The Regional Development Council (RDC) as the highest planning and policy-making body have approved the adoption of the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) as the mechanism for identifying poor households who shall be recipients of social protection programs.

The endorsement was approved last September 9, 2016, during the RDC Full Council meeting at NEDA Regional Office, Arimbay, Legazpi City.

“By concentrating resources on the poor, social protection programs will have a better impact and this will also ensure that the limited resources shall benefit those who really needs the most,” said DSWD Regional Director Arnel Garcia.
A resolution shall be made in support for its adoption to have synchronization and convergence of all resources.
To facilitate the sharing of the Listahanan data, a Memorandum of Agreement shall be forged between DSWD and the RDC which ensures that the data will be used only for its intended purposes.
This is also in consonance with Data Privacy Act of 2012, which is intended to protect the integrity and security of personal data in both the private and public sectors.

Last month, 4 sectoral committees namely Economic Development Committee, Infrastructure Development Committee, Development Administration Committee and the Social Development Committee favorably supported the Listahanan and was then endorsed to the RDC.

Listahanan is the DSWD’s an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are. It makes available to national government agencies (NGAs) and other social protection stakeholders as a basis for identifying potential beneficiaries of social protection programs and services. ###crbarrameda