Philippine Youth Development Plan 2017-2022

Philippine Youth
Development Plan
2017-2022
National Youth Commission

The Voice and Advocate of the Youth
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THE UPDATED PHILIPPINE YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2017-2022
The Updated Philippine Youth Development Plan (PYDP) 2017-2022 includes 2 parts: (1) The Plan, as
finalized last 2017 and (2) The Updated PYDP, as finalized last 2019.
The first part of the document includes the background, framework, coverage and the different PYDP
Centers of Participation with its corresponding youth agenda and outcome statements. This part of the
document highlights the different strategies, including programs, projects, activities, policies and research
initiatives, and to-do lists of the duty-bearers towards achieving the PYDP’s vision of enabled, involved and
patriotic youth, realizing their aspirations anchored on integrity and compassion.
The second part of the document includes the highlights of the PYDP Midterm Review conducted last
2019. The review includes the analysis of the coordination, monitoring and evaluation components of the
Plan, and presents the updated design, program logic and results framework. The review also identifies
strategies to improve the mainstreaming of the Plan and priority areas to focus on for its implementation.
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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
MESSAGE
My warmest greetings to the National Youth Commission as it launches

Philippine Youth Development Plan (PYDP) 2017-2018.
By 2022, we envision to have an inclusive and resilient society that is driven

by a globally competitive knowledge economy. If we are to fully realize this
dream, the youth must harness their potential as catalysts for growth and
agents of development.
I welcome the launch of PYDP that intends to promote the active and
meaningful participation of our young citizens in the administration’s
agenda on education, health, environmental protection, good governance
and the promotion of lasting peace and stability. Indeed, their engagement
in these endeavors will prepare them in fulfilling their destiny as future
leaders of our nation.
As we align the PYDP with our medium term development plan, I ask
our youth to contribute in our efforts to become a medium income
economy in the next four years. Through your help, I am confident that
we can strengthen the foundations of a better and brighter future for the
succeding generations.
I wish you all the best.
RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
MANILA
April 2018
THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
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Republic of the Philippines
National Economic and Development Authority
MESSAGE
The National Economic and and Development Authority commends and

supports the National Youth Commission in recognizing the role of the
youth in nation-building through the Philippine Youth Development Plan
(PYDP) 2017-2022.
The PYDP 2017-2022, which serves as the guiding framework for youth
development programs and policies, is in harmony with the Phillipine
Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022, the country’s blueprint for
socioeconomic development under Duterte Administration.
Aligned with strategies in the PDP, the PYDP addresses, among others,
youth unemployment, teenage pregnancy, and education---in view of a
matatag, maginhawa, at panatag na buhay.
According to AmBisyon Natin 2040, in 25 years, Filipinos envision themselves

enjoying a stable and comfortable lifestyle, unburdened by poverty or
hunger, and presented with equal opportunities. The government is geared
towards this vision as it implements the PDP.
It is also worthy to note that most of the PYDP’s stategies and programs are
consistent with the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) of the United Nations, particularly on
the areas of health, education, standard of living, employment, child labor,
and environment protection and improvement.
I thank the National Youth Commission for the leadership it has shown
in crafting the PYDP. This document gives the country much hope of a
brighter and better future for all Filipinos.
ERNESTO M. PERNIA
Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning
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Office of the President
MESSAGE
We take pride in the publication of the Philippine Youth Development

Plan 2017-2022.
The PYDP goes beyond the institutional mandate of the National

Youth Commission because it is a result of the collective efforts
of the different stakeholders to concretize a framework on youth
development.
It is our fervent hope that this book will inspire this generation to
take an active role and to be engaged in various programs, projects
and advocacies translated from the PYDP.
I also take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude to

my fellow NYC officials, personnel, development partners and the
other nameless men and women who worked beyond expectations to
realize the fruition of this publication.
It is my fondest wish that the PYDP will be very useful to our local
youth development officers, youth and youth serving organizations
as well as other stakeholders. Let the PYDP be a rich resource.
Mabuhay ang Kabataang Pilipino!
CARIZA Y. SEGUERRA
Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer
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Executive Summary
1. Background
1.1. What is the Philippine Youth Development Plan (PYDP) 2017-2022?
The PYDP serves as a framework for unified action among the youth and youth-serving groups, agencies
and institutions to promote holistic youth participation in our society. It defines the duties, obligations and
accountabilities of the national and local governments to address the civil, cultural, economic, social and
political rights of the youth.
1.2. Why do we need the PYDP 2017-2022?
The PYDP enjoins all state duty bearers at the national and local levels to maximize the participation of the
youth in nation-building as responsible and proactive citizens. It informs our development partners such as
civil society and non-government organizations, international and national donors, the Church, media and the
business community of the rewarding social, economic and ethical opportunities of fully engaging the youth
in their respective programs.
The National Youth Commission (NYC), in pursuit of its mandate as the “sole policy-making coordinating
body of all youth-related institutions, programs, projects and activities (PPAs) of the government” (Republic
Act 8044), is the main proponent of the PYDP.
1.3. What is our collective vision for the Filipino youth?
The PYDP contributes to the strengthening of our collective vision for the Filipino Youth as articulated by
the NYC:
Enabled, involved and patriotic youth realizing their aspirations anchored on integrity and compassion
Specifically, by 2022, Filipino Youth could be described as follows:

• Filipino Youth are healthy, educated, patriotic, globally mobile, and active in government and civil society.
• Filipino Youth live in a peaceful, secure, and socially-inclusive society where there is respect for and equality
across genders, faiths, and cultures.
• Filipino Youth engage in gainful economic activity across various locales and sectors.
• Filipino Youth access, use, and transform technology, information, and services for the betterment of
society.
1.4. How does the PYDP align with the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022?
The PDP “aims to lay a stronger foundation for inclusive growth, a high-trust society, and a globally-competitive
economy towards realizing the vision by 2040” (p. 1-7). It is the first medium-term plan that is grounded on
AmBisyon Natin 2040, the 25-year plan which envisions the Philippines as a “prosperous middle-class society
where no one is poor. People live long and healthy lives and are smart and innovative. The Philippines is a
high-trust society where families thrive in vibrant, culturally diverse, and resilient communities” (PDP 2017-
2022, p. 1-1).
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The PYDP 2017-2022, a companion document of the PDP, emphasizes the participation and role of the
youth in society-building. It seeks to coordinate all youth-related affairs of the government and civil society
towards the realization of the government’s 20@22 Social Development Agenda.
2. Framework
The PYDP 2017-2022 is a participation-focused plan, developed with the participation of various stakeholders to
enable, ensure and promote the rights and welfare of the Filipino youth.
• It seeks to enable, ensure and promote the youth’s active, meaningful, and holistic participation in society in
the nine centers which have emerged from national and regional consultations:
• Health Social inclusion & equity Active citizenship
• Education Peace-building & security Environment
• Economic empowerment Governance Global mobility
The PYDP expounds on these nine centers using the 8Cs of participation: categories, centers, clusters,
conditions, consequences, considerations, contexts, and cues.
• At the heart of the framework are the conditions, considerations and contexts which comprise the baseline
data, current interventions and socio-cultural and political setting which inform future directions regarding
youth participation in local, national, and international affairs. Based on this formative research, cues, in
terms of strategies and objectives, are proposed for the nine centers for participation. These cues are
designed to achieve consequences, or the target levels of participation.
• Targets are harmonized according to participation variables. Discussions of participation carefully

consider key age clusters and youth categories. Cross-cutting issues, such as those at the intersection of
education and employment, among others, are surfaced in the plan.
• Participation is measured in terms of attendance, engagement and involvement in the conceptualization

and implementation of pro-youth policies, programs and projects. It signifies activity and builds upon
attitude, awareness, intent and knowledge. In the long term, it translates to practice.
Below shows the PYDP 2017-2022 framework.
PYDP 2017-2022 Framework
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3. Youth Agenda
The PYDP 2017-2022 has the following strategies for the nine (9) centers of participation:
3.1. Health
• Ensure youth participation in healthy living and the prevention of accidents and injuries;
• Strengthen youth participation in responsible sexual and responsible health;
• Address and mitigate youth participation in sexual risk-taking behavior;
• Address and mitigate youth participation in non-sexual risk-taking behavior; and
• Address psychosocial concerns.
3.2. Education
• Increase and improve youth participation in education; and
• Improve educational performance and quality.
3.3. Economic Empowerment

• Optimize youth participation in the labor force;
• Stop youth participation in vulnerable employment;
• Promote youth participation in entrepreneurial activities; and
• Strengthen youth participation in employment enrichment support systems.
3.4. Social inclusion and equity

• Promote the prosocial participation of youth with specific needs;
• Maximize participation of youth with disability in society;
• Promote the participation of indigenous youth in society;
• Strengthen equal and equitable participation across genders (to address violence against women);
• Strengthen equal and equitable participation across genders (to address job discrimination);
• Strengthen equal and equitable participation across genders (to address LGBTQ+ concerns); and
• Strengthen equal and equitable participation across genders (to address gendered enrolment and attrition
rates).
3.5. Peace-building and security

• Strengthen youth participation in promoting peace and order;
• Optimize youth participation in the peace process;
• Promote the prosocial participation of youth offenders, delinquent youth, and youth in conflict with the law;
• Promote the prosocial participation of drug-dependent youth; and
• Protect the youth from violence in situations of armed conflict and from human rights violations.
3.6. Governance
• Ensure universal participation in the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK);
• Ensure universal participation in local and national elections; and
• Promote youth participation in government bureaucracy.
3.7. Active Citizenship

• Strengthen enabling mechanisms for youth organization and participation: accreditation, assistance and
awareness;
• Engage the youth in the development, preservation, promotion and safeguarding, of Philippine culture
and arts; and
• Inculcate volunteerism through the engagement of the academe and the community.
3.8. Environment
• With active citizenship: Strengthen youth participation in environmental activities; and
• With active citizenship: Promote environment-friendly practices among the youth.
3.9. Global Mobility

• With education: Promote youth participation in cross-border exchanges;
• With active citizenship: Encourage and support mutually beneficial youth volunteerism in ASEAN and
international volunteer programs;
• With economic empowerment: Support youth participation in cross-border economic activities; and
• Address cross-border youth trafficking.
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Content
1. Overview 1
1.1. The Filipino Youth by 2022 2
1.2. The PYDP and our Collective Agenda 4
1.3. Participation and the PYDP 7
1.3.1. The NYC and the PYDP 7
1.3.2. The PYDP Partners 7
2. Centers for Participation 9
3. Context of Participation 12
3.1. The Youth Population 13
3.2. The Filipino Youth in NYAS 2015 14
4. Cues for Participation 17
4.1. Health 19
4.1.1. Healthy living 20
4.1.2. Reproductive and sexual health 23
4.1.3. Non-sexual risk-taking behavior 26
4.1.4. Psychosocial concerns 27
4.2. Education 30
4.2.1. Youth participation in education 31
4.2.2. Educational quality and performance 33
4.3. Economic empowerment 36
4.3.1. Youth participation in the labor force 37
4.3.2. Youth and vulnerable employment 39
4.3.3. Youth entrepreneurship 41
4.4. Social inclusion and equity 44
4.4.1. Youth with specific needs 46
4.4.2. Youth with disability 47
4.4.3. Indigenous people youth 49
4.4.4. Violence against women 51
4.4.5. LGBTQ+ youth 53
4.5. Peace-building and security 57
4.5.1. Peace and order and the youth 59
4.5.2. Youth and the peace process 60
4.5.3. Youth offenders, delinquent youth, and youth in conflict with the law 61
4.5.4. Drug dependent youth 63
4.5.5. Armed conflict, human rights violations, and the youth 66
4.6. Governance 70
4.6.1. Youth and elections 71
4.6.2. Youth in government and bureaucracy 74
4.7. Active citizenship 77
4.7.1. Youth organization and participation 78
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4.7.2. Culture and arts 80
4.7.3. Volunteerism through the academe and community engagement 82
4.8. Environment 85
4.9. Global mobility 90
4.10. Cross-cutting issues 96
4.10.1. Budget Lobbying 96
4.10.2. Legislative Agenda and Advocacy 96
4.10.3. Research Agenda and Data Disaggregation 97
5. Consequences of Participation 98
5.1. Principles 99
5.2. Procedures 99
References 100
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List of Tables
Table 1. PYDP 2017-2022 Outcome Statements 2
Table 2. Centers for Participation 10
Table 3. PYDP 2017-2022 Agenda Statements 11
Table 4. Youth Segments 13
Table 5. Youth Population Projection 13
Table 6. Youth Population Percentage according to Age Segments 13
Table 7. Philippine Population and the Youth 14
Table 8. Health Overview Matrix 19
Table 9. Health Strategy 1: Ensure youth participation in healthy living
and the prevention of accidents & injuries 21
Table 10. Health Strategy 2: Strengthen youth participation in responsible sexual
and reproductive health 23
Table 11. Health Strategy 3: Address and mitigate youth participation
in sexual risk-taking behavior 25
Table 12. Health Strategy 4: Address and mitigate youth participation
in non-sexual risk-taking behavior* 26
Table 13. Health Strategy 5: Address psychosocial concerns 27
Table 14. Sample Initiatives for Health 28
Table 15. Education Overview Matrix 30
Table 16. Education Strategy 1: Increase and improve youth participation in education 31
Table 17. Education Strategy 2: Improve educational quality and performance 33
Table 18. Sample initiatives for education 34
Table 19. Economic Empowerment Overview Matrix 36
Table 20. Economic Empowerment Strategy 1: Optimize youth participation
in the labor force 37
Table 21. Economic Empowerment Strategy 2: Stop youth participation
in vulnerable employment 39
Table 22. Economic Empowerment Strategy 3: Promote youth participation
in entrepreneurial activities 41
Table 23. Economic Empowerment Strategy 4: Strengthen youth participation
in employment enrichment support systems 42
Table 24. Sample initiatives for economic empowerment 43
Table 25. Social Inclusion and Equity Overview Matrix 44
Table 26. Social Inclusion & Equity Strategy 1: Promote the prosocial participation
of youth with specific needs 1 46
Table 27. Social Inclusion & Equity Strategy 2: Maximize participation
of youth with disability in society 47
Table 28. Social Inclusion & Equity Strategy 3: Promote the participation
of indigenous people (IP) youth in society 49
Table 29. Social Inclusion & Equity Strategy 4: Strengthen equal and equitable
participation across genders—VAW 51
participation across genders--Job discrimination 53
participation across genders--LGBTQ+ 54
participation across genders: male enrolment and attrition 55
Table 33. Sample initiatives for social inclusion and equity 56
Table 34. Peace-building & Security Overview Matrix 57
Table 35. Peace-building & Security Strategy 1: Strengthen youth participation
in promoting peace and order (PO) 59
Table 36. Peace-building & Security Strategy 2: Optimize youth participation
in the peace process 60
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Table 37. Peace-building & Security Strategy 3: Promote the prosocial participation
of youth with specific needs 2-- Youth offenders, delinquent youth, and youth in conflict
with the law 61
Table 38. Peace-building & Security Strategy 4: Promote the prosocial participation
of youth with specific needs 2--Drug-dependent youth 64
Table 39. Peace-building & Security Strategy 5: Protect the youth from violence
in situations of armed conflict and from human rights violations 66
Table 40. Sample Initiatives for Peace-building & Security 68
Table 41. Governance Overview Matrix 70
Table 42. Governance Strategy 1: Ensure universal participation
in the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) 71
Table 43. Governance Strategy 2: Ensure universal participation
in (non-SK) local and national elections 72
Table 44. Governance Strategy 3: Promote youth participation
in government and bureaucracy 74
Table 45. Sample initiatives for governance 75
Table 46. Active Citizenship Strategy 1: Strengthen enabling mechanisms
for youth organization and participation--accreditation, awareness and assistance 79
Table 47. Active Citizenship Strategy 2: Engage the youth in the preservation,
safeguarding, development, and promotion of Philippine culture and arts 80
Table 48. Active Citizenship Strategy 3: Inculcate volunteerism through
the academe and community engagement 82
Table 49. Sample initiatives for active citizenship 83
Table 50. Environment Overview Matrix 85
Table 51. Environment Strategy 1: Strengthen youth participation
in environmental activities (with Active Citizenship) 86
Table 52. Environment Strategy 2: Promote environment-friendly practices
among the youth (with Active Citizenship) 87
Table 53. Sample initiatives for the environment 88
Table 54. Global Mobility Overview Matrix 90
Table 55. Global Mobility Strategy 1: Promote youth participation
in cross-border exchanges (with Education) 92
Table 56. Global Mobility Strategy 2: Promote youth participation in cross-border
socially relevant activities (with Active Citizenship) 93
Table 57. Global Mobility Strategy 3: Support youth participation in cross-border
economic activities (with Economy) 93
Table 58. Global Mobility Strategy 3: Address cross-border youth trafficking 94
Table 59. Youth-related Legislative Agenda in the PDP 96
Table 60. Research Agenda 97
List of Figures
Figure 1. The PDP 2017-2022 Framework 4

Figure 2. The Centers for Participation and the Duterte Administration’s 2022 Agenda 5
Figure 3. The 2017-2022 Centers for Participation and the SDGs 6
Figure 4. The PYPD 2017-2022 Participation Framework 10
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1. Overview
The Philippine Youth Development Plan (PYDP)
with the participation of various stakeholders to

enable, ensure, and promote the rights and welfare of
the Filipino youth.
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The PYDP seeks to enable, ensure, and promote the youth’s active, meaningful, and holistic participation in society in
the following nine centers which have been identified in a series of national and regional consultations:
• Health • Social inclusion & equity • Active citizenship

• Education • Peace-building & security • Environment
• Economic empowerment • Governance • Global mobility
The PYDP enjoins all state duty bearers at the national and local levels to maximize the participation of the youth in
nation-building as responsible and proactive citizens. It informs our development partners such as civil society and
non-government organizations, international and national donors, the Church, media and the business community
of the rewarding social, economic and ethical opportunities of fully engaging the youth in their respective programs.
The National Youth Commission (NYC), in the pursuit of its mandate as the “sole policy-making coordinating body
of all youth-related institutions, programs, projects and activities (PPAs) of the government” (Republic Act 8044),
is the main proponent of the PYDP.
1.1. The Filipino Youth by 2022
The PYDP contributes to the strengthening of our collective vision for the Filipino Youth as articulated by
the National Youth Commission:
Enabled, involved and patriotic youth realizing their aspirations anchored on

integrity and compassion
By 2022:
• Filipino Youth are healthy, educated, patriotic, globally mobile, and active in government and civil society.
• Filipino Youth live in a peaceful, secure, and socially-inclusive society where there is respect for and
equality across genders, faiths, and cultures.
• Filipino Youth engage in gainful economic activity across various locales and sectors.
• Filipino Youth access, use, and transform technology, information, and services for the betterment of
society.
Specifically, the centers for participation are designed to have the following outcomes for the Filipino youth
(see Table 1):
Table 1. PYDP 2017-2022 Outcome Statements

Health
• Youth who participate in healthy living in terms of getting medical attention, doing regular
exercise, and maintaining proper diet and nutrition
• Youth who observe responsible sexual and reproductive health practices
• Youth who make informed and responsible decisions against engaging in sexual risk-taking
practices
• Youth who make informed and responsible decisions against engaging in non-sexual risk-taking
practice.
• Youth who get proper family support, counseling, and medical attention for their psychosocial
concerns
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Education
• Youth who are better educated because of sustained increase in enrolment and completion
rates per level
• Youth who are globally competitive but responsive to national needs and are prepared for the
workplace and the emergence of new media and other technologies
• Youth who are highly literate and who efficaciously seek and use information
• Youth who have access to quality education
Economic empowerment
• Youth who are gainfully employed
• Youth who know and exercise their rights, responsibilities and welfare as Filipino workers
• Youth who are or who aspire to be entrepreneurs
• Youth who know and avail of career enrichment opportunities
Social inclusion and equity
• Youth who are free from abuse, neglect and exploitation
• Youth who do not live in the streets
• Youth with disabilities who realize their full potential
• Indigenous youth who are as immersed in their indigenous culture as they are in Philippine
society
• Youth who are protected from, and who are able to prevent and address, gendered job
discrimination against them
• LGBTQ+ youth who are protected from, and who are able to address and prevent sexual
orientation and gender identity discrimination against them
• Youth who are equally educated across genders
Peace -building and security
• Youth who are able to address and prevent violence and human rights violations against them
• Youth who proactively ensure peace and order in their communities
• Youth who work for peace
• Youth who abide and respect the laws of the land
• Youth who do not use/will no longer use illegal substances
Governance
• Youth who have equal and equitable chances of running and voting for government office
• Youth who are empowered to exercise their right of suffrage responsibly
and right to run for elections
• Youth who uphold the principles of government practices which are efficient, effective, free
from graft and corruption and innovative
Active citizenship
• Youth who are able to get optimal support for their organizational activities
• Youth who are engaged in the production and appreciation of Filipino arts and culture
• Youth who are active volunteers
Environment
• Youth who act collectively towards sustainable human and natural ecosystems
• Youth who practice responsible environment-friendly, and climate/ disaster resilient lifestyle
Global mobility
• Youth who apply their learnings from exchange programs to contribute back to society
• Youth who actively do good deeds for society across borders
• Overseas Filipino youth, overseas Filipino workers, and international entrepreneurs who maxi-
mize their financial potential
• Youth professionals who are competent and ready to cross borders
• Youth who are aware of opportunities from multiple sources
• Youth who undergo training and got hired locally will be able to share their experiences,
learnings, and knowledge acquired with other youth
• Youth who are protected from, and who can address and prevent human trafficking
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1.2. The PYDP and our Collective Agenda
The PYDP emphasizes youth participation in the realization of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP)
2017-2022 and AmBisyon Natin 2040.
The Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022, as its framework depicts (see Figure 1), aims “to lay down
the foundation for inclusive growth, a high-trust and resilient society, and a globally-competitive knowledge
economy” (p. 4-5). It is the first step towards realizing AmBisyon Natin 2040, the 25-year vision of a “matatag,
maginhawa, at panatag na buhay” for Filipinos. Specifically, by 2040, “The country is a prosperous middle-class
society where no one is poor. People live long and healthy lives and are innovative and smart . The Philippines
is a high-trust society where families thrive in vibrant, culturally diverse, and resilient communities” (p. 1-1).
Figure 1. The PDP 2017-2022 Framework
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Relatively, the PYDP also seeks to coordinate all youth-related affairs of the government and civil society
in the implementation of the government’s 20@22 Agenda: Malasakit at Pagbabago (PDP, p. 4-1?). As Figure
2 depicts, the PYDP’s nine centers for participation are informed by the 22 agenda items which surfaced
from the government’s social development summits with various stakeholders. As it connects to the 20@22
Agenda, the PYDP likewise serves as a guiding framework for a unified action among the youth and youth-
serving groups, agencies and other institutions in the pursuit of youth’s economic and social productivity.
Figure 2. The PYDP 2017-2022 Centers for Participation and the

Duterte Administration’s 20@22 Agenda
See http://www.tesda.gov.ph/About/TESDA/17786 for the evolution of the Social Development Agenda
The PYDP responds to developments in international goals for the betterment of the youth. Its nine centers
for participation align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which the United Nations introduced
in 2015 to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The centers are similar to the five domains--
people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership—within which the 17 SGDs can be categorized (see Figure 3).
The nine centers are also consistent with the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights (ICESCR) of the United Nations specifically on the following areas:
• Health: Attaining the highest standard of physical and mental health;
• Education: Emphasizing the youths’ right to education;
• Standard of Living: Recognizing the right of the youth and his family to good standard of living,
adequate housing and to better economic conditions;
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• Employment: Recognizing the youths’ rights to just and favorable conditions of work (e.g., provision of living
wages, additional working benefits and lessening work related hazards);
• Child Labor: Mitigation of child labor and social exploitation cases; and
• Environment Protection and Improvement: Strengthened participation of youths through environmental activities (e.g.
biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation & adaption, disaster risk reduction and management).
At the regional level, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is working on its Workplan on Youth
2016-2020. The document identifies five priorities for the region’s youth:
Figure 3. The PYDP 2017-2022 Centers for Participation and the SDGs
1. Sustain the focus on youth entrepreneurship through structured capacity building and mentoring
programs;
2. Enhance youth employability through skills training and life-long education;
3. Enhance awareness and appreciation of an ASEAN Community through mutually beneficial people-to
people exchange programs;
4. Strengthen youth involvement and participation in building an ASEAN Community through volunteerism
opportunities and leadership programs; and
5. Increase youth competencies and resilience with advanced managerial and technological skills
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1.3. Participation and the PYDP
Participation is the key concept of the Philippine Youth Development Plan (PYDP) 2017-2022. This PYDP
seeks to enable, promote, and ensure the youth’s active, meaningful, and holistic participation in society in
furtherance of their rights and welfare.
Participation in this plan means activity among the youth. It is action-oriented. It entails youth attendance
and immersion in programs and projects conceptualized and implemented for, by, and with them. It builds
upon attitude, awareness, intent and knowledge. Thus, in the long term, participation translates to the youth’s
constant and proactive engagement in the development of Philippine society.
The participatory focus of PYPD 2017-2022, the fourth national medium-term development plan for the
Filipino youth, is informed by its predecessors. The pioneer document, the Philippine Medium-Term Youth
Development Plan (MTYDP) 1999-2004, explored the role and potential of in-school, out-of-school, working,
and special youth in terms of their physical, economic, political and social environments. The MTYDP
2005-2010 introduced ten policy agenda statements on youth education, youth employment, youth health,
youth participation, specific youth groups, and youth values. Specifically, participation meant involvement in
planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating youth programs and projects as well as in integrating the
youth agenda and concerns in local and national development plans.
The second of the three objectives of PYDP 2012-2016, meanwhile, focused on youth participation in
governance, development and society, in principle, expanding participation beyond political or governmental
activities. The two other objectives dwelt on youth and the millennium development goals and social protection.
PYDP 2012-2016 mentions participation over 100 times in various levels, sections, and contexts. Participation
is a recurring, but not a central idea in the document. It is cited in the overview as focus, rationale, and role.
It also appears as a monitoring and evaluation variable.
With its increasing centrality across the youth development plans, participation has thus become the overarching
concept of PYDP 2017-2022.
1.3.1. The NYC and the PYDP

