Legazpi City– The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 5 through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) invites the Local Government Units (LGU) to the first Gawad Listahanan or the Data Utilization Awards.
“We want to acknowledge the efforts of our data users for providing services and assistance to the Listahanan-identified poor families. “said DSWD Regional Director Arnel Garcia.
“This first Gawad Listahanan will focus solely on LGUs but we are planning to expand the award eligibility to non-government organizations (NGOs) and its other stakeholders in the future.” Garcia shared.
The activity also aims to promote the convergence of all social protection stakeholders on the identified poor to effectively address the different aspects of poverty.
Qualified LGUs will be classified under one of three categories: Municipal, City or Provincial Government.
LGUs may be nominated to the competition provided that they follow a set of minimum standards;
- Must have an active Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the DSWD on Listahanan data sharing,
- Funded and implemented a social protection program that provides direct service/intervention to the Listahanan-identified poor, such as but not limited to Scholarships, Medical Assistance, and Skills/Livelihood Trainings; and
- Must be 100% compliant with the annual reportorial requirement of data sharing as stipulated in the agreement (submission of updated reports which includes the list of programs and their respective beneficiaries, who were identified using the database).
- Must have passed a Sanggunian Bayan/Panglungsod resolution/ordinance in support of the institutionalization of the Listahanan database as a reference for selection of beneficiaries for social protection programs and services.
The field office is currently accepting applications for the Awards. Participants have until October 15, 2014 to submit their entries.
The awarding ceremony will be conducted during the DSWD anniversary on January 2015.
The Awardee/s for each category will receive a plaque citing the highlights of their contribution and/or significance of their partnership with the Department and cash incentive of at least P50,000.00 to be provided based on a project proposal that will promote the Listahanan. ###crbarrameda