Module I: The NCDDP Context

SESSION 1:
National and Local Poverty Condition and
Development Challenges and Opportunities

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 Objectives
At the end of 1.45 hours, the participants will be able to:

1. Explain Philippine government’s social development

goals and strategies contained in the Social Reform
Agenda of 1997, the PDP Medium Term Update, the
1991 Local Government Code, and the Grassroots
Participatory Budgeting Process (GPBP) which address
poverty challenges and reduction opportunities
2. Demonstrate understanding of multidimensional
poverty challenges by identifying conditions which
prevent reduction of poverty and community
empowerment;
 Objectives continuation

3. Explain the mandate to mainstream gender, IP’s,

social and environmental safeguards, and peace-
building in development programs anchored on GOP
laws and other legal mandates and policies; and,

4. Articulate their hopes and dreams of “improved quality

of life” for their families and local communities .
 Content
A. Social Development Goals
1. DSWD – vision, mission, values
2. Definitions of “social protection”, “development”, and
“empowerment”
3. Strategic Framework on Social Development
B. Poverty conditions (national and local) – who are poor?
C. Social Protection Operational Framework and Strategy
- Social Reform Agenda and Poverty Alleviation Act
- Local Government Code of 1991
- Grassroots Participatory Budgeting Process (GPBP)
D. Integrating gender, IPs, social and environmental
safeguards and peace-building in the inclusive growth
coal
E. Challenges to Social Development Sector
F. Poverty conditions in local communities – challenges and
Activity 1

Video on
•Chicken ala carte
 Activity 1

Group Sharing:
1.What did you see?
2.How did you feel while watching the video?
3.Why is it happening?
4.What is happening with the GOPs poverty
reduction programs?
5.Based on your experience, are these
programs working? Not working? Why?
NEDA 2013
 Who are poor?
• Disadvantaged Communities* - these have inadequate
resources or facilities such as roads, water system,
electricity and absence of natural resources
• Disadvantaged Families - families belonging to the bottom
30 percent of the income strata
• Disadvantaged Persons/Groups - individuals or group of
individuals who are considered economically, physically and
socially disadvantaged. These include needy family heads
and other needy adults, indigent children, out-of-school
youths, physically and mentally disabled persons, distressed
individuals and families, and disadvantaged children.
*Definition given by NSCB
 Who are poor? Mainstreaming…

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
•among the most discriminated,
vulnerable, and marginalized groups;
•lack of power and access to decision-
making and management processes;
•limited access to sustainable livelihood
and basic services;
•often victims of armed conflict and
human rights abuse
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
• CONSTRAINTS
1. Driven out of the land
of their ancestors
2. Ridiculed from their
culture
3. Disregarded and
ignored
UPLAND FARMERS
• CONSTRAINTS
1. Soil erosion (due to
mining, eco-tourism
2. Seasonality of
economic activities
3. Lack of capital
LANDLESS AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
• CONSTRAINTS
1. Lack of access to any
productive resource
2. Seasonality of demand
for labor
3. Very limited economic
activities
SMALL-LAND OWNER CULTIVATORS
• CONSTRAINTS
1. High cost of farm inputs ad
post-harvest activities
2. Declining fertility of the
soil because of use of
chemical fertilizers
3. Lack of farm-to-market
roads
4. Exploitation from
middlemen
SMALL FISHERS
• CONSTRAINTS
1. Limited technology
2. Seasonality of harvest
3. Depletion of marine
resource due to dynamite
fishing
4. Competition from
commercial fishers
5. Exploitation from
middlemen
URBAN POOR
• CONSTRAINTS
1. Lack of employment
opportunities
2. Insecure tenure
3. Lack of shelter
WOMEN
• CONSTRAINTS
1. Rights are violated
2. Discriminated
3. Abused
4. Marginalized
5. Stereotyped
CHILDREN AT RISK
• CONSTRAINTS
1. Forced to work
2. Uneducated
3. Lack of nutrition
4. Unsanitary living
conditions
5. Exploited
6. Abused
Who are poor? Mainstreaming…

ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS
•a key plank in the nation’s development;
•LGUs are required to comply with
Philippine DRRM Act 2010
– ensure the integration of disaster risk
reduction
– climate change adaptation into local
development plans
– programs and budgets
 Who are poor?
WOMEN – (From DSWD Memo Circular 007
Series of 2011)
•It is the policy of KALIHI-CIDSS Project to:
– promote active participation of both men
and -women in decision-making within the
opportunities provided by project activities,
– ensure that both have equal access to and
enjoy the benefits of project
implementation.
 Who are poor?

AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICT AND NATURAL

AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS
•PDPP 46 government efforts focused on:
– subsector outcome: all armed conflicts
brought to a permanent and peaceful closure
– intermediate outcome: negotiated political
settlement of all armed conflicts (conflict
resolution back to the negotiating table and
invests in responsive social programs that
will address root causes of conflict)
 Definition – Social Protection
”Policies and programs that seek to reduce
poverty and vulnerability to risks and enhance
the social status and rights of the marginalized by
promoting and protecting livelihood and
employment, protecting against hazards and
sudden loss of income, and improving people’s
capacity to manage risks.”

The Philippine Social Protection Framework and Strategy: An

Overview, NEDA SDC Resolution 3, s. 2012, “Approving and
Adopting the Social Protection Operational Framework”
 Definitions
DEVELOPMENT
•is about attaining a full and satisfying life
for all;
•regardless of age, sex, religion, ethnicity
or class. Fairness and equity demand that
everyone in the society, whether male or
female, has the right to the same
opportunities to achieve a full and
satisfying life. (Draft KC-NCDDP page 22)
 Definitions
EMPOWERMENT
•the expansion of assets and capabilities of poor people
to participate in, negotiate with, influence, control, and
hold accountable institutions that affect their lives;
•Multidimensional poverty reduction requires a range of
assets and capabilities at the individual level (health,
education, housing) and at the collective level (ability or
organize and mobilize to take collective action to solve
their problems.
 Department
of Social Welfare and
VISION
Development
We envision a society where the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged are
empowered for an improved quality of life. Towards this end, DSWD will be the
world’s standard for the delivery of coordinated social services and social
protection for poverty reduction by 2030.

MISSION
To develop, implement and coordinate social protection and poverty reduction
solutions for and with the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged.

VALUES
•Respect for Human Dignity
•Integrity
•Service Excellence
 Updated Strategic Framework
PDP 2011-2016 Midterm Update
Social Protection Operational
Framework and Strategy
1. Social Reform Agenda and Poverty
Alleviation Act RA 8425 of 1997

2. RA 7160 Local Government Code of

1991

3. Grassroots Participatory Budgeting

Process (GPBP), formerly BUB
Social Protection Operational Framework
and Strategy
1. Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act RA 8425 of
1997  

– Integrating multi-dimensional approach to poverty in the

National Anti-Poverty Action Agenda:

(1) Social dimension access to quality basic services. –

Refers to equitable control and access to social services and
facilities such as education, health, housing, and other basic
services which enable the citizens to meet their basic human
needs and to live decent lives;

(2) Economic dimension asset reform and access to

economic opportunities. – Addressing existing inequities in
the ownership, distribution, management and control over
natural and man-made resources from which they earn a living
or increase the fruits of their labor;
 Social Reform and Poverty
Alleviation Act RA 8425 of 1997

(3) Ecological dimension sustainable development of

productive resources. – Reforms which ensure the
effective and sustainable utilization of the natural and
ecological resource base, thus assuring greater social
acceptability and increased participation of the basic
sectors in environmental and natural resources
conservation, management and development; and

(4) Governance dimension democratizing the

decision-making and management processes. –
Reforms which enable the basic sectors to effectively
participate in decision-making and management
processes that affect their rights, interests and welfare.
 RA 7160, Local Government
Code of 1991  
  General powers of Local Govt Units

•Section 17 – Local government units shall exercise such

other powers and discharge such functions and
responsibilities necessary to efficient and effective provision
of basic services and facilities at barangay, municipal and
provincial levels

•Section 106 – Local development councils at the

province, municipal or barangay shall assist the
corresponding Sanggunian in setting the direction of
economic and social development, and coordinating
development efforts within its territorial jurisdiction
Grassroots Participatory Budgeting
Process (GPBP), formerly BUB  

•Goals and Policy

•To pursue attainment of the PDP goal of

inclusive growth and poverty reduction,

•Promote good governance at the local

level, and

•Ensure inclusion of the funding requirements

for development needs, identified at the local
level, in the budget proposals of participating
agencies
 GPBP Implementation