The PYDP is the main policy advocacy of the NYC. The NYC worked with its partner agencies and
organizations in the drafting of the PYDP given its mandate, stated in Republic Act 8044, as the policy-
making coordinating body of all youth-related institutions, programs, projects and activities (PPAs) of
the government.
Participation is central to the work of the NYC as the agency seeks to advocate policies on youth
participation and protection, build and sustain partnerships and networks, and foster youth participation
in community development and good governance.
As envisioned in the PYDP, the NYC will serve as a hub for government and non-government activities
and initiatives where the youth can participate. The NYC will work with various agencies to ensure
optimal youth participation in their programs and projects. It will also coordinate with various agencies
in developing new initiatives for strategies with no existing PPAs.
1.3.2. The PYDP Partners
NYC’s main role in the PYDP, besides implementing its own select menu of youth projects,
is to serve as a coordinating hub for all youth-related institutions, and PPAs of the government.
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Thus, the success of the PYDP rests in the cooperation of national, regional, and local
government agencies (GAs), local government units (LGUs), civil society organizations
(CSOs), local youth development offices (LYDOs) and youth groups (YGs) which will be
implementing the significant number of PPAs for the youth.
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2. Centers for Participation
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The PYDP’s nine centers for participation (see Table 2) emerged during the consultation process (see Annex 1).
Table 2. Center for Participation

Center Coverage
Health Healthy living (exercise, nutrition, medical and dental attention); sexual,
reproductive, and psychosocial health; risk-taking
Education Universal participation; internal efficiency; quality and performance
Economic empowerment Labor force participation; vulnerable employment; entrepreneurial activities;
employment enrichment
Social inclusion and equity Youth with specific needs; youth with disability; indigenous youth; violence
against women; gendered job discrimination; LGBTQ+; male enrolment and
enrolment attrition
Peace-building and Peace and order; the peace process; youth in conflict with the law; drug
security dependent youth
Governance Sangguniang Kabataan (SK); local and national elections; government and the
bureaucracy
Active citizenship Accreditation, awareness, and assistance; culture and the arts; volunteerism
Environment Environmental activities and practices
Global mobility Cross-border exchanges and activities; youth trafficking
These nine centers for participation are depicted in Figure 4, together with the 8Cs of participation (see
Annex 1).
Figure 4. The PYPD 2017-2022 Participation Framework
The 2017-2022 PYDP’s vision is translated into agenda statements for each center. Table 3 presents
agenda statements for each center.
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Table 3. PYDP 2017-2022 Agenda Statements
Center For the Youth to Participate…
Health in multi-sensitive, multi-sectoral, and inclusive activities, programs, projects,

and services on health and health financial risk protection—with serious
consideration of nutrition, reproductive health and psychosocial concerns—
that promote youth’s health and well-being as well as address their sexual
and non-sexual risk-taking behaviors
Education in accessible, developmental, quality, and relevant formal, non-formal and

informal lifelong learning and training that prepare graduates to be globally
competitive but responsive to national needs and to prepare them for the
workplace and the emergence of new media and other technologies
Economic in the economy, as empowered employees and/or entrepreneurs who are

empowerment productively engaged in gainful and decent work and/or businesses, and
protected from work-related vulnerabilities such as child labor, discrimination,
occupational hazards, underemployment and undue contractualization.
Social inclusion and in a peaceful and just society that affords them with equal and equitable
equity opportunities, social security and protection in all aspects of development,
regardless of their disability, ethnicity, gender, religion,specific needs, socio-
cultural-economic status and political beliefs
Peace-building and in promoting human security, including participation in peace building and
security conflict prevention and management initiatives, public order and safety
efforts, as well as in safeguarding national integrity and sovereignty to
contribute to national peace and unity.
Governance in governance through their involvement in government bureaucracy

through programs, projects and activities by and for the youth; and through
involvement in local and national political affairs
Active citizenship in community development and nation building though active, meaningful,
sustainable, productive, and patriotic engagement in civil society, social
mobilization, volunteerism (indicating social awareness and socio-civic
mindedness), and values formation (such as having concern for others and
being socially responsible) so as to improve the plight of the youth
Environment in the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of child and

youth-friendly programs, policies and activities in environmental protection,
climate change adaptation and mitigation; and disaster risk reduction and
management (DRRM), with the use of new technologies and indigenous
knowledge, so as to promote sustainable natural ecosystems and smarter
localities, biodiversity conservation, waste management and pollution
control
Global mobility in youth mobility within and beyond ASEAN through balanced and
mutually-beneficial cross-border cultural, educational, scientific exchanges;
qualification equivalencies, employment opportunities, and continuing
professional development; international cooperation and other institutional
linkages and partnerships that contribute to knowledge transfer and cultivate
new information and skills for the country. For overseas Filipino youth to
strengthen their ties with the Philippines.
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3. Context of Participation
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The PYPD covers all Filipinos between 15 and 30 years old, classified into three age groups (see Table 4):
Table 4. Youth Age Segments and Sub-sectors
Age Segment
Child Youth 15-17
Core Youth 18-24
Young Adult 25-30
Youth sub-sector
In-school (ISY)
Out-of-school (OSY)
Working (WY)
Youth with specific needs (YSN)
3.1. The Youth Population
Annual projections by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for 2017-2022, the time frame of this
PYDP, indicate the youth population in the Philippines will grow from 30.3 million in 2017 to 32
million by 2022. The annual population growth rate of 1.61% between 2017 to 2018 will decline to
0.67% by 2022 (see Table 5).
Table 5. Youth Population Projection (2017-2022)
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Youth population 30,312,164 30,800,469 31,176,586 31,548,888 31,774,955 31,986,520
Child Youth (15-17) 6,026,438 6,142,574 6,147,397 6,149,290 6,200,910 6,249,927
Core Youth (18-24) 13,857,126 13,944,089 14,026,604 14,104,681 14,151,767 14,190,804
Adult Youth (25-30) 10,428,600 10,713,806 11,002,585 11,294,917 11,422,278 11,545,789
Growth rate 1.61 1.22 1.19 0.72 0.67
Child Youth (15-17) 1.93 0.08 0.03 0.84 0.79
Core Youth (18-24) 0.63 0.59 0.56 0.33 0.28
Adult Youth (25-30) 1.61 1.22 1.19 0.72 0.67
The core youth comprise the biggest segment of the youth. They account for almost half of all youth
segments, followed by adult youth and child youth (see Table 6).
Table 6. Youth Population Percentage according to Age Segments (2017-2022)

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Child Youth (15-17) 19.88 19.94 19.72 19.49 19.52 19.54
Core Youth (18-24) 45.71 45.27 44.99 44.71 44.54 44.36
Adult Youth (25-30) 34.40 34.78 35.29 35.80 35.95 36.10
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Based on PSA projections as indicated in its 2010 Population Census, the Philippine population will
increase from 105 million in 2017 to 110 million in 2020. However, during the same time frame, the
percentage of youth in the population will decrease from 28.89 to 28.69 (see Table 7).
Table 7. Philippine Population vis-à-vis the Projected Percentage of Youth Population

(2017-2020)
2017 2018 2019 2020
Philippine population 104,921,400 106,598,600 108,274,300 109,947,900
Youth percentage 28.89 28.89 28.79 28.69
3.2. The Filipino Youth in NYAS
The National Youth Assessment Study (NYAS) 2015 provides the latest data on the youth’s conditions,
perceptions, attitudes and behaviors which serve as the main bases for PYDP 2017-2022.The results
of NYAS 2015 are based on a representative nationwide survey of 2,762 respondents. It covers all
Filipino citizens between 15 to 30 years old.
The survey revealed 80% of the respondents were single, 14% were married, 6% were cohabiting,
0.5% were separated and 0.1% were widowed. However, 25% of them already have children.
NYAS 2015 offers significant insights about the Filipino youth across the nine centers for participation.
However, as the following discussion indicates, there remains significant limitations on its coverage,
particularly in terms of active citizenship, environment, global mobility and security.
• Health
Most of the respondents (88%) did not suffer from any illness in the last 12 months.
The school was the top source of information on sex (41%), followed by the internet (19%), and
television (9%). Peers (9%), the household (5%) and health centers (5%) were weak as information
sources about sex.The lack of information sources on sex did not mean young people were not having
sex: 31% of single youth had engaged in sex, agreed that sex outside marriage was ok, and wanted to
use birth control. However, 67% said birth control methods were not available in their area. Among
these respondents, 43% said that they wanted access to such services. Just over a half (52%) were
familiar with HIV/AIDS.
Mental health is an emergent concern: 26% of respondents had thought at least once that life was not
worth living. Indeed, 24% of child-youth, 20% of core youth, and 20% of young adult had considered
committing suicide to end their problems. Another 14% had engaged in steps to push through with
it and 20% had experienced extreme emotional distress.The only positive development in this regard
was that 78% agreed there was nothing wrong with seeking professional counselling for mental health
problems.
In terms of non-sexual risk-taking, 21% of young people smoked and 4.5% said that they tried using
illegal substances. More OSY (25%) than ISY (13%) smoked. Moreover, OSY smoked twice as many
sticks per day as ISY (eight against four).
The minimum legal drinking age in the country is 18 years old, but 19% of child youth—six percent
of working child youth and 23.5% of non-working child youth—had already consumed alcohol. Over
half (53%) of core youth and over a fourth (26%) of adult youth consumed alcohol.
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• Education
Among the child youth and the core youth, majority (51.5%) were ISY and nearly a quarter (24%)
were OSYs. Among the ISYs, 15% were looking for work, six percent had part-time employment, and
five percent depended on financial aid as their primary source of funds. Another two percent of the
respondents were self-supporting.
Studying and working at the same time was difficult: eight percent of those who skipped classes did
so because they needed to work. Among the OSYs, only 18% reached college whereas over two-fifths
(43%) completed high school. About 10% said they only completed elementary schooling (six percent)
or received no formal schooling (four percent).
The respondents significantly value education, but seemingly more in theory than in practice: 91%
of ISY and 87% of OSY agreed that formal education was important in getting a job. However,
among the working youth (WY) who were not studying, 63% had not graduated from college. A great
majority of youth were satisfied with the quality of education in the country (64%), and 65% of those
who were no longer studying still wanted to return to school.
Promoting new media literacy among the youth was important because of the centrality of the
Internet in their daily lives: 55% of urban and 48% of rural youth get their news from it. Moreover,
73.5% of child-youth, 74.5% of core youth, and 73% of young adult agreed that social media was
an effective way of expressing thoughts. Almost half (49%) engaged in computer gaming and a third
(34%) say social media took up most of their time. However, access to the internet was limited.
• Economic empowerment
A majority (58%) of WY had full-time jobs and another 44% were in part-time employment. Over a
quarter (28%) of them sought another job because they wanted additional income (47%). Across all
respondents, 55% had a monthly personal income below Php10,000. The pursuit of higher income
outweighed promotion for 80% of respondents. Moreover, 47% of WY agreed that job security was
not important when considering employment. Among the core youth, meanwhile, 26% were working
and 23% were unemployed. Seven percent of youth children were working.
Almost as many employed (63%) and unemployed (61%) youth believed the government was doing
enough to provide means for gainful employment. A bigger portion (72%) of OSY believed there
were enough opportunities for gainful employment. However, only 35% of them looked for a job.
Among those who were not seeking for work, 19% said they found it difficult to look for one while
17.5% had no interest to work right now.
Significant portions of Filipino youth lived in households with monthly incomes of less than P10,000:
these include 75% of rural and 68% of urban youth, 76% of unemployed and 64% of employed
youth, and 77% of OSY. The small monthly household income could be explained by the employment
status of the respondents’ parents: only 24% of them had parents who were both employed. In some
households, only the father (33%) or the mother (5%) worked. Another 11% of respondents said their
parents were both unemployed. In fact, nearly a third (32%) of OSY said they had to stop schooling
to take up a job or help their parents with their work. However, only 15% of total households said they
were beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). [Note: Data from
DSWD indicated that in 2016 there were 4.2 million active 4Ps beneficiaries.]
Across industries, only 15% of respondents worked in the agriculture sector, but 85% believed
agriculture could be a viable means of livelihood
• Social inclusion and equity

Nearly 10% of respondents belonged to indigenous groups. One out of four indigenous youth did not
live with their parents, and 77% of them belonged to households earning less than 10,000 a month.
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Ten percent of respondents had specific needs. Among youth with specific needs, 20% had widowed
parents, which was three percent more than the whole sample. Their parents were also twice as likely
to be separated compared to the rest of their peers (8% against 4%).
Urban and rural respondents significantly differed from each other. More fathers in rural (66%) than
in urban (59%) households were employed. Conversely, more mothers in urban (38%) than in rural
(31%) households had work. Over three-quarters (76%) of rural youth had household incomes less
than PhP10,000 a month compared to 68% of urban youth. More urban than rural youth planned
to work abroad in the next five years (44% against 40%) and had taken technical-vocational courses
(17% against 13%).
• Peace-building and security

Twelve percent (12%) of respondents said they were physically hurt by another person.
• Governance
Nearly eight out of ten respondents (78%) agreed that political participation was important. Over a
majority expressed interest in social or political issues (59%) or tried to influence policies on issues
they felt strongly about (54%). In terms of political knowledge, 82% of respondents knew their mayor
but only 51% knew their representation. In terms of political attitude, 69% believed corruption was
inevitable and half were satisfied with the state of governance in the country. Finally, in terms of
political activity, almost a third (32%) of registered voters said they did not vote in the prior elections.
Participation in the government’s employment-based social protection services was not universal.
Among those with permanent employment, only 53% had Philhealth, 47% had coverage from SSS or
GSIS, and 39% had Pag-IBIG Fund membership. Among those with contractual employment, 68%
had Philhealth, 34% had SSS/GSIS and 21% had Pag-IBIG Fund membership or contributions.
• Active citizenship
About 90% of respondents were proud of being a Filipino.
Seven out of every ten respondents were not members of any organization. However, 42% attended
programs or activities by different organizations.
• Environment
Over four-fifths (85%) of respondents said youth involvement is crucial in disaster and emergency
relief. However, only 69% actively participated in environment-related activities.
• Global mobility
Half of all WY would prefer to work abroad. Over two-fifths (41%) planned to work abroad in the
next 12 months, while 50% planned to do so in the next five years.
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4. Cues for Participation
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4. Cues for Participation
PYDP 2017-2022 harmonizes the strategies, objectives, indicators and measures from the previous youth
development plans into the central concept of participation, as can be gleaned in the following matrices.
These matrices are the product of formative research to ensure sustainability with the previous PYDPs and alignment with
concurrent government and international initiatives. The contents are the result of rigorous iterative refinement throughout the
consultation series.
On the Role of the NYC PYDP Partners On the Sections

• The PYDP harmonizes existing • The strategies, objectives, monitoring metrics, • The “Things to Do” section lists
government programs in line evaluation statement, and partner agencies are proposed activities which
with the mandate of the NYC as comprehensive. However, they are by no organizations may decide to
“the policy-making coordinating means exhaustive and exclusionary. The initiate or include in their PPAs
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body of all youth-related Centers serve as a masterplan or as guiding • The “Legislative Agenda” is based
institutions, programs, projects principles through which strategies and on either the proposals given by
and activities (PPAs) of the activities for, with, and by the youth can be youth leaders during a legislative
government.” conceptualized and implemented. agenda development workshop or
• The NYC will advocate for the • Youth Groups (YGs), Government the PDP.
optimal participation of the Organizations (GOs), Civil Society • The “Research Agenda” is based
youth in these PPAs. This helps Organizations (CSOs), Local Government on data needed to start, monitor,
promote sustainability in and Units (LGUs), and the National Youth and evaluate PPAs
support for government Commission (NYC) are partners and • The “Sample Initiatives” come
initiatives. stakeholders within and across the different from the consultation series. Thus,
• The NYC will work with various centers. some national government
agencies in developing new • For simplicity, only lead agencies have been initiatives are identified with the
initiatives for strategies with no indicated in the matrices even in collaborative regional office which reported
existing PPAs. programs. Moreover, this helps identify the them. This shows how PPAs can
contact agency for the monitoring and be cascaded across levels of
evaluation of an initiative. government.
4.1. Health
4.1. Health
Table 8. Health Overview Matrix
Agenda Statement
For the youth to participate in multi-sectoral, multi-sensitive, and inclusive programs, projects, activities and services on health and
health financial risk protection—with serious consideration of nutrition, reproductive health and psychosocial concerns—that promote
the youth’s health and well-being as well as address their sexual and non-sexual risk-taking behaviors
Strategies
Ensure youth Strengthen youth Address and mitigate Address and mitigate Address psychosocial
participation in healthy participation in youth participation in youth participation in concerns
living & the prevention responsible sexual and sexual risk-taking non-sexual risk-taking
of accidents & injuries reproductive health behavior behavior
Objectives
    
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• Increase active • Increase subscription • Lower the incidence • Decrease cigarette • Increase mental
healthy lifestyle to family planning of casual sex, smoking health wellness
• Increase good • Increase safe STI/HIV/AIDS, and • Decrease underage practices
nutrition practices motherhood practices abortion and excessive • Increase positive
• Decrease hunger • Lower the incidence drinking mental health-seeking
among youth of “early sexual practices
• Increase medical and debut,” teenage • Lower suicidal
dental attention pregnancy, ideation
• Decrease the number “unintended • Prevent suicides
of accidents involving pregnancy,” and • Expand service
the youth maternal mortality delivery network to
address mental health
issues
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The Health Center of Participation addresses the following 20@22 Agenda Items and UN Sustainable Development Goals:
20@22 Agenda UN SDG

• Health & Responsible Parenthood • 2 Zero hunger
• 3 Good health & well-being
4.1.1. Healthy living
Health, according to the Philippine Youth Development Index of 2013, surfaced as one of the four most important areas of
development in the country (NYAS, 2015).
In terms of ensuring medical and dental attention to youth, deployment programs in the Department of Health (DOH)priority areas
have improved significantly: there were around 262 doctors and 265 dentists in doctorless municipalities under the Doctors to the
Barrio program (Mamaril, et al., 2016). However, the National Monitoring and Evaluation Dental Survey conducted by DOH in 2011
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stated that 87% Filipinos had experienced tooth decay (about 83 million) and 77% of Filipinos had never seen a dentist.
The Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology reported that the chronic malnutrition rate
of the children aged 0 to 2 years old in 2015 was 26.2%, the highest in the preceding decade. Moreover, data from the 2013 National
Nutrition Survey indicated high prevalence of undernutrition among pregnant adolescents.
Youth’s involvement in sports is high: 72% of the youth were interested in sports. In addition, this interest in sports translated to
actual involvement and participation. About 16% of millennials, born after 1980,have done sports or exercise at least once a week.
Moreover, Filipinos aged 25-34 were a lot more concerned on their overall well-being and health while youth aged 14-24 were into
participation in sports activities.
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Table 9. Health Strategy 1: Ensure youth participation in healthy living and the prevention of accidents & injuries
Objectives Program-Activities Monitoring Metrics Evaluation Metrics Lead Agencies
• Increase active • Laro’t Saya sa Parke • # of youth program • % of youth who • PSC
lifestyle • Go4Health beneficiaries participated in the • DILG
• Philippine National program/s • DOH
Games
• Increase good • Barangay Nutrition • # of youth BNS • Average BMI2 (PSA) • DepEd
nutrition practices Scholar Program beneficiaries • % of youth who know • NNC
• # of youth reached by the principles of
PGN healthy living1
• Supplementary • % of pregnant • % of nutritionally at- • DOH

feeding of pregnant adolescents receiving risk pregnant
women prescribed food adolescents2 (DOH,
supplementation PSA)
• Nutrition education • # of youth • % of youth who abide • DOH
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participating in by the Nutritional • NNC
nutrition education Guidelines for
activities Filipinos2 (DOH)
• Micronutrient • % of adolescents • % of anemic women • DOH
supplementation receiving iron-folic of reproductive • NNC
acid supplements age2(DOH)
• % of pregnant
adolescents receiving
iron-folic acid
supplements
• Decrease hunger • Pantawid Pamilyang • # of 4Ps youth • % who self-report • DSWD
among youth Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries hunger2(SWS) • NNC
• Accelerated Hunger • # of youth reached by
Mitigation Program AHMP
(AHMP)
• DepEd’s Feeding
Program
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• Increase medical and • 4Ps • % of youth who • % of youth who have • DOH
dental attention • Adolescent and receive medical not had serious • DSWD
Youth Health attention when illness1 • PhilHealth
Program (AYHP) needed • DepEd (School
• Universal PhilHealth • % of youth who get Health Division)
Coverage bi-annual dental
• Dental & Medical check-up
Program
• Decrease the number • Violence and Injury • # of events on and • % change of youth in • DOH
of accidents involving Prevention Program participants in fatal vehicular • MMDA
the youth workshops regarding accidents2(DOH, • LTFRB
vehicular and MMDA or PNP)
drowning/ • % change of deaths in
submersion accidents accidental drowning/
submersion2(DOH)
Notes These are indicative programs- These metrics are to be monitored These metrics are: 1 - For inclusion The agencies lead the identified
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activities (PAs) which can address by the implementing agencies to in NYAS 2021 or 2 - To be PAs. LGUs, CSOs, YGs, and other
the given objective. Organizations keep track of youth participation in coordinated with the identified organizations can also take the lead
can sustain and/or introduce PAs their activities. agency (in parentheses) to address an objective by
to meet the same objective. introducing a new PA for it.
Things to Do • Strengthen safe motherhood program, e.g. ensuring coverage of pregnant adolescents, nutrition services for pregnant
women (nutrition counseling, iron-folic acid supplementation, food supplementation as needed)
• Provision of iron-folic acid supplements to adolescent females and pregnant women; iodine supplements to women of
reproductive age in at-risk areas
• Strengthen the implementation of the 4Ps program which monitors beneficiaries’ health
• Organize volunteer youth leaders for health
• Organize events on healthy diet/proper nutrition as well as on sports and exercise beyond the barangay “liga”
Research • Develop and track metrics for 1) healthy living, 2) death by drowning or submersion, and 3) vehicular accident by
Agenda single line age
• Reconciling age grouping for nutrition variables
Legislative • Expand the Rural Health Care and Program by amending RA 1082 and RA 1891 to strengthen health and dental
Agenda services in the rural area
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4.1.2. Reproductive and sexual health
There has been an increase in teen pregnancies over the last 20 years because of multiple partners and low condom use (UN
Population Fund). According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, one out of ten Filipino women aged 15 to 19 has already given
birth to a child.
There has been an increase in the incidence of HIV. According to the Department of Health (DOH), 3,112 new HIV cases were
reported in the month of July up until October 2016. Of these cases, 333 were already full-blown AIDS when they were reported to
the DOH. Some 885 and 1,637 cases involved individuals in the 15 to 24 and 25 to 34 age brackets respectively.
In July 2019, the DOH revealed that the proportion of HIV positive cases in the 15-24 age group nearly doubled in the past ten
years from 17 % in 2000 to 2009 to 29 % in 2010 to 2019. Ninety percent of these cases were infected through sexual contact, two
percent were infected through sharing of needles, one ( <1%) was infected through mother to child transmission, and one percent
had no data on mode of transmission.
Table 10. Health Strategy 2: Strengthen youth participation in responsible sexual and reproductive health
Objectives Program-Activities Monitoring Metrics Evaluation Lead Agencies
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• Increase subscription • AHYP • % of youth who talk • % change in • DOH
to contraceptives about RH with their unintended • POPCOM
parents 2
pregnancy (POPCOM • DepEd
• # of youth who avail • % change in number • DSWD
of AHYDP services of FP subscribers2
• # of participants who (DOH)
use information from • Average age of sexual
AHYDP debut1, 2 (POPCOM)
• % change in teenage
pregnancy2 (PSA)
• Increase safe • Women's Health and • # of youth who avail • # of facility-based • DOH
motherhood practices Safe Motherhood of the integrated births2 (PSA/DOH) • POPCOM
• Decrease maternal Project (WHSMP) package of WHSMP Maternal mortality • DepEd
mortality services rate among the • DSWD
youth2(PSA) • DOH-FHD
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• Delay sexual debut • AHYP • % change in availing • % change in teenage • DOH
• Lower the incidence • WHSMP of RH products and pregnancies2 (PSA) • POPCOM
of teenage pregnancy • Adolescent Health services • Average age of sexual • DepEd
• Lower the incidence Reproductive • % of youth reached debut 1,2 (POPCOM) • DSWD
of unintended Program by ASRH initiatives • % change in the
pregnancy • % of adolescents practice of safe sex2
vaccinated in public (DOH)
schools and health • Increase in
centers contraceptive
prevalence2 (DOH)
Things to Do • Strengthen the implementation of 4Ps development sessions
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• Organize events on population development
• Train and engage parents on how to talk to their children about reproductive health
• Promote ASRH in emergencies
• Provide micronutrient supplements for women of reproductive age
• Provide adolescent vaccine in public schools and health centers
Legislative • Strengthening of the National Population and Development Policy (PDP)
Agenda • Enact Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act (PDP)
• National Policy on the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy (PDP)
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Table 11. Health Strategy 3: Address and mitigate youth participation in sexual risk-taking behavior
• Lower the incidence of casual • AYHP • # of participants in • Average age of • DOH
sex, STI/HIV/AIDS, and the events on sexual sexual debut 1, 2 • OSHC
• HIV/STI
abortion Prevention Program risk-taking behavior (POPCOM) • PNAC
• National AIDS • # of youth • % change in the • DOLE
beneficiaries practice of safe sex2
Prevention Control • PIA
Program attending the youth (POPCOM)
development • % change in
sessions every abortion1(DOH)
month
• # of comprehensive
program on lifeskill
approach –HIV
education for youth
Notes These are indicative programs- These metrics are to be These metrics are: 1 - For The agencies lead the identified
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activities (PAs) which can monitored by the implementing inclusion in NYAS 2021 or 2 - To PAs. LGUs, CSOs, YGs, and
address the given objective. agencies to keep track of youth be coordinated with the other organizations can also take
Organizations can sustain participation in their activities. identified agency (in the lead to address an objective
and/or introduce PAs to meet parentheses) by introducing a new PA for it.
the same objective.
Things to Do • Organize events on sexual risk-taking behavior

