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A policy forum was recently held by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in keeping with its goal of implementing increased social protection in the new normal.

According to a DSWD news release on Thursday, experts from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), and the Food and Agriculture Organization-World Food Programme shared studies and novel ideas at the March 6 online forum (FAO-WFP).

Overview of the new Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023–2028, the role of social registries in addressing poverty, the digitization of social service processes, inflation and its effects on food security for Filipino families, the anticipatory action approach, and disaster responsive social protection were all topics that were carefully covered during the event.

PDP: Economic Revolution 2023–2028

The 2023–2028 PDP, which NEDA Director Girlie Grace Casimiro Igbiten stressed as the National Government’s Plan for the economic transformation of the country after the effects of the coronavirus, was discussed.

She emphasized that six cross-cutting strategies were identified in accordance with the PDP’s transformation agenda: digitalization, servicification, a dynamic innovation ecosystem, improved connectivity, increased cooperation between local and national governments, and partnerships with the private sector.

Igbiten asserted that the DSWD plays a significant part in enhancing social protection in the Philippines, particularly in terms of program information dissemination, stakeholder capacity building, beneficiary identification, and effective service delivery, particularly in times of emergency.

Digitalization and Social Registries

Nowadays, the use of new technology to improve program implementation is more crucial than the digitalization of the social service process. According to PSA Chief Ma. Wilma Fides Marquez, having pertinent existing beneficiary targeting protocols and a unified targeting system will significantly aid in reducing poverty in the nation.

Marquez spoke on the Community Based Management Information System (CBMIS) and its advantages for program planning and implementation based on the emphasis.

Price increases and food safety

Dr. Roehlano Briones, Senior Research Fellow, used the event as a platform to explore the most recent theories on rising inflation and how it affects Filipinos’ access to food.

In his lecture, Briones detailed how Covid-19 and inflation had a significant impact on families’ overall food security as well as the nutritional health of their children.

Yet, he asserted that the issue must be addressed through income programs such as targeted cash transfers.

Briones added that developing cost-effective measures to raise productivity and enhance food affordability is among the recommendations mentioned in the report.

improved catastrophe response

Ruth Honcalada-Georget, a social protection specialist for the FAO and WFP, discussed the ideas of anticipatory action and disaster-responsive social protection.

The anticipatory action strategy, which “systematically ties early warnings to actions meant to protect families and their assets ahead of a threat,” was highlighted by the speaker.

This strategy emphasizes the importance of taking precise and practical measures in advance of or in anticipation of impending disasters or tragedies, particularly because the Philippines is a disaster-prone nation.

Regulations to effect change

Ernestina Solloso, Assistant Director of the DSWD Policy Development and Planning Bureau (PDPB), concluded the event by thanking the resource people from the partner agencies and organizations on behalf of the Department.

“The Department was able to elicit compelling and crucial proposals from the expert talks, which will be critical in the formulation of the Department’s policies and responses,” she said.

She emphasized the significance of policies in the conception, creation, and execution of programs. In order to impact change and improve the lives of our beneficiaries, Dir. Solloso continued, the PDPB, the DSWD’s policy division, “will ensure that recommendations will be included in the Department’s policy papers.”

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