By the Human Development and Poverty

Reduction Cluster (HDPRC) through

a)The Participating National Agencies

b)Oversight: DSWD, NAPC, DBM & DILG
c)Beneficiaries: All cities and
municipalities
 Summary of
SRA, PDP, LGC, and GPBP

 Addressing the supply and demand

sides

 Addressing the sectoral Basic

Sectors
Challenges to Social Development Sector

1. Unsustained poverty reduction

2. Slow progress towards attainment of
the MDGs
3. Inadequate financing for social services
4. High population growth rate
5. Lack of access to productive resources
and employment opportunities
6. Adverse effects of disasters and shocks
 Application:
Localization of poverty Conditions and
Development Challenges and Opportunities
1. What have you observed about the state of social
development in your own home community?
(education, household income, health conditions,
access to basic gov’t services, etc.)
2. What factors prevent achievement of better quality
of life for you and your community?
3. Draw your community reflecting your dreams and
hopes for your family and your whole community.
4. Explain your drawing to the person sitting next to
you and vice versa.
 Summary/Evaluation
1. What are we all hoping to reach for ourselves and all
Filipinos?
2. Why is it difficult to reach this goal?
3. What measures have been taken by the GOP to
reduce poverty, and empower communities to
participate in local governance?
4. Why should gender, IPs, social and environmental
safeguards and peace-building be considered in
social development planning and implementation?
5. Why should YOU get involved in development and
empowerment initiatives in your local community?
 Key Message 1

In 2011, the PDP Medium Term

Update goal for incidence of poor
individuals in the country was
pegged at 18.0%-20.0% by 2016 – a
far cry from the original MDG of
16.6% poverty incidence in the
Philippines by 2015
 Key Message 2
 The 2011 PDP Medium Term Update
multidimensional poverty is manifested by:
 lack of education
 insufficient nutrition and poor health, inadequate living
standards (e.g. no access to clean water and sanitation facilities)
 no electricity, poor quality of housing, etc.),
 low income
 social exclusion
 Disempowerment
 unstable and poor quality of work/employment and
 threat of violence.
 Key Message 3
The principle of inclusive growth calls
for “preferential attention to the
participation of women and other
highly vulnerable groups (i.e. the
poorest, Indigenous People, youth,
the elderly, and others) in the
planning and implementation of
development projects.
 Summary/Evaluation

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TAMAD DAW SI JUAN KAYA MAHIRAP
Ni Joaquin Sy

Sinasabi na si Juan ay tamad

Ngunit sa mga oras na tulog pa ang lahat
Sa mga pamilihan, ang nakikita ko’y si Juan
Mga isda at gulay, kanyang pasan-pasan

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Ngunit sa oras na trapiko’y umuusad,
Sa harap ng manibela, nakikita ko’y si Juan
Mga tao’y dinadala sa opisina’t pagawaan

Sinasabi na si Juan ay tamad

Ngunit sa mga oras na gutom na ang lahat
Nakikita ko si Juan, abala sa paninilbihan
Ibinubuno, walang-katapusang pinggang
dapat hugasan
Sinasabi na si Juan ay tamad
Ngunit sa oras na nasa bahay ang lahat,
Nakikita ko si Juan, sa mga amo’y
naglilingkod
Nagbibigay ng ginhawa, nag aalis ng
pagod

Sinasabi na si Juan ay tamad

Ngunit sa mga oras na nahimbing ka
kaagad,
Nakikita ko si Juan, mga diyaryo’y
inihahanda
Upang bukas ng umaga, maihatid sa
madla

Sinasabi na si Juan ay tamad

Ngunit sa kanayunan hanggang mga
siyudad
SI JUAN SIPAG

Sinasabi na si Juan ay tamad

Ngunit ang nagsasabi niyan malamang ay bulag
Sa aking mga nakikita sa maghapon at
magdamag
Si Juan ang nagpapakita ng lakas na walang
katulad

Sa lahat kong pagkain at mga kasuotan

Pati sasakyan at bahay na tinitirhan,
Nakikita kong gumagawa’y mga kamay ni Juan
Paano ngayon sasabihin na si Juan ay batugan?

Di dapat sabihin na tamad si Juan

Pagkat kung wala ang malaking hirap niya’t
kasipagan
Wala sanang pag-unlad itong ating bayan
Lahat tayo’y mabubuhay sa dusa’t kahirapan
“If you are not part of the SOLUTION,
then you are part of the PROBLEM.”-

Anonymous
 “The best way to
find yourself is to
lose yourself in the
service of others.”
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)