• Train and engage parents on how to talk to their children about risky sexual practices
• Lobby for the amendment of mandatory HIV testing
• Share information about risky behavior, especially among the marginalized
• Introduce life skill management training of youth from all sectors
• Strengthen the implementation of the youth development sessions in the 4Ps program
• Strengthen IEC campaign on HIV and STI
Legislative • Amend the Philippine HIV-AIDS Law (PDP)
Agenda • Lobby for the enactment of anti-discrimination bills
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4.1.3. Non-sexual risk-taking behavior
The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) of 2011 surveyed 6,044 students, of whom 3,708 were aged between 13 to 15 years old. It
was found out that 27.5% of students had smoked cigarettes, 13.7% currently used any tobacco products, and 10.5% of non-
smokers would likely try smoking the following year (Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 2011).
Youth were also vulnerable to second hand smoke. Based on the GYST report on the exposure of youth to second hand smoke,
42.9% of youth lived in homes where others smoke in their presence. In addition, 57.9% were around others who smoked in places
outside their home. Moreover, 48.7% had one or more smoker parents (Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 2011).The 2010 report on
Global Alcohol consumption of the World Health Organization revealed that, in the Philippines, 4.2% of those between 15 and 29
years old were heavy episodic drinkers.
Table 12. Health Strategy 4: Address and mitigate youth participation in non-sexual risk-taking behavior*
Objectives Program-Activities Monitoring Metrics Evaluation Agencies
• Decrease cigarette • Smoke Cessation • # of SCP and AYHP • % change in youth • DOH
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smoking Program (SCP) anti-smoking and cigarette • PSA
• Decrease underage • AYHP anti-underage 2
smoking (DOH) • DSWD
and excessive drinking events and • % change in number
drinking participants of cigarette sticks
• # of youth reached by smoked daily2 (DOH)
IEC materials on SCP • % change in alcohol
and underage consumption2 (DOH)
drinking • Average age of first
alcohol consumption1
* For drug dependence, activities (PAs) which can address by the implementing agencies to in NYAS 2021 or 2 - To be PAs. LGUs, CSOs, YGs, and other
please see Section 6.5. can sustain and/or introduce PAs their activities. agency (in parentheses) to address an objective by
Things to Do • Ensure municipal implementation of the Barkada Kontra Droga Program

• Organize events on vice mitigation and drug-free living
• Train principals, guidance counselors, and advocates on vice prevention and control
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4.1.4. Psychosocial concerns
The 2014 Global Report on Preventing Suicide (World Health Organization) stated that suicide was the second principal cause of
death among youth aged 15 to 29 years old worldwide. Similarly, in the Philippines, there was an estimated 2,500 cases of suicide
in 2012. Four-fifths of these cases involved women. Though the Philippines still had the lowest suicide rates in Southeast Asia,
incidence of suicide and suicidal ideation was increasing.
Table 13. Health Strategy 5: Address psychosocial concerns

• Improve mental • Mental Health • # of principals, • % change of youth • DOH
health wellness Program guidance, counselors, who have taken steps • NCMH
• Normalize mental • HOPE Line and advocates trained to take their life1
health-seeking on psychosocial • % change in suicidal
behavior issues ideation among the
• Lower suicidal • # who avail of youth1
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ideation support mechanisms
• Prevent suicides for psychosocial
• Expand service concerns
delivery network to • # of youth using the
address mental health HOPE line
issues
Things to Do • Organize events on psychosocial health

• Train advocates, guidance counselors and principals on psychosocial issues
• Strengthen support mechanisms (i.e., medical attention and counseling)for youth with psychosocial concerns
• Engage parents and the youth by providing them with information on psychosocial health
• Introduce community-based mental health initiatives
• Introduce interventions for depression awareness and suicide prevention
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Legislative • Enact the National Mental Health Care Delivery System (PDP)
Agenda
Table 14. Sample Initiatives for Health

• Each One, Reach One, Teach One (NIR) is an award-winning entry in TAYO 2008. Through peer education, it teaches life skills to
young people at risk of getting HIV. Youth are asked to participate in peer counselling, Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT),
community outreach, seminars or trainings, and IEC distribution.
• AHYD Program (POPCOM) promotes awareness on responsible sexual behavior and healthy lifestyles to reduce incidence of teenage
pregnancy, STI, HIV and AIDS. It involves education-entertainment activities.
• YDS (DSWD) encourages positive lifestyle through values education. Through modules developed with DepEd, this project promotes
health awareness and healthy lifestyle among the youth.
• Adolescent Health and Youth Development Program (LGU MIS OR) enhances knowledge on sex education to lessen the incidence
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of teenage pregnancy. It disseminates IEC materials on sex education and teenage pregnancy.
• Field Trip sa Health Centers (NCR) introduces the health system to young people. The youth participate in activities such as project
orientation involving key stakeholders, actual field visits, post- visit debriefing, and action-planning.
• Adolescent Health and Development Program (DOH) capacitates health workers in dealing with the youth. Participants engage in
Adolescent Job Aid (AJA), adolescent health education and practical training, and health caravans.
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• Adolescent Development and Education Program Tool (DOH) • Establishment of teen hubs in schools
• Adolescent Health and Youth Development Film Festival • Jocks-on-Air for RH
• Adolescent Job Aid (DOH) • National Population Quiz
• Adolescent-friendly health facilities (DOH) • National Youth Congress (DDB)
• Barkada Kontra Droga Program • Rehabilitation, Alternative Programs Interventions for the
• Conduct of Training Program on Sexually Healthy and treatment and Prevention of illegal Drug Dependency (RAPID)
Personally Effective Adolescents (SHAPE) • Youth for Youth (U4U)
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4.2. Education
4.2. Education
Table 15. Education Overview Matrix
Agenda Statement
For the youth to participate in accessible, developmental, quality, and relevant formal, non-formal and informal lifelong learning and
training that prepare graduates to be globally competitive but responsive to national needs; and to prepare them for the workplace
and the emergence of new media and other technologies
Strategies
Improve and increase youth participation in education Improve educational quality and performance
Objectives
 
• Decrease youth not in employment, education or training • Increase functional literacy rate
(NEET) • Improve academic performance
• Increase efficiency rate • Increase traditional and new media literacy
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The Education Center of Participation addresses the following 20@22 Agenda Items and UN Sustainable Development Goals:
20@22 Agenda UN SDG

• Human Capital Development & Education • 4 Quality education
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4.2.1. Youth participation in education
In 2015, there were 14.5 million elementary students and 7.3 million high school students, but not all of them managed to graduate.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) 2013 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS),one in
every ten (10) youths aged 6 to 24 were out-of-school. This was equivalent to four million Filipinos. The Autonomous Region of Muslim
Mindanao had the highest out-of-school population with 14.4%, higher than the national average of 10.6%.
The main reasons for leaving school were early marriages (22.9%), lack of resources (19.2%), and lack of interest in going to school (19.1%)
(PSA, 2015).
According to a study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, there was a decline from 12 to five percent in the
number of children between 5 and 15 years old who were not in school between 2008 and 2013. During the same
period, adjusted net primary school attendance rates increased from 90.8% to 96.45%.
Table 16. Education Strategy 1: Increase and improve youth participation in education
Monitoring
Objectives Program-Activities Evaluation Agencies
Metrics
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• Decrease youth • Unified Student Financial Assistance System for • # of • Dropout rate • DepEd
not in employ- Tertiary Education (UNIFAST) advocacy among ISY per • DepEd –
ment, education • Technical and Vocational Education and Training programs level2 (DepEd) Youth
or training (NEET) (TVET) Programs and their • % of youth drop- Formation
• Increase • 4Ps youth outs who return to Division
efficiency rate • Alternative Learning Systems (ALS) Program participants school2 (DepEd, • CHED
• Provide financial • One Town One Scholar Program • # of youth CHED) • DSWD
assistance to • Education for Development Scholarship Program scholars • % of youth in tech- • TESDA
qualified IP (EDSP) • # of 4Ps voc programs2 • OWWA
students/pupils • OFW Dependent Scholarship Program (ODSP) youth (TESDA) • NCIP
(NCIP) • Children of Migrant Workers Scholarship beneficiaries • % of youth not in
• Provide Program (CMWSP) • # of NEET2 (DepEd,
meaningful • Education and Livelihood Assistance Program UNIFAST CHED, DOLE)
scholarship to (ELAP) beneficiaries • % of IP benefi-
qualified/ • Information Technology Training Program • # of youth ciaries graduated
deserving IP (ITTP) Skills for Employment Scholarship graduates
students based Program (SESP)
on screening
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criteria and benefits • RA 10931 –Universal Access to Quality Tertiary • # of graduates
or privileges provi- Education Act of 2017 under the
ded in the imple- • Student Learners & Development Program K-12 Program
menting guidelines • Educational Assistance Program (EAP) (NCIP) • # of students
(NCIP) • Merit-based Scholarship Program (NCIP) enrolled in
• Provide education SUCs / LUCs
related projects • Support to Education and Advocacy Services • # of students
and activities that (NCIP) enrolled in
complement then a. Assistance to IP Community Schools private HEIs
EAP and MBSP b. Culturally Adaptive Basic Education and under Tertiary
and advocate Health Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Education
holistic Systems and Practices (CABEH-IIKSP) Subsidy
development to c. Review of Licensure Examination for Program
include relevant Teachers (LET) and other Professional Board • # of HE
and responsive Examinations Programs
initiatives other d. In-School Feeding cum Information and compliant with
than educational Education Campaign (IEC) Project CMO 20 s 2013
assistance and • Bridging Project/Tutorial Activities for IP • No. of IP
youth
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scholarship Groups with Low Cohort Survival Rate (NCIP)
(NCI P) beneficiaries
Notes These are indicative programs-activities (PAs) which can address the These metrics are to be These metrics are: 1 - For The agencies lead the
given objective. Organizations can sustain and/or introduce PAs to monitored by the inclusion in NYAS 2021 or 2 - identified PAs. LGUs,
meet the same objective. implementing agencies To be coordinated with the CSOs, YGs, and other
to keep track of youth identified agency (in organizations can also
participation in their parentheses) take the lead to address
activities. an objective by
introducing a new PA
for it.
Things to Do • Organize community-based education & advocacy programs to promote the value of education
• Institutionalize parental participation in school
• Formalize interventions to motivate student drop-outs to return to school
• Strengthen school reintegration programs for OSYs
• Strengthen formal, non-formal, and informal education programs
• Improve STFAP scheme; disseminate information on STFAP and other grants
• Promote distance education
• Boost educational advocacies and campaigns.
• Conduct collaborative workshops among national agencies and NGOs in addressing different youth issues
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4.2.2. Educational quality and performance
There was a high literacy rate among youth aged 15 to 24 years old, at 98.1% in 2013 (Philippine Statistics Authority, 2013). Women
were generally more literate than men. Further, more women than men (55% versus 45%) pursued higher education (Commission
on Higher Education, 2015).
Table 17. Education strategy 2: Improve educational quality and performance

• Increase functional • Alternative Learning • # of youth enrollees • % of functionally • DepEd
literacy rate System Programs in ALS Programs literate2 (PSA)
• Philippine • % of PEPT passers
Educational
Placement Test
• Improve academic • K to 12 Basic Ed • # of awardees • % improvement in • DepEd
performance Awards & National • CHED
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Recognition Program Achievement Test
scores2 (DepEd)
• Increase traditional • Media & Information • # of students enrolled • % of media literate • DepEd
and new media Literacy Course in media and literacy youth2 (PSA)
literacy • Media literacy • # of media literacy
workshops workshops and
participants
Things to Do • Strengthen bridging programs to address functional illiteracy

• Organize teacher-training programs on student-centered education
• Organize workshops on traditional and new media literacy
• Strengthen extra-curricular academic programs (i.e., remedial classes)
Legislative • Amend Senate Bill 0172 to expand the "Abot-Alam Program Act of 2016”to make it more comprehensive
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Agenda • Enact a bill creating mobile classrooms in the rural areas
Table 18. Sample initiatives for Education

• Youth and I Club (POPCOM NIR) is a pilot project of the Cadiz City LGU, the DepED, CPO, and other stakeholders. It establishes
school-based clubs which promote responsible sexuality with the guidance of trained peer educators. In the process, it helps reduce
sexual and non- sexual cases among young people. The project involves the training of peer educators, and the production and
distribution of IEC campaign materials.
• A Child Worker No More and Sponsor a Scholar Project (Sowing Legacy Movement, NIR) empowers the youth through the
following projects:The Pledge 30 campaign (30 pesos a month for scholars) and the Leadership Legacy Camp. It helps scholars
graduate and contribute back to the community.
• Echo Seminars/ Trainings/ Workshops (The Carrier, John B. Lacson, Colleges Foundation, Bacolod) promote campus-based
responsible journalism.The youth disseminate the information and knowledge they have learned through the following activities: the
production of magazines, newsletters, tabloids, and wall news; the use of blogs in social media; and the composition of literary or
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creative articles.
• Negros 1st Training for Work Scholarship Program (Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center) offers
courses on IT or BPO and vocational trade courses for OSY as well as unemployed graduates. Its program components include
Pagkaon Scholarship, District Educational Scholarship, Vocational/ Technical Scholarship, and Indigenous People’s Scholarship.
Beneficiaries of this program are deserving students in the marginalized sector. It empowers the youth, improve their skills, and
provide them employment opportunities.
• Skills Training on Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) (HPCO NIR) trains 25 beneficiaries to acquire a TESDA certificate. The
training program includes 10 days of lecture, 24 days of actual training, 2 days of assessment quizzes, and 10 days of OJT at TESDA
by the HPCO in Silay. It gives its beneficiaries opportunities to apply for a job.
• Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) (LGU MIS OR) aims to lessen dropout rates by employing students during
summer breaks for a total of 20 days. Part of the students’ honorarium is given to them, while the remainder is remitted to their
schools. This program is in partnership with DOLE.
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• E- AICS (Educational Assistance) (DSWD) promotes youth empowerment by providing them with educational assistance.
• Iskolar Ako ni Bambi (IKNG) (LGU MIS OR) aids CHED/ TESDA in developing the province’s human resource by providing
scholarships and financial assistance to poor but deserving tertiary-level students. Qualified college students receive money for their
tuition while OSY study in TESDA-accredited schools for free.
• Alternative Learning System (ALS) (DepEd) is a practical alternative to formal instruction. It offers quality basic education to all OSY.
To facilitate learning, it uses Basic Literacy Program, Accreditation and Equivalency Program (certification of competencies
comparable to graduate of formal school system) and ALS for DAP. It brings basic education to far-flung barangays and helps
eradicate illiteracy among out of school youth.
• Operation Lighthouse Keeping-faith-breed Training for SH and Teachers (DepEd, Region 7) capacitates school heads and teachers
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in values formation through live training.
• Sports Academy (PLGU of Zamboanga Del Sur) caters to athletes from different municipalities. It offers quality education and sports
training. It develops their skills in different events in sports and gives opportunities to youth from far-flung areas by realizing their
potential for varsity.
• Educational Assistance Program (Region 11) supports economically-disadvantaged youth to have access to formal education and
vocational technical skills training which will qualify them for gainful employment or enable them to venture in livelihood projects.
• Education Assistance Loan Program (Educ-Assist) seeks to help workers and their beneficiaries (legal spouse, child of SSS member
including illegitimate and sibling of unmarried SSS member including half brother or sister) to borrow money for enrolment funds for
college, technical and vocational courses. In the past, SSS facilitated the grant of Study Now Pay Later Plan, Educational, Vocational
and Technical Loans. SSC Educ-Assist is different and goes further than merely addressing the short-term credit needs of its members.
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4.3. Economic empowerment
4.3. Economic empowerment
Table 19. Economic Empowerment Overview Matrix
Agenda Statement
For the youth to participate in the economy, as empowered employees and/or entrepreneurs who are productively engaged in decent
and gainful work and/or businesses, and protected from work-related vulnerabilities such as child labor, discrimination,
underemployment, and occupational hazards
Strategies
Optimize youth participation in Stop youth participation in Promote youth participation in Strengthen youth participation
the labor force vulnerable employment entrepreneurial activities in employment enrichment
support systems
Objectives
   
• Decrease unemployment, • Decrease child labor • Increase the number of • Increase number of school
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underemployment, and jobs • Decrease the trafficking of youth entrepreneurs break/ internship jobs
mismatch for WY youth • Increase counseled youth
• Increase part-time • Lessen the number of youth regarding their career
employment opportunities who work unpaid and/or options
for ISY without benefits
• Increase green jobs • Lessen the abuse of WY
• Increase productivity and • Decrease work related
employment in the hazards and illnesses
agricultural sector
The Economic Empowerment Center of Participation addresses the following 20@22 Agenda Items and UN Sustainable Development Goals:
20@22 Agenda UN SDG

• Human Capital Development & Education • 1 No poverty
• Decent work, & full & productive employment • 4 Quality education
• 9 Industry, innovation, & infrastructure
• 10 Reduced inequalities
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4.3.1. Youth participation in the labor force
Agricultural and other green industries hold significant potential in addressing youth unemployment and underemployment.
According to the Department of Agriculture, every year, a smaller number of youth are inclined to engage in farming and
fishing. This has resulted in an aging population in these sectors, with the average age of Filipino farmers and fisherfolk at 47
years old, according to a baseline survey conducted by the DA-Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP).
Table 20. Economic Empowerment Strategy 1: Optimize youth participation in the labor force
• Decrease • JobStart • # of Jobstart, STEP, • % change in • DOLE
unemployment, • Special Training for TWSP, and EPB underemployed • TESDA
underemployment, Employment events and youth youth 2 (PSA) • DTI
and jobs mismatch for Program (STEP) participants • % change in • CHED
WY • Training for Work underemployed • TESDA
Scholarship Program youth2 (PSA)
(TWSP)
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• Enterprise Based
Programs (EBP)
• Career Guidance
Advocacy Program
(CGAP)
• Increase part-time • Special Program for • # of SPES events and • % change in youth • DOLE
employment the Employment of youth beneficiaries employed part-time 2
opportunities for ISY Students (SPES) (PSA)

• Promote green jobs • Expanded National • # of NGP and • % distribution in • DENR
Greening Program ProGED events and youth employment • DTI
(NGP) youth participants per key industry per • DepEd
• Promotion of Green region2 (PSA) • TESDA
Economic
Development
(ProGED)
• School in a Garden
(SIGA)
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• Increase productivity • Agriculture & • # of program events • % increase in income • DA-ATI
and employment in Fisheries Scholarship and youth and number of youth • DOLE-BWSC
the agricultural sector Programs participants in agriculture2 (PSA) • DSWD
• Enhancing Access to • # of scholarship
Agriculture and grants provided
Fisheries Extension • # of enrollees
(AFE) Knowledge • # of graduates
Program
• Youth
Entrepreneurship
Support (YES)
Program
• Youth Empowerment
through a Sustainable
Program (YES)
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• Sustainable
Livelihood Program
Notes are indicative programs-
TheseProgram These metrics are to be monitored These metrics are: 1 - For inclusion The agencies lead the identified
Things to Do • Strengthen employment facilitation services

• Promote career guidance services
• Organize employment-focused events such as job fairs and trainings for skills enrichment
• Provide incentives for youth workers in key industries
• Intensify skills training, retooling and upgrading programs consistent with the global standards
• Establish skills training center or hubs equipped with advanced technology
• Strengthen apprenticeship and learnership programs
• Re-introduce agriculture in primary and secondary schools
Research • Determine what can interest the youth to work in the agricultural and green industries
Agenda
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4.3.2. Youth and vulnerable employment
According to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), data from the 2011 Survey on Children indicate that over two
million youth between the ages of five and 17 years old were engaged in child labor. A great majority (58%) belonged to the
15-17 age group. The survey was conducted by the National Statistics Office. Overall, Central Luzon and Bicol region had the
most number of children engaged in child labor, 10.5% and 10.4% respectively.
Table 21. Economic Empowerment Strategy 2: Stop youth participation in vulnerable employment
• Decrease child labor • KASAMA • # of KASAMA, • % change in child • DSWD
(15-17 years old) • Program Against CLPEP, and Makiisa labor2 (PSA, DOLE) • NCLC
Child Labor (CLPEP) events and youth • DOLE-BWSC
• Makiisa para sa participants • DOLE-BLE
#1MBatangMalaya
• Decrease the • Recovery and • # of youth CLPEP • % change in youth • DSWD
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trafficking of youth Reintegration and RRPTP victims of trafficking2 • DOLE
Program for beneficiaries (DSWD, IACAT, • DOJ-IACAT
Trafficked Persons JJWC)
(RRPTP)
• Lessen the number of • Workers • # of youth WODP, • % change in youth • DOLE
youth who work Organization LEGS, and LEES who work unpaid1, 2 • DOLE-BLE
unpaid and/or Development events and (PSA, DOLE)
without benefits Program (WODP) participants • % change in youth
• Lessen the abuse of • Labor Education for without benefits1.2
WY Graduating Students (DOLE)
(LEGS) • % change in number
• Labor and of abused WY2
Employment (DOLE)
Education
Services(LEES)
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• Decrease work • Zero Accident • # of ZAP events and • % change in youth • DOLE-OSHC
related hazards and Program (ZAP) youth participants victims of work
illnesses hazards and illnesses2
(OSHC)
Things to Do • Organize events on worker's rights and responsibilities

• Strengthen inter-agency coordination against trafficking
• Expand the capability of the hotline numbers to report incidences of vulnerable employment (i.e., trafficking, abuse,
non-payment of salary and/or benefits)
• Train workers on occupational health and safety
• Share information on what comprises vulnerable employment
Research • Disaggregation of child and youth labor data
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Agenda
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4.3.3. Youth entrepreneurship
Table 22. Economic Empowerment Strategy 3: Promote youth participation in entrepreneurial activities
• Increase the number • Negosyo Centers • # of youth • increase /decrease in • DOLE-BWSC
of youth • Kabuhayan Starter Kits participants in these number of youth • DTI
entrepreneurs • YES Program programs entrepreneurs2 (DTI) • DSWD
• Nego-Kart Program • # of scholarship
• SME Roving Academy grants provided
(SMERA) • # of enrollees (degree
• Sustainable Livelihood & non-degree)
Program • # of graduates
• Youth Entrepreneurship (degree & non-
Program (YEP) degree)
• Integrated and
Livelihood Emergency
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Employment Programs
• Scholarship Programs
• Electronic Client
Program
Things to Do • Rationalize operations of training centers in each region to support small entrepreneurs and farmers in developing
sustainable enterprises by putting together convergent services for business incubation, innovation services and
technology
• Provide easy access to credit, finance, information, technology, training and strategic linkages -
• Organize events on entrepreneurship for the youth
• Introduce a system for providing seed capital
• Introduce an entrepreneur mentoring program
• Coordinate with business schools
• Share information on successful youth entrepreneurs
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Table 23. Economic Empowerment Strategy 4:Strengthen youth participation in employment enrichment support systems
• Increase number of • Senior High School • # of agencies and • % change in youth • DepEd
school Career Guidance organizations with interns2 (DOLE, NYC) • DOLE-BLE
break/internship jobs Program internship programs • % change in school • CHED
• Increase counseled • CGAP • # of academic break youth workers2 • DSWD
youth regarding their • Government programs with (DOLE (SPES)) • DTI-HR
career options Internship Program internship in their
(GIP) curriculum
• SPES
• Immersion Outreach
Program (IOP)
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Things to Do • Coordinate with government agencies, private organizations, and schools to strengthen their internship programs
• Formalize career guidance services for ISY, OSY, and WY
• Increase the number and upgrading of facilities of TESDA-accredited learning centers and training providers for the
informal sector
• Prioritize youth, women, and workers in the informal economy in tech-voc education and skills development
program
Legislative • Enact legislation that would create designated areas in sidewalks for mobile vendors with barangay permits
agenda • Enact legislation on anti-age discrimination in the job recruitment process for legal-age workers
• Enact the Social Enterprise Bill (PDP)
• Pass the Ease of Doing Business Act (PDP)
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Table 24. Sample initiatives for Economic Empowerment
• Package on Technology (Region 10) aims to equip the youth about crop production through lectures, discussions, and hands-on
activities. It teaches the youth new practices and technologies in crop production.
• Going Places (NCR) is an assessment survey to determine the priorities in each area according to the residents themselves. The
priorities are then aligned with the SDGs.
• SDG ADOPTION (SDG Tri-sectoral Advocacy and Resiliency- STAR) (NCR) promotes the full and active adoption and integration
of the Sustainable Development Goals (AGENDA 2030) in all organizations, government agencies, and private institutions. It involves
capacity-building and training on the SDGs among the youth.
• TVET for Poverty Reduction (TESDA Cebu) aims to attain highly-sustainable inclusive economic growth to substantially reduce
poverty. It involves Barangay Kasanayan para sa Kabuhayan at Kapayapaan, community- based trainings, scholarships (PESFA, BUB,
STEP), mobile training program, training program for rebel returnees/ decommissioned combatants, and assessment and certification
of the foregoing clients. Such activities develop productive and world-class skilled work force with positive work values.
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• Unlad Kabataan (LGU Davao) promotes the development of the OSY and other disadvantaged youth to become self-reliant,
economically-productive and socially-responsible citizens who contribute to the development of their family and community. Youth
engage in various activities that promote social and economic development.
• Employment Facilitation: JobStart, Special Program for the • Entrepreneurship: TechVoc skills training, DOLE Integrated
Employment of Students (SPES), Government Internship Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP),
Program (GIP), Special Training for Employment Program Establishment of Negosyo Centers DTI-Go Negosyo Mentor Me
(STEP), Training for Work Scholarship Program, Enterprise • Capacity Building: Workers Organization Development
Based Programs (Apprenticeship, Learnership, and Dual Program (WODP), SME Roving Academy
Training System) • Labor Education: Labor Education for Graduating Students
• Career Guidance: Career Guidance Week, Capacity-building for (LEGS), LEES
RGCs and Cas, Career Guidance through Social Networks,
Career Ambassadors, NCAC/RCAC, Career Blitz, LMI
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Table 25. Social Inclusion and Equity Overview Matrix
Agenda Statement
For the youth to participate in a peaceful and just society that affords them with equal and equitable opportunity, social security and
protection in all aspects of development, regardless of their gender, disability, specific needs, political beliefs, ethnicity, religion, and
socio-cultural-economic status
Strategies
Promote the prosocial Maximize participation of youth Promote the Strengthen equal and equitable
participation of youth with with disability in society participation of participation across genders: violence
specific needs: abused, indigenous people against women, female discrimination,
neglected, and exploited as well (IP) youth in society male enrolment and attrition rate,
as street youth LGBTQ+ SOGI discrimination
Objectives
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   
• Decrease the number of Increase the facilities and • Improve the • Decrease violence against women
youths living in poverty services for the following youth economic and (VAW) and children
• Decrease the number of with disabilities (YWD) social conditions • Increase awareness among youth and
abused, neglected, and • Communication disability of IP youth the community about different sexual
exploited (ANE) youth • Disability due to chronic • Increase the orientation and gender identity (SOGI)
• Decrease the number of illness presence of IP • Push for the enactment of a law on
street youth • Learning disability youth in society anti-discrimination based on SOGI
• Intellectual disability • Increase enrolment among male
• Orthopedic disability students
• Psychosocial disability • Decrease dropout rate among male
• Visual disability students
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The Social Inclusion and Equity Center of Participation addresses the following 20@22 Agenda Items and UN Sustainable Development
Goals:
20@22 Agenda UN SDG

