of the city at 50, he was already armed with some 23 years of experience as development agent. Shortly after graduation in 1973, he joined the Bicol branch of the Social Survey Research Unit, becoming its Director five years later. From there, he worked with the Philippine Mission of the United States Agency for International Development for 16 years. He was the highest-ranking Filipino Officer of the mission when he opted for early retirement in 1996. On June 30, 2001, he completed a three-year term as Mayor of Naga City.

Personal Information

• Birth: October 9, 1948 in Naga City
• Parents:
  • Sulpicio Azuela Roco, Sr.
  • Rosario Orlanda Sagarbarria-Roco,
    • Occupation: School teacher
    • Place of Birth: Cabusao, Cam. Sur
• Spouse: Bernadette Florendo Roco
• Daughter: Ipharra F. Roco

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Educational Background

• Elementary - Naga Parochial School (1954-1960)
• High School - Ateneo de Naga (1960-1964)
• College:
  • San Jose Minor Seminary (1964 – 1966), Manila
    
  • Sacred Heart Novitiate of the Society of Jesus (1966-1968), Manila
    
  • Ateneo de Manila University
    • AB in Social Anthropology (1968-1971)
      
    • Masters in the Applied Science of Sociology and Anthropology (1980)

   

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Career Highlights

• District Field Supervisor of the Social Survey Research Unit (SSRU), the Bicol branch of Ateneo de Manila's Institute of Philippine Culture (1973).
  
• SSRU Director (1978) Responsible for assessing performance of the Bicol River Basin Development Program and, Managing the SSRU's largest project, the Bicol Multipurpose Survey.
• Philippine Mission of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for 16 years, as its highest-ranking Filipino officer, concurrently holding the following posts: Mission Anthropologist and Evaluation Officer
  
  • Looked into the social soundness of all USAID projects including NGO livelihood programs, infrastructure projects and forestry programs, and local governance-related activities
    Women-In-Development Officer
    
  • Ensured the integration of women concerns within the scope of all USAID-funded projects
    Mission Strategist
    
  • Exercised strategic management functions, particularly in crafting USAID-Philippines’ long-term directions. His output became an input to the visioning process of USAID Washington.
    
• Project Officer of the Technical Resources Project (TRP) and its predecessor, the Training and Development Issues (TDI) Project
  

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Training in Development

• 1981- Analytical Skills Workshop (International Development Institute of Indiana University)
  
• 1984 - Development Studies Program - A, a training course on development theories, analytical techniques and policy (Washington DC)
  
• 1986- Development Studies Course - B, which focused on management of the development process (University of Southern California, Washington Public Affairs Center, Washington, DC.)
  
• 1987 - Project Implementation Workshop in New Delhi, India (Development Associates, Inc.)
  
• 1989 - Management Skills Course in Aqaba, Jordan (Training Resources Groups)
• As USAID's Women-in-Development Officer:
  • 1985 - Workshop on analytical and conceptual skills for integration of women in development projects in Bangkok, Thailand (USAID)
    
  • 1990 - Seminar on gender considerations in development (Maya Tech Corporation in Dhaka, Bangladesh)

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National and International Conferences Attended

As resource person:

• World Habitat Day Seminars - Lessons Learned from Best Practices, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 1998
  
• Asean Region Local Administration Forum, Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 18-22, 1999
  
• Micro Economic Impacts of Macro Economic Adjustment Policies conducted by International Development Research Center, Puerto Princesa City Palawan, May 11-12, 1999
  

As representative of the Naga City Government:

• Study Tour sponsored by Philippine League of Local Budget Officers, Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 4, 1999
  
• Asian Mayor’s Forum, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, June 24-July 5, 2000
  
• Study Tour sponsored by Philippine League of Local Budget Officers, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, June 24 – July 5, 2000
  
• LCP 22nd Cities Sharing Workshop on Managing City Coastal Resources, San Fernando City, La Union, June 9-11, 1999
  
• Strategic Planning Workshop on Municipal Bonds given by Department of Finance, Manila, May 10, 1999
  
• Summer Seminar Workshop on Local Governance and Natural Resource Management, Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, May 8-9, 2000
  
• City Development Strategy Conference, World Bank Office Manila, July 16-17, 2000
  
• League of Cities National Convention, Manila, Nov. 26, 2000
  
• 2nd National Community-Based Enterprise Development Conference, TESDA Complex, Manila, Dec. 5, 2000
  

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Office of Congressman Sulpicio S. Roco Jr.
Rm. 616, North Wing, House of Representatives, Quezon City
Tel No. 931 5001 local 7435 Fax No. 931 6026
636 Barlin St., Naga City Tel Nos. 473 4313 / 473 9089 Fax 473 4313
Email: ssr2d@pinoymail.com | pocholo_roco@hotmail.com
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