• Human Capital Development & Education • 3 Good health & well-being
• Decent work, & full & productive employment • 4 Quality education
• Social Protection & Social Dialogue • 5 Gender equality
• 10 Reduced inequalities
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4.4.1. Youth with specific needs
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Philippine Statistics Authority (2015), 36.6 million of Filipinos in 2010
were children below 18 years of age. A fifth (22%) of these Filipinos were between 12 to 15 years old and 11% were between 16 and
17 years old.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (2009) revealed that among all the regions in the country, the most number of
reported cases of child abuse were from NCR, Central Visayas, Central Luzon, Cagayan Valley, and Zamboanga Peninsula.
Table 26. Social Inclusion & Equity Strategy 1: Promote the prosocial participation of youth with specific needs
• Decrease the number • Pantawid Pamilyang • # of 4Ps, FCP, RRPTP, • % change of youths • DSWD
of youths living in Pilipino Program and RNRF youth living in poverty2
poverty • Alternative Parental beneficiaries (PSA)
• Decrease the number Care Program • # of street youth • % change in number
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of abused, neglected, • RRPTP reported and rescued of ANE and street
and exploited(ANE) • Center & Residential from the @streetkids youth2 (DSWD)
youth Care Facilities Project
• Decrease the number • Street Children &
of street youth Families
Notes These
• are indicative programs- These metrics are to be monitored These metrics are: 1 - For inclusion The agencies lead the identified
Things to Do • Organize events on the rights of youth, especially minors

• Establish a network of peer counselors for ANE and street youth
• Capacitate stakeholders (parents, counselors, community leaders, and law enforcement officers) regarding what
constitutes abuse, exploitation and neglect of the youth through information dissemination and training
• Strengthen support mechanisms and facilities (i.e., shelters; educational assistance, halfway/safe houses) for ANE
and street youth
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4.4.2. Youth with disability
In the 2010 Census of the Population and Housing by the Philippine Statistics Authority (2010), 16 out of 1000 persons (or 1.57%of the
population) were disabled. Most of the PWD population was from aged group 15 to 49 years old which comprises 40% of the population,
followed by age group 65 and above with 22.1% of the PWD population; next is age group 50 to 64 years old with 19%, and lastly,
age group 0 to 14 years old with 18.9% (Philippine Statistics Authority, 2010). Economically-underprivileged women with disabilities
were at a further disadvantage, as confirmed in a study conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) in Cebu.
In terms of education of Children and Youth with Disabilities, enrolment report of the Department of Education (2012) stated that there
were around 200,000 PWD youth in elementary—90,000 of them were gifted and 8,443 in High School.
Table 27. Social Inclusion & Equity Strategy 2: Maximize participation of youth with disability in society
Increase the facilities and • Sheltered Workshop • % of spaces with • % change in PWD • DSWD
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services for the following for Persons with facilities and signages who self-report that • NCDA
youth with disabilities Disabilities for Person with spaces and signage • DOH
(YWD) : • Disability Sensitivity disability (PWD) are friendly for them1, • DILG
• Communication Training • # of peer counselors 2 (NCDA)
• PSC
disability • Open Employment • # of Person with • % of PWD who give
• Disability due to • PYAP disability (PWD) and receive
chronic illness • Differently-abled • # participants in events counseling 1, 2
• Learning disability Sports for Life which provide health, (NCDA, NYC)
• Intellectual disability • Assistance to educational and • % of PWD who avail
• Orthopedic disability Individuals in Crisis employment services of health, educational,
• Psychosocial Situation for Person with and employment
disability • Provision of Assistive disability (PWD) services for them1, 2`
• Visual disability Device (wheelchair) (NCDA)
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Things to Do • Strengthen programs for YWD, particularly those which provide educational, employment and health services
• Promote PWD-friendly LGUs
• Organize events for and with YWD
• Establish a network of peer counselors with and for YWD
• Ensure accessible spaces and signages for YWD
• Capacitate stakeholders (counselors, community leaders, law enforcement officers and parents) on working with
YWD training and information dissemination
Legislative • Full implementation of RA 9442 ( Act Amending Magna Carta for Disabled Persons and RA 7277An Act Providing for
Agenda the Rehabilitation, Self-Development and Self-Reliance of Disabled Persons and Their Integration)
• Pass An Act Establishing a Disability Support Trust Fund (PDP) – amanedment to accessibility law
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4.4.3. Indigenous youth
The National Youth Assessment Study (2015) stated that 9.4% of the youth population come from indigenous groups in our
country. In addition, it was reported that 1 out of 4 IP youth did not live with their parents. Over three-quarters (77.1%) of IP
youth lived in families with average monthly household incomes of less than Php10,000.
Table 28. Social Inclusion & Equity Strategy 3: Promote the participation of indigenous people (IP) youth in society
• Improve the • Indigenous Peoples • # of IPEPSF, 4Ps, • % IYS and OYS • DepEd
economic and social Education Program RRPTP, SLP, PSP, among IP youth • DSWD
conditions of IP Support Fund and Kalahi-CIDSS across educational • DENR-FMB
youth (IPEPSF) beneficiaries who are levels2 (DepEd, PSA
• 4Ps IP youth (to compare
• RRPTP with census data)
• SLP • % of unemployment,
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• Protective Services underemployment,
Program (PSP) and contractual
• Kapit-Bisig Laban sa employment among
Kahirapan- IP youth1 (PSA)
Comprehensive and • % of IP youth in
Integrated Delivery of vulnerable
Social Services employment1 (DENR,
(KALAHI-CIDSS) PSA)
• Integrated Natural
Resources and
Environmental
Management Project
(INREMP)
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• Increase the presence • School of Living • # of SLT students • % change in • NCCA
of IP youth in society Traditions Program • # of cultural IP youth awareness about IP • NCIP
(SLT) events and their cultures2 (DepEd)
• Cultural participants • % change in the
Communities • # of IP youth engaged number of IP culture
Program in practicing and
• Indigenous nurturing their
Educational indigenous body of
Programs knowledge
• Conduct of Culturally
Sensitive Module on
Capability IP Youth
Empowerment
Program
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Things to Do • Provide IP youth with opportunities for education,employment, vocational training and retraining, basic utilities,
health, housing, sanitation, and social security
• Ensure proper and sufficient IP youth representation in media
• Engage IP youth in events which enhance and promote their distinct heritage and values
• Capacitate IP youth to document, nurture and practice their indigenous knowledge on systems and practices
• Promote interaction between IP and non-IP youth
Legislative • Enact a bill which provides IP youth with job opportunities (similar to the provision for PWDs)
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4.4.4. Violence against women
Republic Act No. 9262 (RA 9262), otherwise known as the “Anti- Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004,”
provides for the protection of women and their children. By virtue of RA 9262, the Inter-Agency Council on Violence
Against Women and Children (IACVAWC) was created to formulate programs and projects to eliminate VAWC based on their
respective mandates, develop capability programs for their employees to become more sensitive to the needs of their clients, and to
monitor all VAWC initiatives were convened to form the Council. Its member-agencies include the Department of Social
Welfare and Development, the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the Civil Service Commission, the
Commission on Human Rights, the Philippine Commission on Women, the Department of Justice, the Department of Health, the
Department of Education, the Department of Labor and Employment, the Philippine National Police, the Council for the
Welfare of Children, and the National Bureau of Investigation.
Table 29. Social Inclusion & Equity Strategy 4: Strengthen equal and equitable participation across genders - VAWC
• Decrease incidence or • 18-Day Campaign to • % change in incidence • % change in the • IACVAWC
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reported cases of End Violence Against of VAWC among the number of young • DSWD
violence against Women (VAWC) youth women and children • PCW
women (VAW) and • Barangay VAWC • % of youth VAWC served by VAWC • DILG & LGUs
children desk victims counselled initiatives2 (PSA,
DSWD, LGUs, PNP
Women’s Desk)
• % change of youth
women served by
GAD2 (DSWD, DILG-
NBOO)
• # of VAWC peer
counselors2 (DSWD)
activities (Pas) which can address by the implementing agencies to in NYAS 2021 or 2 - To be Pas. LGUs, CSOs, Ygs, and other
can sustain and/or introduce Pas their activities. agency (in parentheses) to address an objective by
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Things to Do • Improve and strengthen the functionality of inter-agency, facility-based, and community-based mechanisms that
address VAWC
• Establish a network of VAWC peer counsellors
• Capacitate stakeholders (parents, counsellors, community leaders and law enforcement officers) in addressing VAWC
cases through training and information dissemination
• Elevate youth discourse about VAWC through organizing fora and seminars that will educate the youth on existing
VAWC laws and mechanisms
• Mobilize community to prevent violence against women and youth through information campaigns and regular
conduct of orientation on anti-VAWC laws
Research • Track the number of established functional barangay VAWC desks per region
Agenda • Track the number of reported VAWC-related cases
• Track number of VAWC-related programs and activities funded by GAD
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4.4.5. Sexual orientation and gender identity
The LGBTQ+ youth sub-sector in the Philippines most of the time experienced being bullied in their lifetime. The usual form
of bullying experienced by them include verbal abuses like name-calling (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, 2005).
According to the Philippine LGBT Hate Crime Watch (2012), there were around 141 gender-related deaths of LGBTs.
Table 30. Social Inclusion & Equity Strategy 5: Strengthen equal and equitable participation across genders - Job discrimination
• Decrease • Training on • % of youth participants in gender • Income gap between • DOLE
gender-based Managing Sexual programs and events female and male • CSC
job Behavior • # of human resource personnel youth2 (PSA, DOLE) • CHR
discrimination • Equal Employment trained in establishing a gender- • # of reported and • NCDA
• Decrease the Opportunity responsive workplace resolved gender-
income gap • # of personnel trained on based job
between men women’s issues at the workplace discrimination cases2
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and women • # of employees in establishments (DOLE, NLRC)
that are compliant with gender-
sensitive labor-related policies
Notes These are indicative programs- These metrics are to be monitored by the These metrics are: 1 - For inclusion The agencies lead the
activities (PAs) which can implementing agencies to keep track of youth in NYAS 2021 or 2 - To be identified PAs. LGUs, CSOs,
address the given objective. participation in their activities. coordinated with the identified YGs, and other organizations
Organizations can sustain and/or agency (in parentheses) can also take the lead to
introduce PAs to meet the same address an objective by
objective. introducing a new PA for it.
Things to Do • Review and strengthen gender-responsiveness of youth programs such as career-pathing seminars to include gender-
based job discrimination topic
• Train human resource personnel in establishing a gender-responsive workplace
• Elevate discourse on gender-based job discrimination among employees through conduct of orientation on gender-
based job discrimination, how to prevent it and the available mechanisms to address it
Research • Track number of agencies/companies that provide training for their human resource personnel on establishing
Agenda gender-responsive workplaces
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Table 31. Social Inclusion & Equity Strategy 6: Strengthen equal and equitable participation across genders - LGBTQ+
• Increase awareness • Youth Development • % of LGBTQ+ youth • # of LGBTQ+ youth • DSWD
among youth and the Sessions (YDS) participants in who experience and • PCW
community about • Enhance Population activities organized to report SOGI • DepEd, CHED,
different sexual Awareness increase awareness discrimination2 (NYC, TESDA,
orientation and on various forms of JOB, PCW, CHR) • DOLE
gender identity SOGI • CSC
(SOGI) • DOH
• CHR
• Push for the • # of youth advocates • Law on anti- • CHR
enactment of a law on for a law on anti- discrimination based
anti-discrimination discrimination based on SOGIE2 (CHR,
based on SOGIE on SOGIE NLRC)
• # of policy issuances
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on anti-
discrimination law
Things to Do • Strengthen the gender-responsiveness of youth programs by capacitating stakeholders through training and
information dissemination
• Elevate the discourse on SOGIE discrimination by organizing discussions among LGBTQ+ and the
community on how to address and provide support to victims of discrimination.
Legislative Agenda • Enact legislation on SOGIE issues to protect the LGBTQ+
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Table 32. Social Inclusion & Equity Strategy 7: Strengthen equal and equitable participation across genders -
Male enrolment and attrition
• Increase enrolment • Women • % of male ISY and • % of male student • CHED
among male students Empowerment on OSY per level drop-outs2 (PSA, • DepEd
• Decrease dropout rate Sports on Male • % of male ISY-4Ps DepEd, TESDA, • TESDA
among male students Dominated Program beneficiaries CHED) • DSWD
• Pantawid Pamilyang • % of male students in • PSC
Pilipino Program college and tech-voc
(4Ps) courses2 (PSA,
DepEd, TESDA,
CHED)
• of male students-4Ps
beneficiaries who
drop-out of school2
(4Ps)
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• of male students who
drop-out and
returned to school1,2
(PSA, DepEd,
TESDA, CHED)
Things to Do • Provide additional intervention to address the attendance of male students in the implementation of the 4Ps programs
• Strengthen and formalize school reintegration and interventions such as community-based education and advocacy
programs to promote the value of education among male students
• Encourage male student dropouts who are having difficulty
Research • Conduct research on the real cause of the lower enrolment rate of males
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Table 33. Sample initiatives for Social Inclusion and Equity
• Gender and Development mainstreaming in DRRM for the Youth (OCD) guides participants in planning their respective
organization’s DRRM activities. It involves a two- day training with lectures and workshops.
• Fun Run Tuao (Region 10) encourages the youth to participate in Palarong Bayan (LGU Tuao), which involves Fun Run
Tuao, basketball, pig hunting, and horseback riding.
• Bingo Social (Region 10) raises funds for youth-related activities and incidental expenses.
• Batang Bida (Children and Youth Engagement) (Region 7)provides a venue for the youth to participate in local development
councils and other development bodies. It conducts sali-kabataan in sitios or puroks on rights and responsibilities of children, child
protection, education, health, among others.
• Therapeutic Community Ladderized Program (TCLP) (Region 7) (Parole and Probation Administration) helps the youth to help
themselves by means of helping others. Its objective is to attain behavioral change among the youth who complete a mandatory
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semester during which they redirect themselves into having a better future.
• “Anti- Discrimination Law” Information Dissemination Drive (LADLAD CARAGA Inc.) informs the public about the rights of LGBT
and PWDs to prevent discrimination against them. This information drive is conducted at the barangay level.
• Pag-Asa Youth Association (PYA) (Region 11) provides platforms to discuss youth gender issues, among others. It also offers
special services for the rehabilitation and training of youth with specific needs, especially those who are abused, delinquent,
exploited neglected, those with disabilities and those in cultural communities.
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Table 34. Peace-building &Security Overview Matrix
Agenda Statement
For the youth to participate in promoting human security, including public safety and order, safeguarding of territorial integrity and
sovereignty, and in contributing to national peace and unity
Strategies
Strengthen youth Optimize youth Promote the prosocial participation of youth Protect the youth from violence
participation in participation in the with specific needs in situations of armed conflict
promoting peace and peace process and Youth offenders, Drug dependent and from human rights
order ensure the access of delinquent youth, and youth violations, ensuring the
youth in conflict- youth in conflict with the protection of youth from
affected areas to law radicalization to violence and
education and violent extremism and
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economic opportunities facilitate healing, integration
and reconciliation of former
youth combatants
Objectives
    
• Increase the number • Increase • Decrease the number • Decrease the • Increase the number of youth
of community participation of the of youth offenders, number of drug protected from situations of
brigade (barangay youth in the peace delinquent youth, and dependent youth armed conflict
tanod) workers process youth in conflict with • Increase • Decrease violations of human
• Increase • Increase the law participation in rights and other violations
membership in participation in • Decrease the anti-drug against the youth
BADAC development, incidence of campaigns • Increase support for youth
• Increase the number rehabilitation, and recidivism among the youth displaced by armed conflicts
of youth in the peacebuilding and youth • Decrease youth radicalization
armed forces and efforts organizations • Increase integration of former
police forces youth combatants in the
society’s mainstream
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The Security Center of Participation addresses the following 20@22 Agenda Items and UN Sustainable Development Goals:
20@22 Agenda UN SDG

• Social Protection & Social Dialogue • 16 Peace, justice & strong institutions
• State Security & Civil Protection
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4.5.1. Peace and order and the youth
According to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), it is ideal to have 25 members of the Barangay Anti-Drug
Abuse Council (BADAC) Auxiliary Team per 2,000 population of the barangay representing streets, puroks, subdivisions or sitios
(DILG, 2015). However, there are still no data on the number of youth BADAC members.
Table 35. Peace-building & Security Strategy 1: Strengthen youth participation in promoting peace and order (PO)
• Increase youth • Barangay Anti-Drug • # of youth BADAC • % of youth who have • PNP-DPCR
membership in Abuse Council members been victims of • PDEA
BADAC Program criminal activity2 • DDB
(JJWC, PNP) • DILG
• LBP
• SK
• Increase the number • AFP Recruitment • # of youth who apply • % increase in the • AFP
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of youth in the police • PNP Recruitment in the police force and number of applicants • PNP
force and the armed the armed forces to the police force and
forces the armed forces2
(NAPOLCOM, AFP)
Things to Do • Formalize the authority and responsibilities of, as well as incentives for barangay PO volunteers
• Cascade authority, incentives, and responsibilities through the barangay network
• Establish a grievance mechanism for and against PO volunteers
• Organize youth groups focusing on PO and SK training sessions on Peace and Order / Peace Building
• Intensify recruitment among the youth to the armed forces and police force
• Strengthen support mechanisms (i.e., scholarships and grants for tertiary education and lifelong learning)
Research • Establish a system of reporting of PO cases reported by youth PO volunteers
Agenda • Track the number of PO cases handled by youth-police officers
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4.5.2. Youth and the peace process
Table 36. Peace-building &Security Strategy 2: Optimize youth participation in the peace process
• Increase participation • Payapa at • # of PAMANA, • % decline in youth • OPAPP
of the youth in the Masaganang NAPWPS, and recruitment to armed • ARMM
peace process Pamayanan BYLP events and and extremist groups2 • PNP – FJGADD
• Increase participation (PAMANA) youth participants (AFP OPPAP) • AFP
in development, • National Action Plan • PNP
rehabilitation, and on Women, Peace and
peacebuilding efforts Security (NAPWPS)
• Bangsamoro Young
Leaders Program
(BYLP)
• AFP Muslim Youth
Leadership Summit
activities (PAs) which can address by the implementing agencies to in NYAS 2021 or 2 - To be PAs. LGUs, CSOs, YGs, while other
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Things to Do • Provide venues for youth CSO networking

• Training youth ambassadors for peace
• Conduct youth leadership summits and organize youth camps which involve community-building, sports
development, inter-cultural and inter-faith activities
• Provide psychological/spiritual counseling
• Build youth capacity to participate in decision-making at all levels for the resolution and prevention of conflicts
through training on community organizing, conflict-resolution and active non-violence, inter-cultural and inter-faith
and dialogues, and peace policy advocacy.
Legislative • Institutionalize youth participation in the peace process through the inclusion of peace education especially in
Agenda conflict areas and peace encounters,
• Appoint a youth representative in the GRP panels in the on-going peace talks with the NDF and the MILF
Research • Track the number of youth participants in the peace process
Agenda
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4.5.3. Youth offenders, delinquent youth, and youth in conflict with the law
As of 2009, the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) reported 11,000 children in conflict with the law (Rodriguez, 2014). The
Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) reported more than 52,000 children reported to be in-conflict with the law from 1995 to
2000 (Sabangan, 2011). The Department of Social Work and Community Development (DSWD) reported close to 64,000 CICLs
were served by the government from 2001 to 2010 (Sabangan, 2011).
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (2017) reported that a total of 131, 923 people were in jails nationwide. Of this
number, 187 were aged 17 and below, 25,983 were aged 18-25 years old, and 31, 889 were between 26-32 years old.
Table 37. Peace-building &Security Strategy 3: Promote the prosocial participation of youth with specific needs –
Youth offenders, delinquent youth, and youth in conflict with the law
• Decrease the number • RNRF • # of youth in RNRF • % change in number • BJMP
of delinquent youth, • Bahay Pag-Asa and Bahay Pag-Asa of delinquent youth, • DSWD
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youth offenders, and youth offenders, and • PNP
youth in conflict with youth in conflict with • JJWC
the law the law2 (JJWC, PNP, • BCPC at the LGUs
• Decrease the BCPC, DSWD) • DILG
incidence of • % change in • CWC
recidivism recidivism2 (JJWC)
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Things to Do • Organize events regarding causes/ common reasons that make delinquent youth, youth offenders, and youth in
conflict with the law
• Establish a network of peer counselors for delinquent youth,youth ofenders and youth in conflict with the law
• Strengthen rehabilitation centers for delinquent youth, youth offenders and youth in conflict with the law
• Capacitate stakeholders (parents, counselors, community leaders, and law enforcement officers)in dealing with
delinquent youth, youth offenders, and youth in conflict with the law through information dissemination and
training
Legislative • Enact legislation that will create a Youth Desk in all PNP stations responsible for both the youth in conflict with the
Agenda law and those victims of criminal activities
• Institutionalize the expansion of ALS to cover the former YICL
Research • Track the rate of youth recidivism
Agenda
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4.5.4. Drug dependent youth
According to the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), the 2015 Nationwide Survey on the Nature and Extent of Drug Abuse in the
Philippines revealed that among current drug users, five percent were children, one percent is comprised of students, and seven
percent were working students. Moreover, the 2,048 drug dependents inside various DDB facilties were distributed according to the
following age groups: 14 and below, three percent; 15-19 years old, 23%; 20-24 year old, 35%; 25-29 years old, 39%. Across age
groups, 93% of these drug dependents were men.
The Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study in 2013 reported a substantial decline in drug use among the youth, from 11% in
2002 to 4% in 2013 (Geronimo, 2014). According to the National Youth Assessment Study in 2015, 25.3% of the respondents said they
had never used any form of illegal substances.
In 2013, the DDB reported campaigns and projects against drug use and abuse targeted towards the youth. These include:
• Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD, Peer Groups Against Drugs), a peer-based preventive education and information program against
drug use and abuse. It had 50,277 members in 251 groups nationwide, as of 2013.
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• The annual three-day National Youth Congress on Drug Abuse and Prevention Control, in its 20th Youth Congress in 2012, had
195 delegates. Altogether, it has had 2,735 youth leaders since 2002.
• The Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program (DARE), between 2010-2012, had 156 DARE Police Officers trained to conduct
classroom teachings among grade five and grade six pupils in public elementary schools.
• The National Youth Caravan, an advocacy program in partnership with the National Youth Commission, engaged at least 1,400
youth from various academic institutions, communities, and organizations in 2013.
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Table 38. Peace-building &Security Strategy 4:Promote the prosocial participation of youth with specific needs -
Drug-dependent youth
• Decrease the number • Barkada Kontra • # of DDB events and • % change in number • DDB
of drug dependent Droga (BKD, Peer youth participants of drug dependent
youth Groups Against youth2 (DDB)
Drugs)
• National Youth
Congress on Drug
Abuse Prevention
and Control
• Drug Abuse
Resistance Education
(DARE) Program
• Kids Against Drugs
Program (KAD)
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• National Drug
Education Program
(NDEP)
• Increase participation • Modules for the • # of trainees using • SK Committee on • NYC
of youth and youth Continuing Program anti-drug campaign Anti-Illegal Drugs • SK
organizations in anti- of the Sangguniang modules included in established in all • LYDC
drug campaigns Kabataan and Local the Continuing barangays2 (NYC, • DILG
Youth Development Training program DILG)
Councils • # of barangays with • # of SK and KK
anti-illegal drug members capacitated
programs/ projects in in conducting anti-
the Comprehensive illegal drug
Barangay Youth campaigns2 (NYC)
Development Plan. • Committee on Anti-
• # of Local Youth Illegal Drugs
Development Plans established in all
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with anti-illegal drug LYDCs2 (DILG, PNP)
campaign • # of youth and youth
programs/projects serving organization
• # of LYDC and members capacitated
Pederasyon members in conducting anti-
capacitated in illegal drug
conducting anti- campaigns2 (NYC,
illegal drug DDB)
campaigns
Things to Do • Organize workshops on how to prevent drug dependence

• Establish a network of peer counselors
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• Share information on addressing and preventing drug dependency
• Strengthen youth drug rehabilitation centers
• Capacitate stakeholders (parents, counselors, community leaders, and law enforcement officers) in dealing with drug
dependent youth through information dissemination and training.
• Include modules on how to conduct anti-illegal drug campaigns in the Continuing Training program for SK
members.
• Mainstream anti-illegal drug programs/projects in the Comprehensive Barangay Youth Development Plan.
• Institutionalize the inclusion of an SK Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs
• Capacitate SK and KK members in conducting anti-illegal drug campaigns
• Include modules on how to conduct anti-illegal drug campaigns in the Continuing Training program for LYDC and
Pederasyon members
• Mainstream anti-illegal drug programs/projects in the Local Youth Development Plan
• Institutionalize the inclusion of an SK Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs in LYDC
• Capacitate Local Youth Development Councils (LYDCs) and Pederasyon members in conducting anti-illegal drug
campaigns
• Capacitate youth and youth serving organization members in conducting anti-illegal drug campaigns
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4.5.5. Armed conflict, human rights violations, and the youth
Table 39. Peace-building &Security Strategy 5:Protect the youth from violence in situations of armed conflict and from human rights
violations
• Increase the number • # of service providers • % of youth displaced • OPAPP
of youth protected in conflict-sensitive by armed conflict that • DND
from situations of and youth-sensitive receive support • PNP
armed conflict service delivery • AFP
• # of youth • DSWD
participants in • DILG
programs which • CWC
protect the youth
from violence in
situations of armed
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conflict
• Decrease the number • # of service providers • # of youth whose • OPAPP
of youths whose in conflict-sensitive human rights have • DND
human rights have and youth-sensitive been violated2 (CHR, • PNP
been violated service delivery DSWD) • AFP
• # of youth who • DSWD
participate in human • DILG
rights awareness • CHR
events
• Increase educational • # of service providers • % of youth displaced • OPAPP
support,health, in conflict-sensitive by armed conflict who • DND
livelihood, and and youth-sensitive receive support2 (AFP) • PNP
shelter and for youth service delivery • % of youth in conflict- • AFP
displaced by armed • # of youth who affected areas who are • DSWD
conflict receive medical free from serious • DILG
attention as needed illnesses2 (DSWD)
• # of youth with
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proper shelter • % of youth living in
• # of employed youth proper shelter2
of working age (DSWD)
• # of ISY in/from • Enrolled in and able
conflict-affected areas to finish secondary,
tertiary or vocational
education2 (DepEd,
CHED, TESDA)
• Gainfully employed /
who have sustainable
livelihoods2 (DOLE)
• Decrease youth • Preventing & • # of service providers • # of active youth • OPAPP
radicalization to Countering Violence in conflict-sensitive combatants2 (AFP) • DND
violence and violent Extremism and youth-sensitive • # of youth recruited • PNP
extremism service delivery to armed • AFP
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• # of youth groups/violent • DSWD
participating in extremist groups2 • DILG
capacity-building (AFP)
initiatives to resist
radicalization to
violence and violent
extremism
• Increase integration • Enhanced • # of service providers • # of former youth • OPAPP
of former youth Comprehensive in conflict-sensitive combatants who have • DND
combatants in society Local Integration and youth-sensitive returned to • PNP
Program (E-CLIP) service delivery mainstream society2 • AFP
• # of youth (AFP, DSWD) • DSWD
combatants in • DILG
reintegration
activities
Not These are indicative programs- These metrics are to be monitored These metrics are: 1 - For inclusion The agencies lead the identified
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Things to Do • Capacity-building initiatives to enable youth to resist radicalization to violence and violent extremism (e.g., Youth
Leadership Summits, Youth Camps Inter-Faith and Inter-Cultural Dialogues)
• Conduct consultations among youth a) in conflict situations, b) whose human rights have been violated, and c)
regarding radicalization and violent extremism
• Build partnerships with educational institutions, CSOs and ODA partners in programs to prevent youth radicalization
to violence and violent extremism
• Conduct communication, education and information initiatives on a) youth rights in situations of armed conflict, b)
the protection and promotion of the youth from HR and IHL violations, and c) radicalization to violence and violent
extremism
• Train service providers in conflict-sensitive and youth-sensitive service delivery
• Enhance implementation of healing, integration, and reconciliation programs for former youth and child combatants
(i.e., immediate assistance, livelihood and employment support, psychosocial counseling and security guarantees)
Legislative • Policy development on protection of youth a) in conflict situations and b) from HR and IHL violations
Agenda • Advocacy and policy enhancement on the institutionalization of peace education (EO 570 series of 2006)
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• Passage of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Charter (PDP)
Research • Establish an information management system (database, profiles and progress) of youth combatants
Agenda
Table 40. Sample Initiatives for Peace-building &Security

• Youth Against Criminality (NIR) organizes the youth to become a locality’s volunteers against criminality. In this project, the youth
may serve as community monitors, report to authorities the existence of criminality, help expand the size of civil security, or testify in
court.
• BAMBI SPORTS (LGU MIS OR) promotes sports among the youth as part of curbing juvenile delinquency.
• Youth for Peace Program (Region 11) is a multi-level network of young people adhering to promote preservation of ethnicity to
achieve a livable community. It advocates on-air “FB” live streaming block-time radio broadcast that reaches even the remotest area.
• Regional Youth Summit Region 13 (Youth for Peace Movement- Pointy CARAGA) gathers youth leaders so they can shape the
future of the region towards peace and sustainable development. It develops God-fearing youth leaders and creates awareness on the
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role and responsibilities of the youth.
• Culture of Peace (Region 9) (UNESCO) is the use of the six paths of peace. It involves three major activities such as Conflict
Transformation, Peer Meditation and Leadership Training. Students are taught to meditate and solve misunderstandings among
others and awaken the leadership within them.
• Youth Peace Table (OPAPP) is an inclusive platform where the youth can discuss burning issues which affect them. It seeks their
commitment in generating creative solutions and ideas on how to best address these issues. It also serves as the primary vehicle to
foster a culture of peace and muster support for peace processes with the Bangsamoro and the communists. It is in light of the Six-Point
Peace and Development Agenda of the Duterte administration.
• OPAPP study grant programs for youth in conflict-affected and conflict-vulnerable areas provide financial assistance for youth to
pursue college education to enhance opportunities for livelihood and employment.
• OPAPP skills development programs for youth in conflict-affected and conflict-vulnerable areas provide technical education and
skills training opportunities for young people towards enhancing opportunities for livelihood and employment.
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4.6. Governance
4.6. Governance
Table 41. Governance Overview Matrix
Agenda Statement
For the youth to participate in governance through their involvement in local and national politics, and the government bureaucracy
through programs, projects and activities by and for the youth
Strategies
Ensure universal participation in the Sangguniang Kabataan and in Promote youth participation in government and bureaucracy
non-SK local and national elections
Objectives
 
• Promote 100% registration of youth voters • Increase number of youth government workers
• Promote 100% turnout of registered youth voters • Increase involvement in Local Youth Development Councils
(LYDCs)
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• Increase number of youth delegates in discussions about
government reform (DGR) (i.e., Federalism)
The Governance Center of Participation addresses the following 20@22 Agenda Items and UN Sustainable Development Goals:
20@22 Agenda UN SDG

• Participatory Governance • 16 Peace, justice & strong institutions
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4.6.1. Youth and elections
According to the National Youth Assessment Study (NYAS) (2015), majority of Philippine youth believed political participation was
important and that the youth significantly contributed to the implementation of various programs (77.3% of child youth, 79.2% of child
youth, 76.8% of young adult). In the same survey, a big majority of the respondents (67%) believed that political participation was
measured solely by voting in elections (NYAS, 2015).
Of the more than 54 million registered voters in the 2016 National Elections, roughly 46% were young people aged 18-34 years old
(24,730,013). Of the youth voters, 6% were aged 18-19 years old (3,043, 411), 15% were 20-24 years old (7,983,167), 14% were 25-29 years old
(7,370,037), and 12% were aged 30-34 years old (6,333,398) (Commission on Elections, 2016).
According to the National Youth Assessment Study (2015), 58.8% of respondents stated that they were registered voters, and 66.5 % stated
that they voted prior to 2016. Moreover, 11% of those who were not registered stated that constraints in time, information, and
accessibility hindered them from registration, and 9% cited the same reasons for not voting in the elections.
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Table 42. Governance Strategy 1: Ensure universal participation in the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)
• Promote 100% • SK Registration • # of orientation events • % of youth who are • COMELEC
registration of • No Bio, No Boto and their youth registered voters2 • NYC
voters participants (COMELEC) • DILG
• Promote 100% • # of accredited • % turnout of registered
turnout of organizations youth voters2
registered voters (COMELEC)
Notes These are indicative programs- These metrics are to be monitored by These metrics are: 1 - For inclusion in The agencies lead the identified
activities (PAs) which can address the implementing agencies to keep NYAS 2021 or 2 - To be coordinated PAs. LGUs, CSOs, YGs, and other
the given objective. Organizations track of youth participation in their with the identified agency (in organizations can also take the lead
can sustain and/or introduce PAs activities. parentheses) to address an objective by
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Things to Do • Organize orientation activities about running and voting for SK elections
• Engage the youth and youth groups in a public conversation about SK as well as in other political and electoral issues
• Ensure the implantation of anti-dynasty SK provisions
• Encourage a new crop of non-politically aligned youth leaders, especially among the ranks of school and youth group
leaders
Table 43. Governance Strategy 2: Ensure universal participation in (non-SK) local and national elections
• Promote 100% • Satellite Registration • # of orientation • % of youth who are • COMELEC
registration of youth events and their registered voters2 • DILG
voters youth participants (COMELEC) • DepEd
• Promote 100% • # of accredited • % turnout of • CHED
turnout of registered organizations registered youth • DFA
youth voters voters2 (COMELEC) • POEA
• # and % of re- • OWWA
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registered inactive
youth voters2
(COMELEC)
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Things to Do • Organize orientation activities about running and voting for local and national elections
• Organize youth about electoral and political issues
• Engage the youth and youth groups in a public conversation about local and national elections
• Encourage a new crop of non-politically aligned youth leaders
• Facilitate registration of new/first time voters
• Facilitate re-activation of inactive voters
• Conduct information campaign regarding postponement of barangay election, voter registration, and SK Reform Law
• Organize orientation events for first time politicians
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4.6.2. Youth in government and bureaucracy
In the National Youth Assessment Study 2015, 58.9% of the respondents expressed interest in socio-political activities, and 54.3%
had tried to influence decisions, laws, and policies on issues they felt strongly about.
Table 44. Governance Strategy 3: Promote youth participation in government and bureaucracy
• Increase number of • GIP • # of government • Ratio of youth and • NYC
youth government interns non-youth workers in
workers • % of outstanding government,
interns recruited in compared to national
government age distribution2
• # of new youth (CSC, NYC)
workers in
government
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• Increase involvement • # of participants in • # of members in • NYC
in Local Youth LYDC and LCPC LYDCs and LCPCs2 • DILG
Development events (DILG, NYC)
Councils (LYDCs)
and Local Councils
for the Protection of
Children (LCPCs)
• Increase number of • # of youth-led • # of delegates to • NYC
youth delegates in initiatives in conduct discussions
discussions about government reform about government
government reform legislation or policy reform2 (NYC)
(DGR) (i.e.,
Federalism)
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Things to Do • Promote recruitment of outstanding participants in the government internship program (GIP) to join the
bureaucracy
• Investigate and address potential cases of ageism against young workers in government
• Provide support services (i.e., legal counseling or peer counseling) for young government workers who whistleblow
instances of graft and corruption in the office
• Recognize youth-aged top performers in the bureaucracy
• Formalize mechanisms for youth participation in discussions about government reforms
• Ensure universal involvement of LYDCs in all relevant government affairs
Legislative • Strengthening of the witness protection and whistleblower protection (PDP)
Agenda programs
Table 45. Sample initiatives for Governance

• Summer Youth Internship Program (DA) is a month-long internship program that helps immerse students in government work and
provides them with a stipend which they can use for school. Its activities include application and interview, contract signing, field
exposure, and report presentation. It promotes government service and helps identify potential public servants in the future.
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• Young Minds Academy (Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. - Eduardo Aboitiz Dev. Studies Center Region 7) is a youth leadership and
citizenship program. Now on its tenth run, it builds character and leadership skills among the youth ages 12 to 20 years old. It
employs experiential education, situation-based learning, research, project development and implementation. It grooms future leaders
and influencers who promote accountability, multi-cultural understanding, peace, respect and virtue.
• Decentralized Governance Project (Region 7) addresses inequality and poverty in the region. It provides organizational capacity
building, agenda building, and representation in different Local Special Bodies. It also creates network alliance and strengthening and
participatory engagement.
• DPWH Cadet Engineering Program (CEP)develops the engineer’s functional and behavioral competency through diverse learning
methodologies, install in them a strong sense of personal integrity and a desire to contribute to nation building through public service.
The six-month intensive training ensures a stream of young engineers who have the right foundation in terms of knowledge, skills, and
values to run the department in the future. This is a partnership between the DPWH and the First Pacific Leadership Academy
(FPLA).
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• “Surigao Youth Conference: An SDG Forum” (Rotaract Club of Metro Surigao) convenes all young leaders of Surigao to learn about
the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The congress provides resource speakers who discuss and conduct workshops on
various advocacy areas. It encourages the youth to work towards nation building.
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Active Citizenship Overview Matrix
Agenda Statement
For the youth to participate in community development and nation building through active, meaningful, patriotic engagement in civil
society, productive, social mobilization, sustainable, values formation ( such as having concern for others and being socially responsible),
and volunteerism (indicating social awareness and socio-civic mindedness) so as to improve the plight of the youth
Strategies
Strengthen enabling mechanisms for Engage the youth in the preservation, safeguarding, Inculcate volunteerism through the
youth organization and participation development, and promotion of Philippine culture academe and community engagement
and arts and develop the traits of social
awareness and responsibility among the
youth
Objectives
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  
• Increase funding resources for • Increase number of youth in cultural and art • Increase, diversify, and sustain
youth groups production youth volunteerism
• Increase facilities available for • Increase number of youth attending cultural and
youth groups art productions
• Increase resource speakers and
trainers for youth groups
• Refocus strategies to establishing
linkages with other organizations
The Active Citizenship Center of Participation addresses the following 20@22 Agenda Items and UN Sustainable Development Goals:
20@22 Agenda UN SDG

• Participatory Governance • 16 Peace, justice & strong institutions
• Culture • 17 Partnership for the goals
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4.7.1. Youth organization and participation
According to the National Youth Assessment Study (2015), 41.9% of respondents aged 18-30 years old attended events and program
arranged by various organizations, and 30.2% were members of at least one organization. However, 85% did not know any youth-
oriented government agencies or organizations, and 85% of respondents said that they have not heard of the National Youth
Commission. The Sangguniang Kabataan was the usual answer when asked about known government youth-oriented organization
(National Youth Assessment Study, 2015). Of those interviewed, 18.21% stated that they were members of a religious organization;
14.7%, sports organization; 11.8%, youth organization; 4.96%, art or cultural organization; 3.98%, civic or social organization; 2.97%,
professional organization; 4.78%, political organization; and 2.32%, other organizations (National Youth Assessment Study, 2015).
In terms of organizational activities attended by the youth, 25.16% of those interviewed said that they joined religious activities;
25.31%, sports activities; 7.42%, art or cultural activities; 4.16%, civic or social activities; 6.48%, political activities; 2.39%, other
activities; and 3.26%, professional activities. However, there are 40.7% of youth members which stated that they did not actively
participate in organizational activities, and females are more likely to participate in youth organizations (National Youth
Assessment Study, 2015).Youth participation in organizational activities decreased as they got older: 34.8% of the child youth who
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are members of any organization; 31.78% of core youth; and 28.9% young adult (National Youth Assessment Study, 2015).
Regarding their advocacies, 17% of those interviewed stated that they had religious advocacies; 14.59%, environmental advocacies;
10.9%, civic or social advocacies; 11.6%, political advocacies; 9.41%, cultural advocacies; 9.8%, economic advocacies; and 3.01%,
other advocacies (National Youth Assessment Study, 2015).
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Table 46. Active Citizenship Strategy 1: Strengthen enabling mechanisms for youth organization and participation –
Accreditation, awareness and assistance
• Increase funding • Youth Organization • # of entries and youth • % change in number • NYC and other
resources for youth Registration Program groups in the of registered groups2 government
groups (YORP) database (NYC) accreditation/
• Increase facilities • # of successful • % change in number registration entities
available for youth connections made of assisted groups2
groups between resources (NYC)
• Increase resource and youth groups • % change of youth
speakers and trainers • # of youth capacitated aware of YORP
for youth groups • # of trainings done (NYC)
• Refocus strategies to • # of youth and youth
establishing linkages serving organizations
with other provided with
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organizations technical assistance
Things to Do • Create and maintain an accessible database of resources ( facilities, funding and resource speakers) for youth groups
• Identify agencies and policies to be included in the database
• Increase awareness on the process of accrediting youth organizations
• Make the accreditation process more accessible
• Propose modified rules on accessing resources for youth organizations
• Formulate and implement advocacies on geographically isolated areas
Legislative • Draft an enabling policy to legitimize the process of establishing linkages with other agencies
Agenda
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4.7.2. Culture and arts
The National Youth Assessment Study (2015) report showed that 4.96% of respondents were a part of an art or cultural
organization; 7.42% joined art or cultural activities; and 9.41% had cultural advocacies.
Table 47. Active Citizenship Strategy 2: Engage the youth in the preservation, safeguarding, development, and promotion of
Philippine culture and arts
• Increase number of • NCCA Grants • Amount of culture • # of school and • NCCA
youth in cultural and Program and arts grants community based • DepEd
art production • Philippine Cultural received by youth cultural and art
• Increase number of Education Program groups productions2 (NCCA)
youth attending (PCEP) • # of youth reached by • # of such productions
cultural and art • School of Living PCEP materials based on Philippine
productions Tradition (SLT) • # SLT students literature2 (NCCA)
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• # of participants in
the production teams2
(NCCA)
• # of youth attendees
in these productions2
(NCCA)
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Things to Do • Invigorate school and community based cultural and art youth groups
• Nurture the staging of productions based on Philippine literature
• Strengthen grants and scholarships for youth groups in culture and the arts
• Provide support and incentive mechanisms (i.e., venue, technical and artistic guidance) for productions with majority
youth audiences
• Introduce an internship/mentorship program between young and veteran artists and cultural practitioners
Legislative • Establishment of the Department of Culture (PDP)
Agenda • Establishment of Local Culture and Arts Councils and Allocate Funding (PDP)
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4.7.3. Volunteerism through the academe and community engagement
Table 48. Active Citizenship Strategy 3: Inculcate volunteerism through the academe and community engagement
• Increase, diversify, • Bayanihang Bayan • # of youth • % change in number • PNVSCA
and sustain Program participants in the of youth volunteers2 • NYC
youth volunteerism • Search for Bayanihang Bayan, (PNVSCA, NYC)
Outstanding and SOV programs • % change in the
Volunteers (SOV) • # of youth members demographic profile
Program in volunteer of these youth
• NYC Volunteers program (NYC) volunteers2
Program (PNVSCA, NYC)
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Things to Do • Streamline accreditation system for youth groups

• Provide incentive mechanisms or recognition systems for both officers and members
• Revitalize NSTP and ROTC programs
• Strengthen linkages and support for partnerships with organizations which have volunteer programs
• Involve youth groups in nutrition-related work in communities, i.e. youth can be mobilized for Supplementary
Feeding Program by helping in the preparation of food packets for the beneficiaries; or by assisting in informing the
community of ongoing health and nutrition services, and in other activities that do not necessarily benefit only the
youth but also other age groups.
Research • Monitor youth participation in different types of organizations
Agenda
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Table 49. Sample initiatives for Active Citizenship
• Riceponsable (DA- Philippine Rice Research Institute) promotes food sufficiency by teaching the youth to be responsible with rice
(“riceponsable”). The youth are asked to make the pledge “Panatang Makapalay.” It involves serving half cup of rice in restaurants,
holding an IEC campaign in schools and offices, introducing or promoting alternative staple foods, and staging a Fun Run.
• Youth in Action (Yo- Act Program) (NIR) aims to have a solid and responsive youth community by 2020. It encourages the youth to
join civic activities and trainings to strengthen their camaraderie. It also involves an annual youth convention where the youth can be
trained and inspired to contribute to a globally-competitive country.
• PYAP out of school youth Unlad Kabataan Program (DSWD) creates, encourages, and facilitates opportunities for the youth to
become personally-fulfilled and socially-aware. It involves activities such seminars, special services and trainings to encourage youth
in various activities that promote their own economic and social development.
• Bangon Resource Project (NIR) (University Community Development Office of UNO-R) transforms a partner community as a
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model community using holistic approach towards total human development and sustainability. Youth are asked to engage in
activities in all aspects(social, economic, spiritual, health, and educational) and levels (from the individual to the family and the
society)
• Pamaskong Handog (PNP PRO 10) aims to promote a positive lifestyle among young Mindanaoans. Every December, the youth
prepare a program with parlor games and gift giving.
• Search for Idols ng TESDA (TESDA) gives recognition to TESDA graduates who have attained skills excellence and success in their
chosen occupation and contributed to the economic growth in their communities. Youth who are part of this competition undertake
extensive advocacy and promotional activities to increase public awareness through the tri-media.
• Kabataan para sa Pagbabago: Youth Movement for a Change (Region 2) is a youth movement for a change. It comprises youth
organizations, student councils, campus publications, community youth groups, and individuals who all seek to make a difference.
• Formation of the Lahug Rizal Cross Youth Council (Red Cross Region 7) creates a core group that handles FAT and DRRM training.
Youth are asked to participate in the Lahug Rizal Cross Youth Training. Youth leaders of Lahug undergo intensive training by Red Cross.
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• Advancing Community-based Engagement in DRRM-CCA for the Youth (Advanced Youth) (Region 7) promotes the engagement of
the youth in DRRM-CCA in the local community. It teaches the youth the basic orientation in DRRM-CCA, local budget planning
processes, and participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Analysis. It serves as a local learning exchange platform during peaceful times
and humanitarian responders during/after disasters.
• Provincial Council for the Welfare of Children (PCWC) (Cebu Provincial Government) uplifts the rights of a child. It engages
barangay and municipal councils to promote the welfare of children. Its activities include a contest for the most child-friendly LGU
and a talent search (singing, guitar and rondalla playing).
• “KAMI NAMAN! Boses ng Kabataan, Dinggin ngayong Halalan” (Mindanao- Sulu Pastoral Conference- Youth Secretariat) is a
multimedia project of the dioceses/ archdioceses in Mindanao. It aims to address good governance. It provides a platform for the
youth to understand the issues directly affecting the youth in Mindanao. A “KAMI NAMAN” caravan was held in Mindanao prior to
the 2016 elections to create awareness among young voters regarding public servants who can address pressing issues in the island.
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• Youth Service Enhancement Program- Training for Exemplary Citizenship (Ateneo de Zamboanga University Junior High
School) seeks to train senior Ateneo students on first aid, disaster management, leadership, social participation, and basic ROTC drills.
• Young Information Officers Advocacy (PIA) empowers the youth to become effective communicators. It helps the youth to better
understand their roles in working for progress through communication and information dissemination.
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4.8. Environment
4.8. Environment
Table 50. Environment Overview Matrix
Agenda Statement
For the youth to participate in the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of child and youth-friendly programs, policies
and activities on environmental protection, climate change adaptation and mitigation and DRRM, with the use of new technologies and
indigenous knowledge, so as to promote sustainable natural ecosystems and smarter localities, biodiversity conservation, waste
management and pollution control
Strategies
Strengthen youth participation in environmental activities: Promote environment-friendly practices among the youth: waste
environment protection, biodiversity conservation, climate change management and pollution control, resource conservation and
mitigation & adaptation, smart cities, disaster risk reduction and environmental protection, reduction and management of climate
management and disaster risks
Objectives
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Increase number of youth members in organizations involved in: Increase number of youth practicing proper:
• Environment protection • Waste management and pollution control
• Biodiversity conservation • Resource conservation and environmental protection
• Climate change mitigation & adaptation • Reduction and management of climate and disaster risks
• Smart cities
• Disaster risk reduction and management
The Environment Center of Participation addresses the following 20@22 Agenda Items and UN Sustainable Development Goals:
20@22 Agenda UN SDG

• Social Protection & Social Dialogue • 11 Sustainable cities & communities
• Participatory Governance • 12 Responsible consumption & production
• Ecological Integrity • 13 Climate action
• Housing and Urban Development • 14 Life below water
• 15 Life on land
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The National Youth Assessment Study (2015) reported that 14.59% of the youth had environmental advocacies. In the same survey, 3 out of
4 stated that they personally helped in environmental conservation. Of the respondents, 68.5% stated that they participated in
environment-related activities, 67.9% from urban areas and 69.7% from rural areas (National Youth Assessment Study, 2015). Of the
respondents, 85% also believed that youth involvement was crucial in disaster and emergency relief (National Youth Assessment Study,
2015)
According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the National Greening Program (NGP) mobilized 288,327
youth between 2013 and 2015. The NGP also resulted in the planting of 88,162,816 trees. The DENR’s coastal clean up involved 8,534 youth
and its various other activities involving the youth such brigades and camps had over 45,000 participants.
Table 51. Environment Strategy 1:Strengthen youth participation in environmental activities (with Active Citizenship)
Increase number of youth • Project Disaster • # of youth • % change in youth • OCD
members in Information for participants in DINA, involved in • DENR-Youth Desk
organizations involved Nationwide Awareness NGP, BPP, and environmental • DENR-EMB
(DINA)
in: PAME activities 2 (DENR,
• NDRRMC
• Youth for Environment
• Environment in School Program • # of Sustainable OCD) • DENR -FMB
protection • National Search for Schools applications
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• Biodiversity Sustainable and Eco- • # of youth NDRP
conservation friendly Schools volunteers
• Expanded NGP
• Climate change
• Biodiversity
mitigation & Partnerships Program
adaptation (BPP)
• Smart cities • Protected Area
• Disaster risk Management
reduction and Enhancement
(PAME) Project
management • National Disaster
Response Pillar
(NDRP) Volunteer
Program
• Local Risk Assessment
by Barangay
• Clean Up Drives
• Conduct of Emergency
Drills
• Conduct of Basic Aids
Training
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Things to Do • Invigorate school and community based environmental youth groups (EYGs)
• Strengthen grants for EYGs
• Provide support and incentive mechanisms (i.e., awards, venue, technical and scientific guidance) for EYGs
• Enable EYGs to share information about the environment with their peers through campaigns and events
• Involve youth in finding solutions for environmental problems
• Develop sustainability plans for EYGs with the support of NGAs, LGUs, academe and private sector
• Strengthen capacity development and IEC for EYGs
• Promote the adoption of NYC-OCD JMC on Youth Representation in Local DRRM Councils
Research • Map existing EYGs since not all organizations are officially registered
Agenda • Monitor youth participation in environmental organizations
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Table 52. Environment Strategy 2: Promote environment-friendly practices among the youth (with Active Citizenship)
Increase number of youth • Youth for Environment in School • # of INREMP, • % change in number • DENR- Youth
practicing proper: Program (DENR-Youth Desk) DINA, B+Wiser, who access and Desk
• Waste management • INREMP (DENR-FMB) and REDD+ youth practice proper waste • DENR-FMB
and pollution control • Project DINA participants management and • DENR - EMB
• Resource conservation • National Search for Sustainable and • # of Sustainable resource conservation • OCD
and environmental Eco-friendly Schools(DENR-EMB) Schools on a daily basis2 • NDRMMC
protection • Expanded (NGP) applications (DILG, DENR)
• Reduction and • NDRP Volunteer Program • # of NRDP • % change in number
management of climate • Conduct of emergency drills volunteers who know what to do
and disaster risks before, during and
after
disasters/calamities2
(NDRRMC)
Notes These are indicative programs-activities (PAs) which can These metrics are to be monitored These metrics are: 1 - For inclusion in The agencies lead the identified
address the given objective. Organizations can sustain by the implementing agencies to NYAS 2021 or 2 - To be coordinated PAs. LGUs, CSOs, YGs, and other
and/or introduce PAs to meet the same objective. keep track of youth participation with the identified agency (in organizations can also take the
in their activities. parentheses) lead to address an objective by
introducing a new PA for it.
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Things to Do • Invigorate school and community based environmental activities
• Organize informational events on waste management, pollution control, resource conservation, environmental
protection, reduction and management of climate and disaster risks
• Capacitate stakeholders (parents, youth groups and other organizations, and community leaders) on nurturing sound
environmental practices
Research • Monitor youth practices as regards to waste management, pollution control, resource conservation, environmental
Agenda protection, reduction and management of climate and disaster risks
Table 53. Sample initiatives for the Environment

• DRRM Orientation for Youth Leaders (OCD) educates the youth in Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM). It immerses the
youth in a two-day training sessions with lectures and workshops. In the end, participants are able to define the different concepts of
DRRM, identify various DRRM programs for the youth, and enumerate the roles of the youth in DRRM.
• DENR Environmental Education Program promotes engagement with schools and youth organizations through lectures,
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caravan, and exhibits. It aims to intensify values on environmental protection.
• DENR Youth Coordinators’ Meetings are regularly conducted by the Strategic Communication and Initiatives Service to
bring together youth desk officers at the central, bureau, and local levels.
• DENR Youth Camps/Summit/Jamboree/Ecological Tours/School Caravans involve many initiatives for the youth: The
Earth Day Youth Camp is in partnership with Earth Day Network Philippines and the Department of Education.
Ecological trails cater to students, teachers, and youth organizations. Through these activities, the DENR is able to inform
the youth about its advocacies and promote environmental awareness among them. In the process, the partnership
between youth leaders and the national government is strengthened.
• DENR Regional Yes-O Technical Visits, a project of the DENR Youth Desk in coordination with DepEd, monitor the
implementation of environmental programs, the rehabilitation and protection of school nurseries, the planting of endemic and
indigenous forest trees within school campuses, and the establishment of such initiatives as adopt-a-mangrove, adopt-a-coral reef,
solid waste management and other programs. Environmental Lectures are delivered during school visits. Among the topics are
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Environmental Advocacy, Basic Ecology, DENR Mandates, Geological Hazards, Kinds of Forests, Solid Waste Management, Climate
Change, etc.
• Expanded National Greening Program (DENR) seeks to reforest or replant denuded forest land across the country. It also seeks to
generate and establish livelihood opportunities to address environmentally-damaging economic activities.
• Tree Planting/Clean-Up Drives are coordinated activities among community leaders, school stakeholders, and local DENR offices as
part of continuing efforts to protect and preserve the environment.
• Coastal Clean-up (International Coastal Cleanup Philippines) promotes awareness towards coastal area conservation.
• Dalaw Turo (DENR) brings information closer to the youth through site and school visits. Youth participation in environmental
leadership is encouraged to increase awareness of the youth about environmental management, biodiversity conservation and
protection, among others.
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4.9. Global Mobility
4.9. Global mobility
Table 54. Global Mobility Overview Matrix
Agenda Statement
For the youth to participate in youth mobility within and beyond ASEAN through balanced and mutually-beneficial cross-border cultural,
educational, scientific exchanges; qualification equivalencies, employment opportunities, and continuing professional development;
international cooperation and other institutional linkages and partnership in order to contribute to knowledge transfer and cultivate new
information and skills for the country. In the same manner as the overseas Filipino youth strengthen their ties with the Philippines.
Strategies
With Education: With Active Citizenship: With Economic Empowerment: With Peace-building &Security:
Promote youth Encourage and support mutually Support youth participation in Address and mitigate youth
participation in cross- beneficial youth volunteerism in cross-border economic activities trafficking
border exchanges ASEAN and international volunteer
programs
Objectives
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Increase number of: • Increase number of outbound • Increase number of • Increase number of youth
• Exchange students volunteers international entrepreneurs professionals who meet
• Artistic and • Increase the quality and impact • Increase number of financially international standards of
scientific exchanges of volunteerism effort literate overseas practice of profession
• Youth with Filipinos/Filipino workers • Decrease number of youth
qualifications (OF/OFWs) trafficked across borders
equivalencies
• Overseas Filipino
youth on exchange
to the Philippines
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The Global Mobility Center of Participation addresses the following 20@22 Agenda Items and UN Sustainable Development Goals:
20@22 Agenda UN SDG

• Human Capital Development & Education • 4 Quality education
• Decent work, & full & productive employment • 8 Decent work and economic growth
• International Relations • 17 Partnership for the goals
• Culture
The NYAS (2015) reported that of the working youth, 42.5% would prefer to go abroad, 41.3% would plan to work abroad in the following
year, while 49.6% would plan to work abroad for the next five years.
According to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), a total of 86,268 Filipinos between 18 and 24 years old as well as
319,012 Filipinos between 25 and 30 years old were deployed in 2016. Many of the youth work as domestic helpers, nurses and production
workers. Their top destinations are Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and Kuwait.
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According to the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, there is a significant number of Overseas Filipino Youth:
• Filipino youth emigrants (18-30): 225, 210 (2006 to 2015)
• Au Pair participants bound for Europe: 9, 936 (2012 to 2015)
• Exchange Visitor Program participants bound for the US: 22, 213 (2010 to 2015)
• Filipino students enrolled in Philippine schools overseas (PSOs): 32,500
The Top 10 countries for youth emigrants were 1) United States of America; 2) Canada; 3) Japan; 4) Australia; 5) South Korea; 6) Italy; 7)
Germany; 8) United Kingdom; 9) New Zealand; and 10) Spain.
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Table 55. Global Mobility Strategy 1:Promote youth participation in cross-border exchanges (with Education)
Increase number of • Ship for Southeast Asian and • # of orientation • increase in the • NYC
• Exchange students Japanese Youth Program events and their number of youth • CHED
• Artistic and scientific (SSEAYP) participants exchange • PRC
exchanges • Student and Faculty
• # of students/slots students2 (CHED, • CFO
Exchange Programs
• Youth with taken PRC, TESDA) • CHED
• ASEAN International
qualifications Mobility for Students • # of participants • increase in the • DOST
equivalencies (AIMS) Program who conducted number of youth
• Overseas Filipino • ASEAN Youth Friendship return service in artistic and
youth on exchange to Network programs scientific
the Philippines • Asia-Pacific Youth Exchange • # of MRA holders exchanges2
• ASEAN University Network (NCCA, CHED,
Youth Platform • # of youth attendees
of CFO FDOs DOST, PRC)
• ASEAN Mutual Recognition
Agreement (MRA) • increase in the
• Lakbay Aral number of youth
• Exchange Visitor Program with
• Youth Excellence in Science qualifications
(YES) Award equivalencies2
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• Science Immersion Program (CHED, PRC,
• Support and participate in
TESDA)
International Olympiad
• Foreign Graduates
Scholarship
• Pre-departure Orientation
Seminar for Immigrants/Au
Pair / Peer spouses of
Foreign Nationals
Notes These are indicative programs-activities These metrics are to be These metrics are: 1 - For The agencies lead the identified
(PAs) which can address the given monitored by the implementing inclusion in NYAS 2021 or 2 - PAs. LGUs, CSOs, YGs, and other
objective. Organizations can sustain agencies to keep track of youth To be coordinated with the organizations can also take the lead
and/or introduce PAs to meet the same participation in their activities. identified agency (in to address an objective by
objective. parentheses) introducing a new PA for it.
Things to Do • Share information about the exchange programs for youth and youth groups
• Create and maintain an accessible database of available exchange programs for youth and youth groups
• Strengthen grants and scholarships for youth exchanges
• Coordinate with schools in the organization of orientation events on exchange programs
• Create an exchange alumni network
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Table 56. Global Mobility Strategy 2: Encourage and support mutually beneficial youth volunteerism in ASEAN and international
volunteer programs (with Active Citizenship)
• Increase number of • International • # of orientation • % change in the • DFA
outbound volunteers Volunteer Program events and their number of • PNVSCA
participants volunteers2
(PNVSCA)
Things to Do • Share information about programs for international youth volunteerism

• Create and maintain an accessible database of available volunteerism programs and interested volunteers
• Strengthen support mechanisms for volunteers
• Coordinate with schools in the organization of orientation events on volunteerism
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Table 57. Global Mobility Strategy 3:Support youth participation in cross-border economic activities (with Economic Empowerment)
• Increase number • BaLinkBayan • % change in youth • % change in international • DFA
of international • Pre-departure attendance to youth entrepreneurs2 (POEA, • OWWA
entrepreneurs Orientation Seminar PDOS, OWWA) • POEA
• Increase number (PDO) for OF/OFWs BaLinkBayan, • % change in number of • DOLE
of financially • Enterprise ELDP,BPBH, financially literate overseas
literate overseas Development & Loan FSRS, and Peso Filipinos2 (POEA, OWWA)
Filipinos/Filipino Program (EDLP) Sense events • % change in remittances,
workers • Balik Pinas! Balik savings, and investments of
(OF/OFWs) HanapBuhay! youth OF/OFWs2 (POEA,
Program (BPBH) OWWA)
• Family Support and
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Reintegration
Services (FSRS)
Notes These are indicative programs- These metrics are to be These metrics are: 1 - For inclusion in NYAS The agencies lead the identified
activities (PAs) which can address monitored by the 2021 or 2 - To be coordinated with the PAs. LGUs, CSOs, YGs, and
the given objective. Organizations implementing agencies to keep identified agency (in parentheses) other organizations can also take
can sustain and/or introduce PAs track of youth participation in the lead to address an objective
to meet the same objective. their activities. by introducing a new PA for it.
Things to Do • Provide employment support

• Strengthen membership in government social protection systems (i.e., SSS, Pag-IBIG Fund, PhilHealth)
• Implement universal attendance in pre-departure orientation seminars (PDOS)
• Elevate youth discourse about the opportunities and threats regarding documented and undocumented migrant work
• Share information about the educational assistance, social benefits, and welfare assistance programs for documented
youth workers
• Promote the viability of returning with the help of repatriation and reintegration programs
• Organize events on financial literacy
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Table 58. Global Mobility Strategy 3:Address and mitigate youth trafficking (with Peace-building and Security)
• Increase number of • Continuing • # of CPD approved • Increase number of • CSC
youth professionals Professional programs monitored youth international • CHED
who meet Development by PRC and CPD professionals2 (PRC, • PRC
international • APEC and ASEAN Council TESDA, CHED) • TESDA
standards of practice professionals • # of professionals • Decrease number of
of profession • Orientation on who attend the CPD trafficked youth
Illegal Recruitment programs
and Trafficking • # of youth applicants
in the APEC and
ASEAN professionals
program
• Decrease number of • 1343 Action Line • % change in hotline • % change in number • IACAT
youth trafficked cases handled and of trafficked youth 2 • CFO
across borders solved (IACAT, CFO)
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Things to Do • Expand the capability of the hotline numbers to report incidences of cross-border trafficking of youth
• Elevate the discourse on trafficked youth
• Capacitate stakeholders (parents, counselors, community leaders, and law enforcement officers) on preventing youth
trafficking as well as in identifying, counseling, and protecting trafficked youth
• Strengthen support mechanisms and facilities (i.e., shelters, educational assistance, halfway/safe houses) for
trafficked youth
• Promote participation in the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programs being accredited by the PRC and
the CPD Council
• Create platforms to spread awareness of virtual employment opportunities
• Strengthen the youth portal that empowers the support system for leader-volunteer
• Continuous volunteerism life skills enhancement programs
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• Conduct of pre-departure orientation seminars that include the culture and language of the destination country
• Conduct workshops, seminars, and skills trainings in LGUs
• Conduct Service Trainings overseas
• Facilitate local job assistance to enhance their acquired skills and training to make them globally competitive
• Creation of a platform where all existing return-of-service programs can be accessed
• Institutionalize a transfer of knowledge and skills program with incentive mechanisms to entice overseas Filipino
youth to share their knowledge and skills with locally based counterparts
Research Disaggregate youth data of trafficked youth from national statistics
Agenda -
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4.10. Cross-Cutting issue
4.10.1. Budget Lobbying

A recurring suggestion across the different centers was to involve the youth in lobbying for higher
appropriations for youth programs and projects at the national and local levels.
4.10.2. Legislative Agenda and Advocacy

Another motif was to involve the youth in participating in the drafting of and lobbying for youth-
focused local and national legislative measures.
Among the Legislative Agenda items indicated in the Philippine Development Plan, the youth can be
particularly involved in the items listed below. These agenda items are also listed within the specific
center for participation:
Table 59. Youth-related Legislative Agenda in the PDP
• Amendment of the Philippine HIV-AIDS Law

• Enactment of a National Policy on the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy
• Enactment of the Ease of Doing Business Act
• Enactment of the National Mental Health Care Delivery System
• Enactment of the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act
• Enactment of the Social Enterprise Bill
• Establishment of a Disability Support Trust Fund
• Establishment of Local Culture and Arts Councils and Allocate Funding
• Establishment of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Charter
• Establishment of the Department of Culture
• Strengthening of the National Population and Development Policy
• Strengthening of the witness protection and whistleblower protection
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4.10.3. Research Agenda and Data Disaggregation
The consultation series identified potential research activities, as has been indicated in specific centers
of participation:
Table 60. Research Agenda
• Develop and monitor of metrics for:

o Healthy living
o Death by drowning or submersion
o Vehicular accident by single line age
• Track the number of:
o Reported VAW-related cases
o VAW-related programs and activities funded by GAD
o Agencies/companies that provide training for their human resource personnel on
establishing a gender-responsive workplace
o Established functional barangay VAW desks per region
o PO cases handled by youth-police officers
o Youth participants in the peace process
o Youth recidivism
o Youth participation in environmental organizations
• Conduct research on:
o The real cause of the lower enrolment rate of males
o What can interest the youth to work in the agricultural and green industries
o Youth practices regarding waste management, pollution control, resource conservation,
environmental protection, reduction and management of climate and disaster risks
• Establish systems for:
o Reporting of PO cases reported by youth PO volunteers
o Keeping track of the profiles and progress of youth combatants
o Mapping existing environment youth groups
There was a universal support for the disaggregation of data about the youth to promote data-driven
program conceptualization, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
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5. Consequences of Participation
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5.1. Principles
5.1. Principles
As with the PYDP 2011-2016, the following monitoring and evaluation principles apply in the
implementation of the PYDP 2017-2022:
a. Inclusive process. The youth and implementing agencies at all administrative levels shall be engaged
in the monitoring process;
b. Evidence based. The use of official government statistics and other information shall be maximized.
Data collected by private and non-official sources (e.g. Social Weather Stations) shall be considered.
The PYDP shall inform the Philippine Statistical Development Program 2011-2017;
c. Results based and goals driven. Focus shall be given to the results of policies and implementing
programs and how they contribute to the PDP goals and the promotion, protection and realization of
the rights of the youth. The NYC Youth Programs and Policy Database shall be modified accordingly;
d. Accountability oriented. Major policies and programs of NGAs and LGUs which affect the youth
shall be analyzed. GPH action on the findings and recommendations of international treaty monitoring
bodies such as on CRC, CEDAW and ICESR shall be closely monitored;
e. Transparent reporting. Periodic monitoring reports on the implementation of the PYDP shall be
prepared and disseminated by the NYC;
f. Continuing adjustments and revisions. Planning for the youth is a dynamic and continuing learning
process. Appropriate and periodic revisions shall be made on the PYDP in response to emerging
needs, issues and developments. The PYDP shall undergo an annual reporting process; and
g. Oversight. The NAC shall perform oversight functions and assist in the monitoring and evaluation
of the PYDP as led by NYC.
5.2. Procedures
5.2. Procedures
The following monitoring and evaluation (M&E) schedule will be followed for the PYDP:
• In January 2017, identification of monitoring and evaluation metrics in coordination with program
proponents
• In January 2018, finalization of monitoring and evaluation principles, procedures, and protocols
• In January 2019, conduct of monitoring study
• In January 2023, conduct of evaluation study
Monitoring activities will be delegated as follows:
• Proponent/lead organizations will keep track of monitoring metrics in coordination with the NYC
• NYC will monitor secondary data from existing youth indicators
• NYC will work with the Philippine Statistics Authority to integrate PYDP indicators in expanding
the YDI.
The January 2023 survey will also include summative items to address the Evaluation Statement.
Moreover, end-of-plan regional youth summits will be conducted to facilitate workshops to further
evaluate youth participation qualitatively.
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Updated
Philippine Youth Development Plan
2017-2022
Philippines
July 2019
Table of Contents
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations i-iii

1. Introduction 1
2. Context, Purpose, and Objectives of the MTR 1
Purpose of the MTR 2
3. Methodology and Process 3
4. Theory of Change (ToC) of the PYDP 2017-2022 4
4.1. Problems and Issues of the Filipino Youth 4
4.2. Vision of Change for the Filipino Youth and the Goal of the Updated PYDP 5
4.3. Assumptions and Risks 8
4.4. Theory of Change Diagram for the PYDP 2017-2022 9
5. Results Matrices 10
5.1. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Health 11
5.2. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Education 14
5.3. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Economic Empowerment 15
5.4. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Peace Building and Security 17
5.5. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Governance and Active Citizenship 18
5.6. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Environment 19
5.7. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Social Inclusion, Equality, and Global Mobility 21
6. Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation (CME) 22
Results Matrix for Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation 23
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
ALS Alternative Learning System
ANE Abused, Neglected, and Exploited
ATN Assistance to National
BADAC Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils
BAP Balik-Aral Program
C4D Communication for Development
CHR Commission on Human Rights
CICL Children in Conflict with the Law
CME Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation
CNJIP Comprehensive National Juvenile Intervention Program
COMELEC Commission on Elections
CWC Council for the Welfare of Children
DA-ATI Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Training Institute
DA-ACPC Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Credit Policy Council
DA-BFAR Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
DBM Department of Budget and Management
DepEd Department of Education
DFA Department of Foreign Affairs
DILG Department of the Interior and Local Government
DOH Department of Health
DOLE Department of Labor and Employment
DOLE-BLE Department of Labor and Employment-Bureau of Local Employment
DOLE-BWSC Department of Labor and Employment- Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns
DOLE-GIP Department of Labor and Employment- Government Internship Program
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DILG-NBOO Department of the Interior and Local Government -National Barangay Operations Office
DR Documents Review
DRRM Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
DSWD Department of Social Welfare and Development
FHSIS Field Health Service Information System
GIP Government Internship Program
HUC Highly Urbanized Cities
ICC Independent Component Cities
IEC Information Education Communication
IKSP Indigenous Knowledge, Systems and Practices
ISDN Information and Service Delivery Network
JJWC Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council
LCPC Local Council for the Protection of Children
LDP Local Development Plan
LGU Local Government Unit
MMDA Metro Manila Development Authority
MSME Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
MTR Mid-Term Review
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
NCCA National Commission for Culture and the Arts
NCMH National Center for Mental Health
NDRRMC National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
NEDA National Economic and Development Authority
NNC National Nutrition Council
NSTP National Service Training Program
NYC National Youth Commission
NYC-RYDD National Youth Commission-Regional Youth Development Division
NYC-SMD National Youth Commission-Social Marketing Division
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OCD Office of Civil Defense
OCD-CBTS Office of Civil Defense - Capacity-Building and Training Service
OFW Overseas Filipino Worker
OSH Occupational Safety and Health
OSY Out of School Youth
OPAPP Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
PAMANA Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan Program
PCSO Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
PDEA Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
PNVSCA Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency
POPCOM Commission on Population
PPAs Programs, Projects, and Activities
PPAN Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition
PRC Professional Regulation Commission
PRMED Policy Research and Monitoring and Evaluation Division
PYDP Philippine Youth Development Plan
RA Republic Act
RM Results Matrix
SK Sangguniang Kabataan
SLT Schools of Living Traditions
SPES Special Program for the Employment of Students
STI/HIV /AIDS Sexually transmitted infections/ human immunodeficiency viruses/

Acquired immune-deficiency syndrome
TBD To be determined
ToC Theory of Change
UN Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
YDS Youth Development Session
YORP Youth Organization Registration Program
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1. Introduction
This document presents the updated Philippine Youth Development Plan (PYDP) 2017-2022 of the National Youth
Commission (NYC) as Part 2 of the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the PYDP.
Part 1 of the MTR Report contains the accomplishments in numbers of the participating youth-serving agencies. It
also includes the findings, conclusions and specific recommendations relevant to the coordination, monitoring, and
evaluation of the PYDP.
The MTR of PYDP is in line with the new National Evaluation Policy Framework of the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
The Mid-Term Review is basically a formative evaluation that provides an opportunity for proponents and
stakeholders to take stock of their notable accomplishments, determine the progress towards the expected program
results, and analyze the factors that can positively or negatively affect the course of its direction. An important step
in the MTR process is a technical review of the program design to determine whether its goals, objectives, strategies,
and indicators have been formulated and designed in a way that will lead towards a meaningful evaluation later on.
This MTR offered the National Youth Commission, as the prime mover, and the youth-serving organizations, a
suitable occasion to refine and sharpen the design of the current Philippine Youth Development Plan 2017-2022 in
terms of focus, priorities, strategies and indicators and make adjustments, as needed, to accelerate the achievement of
the desired outcomes and outputs of the Plan. The MTR process hopes to strengthen the evaluability of the PYDP
at the end term of its implementation in 2022.
The updated PYDP 2017-2022 contains 6 sections:
Section 1 explains the background of the document

Section 2 describes the context, purpose, and objectives of the MTR
Section 3 outlines the methodology and the process in conducting the Review
Section 4 presents the Theory of Change for the PYDP 2019-2022
Section 5 contains the Results Matrices for 7 Centers of Participation
Section 6 covers the Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation Matrix
2. Context, Purpose, and Objectives

of the MTR
The PYDP is a broad framework that serves as the guide and blueprint of the Filipino youth and youth-serving
groups, agencies and institutions in the promotion of holistic youth participation in our society. The framework
defines the duties, obligations and accountabilities of the national and local governments in addressing the economic,
social, cultural, civil and political rights of the youth.
The PYDP 2017-2022, a companion document of the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022, emphasizes
the participation and role of the youth in society-building. It seeks to coordinate all youth-related affairs of the
government and civil society towards the realization of the government’s 2022 Social Development Agenda.
It seeks to enable, promote, and ensure the youth’s active, meaningful, and holistic participation in society in nine
centers: health, education, economic empowerment, social inclusion & equity, peace-building & security, governance,
active citizenship, environment, and global mobility.
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The PYDP 2017-2022 contributes to the strengthening of the collective vision for the Filipino Youth as articulated
by the National Youth Commission:
“Enabled, involved and patriotic youth realizing their aspirations anchored on integrity and compassion.”
Specifically, by 2022, Filipino Youth could be described as follows:

· Filipino Youth are healthy, educated, patriotic, globally mobile, and active in government and civil society.
· Filipino Youth live in a peaceful, secure, and socially-inclusive society where there is respect for and equality
across genders, faiths, and cultures.
· Filipino Youth engage in gainful economic activity across various locales and sectors.
· Filipino Youth access, use, and transform technology, information, and services for the betterment of
0000000society.
The implementation of the PYDP 2017-2022 is monitored and steered by two task forces (External and Internal).
The PYDP 2017-2022 External Task Force, composed of representatives from the implementing agencies identified
under each center of participation, serves as the coordinating, planning and policy-making body for the national and
local implementation of the Plan. These youth-serving agencies provide services and/or programs for the youth that
correspond to the targets of the specific center they represent. The PYDP Internal Task Force which is composed of
representatives from all the Divisions/Offices of the NYC provides technical, administrative and secretariat support
for operations at the NYC.
The nine (9) Centers of Participation are as follows:

1. Health
2. Education
3. Economic Empowerment
4. Social inclusion and equity
5. Peace-building and security
6. Governance
7. Active Citizenship
8. Environment
9. Global Mobility
The PYDP External Task Force conducts meetings periodically to discuss the accomplishments of the agencies,
as well as the problems and challenges they encountered during implementation. The status of the Plan is updated
through accomplishment reports sent by the participating agencies to the NYC which will be consolidated and
presented for review and appreciation to the PYDP External or Internal Task Force, National Advisory Council, or
the Commission Proper.
Purpose of the MTR
The current plan is in its third year or mid-term implementation. As such, it warrants an objective technical review
to assess the progress achieved towards the expected results of the PYDP; to recognize the accomplishments of the
implementers; to analyze the changes in the programming context; and to review the performance of the NYC in
coordinating and monitoring the youth-focused programs. The MTR hopes to determine if the current initiatives are
likely to gain traction towards the Plan’s stated goals.
There is also a need to assess whether or not the PYDP’s goals, objectives, strategies, PPAs and indicators have been
formulated and designed in a way that will lead towards a meaningful evaluation later on. The MTR offers NYC
and the youth-serving organizations the opportunity to refine and sharpen the design of the PYDP, the program
focus, the priorities, strategies as well as indicators so as to make sound adjustments, as required, to accelerate the
achievement of desired outcomes and outputs for the Filipino youth. The MTR process hopes to strengthen the
evaluability of the PYDP at the end term of its implementation in 2022.
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The final results of the MTR are the Accomplishment Report which has been submitted separately and this Updated
PYDP 2017-2022. Together, they serve as the Final MTR Report of this review process.
The results of the MTR will not only benefit the NYC internally but will also serve the interest of the members of
the PYDP External Task Force, the participating youth-serving agencies and other stakeholders.
The MTR process seeks to achieve the following specific objectives:

· Assess the progress of the implementation of the PYDP 2017-2022 in terms of accomplishments per
0000000center of participation;
· Analyze the constraints and challenges in the implementation of the PYDP particularly in terms of
0000000coordination, monitoring, and reporting;
· Come up with specific recommendations to improve the coordination, monitoring, and reporting;
· Review the PYDP objectives, strategies, indicators and PPAs and recommend changes, as necessary based
0000000on a Theory of Change to strengthen the evaluability of the Plan; and
· Come up with an updated PYDP for the remaining two and a half years, i.e., 2019-2022.
3. Methodology and Process

The MTR exercise was participative and analytical in both qualitative and quantitative aspects. It employed inter-
active processes that significantly engaged those who were actually involved in the development of the PYDP, mainly
the PRMED staff of the NYC and agencies who are currently implementing youth-centered programs. The MTR
used the following data gathering methodologies.
Documents Review (DR) – A technical desk review of the PYDP 2017-2022 document was undertaken in terms
of the clarity and soundness of the objectives, strategies, indicators and PPAs. The intended results for each of the
Plan’s Centers of Participation were assessed in terms of their clarity, practicality, congruence, clear accountability,
and measurability.
The program’s accomplishments in relation to each of the centers of participation were written and organized
based on the submissions of partner agencies implementing youth-centered PPAs. The outputs of the review of
documents were based on the quantity and quality of available reports that were submitted to the PRMED.
PYDP Internal Task Force Meeting – An internal task force meeting was convened. NYC staff and some
Commissioners discussed the MTR Design, the expected deliverable, the outline of the report, the MTR work plan,
and the mechanics of the External Task Force Meeting and the MTR Workshop.
PYDP External Task Force Meeting – An external task force meeting was conducted to orient the members of
the agreements on the MTR process and deliverables. The participants worked in two small groups to discuss the
strengths and weaknesses of the program coordination of the PYDP and the M&E mechanism.
Mid-Term Review Workshop – This Workshop was held to give the participants an opportunity to reflect on the
design of the PYDP 2017-2022, as well as for them to agree on a clear vision of change given the agreed upon set
of direction for the next two and a half years. It was conducted on 20-21 June 2019 in Antipolo City and involved
all the concerned NYC staff and representatives from all the participating youth-serving agencies.
Validation Forum – Parts 1 and 2 of the MTR Report were presented to the representatives of youth-serving
organizations particularly those who participated in the MTR Workshop. This was also an opportunity for selected
youth leaders to listen to the presentation of the MTR Report and to share their insights in making the Plan meaningful
and useful for them as targets of the PYDP.
On-line Validation – The final draft documents of Parts 1 and 2 of the MTR Report were sent to the youth-serving
organizations via e-mail for additional comments and inputs. This was also an opportunity for those who were not
able to participate in the MTR meetings to incorporate their relevant accomplishments in the last two and a half
years.
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4. Theory of Change (ToC) of the
Updated PYDP 2017-2022
The Updated PYDP 2017-2022 is based on a Theory of Change which the youth-serving organizations used as its
programming tool for the next two and half years of the Plan. ToC was applied to strengthen the PYDP’s program
logic and to establish clear accountability and accounting of agencies’ specific contributions to the expected results
of the PYDP.
In a national plan like the PYDP, with multi-stakeholders and multi-agencies who implement their projects on their
own, ToC aids in clarifying the collective vision of change for its target population, the Filipino youth, and in
identifying the pre-conditions or intermediate results (outcomes) that are necessary to achieve this collective vision.
ToC then helps agencies to identify to what specific pre-condition/s or intermediate result/s they could effectively
make a meaningful contribution based on their mandates, resources, capacities, coverage, and existing programs and
projects.
Apart from establishing accountability and promoting effectiveness, ToC seeks to strengthen the evaluability of the
PYDP as it provides leads in identifying the data that need to be collected later on during the terminal (summative)
evaluation as well as in identifying how they should be analyzed. It can also provide a framework for planning and
reporting the annual accomplishments of agencies during the two and half remaining years of the PYDP. It is,
therefore, important to ensure that the ToC adequately represents what the agencies’ interventions intend to achieve
and how. By doing so, the ToC describes how change is understood to come about by linking agencies’ interventions
and initiatives to expected intermediate results and consequently to the desired vision of change.
4.1. Problems and Issues of the Filipino Youth
A theory of change should begin with a good situation analysis. However, due to the nature of the PYDP and time
constraints, the participants saw it more appropriate to collectively agree on the youth-related problems that the
PYDP will focus on in the next two and a half years. In the ToC, the participating youth-serving agencies could then
identify to which specific thematic problem they could fit in based on their interventions for the youth.
It is important to review the current issues and problems confronting the Filipino youth even if a situation analysis
has already been done during the conception of the PYDP. The purpose is to ensure that the problems that the
PYDP sought to address were still the same and that new and emerging youth issues and challenges are considered
in the second phase of the plan.
During the MTR workshop, the participants came up with the following list of problems and issues that the Filipino
youth are facing today, in general. They are grouped into five clusters, as follows:
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Cluster 1 – Health-related problems
· Teenage pregnancy
· Mental health issues
· Malnutrition among adolescents and youth
· Sedentary lifestyle
· Internet and gaming addiction
· Addiction and substance use disorder
· Illegal gambling
· Fatal vehicular accidents
Cluster 2 – Education problem

· Poor learning outcomes
· Out-of-school youth
Cluster 3 – Protection problems

· Youth involvement in crime – Children/Youth in Conflict with the Law (C/YICL)
· Abuse among the youth (physical, emotional, sexual, economic)
· Aggression among youth
· Violence against the youth
Cluster 4 - Employment related problems

· Child labor among marginalized sector
· Decline in youth participation in agricultural sector
· Youth OFWs
Cluster 5 – Environment related problems

· Vulnerability to natural and human induced disasters
· Youth participation in illegal logging, poaching, charcoal making, and scavenging
As a starting point for the development of Theory of Change for the next phase of the PYDP (i.e., 2019-2022), the
participants collectively agreed on the following synopsis of the above-enumerated problems:
SUMMARY STATEMENT: The Filipino youth currently live in a situation where their health, nutrition,
education, economic productivity, peace and security, resiliency, cultural diversity, and global mobility are seriously
challenged due to poverty, inequality, cultural intolerance, environmental threats, disaster risks, and inadequate
youth-oriented services.
4.2. Vision of Change for the Filipino Youth and the

Goal of the Updated PYDP
The process of developing the ToC for the PYDP 2017-2022, began with the formulation of the goal for the Filipino
youth by 2022 based on the collectively formulated problem statement above and on the overall collective vision for
the Filipino Youth as articulated by the National Youth Commission.
The operational vision of change of the updated PYDP 2017-2022 seeks to contribute to the strengthening of our
collective vision for the Filipino Youth as articulated by the National Youth Commission:
LONG-TERM COLLECTIVE VISION FOR THE FILIPINO YOUTH: Enabled, involved and
patriotic youth realizing their aspirations anchored on integrity and compassion.
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Following the dictum, “begin with the end in mind” from “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Leaders”, a book
authored by Steven Covey, the participants agreed to adopt the following operational goal that they hope to navigate
in the next two and a half years of the PYDP.
PYDP GOAL: By 2022, the Filipino youth are healthy, educated, resilient, gainfully employed,
participating in decision-making processes, active citizens, and living in a peaceful, secure, and socially-
inclusive society, where there is respect for and equality across genders, faiths, and cultures.
The next stage taken by the participants was to jointly reflect on the explicit pre-conditions or outcomes (also
referred to as key result areas) that are necessary to realize the collective vision of change for the Filipino youth.
The following specific pre-conditions or outcomes emerged in the small group deliberations and plenary discussion:
Table 1
Seven (7) Outcome Statements
Outcome # Outcome Statements
Outcome 1 The Filipino Youth are resilient, well-nourished physically, mentally, sexually,
( Center of Participation: Health) healthy and are protected from financial health crisis.
Outcome 2 The out-of-school Filipino Youth are enrolled in Alternative Learning System
(Center of Participation: and Balik- Eskwela Program.
Education)
Outcome 3 The Filipino Youth are engaged in decent, gainful, and productive economic
(Center of Participation: activities, through enabling business environment, access to finance, market,
Economic Empowerment) and technology, labor and management capacities, and protected from work-
related vulnerabilities such as child labor, discrimination, under-employment,
and occupational hazards.
Outcome 4 The Filipino Youth participate in the peace process, drug abuse prevention
(Center of Participation: Peace and rehabilitation, and in the development of peace-building efforts. Those
building and Security) in conflict affected areas continue to have access to education and economic
opportunities.
Outcome 5 The Filipino youth are actively engaged in national and local governance and
(Center of Participation: in active citizenship.
Governance and Active
Citizenship)
Outcome 6 The Filipino Youth are actively involved in environment protection,
(Center of Participation: biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation,
Environment) establishment of smart cities; and disaster risk reduction and management.
Outcome 7 The Filipino Youth from the vulnerable sectors benefit from social, cultural
(Center of Participation: Social and economic protection services regardless of where they are, local or
Inclusion and Global Mobility) overseas towards a strong “kapwa mentality”.
In the succeeding step, the participants discussed how to get to the seven (7) above-mentioned desired outcome
results and their individual agency’s contributions. These contributions were expressed in the next level of results
called outputs.
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Table 2
Outcomes and Outputs Statement
Outcome Statements Output Statements
Outcome 1 - The Filipino Youth · Teenage pregnancy programs and projects are in place
are resilient, well-nourished phys- · Family planning information and services are available
ically, mentally, sexually, healthy · Information and Service Delivery Network for Adolescent Health and
and are protected from financial Development established
health crisis. · Programs and projects promoting active lifestyle and positive nutrition
practices among the youth are established
Center of Participation: Health · Hopeline/NCMS crisis hotline are in place and responsive
· STI/HIV/AIDS prevention program are in place.
· PCSO’s charity assistance for the youth is available and accessible
· Road safety is ensured in Metro Manila: commuters and motorists are
informed and follow traffic rules and laws and engineering interventions
are strictly implemented.
· Road safety is ensured in Metro Manila: commuters and motorists are
informed and follow traffic rules and laws and engineering interventions
are strictly implemented.
Outcome 2 - The Out of School · DepEd’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) and Balik-Aral Program
Youth are enrolled in Alternative (BAP) are accessible by the OSY.
Learning System and Balik- · Trained ALS and BAP teachers are adequate.
Eskwela Program. · Facilities and center for the conduct of ALS and BAP based on
standards are readily within reach.
Center of Participation: Education
Outcome 3 - The Filipino Youth · Capacity Building Plan on entrepreneurial and agricultural activities is
are engaged in decent, gainful, developed and implemented.
and productive economic activ- · Youth employment and scholarship programs are available and
ities, through enabling business
accessible.
environment, access to finance,
· The RA 11058 (OSH Act) and RA 9231 (Special protection of children
market, and technology, labor
against child abuse, exploitation and discrimination act) are enforced
and management capacities, and
protected from work-related and monitored.
vulnerabilities such as child labor, · IEC materials are available and awareness campaigns are conducted
discrimination, under-employ- regarding work related vulnerabilities.
ment, and occupational hazards.
Center of Participation: Economic

Empowerment
Outcome 4 - The Filipino Youth · Policy on youth participation in Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils
participate in the peace process, developed, issued and disseminated (DILG)
drug abuse prevention and reha- · Youth are represented in all Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils.
bilitation, and in the development
of peace-building efforts. Those
in conflict affected areas continue
to have access to education and
economic opportunities.
Center of Participation: Peace

Building and Security
Outcome 5 - The Filipino youth · The youth are registered as voters and actively participate in
are actively engaged in national national and local elections.
and local governance and in · The youth have official representation in government structures
active citizenship.
at national, local and barangay level as mandated
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Center of Participation: Local · Youth organizations and youth serving organizations are registered in
Governance and in Active Youth Organization Registration Program (YORP).
Citizenship · There are opportunities and platforms where the youth can serve as
community volunteers
Outcome 6 - The Filipino Youth · Policy on the involvement of the youth in environmental and DRRM
are actively involved in environ- activities issued and disseminated
ment protection, biodiversity · Increased environmental awareness and adaptive capacity of the
conservation, climate change mit- Filipino Youth
igation and adaptation, establish-
ment of smart cities; and disaster
risk reduction and management.
Center of Participation:
Environment
Outcome 7 - The Filipino Youth · Mapping of Youth OFWs documented

from the vulnerable sectors · Sentro Rizal policies stated in the heritage law RA 10066 are strictly
benefit from social, cultural and implemented.
economic protection services · Preventive and rehabilitation services are provided to youth victims of
regardless of where they are, abuse, neglect and exploitation
local or overseas towards a strong
“kapwa mentality”.
Center of Participation: Social

Inclusion and Global Mobility
4.3. Assumptions and Risks
After developing a “story” describing the pathways toward the desired vision of change for the Filipino youth,
the participating youth-serving agencies considered the following assumptions and risks as positive and negative
determining factors in the “results chain” of the ToC for the updated PYDP 2017-2022.
Assumptions
· The participating youth-serving agencies will remain resolute in pursuing the inputs that they committed as
their agencies’ commitment for the youth.
· The NYC structure will continue to gather the participating agencies for regular updating, exchanging of
technical expertise and even sharing resources for the youth.
· The PMED of the NYC will continue to further strengthen its coordination, monitoring and evaluation
function for the PYDP.
· Donor agencies like UNICEF, UNFPA, UNWOMEN, UNDP and other international organizations will
provide technical and material resources for the realization of selected outcomes of the Plan.
Risks
· Fast turn-over of responsible staff and constantly changing representative to the PYDP External Task Force
can possibly impair the continuity of the agencies’ commitment to the PYDP.
· A shift in the government’s priorities for the youth may affect the PYDP’s results chain.
· Limited budget will be allotted by agencies for youth-oriented programs
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4.4. Theory of Change Diagram for the Updated PYDP 2017-2022
4.4. Theory of Change Diagram for the PYDP, 2019-2022
VISION FOR THE FILIPINO YOUTH: Enabled, involved and patriotic youth realizing their aspirations anchored on integrity and compassion.
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5. Results Matrices
These Results Matrices (RM) are direct translations of the Theory of Change for the PYDP 2017-2022 into a results-
chain with details in terms of indicators that will specify the contributions of agencies in the production of specific
outputs which, consequentially, are expected to lead towards the stated outcomes which, in the final order, will lead
towards the desired results of the PYDP. It depicts the aspects of the ToC that are essential for showing the effects
of the PYDP.
The RM serves as a management tool and a framework used for annual work planning, monitoring and evaluation,
and reporting on the PYDP. It essentially provides a snapshot or “story” of the PYDP that will help agencies
identify where they are positioned and where they can make a substantial contribution to the Plan based on their
agency’s mandate, influence, coverage, capacities and resources. It aids the NYC in tracking the progress of the
implementation of the PYDP and in identifying where the bottlenecks and barriers might be happening. Reports on
the progress of the RM will facilitate a more focused and more meaningful conduct of the summative evaluation of
the PYDP in 2022.
It must be reiterated that all results, products, services, and processes related to the implementation of the PYDP and
articulated in the RM are expected to contribute to the 2022 PYDP Goal: “The Filipino youth are healthy, educated,
resilient, gainfully employed, participating in decision-making processes, active citizens, and living in a peaceful,
secure, and socially-inclusive society, where there is respect for and equality across genders, faiths, and cultures.”
This, consequently, is expected to realize the long-term collective vision for the Filipino youth: “enabled, involved
and patriotic youth realizing their aspirations anchored on integrity and compassion.”
There are seven results matrices representing the 7 outcomes of the ToC for the PYDP. Each matrix has 6 columns,
namely: (1) Output statement, (2) Indicators, (3) Baseline, (4) Target, (5) Means of Verification, and (6) Agency
responsible.
The 7 results matrices are as follows:

1.Health
2.Education
3.Economic Empowerment
4.Peace Building and Security
5.Governance and Active Citizenship
6.Environment
7.Social Inclusion and Global Mobility
Compared with the original PYDP, the 7 centers of participation basically combined governance and active citizenship
which are fundamentally related; and social inclusion and equity, and global mobility which are both cross-cutting
themes.
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5.1. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Health
5.1. RESULTS MATRIX FOR CENTER OF PARTICIPATION: HEALTH
Outcome Statement: The Filipino youth are resilient, well-nourished, physically, mentally, sexually healthy and are protected from financial health risks.
Outcome Indicators:
Baseline
Output Statements Indicators Target (2022) Means of verification Agency
(2018)
OUTPUT 1. Responsible “Responsible Sexual and TBD TBD POPCOM Report Commission on
sexuality and reproductive Reproductive Health Program Population and
health programs are design” developed and printed. Development
instituted and implemented Communication Plan on TBD TBD POPCOM Report DOH
in all 17 Regions in the “Adolescent Sexual and
Philippines. Reproductive Health” developed
and implemented.
Advocacy and IEC materials on TBD TBD POPCOM Report DOH
Adolescent Sexual and
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Reproductive Health produced and
developed.
Proportion of DOH Regional Field 0 17 DOH DOH Accomplishment DOH
Health Offices with Adolescent Regional Field Report
Reproductive Health IEC materials. Health Offices
with Adolescent
Reproductive
health IEC
materials.
Situation Analysis on Sexual and No Yes DOH Accomplishment DOH
Reproductive Health (teenage Report
pregnancy and HIV) conducted.
OUTPUT 2. Proportion of provinces, cities, and __ Prov __ Prov DOH Accomplishment DOH
STI/HIV/AIDS testing urban centers with functional __ Cities __ Cities Report
facilities and interventions youth-friendly and confidential HIV __ Urban __ Urban
are in place and AIDS Testing facilities. Centers Centers
Comprehensive HIV and AIDS No Yes DOH Accomplishment DOH
Intervention Program for the youth Report
in place.
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Baseline
(2018)
OUTPUT 3. Responsible Proportion of cities and ____Cities ____Cities PopCom Annual Commission on
Parenthood and Family municipalities regularly conducting ____Mun ____Mun Report Population and
Planning classes are RPFP classes. Development
implemented.
OUTPUT 4. Safe Proportion of municipalities and __ Mun __ Mun Field Health Services DOH
Motherhood Program is cities with youth-friendly birthing __ Cities __ Cities Information System
strengthened facilities, services, and health staff. (FHSIS)
OUTPUT 5. Campaign on Number and type of Nation-wide __ TV __ TV PDEA’s and DOH’s DOH, PDEA
Non-Sexual Risk Behaviors Campaigns on Anti-Smoking, __ Radio __ Radio Accomplishment
(Smoking, Drinking, Drug Drinking, Drug Use. __ Print __ Print Reports
Use) Programs are in place. Number of regions with their own - 17 Regions PDEA’s and DOH’s DOH, PDEA
campaign initiative on Anti- Accomplishment
Smoking, Drinking, Drug Use. Reports
Number of advocacy activities on - TBD Report from Philippine DDB
drug abuse prevention and control Anti-Illegal Drugs
developed and conducted by Strategy (PADS)
implementing agencies.
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OUTPUT 6. Programs, Number of participating youth in TBD TBD Annual Philippine Sports
projects, and activities Laro’t Saya sa Parke Accomplishment Commission
promoting active lifestyle Report
and positive nutrition Number of youth participating in TBD TBD Annual Philippine Sports
practices are established Philippine National Games Accomplishment Commission
Report
Nutrition intervention specifically No Yes NNC Accomplishment NNC
for adolescents and youth integrated Report
in the Philippine Plan of Action for
Nutrition (PPAN).
Existence of National Policy and No Yes NNC Accomplishment NNC
Guidelines on Nutrition of Maternal Report
and Women of Reproductive Age.
Communication for Development No Yes
(C4D) Plan on the promotion of
active lifestyle and positive nutrition
practices among adolescents and
youth developed and implemented.
16
Baseline
(2018)
OUTPUT 7. Information Proportion of Regions with One in each Two in each of Annual Report POPCOM
and Service Delivery Information and Service Delivery of the 17 the 17 regions
Network (ISDN) for Network (ISDN) for adolescent regions
adolescent health and health and development
development
OUTPUT 8. PCSO’s PCSO System developed to provide No Yes Annual Report Philippine Charity
charity assistance for youth the disadvantaged youth access to Sweepstakes Office
is available and accessible. charity assistance.
OUTPUT 9. Road safety Number of events/activities/ 631 Increased Progress/ MMDA
is ensured in Metro Manila: lectures promoting road safety Accomplishment
commuters and motorists conducted/provided Report
are well-informed; traffic
Number of participants that 144,498 Increased Progress/ MMDA
rules and regulations are
attended events/activities/lectures Accomplishment
followed, and engineering
promoting road safety conducted/ Report
interventions are strictly
provided
implemented
OUTPUT 10. Total number of functional 2 TBD Annual Report National Center for
Hopeline/NCMH Crisis Hopelines/NCMH Crisis hotline all Mental Health
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hotline are in place and over the country
responsive Number of hotline 48 TBD Annual Report National Center for
professionals/operators with proper (18 from Mental Health
training on dealing with and Hopeline, 30
responding to adolescents and from NCMH
youth inquiring about mental health Crisis)
concerns.
Proportion of provinces and cities TBD TBD Annual Report National Center for
with functional Hopeline/NCMH Mental Health
Crisis hotline
Help Line for users and at-risk No Yes
individuals established.
OUTPUT 11. Service Number of cities and municipalities where TBD TBD Accomplishment National Center for
delivery network Mental Health Gap Action Programme Baseline Report Mental Health
addressing mental health (MHGAP) lectures were delivered. (2018) DOH
issues were strengthened Number of cities and municipalities TBD TBD Accomplishment DOH
and expanded with service delivery network Report
addressing mental health issues
Number of youth consulting at the Accomplishment National Center for
17
Out Patient Section of National Report Mental Health
Center for Mental Health
Number of youth consulting at the Accomplishment National Center for
Out Patient Section of National Report Mental Health
Center for Mental Health
5.2. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Education

5.2. RESULTS MATRIX FOR CENTER OF PARTICIPATION: EDUCATION
OUTCOME STATEMENT: The out-of-school Filipino Youth are enrolled in Alternative Learning System and Balik- Aral Program.
BASELINE TARGET MEANS OF

OUTPUT INDICATOR AGENCY
(2018) (2022) VERIFICATION
OUTPUT 1. DEPED’s Identified out of school youth Female Increase of DepEd Accomplishment DepEd
Alternative Learning System enrolled in Alternative Learning beneficiaries in beneficiaries to Report
(ALS) and Balik- Aral System and Balik-Aral program ALS – 269,031 75%
Program are accessible by DepEd agency will verify
the out of school youth Proportion of identified out of Total ALS implementation of ALS
school youth reintegrated back to beneficiaries and BAP at 223 division
formal schooling from 618,974
Alternative Learning System and
Balik-Aral Program Female
beneficiaries in
14
BAP – 36,250
Total
Male BAP
beneficiaries in
113,497
BAP – 77,247
Total BAP
beneficiaries
113,497
OUTPUT 2. Trained ALS Proportion of teachers trained as TBD TBD DepEd Accomplishment DepEd 18
and BAP teachers are ALS and BAP facilitators Report
adequate.
OUTPUT 2. Trained ALS Proportion of teachers trained as TBD TBD output by
PhysicalAccomplishment
DepEd DepEd
and BAP teachers are ALS and BAP facilitators number or proportion of
Report
adequate. teachers trained as ALS
Physical teachers
and BAPoutput by
OUTPUT 3. Facilities and Number of ALS and BAP centers TBD TBD number
Physical or proportion
output or of DepED
Centers for the conduct of in the Philippines teachers
number oftrained as ALS
ALS and
ALS and BAP are based on BAPBAP
and centers in the
teachers
Facilities
standard and3.are
OUTPUT readilyand Number of ALS and BAP centers TBD TBD Philippines
Physical output or DepED
within reach
Centers for the conduct of in the Philippines number of ALS and
ALS and BAP are based on BAP centers in the
standard and are readily Philippines
within reach
Centers for the conduct of in the Philippines number of ALS and
ALS and BAP are based on BAP centers in the
standard and are readily Philippines
within reach
5.3. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Economic Empowerment

5.3. RESULTS MATRIX FOR CENTER OF PARTICIPATION: ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
OUTCOME STATEMENT: The Filipino Youth are engaged in decent, gainful, and productive economic activities, through enabling business environment, access to
finance, market, and technology, labor and management capacities, and protected from work-related vulnerabilities such as child labor, discrimination, underemployment,
and occupational hazards.
Outcome Indicators:
OUTPUTS INDICATOR BASELINE TARGET MEANS OF AGENCY

OUTPUT 1. Youth Placement rate of youth assisted TBD TBD Annual Report DOLE-BLE
employment and educational under JobStart Philippines
assistance/ scholarship Number of youth beneficiaries TBD TBD Annual Report DOLE-BLE
programs are available and assisted under SPES
accessible. Number of youth beneficiaries TBD TBD Annual Report DOLE-BLE 19
assisted under DOLE-GIP
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Number of scholars under 60 120 Annual Report DA-ATI
agriculture-related courses
Number of youth beneficiaries 95,945 100,000 Annual Report TESDA
assisted under Training for Work
and Scholarship Program (TWSP)
Number of youth beneficiaries Annual Report TESDA
assisted under Special Training
for Entrepreneurship Program 10,532 11,000
(STEP)
Number of youth beneficiaries 7,231 7,500 Annual Report TESDA
assisted under Private Education
Student Financial Assistance
(PESFA)
Number of youth beneficiaries - 100,000 Annual Report TESDA
assisted under Universal Access to
Quality Tertiary Education Act
(UAQTEA)
Number of IP Youth beneficiaries 7,602 7,700 Review of the results of the NCIP
assisted under Educational administered survey
Assistance Program (EAP) questionnaire
No. of scholars provided under 113) 115 Assessment of the Project NCIP
Merit-Based Scholarship Program Completion Reports
(MBSP)
Review of the results of
(UAQTEA)
Number of IP Youth beneficiaries 7,602 7,700 Review of the results of the NCIP
assisted under Educational administered survey
Assistance Program (EAP) questionnaire
No. of scholars provided under 113) 115 Assessment of the Project NCIP
Merit-Based Scholarship Program Completion Reports
(MBSP)
Review of the results of
the Conduct of Program
Evaluation Study (NCIP-
EAP and MBSP)
OUTPUT 2. Capacity Number of youth receiving 421 463 Annual Report DA-ATI
building plan on extension services
agricultural
entrepreneurial activitiesactivities
and agricultural isNumberisof Number Number
of small of small
youth- fisherfolk - 504 -504 738
Annual738 DA-ACPC
Report ICB Program
DA-ACPC DA-ACPC
ICB Program
DA-BFAR DA-ACPC
agricultural activities
agricultural activities is is developed Number
and of small
implemented.
developed
Number of small and implemented.
provided with livelihood projects504 738 738 DA-ACPC ICB Program
DA-ACPC ICB Program DA-ACPC
DA-ACPC
developed
developed andand implemented.
implemented.
agricultural farmer/fisherfolk
farmer/fisherfolk
activities is organization
organization
Number of with
smallyouth members
with youth members
providedprovided
504 738 DA-ACPC ICB Program DA-ACPC
withwith
developed and implemented. youth
youth members
members provided
with institutional
provided
farmer/fisherfolk with institutional
organization capacity capacity
withwith institutional
institutional capacity
capacity building assistance.
building
with youth members provided assistance. 20
building
building assistance.
assistance. Number
with institutional of training
Number
capacity of programs
training programs - - - - Agency Submissions
Agency Submissions MSME Development
MSME Development
Number
Number training
of training programs
programs
of building assistance provided - to -youth MSMEs - - Agency
Agency Submissions under
Submissions MSMEMSME
theunderDevelopment
MSMEthe MSME Council Council
Development
provided
provided youth
to youth MSMEs
MSMEs
to Number of training programs - under
under
- thethe MSME
MSME Council
Development
Council
Agency Submissions Development
PlanMSMEPlanDevelopment
provided to youth MSMEs Development
Development Plan
Plan Monitoring
under the MSME Report
Monitoring Report
Council
of training
NumberNumber of activities on
training activities on Monitoring
Monitoring TBD
Report
ReportTBDAgency
Development Agency Submissions MSME Development
Plan Submissions MSME Development
Number
Number of training
of training activities
MSMEs
activities for youth.
on onMSMEs for youth. TBD TBD Agency
Agency Submissions
Submissions MSME
Monitoring under
ReportMSME
theunderDevelopment
MSMEthe MSME Council Council
Development
16
MSMEs
MSMEs for for
youth.
Number
youth. of training activities on under
under
TBD thethe MSME
MSME Council
Development
Council
Agency Submissions Development
PlanMSMEPlanDevelopment
MSMEs for youth Development
Development Plan
under Monitoring
Planthe MSME Monitoring Report
ReportCouncil
Monitoring
Monitoring Report
Report
Development Plan
OUTPUT 3. IEC materials
OUTPUT 3. IEC materialsIEC materials developed
IEC materials and
developed and Monitoring Disseminated IEC
Report Disseminated IEC DOLE-BWSC,
DOLE-BWSC,
OUTPUT
OUTPUT materials
materials
3. IEC
3. IEC IECIEC
are available
are materials
and awareness
available
materials anddeveloped
awareness
developed disseminated
and and campaigns
and disseminated and campaigns Disseminated
Disseminated IECIEC DOLE-BWSC,
materialsmaterials
/ Annual/Report
DOLE-BWSC, DOLE-BWC,
Annual Report DOLE-BWC,
OSHC OSHC
are are available
available and and awareness
awareness
OUTPUT campaign disseminated
are conducted
campaign
materials
3. IECdisseminated are
and and
IEC campaigns
conducted
campaigns conducted.
materials conducted.
developed and materials / Annual
materials / Annual Report
Disseminated
Report IEC DOLE-BWC,
DOLE-BWC, OSHC OSHC
DOLE-BWSC,
campaign
campaign are are conducted
conducted regarding conducted.
work-related
regarding
conducted.
are available and awareness work-related
disseminated and campaigns materials / Annual Report DOLE-BWC, OSHC
regarding
regarding work-related
work-related
campaign are vulnerabilities.
vulnerabilities.
conducted conducted
vulnerabilities.
vulnerabilities. OUTPUT
regarding work-related 4. The Republic
OUTPUT 4. The Republic of child laborers
NumberNumber of child laborers
assisted assisted Annual Report
Annual Report DOLE-BWSC
DOLE-BWSC
OUTPUT
OUTPUT 4. The Republic
RepublicAct
vulnerabilities.
4. The 9231 Number
(Special
Act
Number 9231
of of child
Protection
(Special
child laborers
Protection
laborers assisted
assisted Annual
Annual Report
Report DOLE-BWSC
DOLE-BWSC
ActAct 9231
9231 (Special
(Special
OUTPUT Protection
of
Protection Against Child
of Children
The Republic
4. Children Against
NumberChildof Number of children
Number
child laborers of children
aged 5 toaged
assisted 17 5 to 17 Annual Report
Annual Report Annual Report DOLE-BWSC
DOLE-BWSC DOLE-BWSC
of Children
of Children Against
Against Child
Child Abuse, Exploitation
Abuse,
Number
Number
Act 9231 (Special Protection of of and
Exploitation
children
children and
agedaged 5
years
5 to to 17
old
17 removed
years old from
removedchild
from child Annual
Annual Report
Report DOLE-BWSC
DOLE-BWSC
Abuse,
Abuse, Exploitation
Exploitation and andDiscrimination
years
years
of Children Against Child old Act)
Discrimination
old are
removed Act)
removed fromare
from child
labor
child increased
labor
Number of children aged 5 to 17increased Annual Report DOLE-BWSC
Discrimination
Discrimination Act)Act)
Abuse, areenforced and
labor
areExploitation monitored.
enforced
labor increased
increased monitored.
andyears old removed from child
enforced
enforced andand
monitored.
Discrimination
monitored. Act) are labor increased
enforced and monitored.
5.4. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Peace-building and Security
OUTCOME STATEMENT: Filipino youth participate in the peace process, drug abuse prevention and prevention and rehabilitation, and in the development
of peace-building efforts. Ensure access of youth in conflict-affected areas to education and economic opportunities.
Outcome Indicators:

OUTPUTS INDICATOR AGENCY
OUTPUT 1. Full Number of barangay visits to TBD TBD Annual monitoring DILG
implementation of the policy monitor youth’s representation in report submitted to
on youth participation in Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse DILG-NBOO
Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils (BADACs)
Councils (BADACs) in Number of barangays with TBD TBD Report from Philippine PADS
barangays. functional BADACs. Anti-Illegal Drugs
Strategy
17
OUTPUT 2. Full Number of conflict areas with TBD TBD Annual Report OPAPP
implementation of the The PAMANA Programs serving the
Payapa at Masaganang youth.
Pamayanan Program
(PAMANA) in conflict areas.
OUTPUT 3. Youth-Peace Number of conflict areas where TBD TBD Annual Report OPAPP
tables are conducted in conflict youth-peace tables were
areas. conducted.
OUTPUT 4. Culture of Peace Number of provinces where TBD TBD Annual Report OPAPP
Orientation for the youth are Culture of Peace Orientation for
conducted. the youth were conducted.
OUTPUT 5. Comprehensive Proportion of LGUs that have TBD TBD Annual Report JJWC
National Juvenile Intervention integrated the CNJIP into their
Program for CICL are LDPs.
integrated in local development
plans.
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5.5. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Government and Active Citizenship
5.5 RESULTS MATRIX FOR CENTER OF PARTICIPATION: GOVERNMENT AND ACTIVE CITIZENSIP
ATRIX FOR GOVERNANCE AND ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
OUTCOME STATEMENT: The Filipino youths are actively engaged in national and local governance and in active citizenship.
Outcome Indicators:

OUTPUT INDICATOR AGENCY
OUTPUT 1. The youth Number of voter’s education - - Annual Report COMELEC
are registered as voters sessions for young people
and actively participate in conducted by the COMELEC in
national and local schools and universities.
elections. Number of multi-media materials - - Annual Report COMELEC
produced and disseminated
Number of multi-media events - - Annual Report COMELEC
conducted.
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OUTPUT 2. The youth  Proportion of barangays with Barangays ___ Barangays ___ Annual Report DILG
have official functional BADAC with youth
representation in representative
government structures at  Proportion of cities with Cities _____ Cities _____
national, local and functional CADAC with youth
barangay level as representative
mandated.  Proportion of municipalities Municipalities__ Municipalities__
with functional MADAC with
youth representative
 Proportion of provinces with
functional PADAC with youth Provinces_____ Provinces_____
representative
Output 3. Youth Social Media campaigns launched TBD TBD Annual Report NYC
organizations and youth to increase the number of
serving organizations are registration of youth organizations
registered in Youth and youth serving organizations in
Organization Registration the YORP
Program (YORP)
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and actively participate in conducted by the COMELEC in
national and local schools and universities.
elections. Number of multi-media materials - - Annual Report COMELEC
produced and disseminated
Number of multi-media events - - Annual Report COMELEC
conducted.
OUTPUTOutput 2. The youthare  Proportion
4. There Number ofofadvocacy with
barangaysactivities Barangays ___TBD Barangays ___ TBD Annual Annual
ReportReport DILGPNVSCA
have official
opportunities and functional
conductedBADAC services
and/or with youth
representation
platformsinwhere the youth representative
provided to promote youth
Output
government
can structures
serve4.asThere at
community participation
are  Proportion activities Cities _____ TBD
in volunteerism
Number ofofadvocacy
cities with Cities _____ TBD Annual Report PNVSCA
opportunities
national, local and
volunteers and conducted
and/or link
functional and/or
the youth
CADAC services
withinyouth
platforms
barangay provided to promote
available/existing
level aswhere the youth representative youth
volunteering
mandated. participation
can serve as community Proportion
platforms, of in volunteerism
programs and activities
municipalities Municipalities__ Municipalities__
volunteers and/or
Social
with link
functional the youth
Media campaigns
MADAC with in launched TBD TBD Annual Report NYC
available/existing
to
youthincrease volunteering
the number
representative of youth
platforms,
enlisted
 Proportion programs
volunteers
as of provinces and activities
the
inwith
Social Media
National
functional Youth
PADACcampaigns
Commission launchedProvinces_____
with youth TBD Provinces_____TBD Annual Report NYC
to increase the
Volunteers Program
representative number of youth
Output 3. Youth Socialenlisted as volunteers
Media campaigns in the
launched TBD TBD Annual Report NYC
organizations and youth National Youth
to increase the number of Commission
serving
5.6 organizations
RESULTSareMATRIX Volunteers
registration
FOR of youth
CENTER Program
organizations
OF PARTICIPATION: ENVIRONMENT
registered in Youth and youth serving organizations in
Organization
OUTCOME 5.6.
RegistrationResults
the YORP
STATEMENT: TheMatrix
Filipino youth forareCenter
actively involved
of inParticipation:
environment protection,Environment
biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation,
Program RESULTS MATRIX FOR CENTER OF PARTICIPATION: ENVIRONMENT
5.6 (YORP)
establishment of smart cities, and disaster risk reduction and management.
OUTCOME STATEMENT: The Filipino youth are actively involved in environment protection, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation,
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Outcome Indicators:
establishment of smart cities, and disaster risk reduction and management.
OutcomeOUTPUT
Indicators: INDICATOR AGENCY
(2018) (2022) VERIFICATION 23
OUTPUT 1. Policy on the Number of youth-related policies 0 Two policies Copy of approved OCD
involvement of the youth in disseminated BASELINE TARGET
issued and MEANS
NDRRMC OF
Resolutions
OUTPUT issued andINDICATOR AGENCY
environmental and DRRM (2018) disseminated
(2022) such VERIFICATION
OUTPUT
activities 1. Policy
issued and on the Number of youth-related policies 0 Two
as butpolicies
not limited Copy of approved OCD
involvement
disseminated. of the youth in issued and disseminated issued
to integration
and of NDRRMC Resolutions
environmental and DRRM disseminated
DRR into thesuch
activities issued and as but not limited
Sangguniang
disseminated. to integration
Kabataan and of
DRR into the
NSTP Programs.
Sangguniang
Policy
Kabataanon youth
and Copy of Memorandum DENR
focal person
NSTP Programs. of circular
system
Policy on youth Copy of Memorandum DENR
focal person Circular
system
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OUTPUT 2. High No. of active accredited youth 657 active 18 % of the total  Training Reports OCD-CBTS,
environmental awareness organizations capacitated on accredited youth active accredited  Monthly NYC
and strengthened adaptive DRRM training organizations youth Accomplish-ment
capacity of the Filipino organizations (for Reports
youth. the period FY
2020-2022)
trained on
DRRM. (40 youth
organizations per
year from 2020 to
2022)
No. of different environmental 5  Activity Report DENR and its
activities with youth as participants Bureaus and
attached agencies
No. of OCD-led National Disaster 42,045 Barangay 2,040 Barangay  Monthly OCD Regional
Resilience Month (NDRM) SK Chairpersons or SK Accomplishment Offices
activities participated by the duly authorized Chairpersons or Reports
Sangguniang Kabataan representatives duly authorized  After Activity
(DILG website, representatives Reports of
participating in NDRM
20
Dec 31, 2018)
Disaster
Resilience
Month
activities.
Target: 680 SK
leaders per year
from 2020 to
2022.
5.7 RESULTS MATRIX FOR CENTER OF PARTICIPATION: SOCIAL INCLUSION, EQUITY, AND GLOBAL MOBILITY
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5.7. Results Matrix for Center of Participation: Social Inclusion, Equity, and Global Mobility
OUTCOME STATEMENT: The Filipino youth from the vulnerable sectors benefit from social and economic protection services regardless of where they are, local or
overseas towards a strong “kapwa mentality”.
Outcome Indicators:
Baseline
Output Indicator Target (2022) MOV Agency
(CY 2018)
OUTPUT 1. Assistance to Number of ATN staff trained to 0 TBD DFA admin data DFA
National (ATN) staff are assist distressed youth OFWs.
trained to provide assistance
to distressed youth OFWs.
OUTPUT 2. Youth Number of LGUs conducting TBD TBD DSWD Report on 4Ps DSWD
Development Session (YDS) YDS for the youth beneficiaries
Modules are conducted with of the Pantawid Pamilyang
21
youth beneficiaries of the Pilipino Program.
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino
Program.
OUTPUT 3. Schools of Number of Schools of Living 22 46 Terminal Report NCCA
Living Traditions (SLT) Traditions (SLT) established
Centers are established to M&E Report
safeguard traditional cultures
and practices through Number of SLT students trained 825 3450 Terminal Report NCCA
teaching of Indigenous on their IKSP.
Knowledge, Systems and M&E Report
Practices (IKSP) to youth
members of the community.
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6. Coordination, Monitoring and
Evaluation (CME)
The coordination, monitoring and evaluation component of the PYDP will continue to be an important segment for
the operation of the Plan. The National Youth Commission, through the newly created Planning, Monitoring, and
Evaluation Division (PMED), with the Commissioner-at-Large as head of the team, will remain to be the agency
responsible for this aspect. The PMED will be supported by the members of the PYDP Internal Task Force.
This component seeks to ensure the proper coordination of the PYDP through the regular conduct and documentation
of regular meetings, rendering of technical support to agencies when needed, provision of policy updates, collection
of data and information from the agencies, and preparation of regular accomplishment reports. It also hopes to
provide the NYC management with updates on the progress of the implementation of the PYDP. Another major
task of the NYC relevant to CME is the conduct of the final (summative) evaluation of the PYDP by 2022.
In response to the MTR recommendations on coordination, the NYC will:
· Create an electronic mobile application in issuing letters of invitation to participating youth-serving agencies
a and send a letter of request to agency heads to officially recognize the use of said application;
· Request agency heads to identify and assign a permanent focal person and a well-informed alternate in the
a office to take charge of PYDP concerns and to attend regular meetings called by the NYC;
· Address the letters of invitation for meetings and other relevant communication to the agency heads and to
a the assigned permanent focal points with minutes of previous meetings;
· Organize more frequent meetings among agency members of the nine (9) centers of participation to give
a them more adequate time and space to discuss updates and important programmatic or policy-related issues
a and concerns; and
· Develop and issue a calendar of activities with regularity and frequency to guide all the youth-serving a
a agencies and the members of the centers of participation.
In response to the MTR recommendations on monitoring and evaluation, the NYC will:
· Review and strengthen its monitoring and evaluation system so that the accomplishment reports of
p participating youth-serving agencies capture not only activities and events that they have been able to
0000000implement, but also the observable results and effects of these activities and events on the youth.
· Conduct an orientation on M&E for all concerned staff under each of the nine (9) Centers’ participating
0000000agencies for them to have a clearer understanding and appreciation of the concepts and practice on M&E
0000000and their specific M&E functions; and
· Come up with a reporting system that “tell stories” about the lives of the Filipino youth and how change is
0000000taking shape in their environment as a result of the interventions of the youth-serving government agencies
0000000and as a value-added legacy for the existence of the PYDP.
In monitoring the updated PYDP 2017-2022, the NYC will manage identified impact indicators, outcome indicators,
and output indicators. These are the same indicators that the agencies committed to report on in the next two and
a half years of the PYDP during the MTR process. The regular submission of monitoring reports of agencies is
essential in tracking the progress of the PYDP and in the conduct of final evaluation at the end of the PYDP cycle.
A Results Matrix was developed for the CME of the PYDP to ensure that scheduled events and activities are properly
undertaken on time. The RM of the PYDP 2017-2022 is as follows:
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Results Matrix for Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation
RESULTS MATRIX FOR COORDINATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION
OUTCOME STATEMENT: The PYDP 2017-2022 is localized, well-coordinated, monitored regularly and subjected to external summative evaluation by the end of 2022.
Participating youth-serving agencies regularly attend PYDP meetings and submit progress reports on the implementation of their PPAs.
Outcome Indicators:
 Proportion of youth-serving agencies regularly attending PYDP meetings.
 Proportion of youth-serving agencies regularly submitting progress reports on the PYDP.
 PYDP Monitoring Reports submitted regularly by NYC.
 Updated PYDP subjected to Terminal Evaluation.
OUTPUTS INDICATOR BASELINE TARGET MEANS OF AGENCY

OUTPUT 1. Coordination, Number of meetings of the 4 times a year 4 per year Minutes of Meetings NYC – PMED & PRD
Monitoring and Evaluation PYDP External Task Force
System in place and well- conducted
23
implemented Annual Accomplishment Report 1 report for 2020 and Copy of NYC - PMED
on the PYDP 1 report for 2021 Accomplishment
Reports
PYDP Terminal (Summative) N.A. Yes Copy of PYDP NYC-PMED
Evaluation Conducted Terminal Evaluation
Report
OUTPUT 2. PYDP is Module on the localization of No Yes Copy of the Module NYC-RYDD (with support of
localized and integrated into PYDP developed, officially PMED)
the Local Youth Development issued, and disseminated.
Plans Number of trainings on PYDP TBD TBD NYC Accomplishment NYC-RYDD
localization conducted for Report
Provincial/HUC/ICC SK
Pederasyon.
Number of provinces, HUCs and TBD TBD NYC Accomplishment NYC-RYDD
ICCs with Local Youth Report
Development Plans
OUTPUT 3. Communication Number of national C4D and TBD TBD NYC Accomplishment NYC-SMD
for Development and advocacy advocacy events on the PYDP held Report
plan developed and implemented
implemented re: popularization
of the PYDP.
Number of CWD/ advocacy TBD TBD NYC Accomplishment NYC-SMD
products on the PYDP Report 29
developed, pre-tested, and
disseminated.
OUTPUT 3. Communication Number of national C4D and TBD TBD NYC Accomplishment NYC-SMD
for Development and advocacy advocacy events on the PYDP held Report
plan developed and implemented
implemented re: popularization
of the PYDP.
Number of CWD/ advocacy TBD TBD NYC Accomplishment NYC-SMD
products on the PYDP Report
developed, pre-tested, and
disseminated.
OUTPUT 4. Proportion of youth-serving

User-friendly online Youth agencies regularly using the YMIS
Management Information System for updating or data.
(YMIS) is maintained and regularly
updated by partner agencies.
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Philippine Youth

National Youth Commission

patriotic youth, realizing their aspirations anchored on integrity and compassion.

My warmest greetings to the National Youth Commission as it launches

By 2022, we envision to have an inclusive and resilient society that is driven

I wish you all the best.

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

The National Economic and and Development Authority commends and

According to AmBisyon Natin 2040, in 25 years, Filipinos envision themselves

We take pride in the publication of the Philippine Youth Development

The PYDP goes beyond the institutional mandate of the National

I also take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude to

Mabuhay ang Kabataang Pilipino!

1.2. Why do we need the PYDP 2017-2022?

1.3. What is our collective vision for the Filipino youth?

Specifically, by 2022, Filipino Youth could be described as follows:

• Targets are harmonized according to participation variables. Discussions of participation carefully

• Participation is measured in terms of attendance, engagement and involvement in the conceptualization

Below shows the PYDP 2017-2022 framework.

PYDP 2017-2022 Framework

3.3. Economic Empowerment

3.4. Social inclusion and equity

3.5. Peace-building and security

3.7. Active Citizenship

3.9. Global Mobility

National Youth Commission

Figure 1. The PDP 2017-2022 Framework 4

The Philippine Youth Development Plan (PYDP)

with the participation of various stakeholders to

• Health • Social inclusion & equity • Active citizenship

1.1. The Filipino Youth by 2022

Enabled, involved and patriotic youth realizing their aspirations anchored on

Table 1. PYDP 2017-2022 Outcome Statements

Figure 1. The PDP 2017-2022 Framework

Figure 2. The PYDP 2017-2022 Centers for Participation and the

See http://www.tesda.gov.ph/About/TESDA/17786 for the evolution of the Social Development Agenda

• Health: Attaining the highest standard of physical and mental health;

• Education: Emphasizing the youths’ right to education;

2. Enhance youth employability through skills training and life-long education;

1.3.1. The NYC and the PYDP

1.3.2. The PYDP Partners

Table 2. Center for Participation

Figure 4. The PYPD 2017-2022 Participation Framework

Center For the Youth to Participate…

Health in multi-sensitive, multi-sectoral, and inclusive activities, programs, projects,

Education in accessible, developmental, quality, and relevant formal, non-formal and

Economic in the economy, as empowered employees and/or entrepreneurs who are

Governance in governance through their involvement in government bureaucracy

Environment in the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of child and

Table 4. Youth Age Segments and Sub-sectors

3.1. The Youth Population

Table 5. Youth Population Projection (2017-2022)

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Table 6. Youth Population Percentage according to Age Segments (2017-2022)

Table 7. Philippine Population vis-à-vis the Projected Percentage of Youth Population

Philippine population 104,921,400 106,598,600 108,274,300 109,947,900

Youth percentage 28.89 28.89 28.79 28.69

3.2. The Filipino Youth in NYAS

• Social inclusion and equity

• Peace-building and security

On the Role of the NYC PYDP Partners On the Sections

20@22 Agenda UN SDG