The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is pushing for stronger partnership and more impactful convergence with other national government agencies (NGAs).

The 4Ps National Program Management Office (NPMO) highlighted this during a Visioning and Convergence Planning Workshop held last September 10 to 13 in Tagaytay City.

“Matagal pa po ang return of investment, 10 years, 15 years, pero malaki ang tulong ng 4Ps. From this workshop we can still produce more topnotchers, we can still produce more college graduates from the children who were being helped by the 4Ps program,” National Program Manager and Director Gemma Gabuya said in her opening remarks.

Supported by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the workshop gathered key national agencies to identify innovations, formulate policies to enhance program convergence, and explore complementary action plans with other government programs that will help maximize the 4Ps’ impact throughout the country.

“So, I hope it will inspire us, makita natin kung ano yung “taya” o yung ways of sustainability. Maliwanag dito sa ating convergence na may makikitang results ng mga actions na nagawa na natin. So, I hope we will have a productive workshop,” the 4Ps national program manager pointed out.

Director Gabuya underscored that the workshop is vital in assessing the program’s progress after its institutionalization through Republic Act No. 11310 or the 4Ps Law in 2019.

“Limang taon na po yung batas, so it is very timely to check where we are? Sinasabi natin na whole-of-nation ang approach when it comes to 4Ps,” Director Gabuya said.

National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Undersecretary for Policy and Planning  Rosemarie Edillon served as one of the resource persons in the workshop.

The NEDA official highlighted the importance of adopting a whole-of-nation strategy in implementing the 4Ps.

In her discussion, Undersecretary Edillon emphasized the need for an ‘All Hands on Deck’ approach in aiming to go beyond poverty reduction and contribute to achieving the goals of AmBisyon 2040.

Another resource person, UNICEF Chief of Social Policy Maya Faisal, stressed the significance of enhancing both horizontal and vertical convergence across services to ensure stronger coordination and alignment of interventions among NGAs and local government units (LGUs).

The workshop was attended by members of the 4Ps National Advisory Council (NAC) and National Technical Working Group (NTWG).

Among the discussions covered in the activity were the overall social protection and poverty alleviation strategy; revisiting of the 4Ps implementation; and update and review of the convergence and partnership framework in the Pantawid Kilos-Unlad.

The participants in the activity include representatives from the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Technical Education and Skills, Development Authority (TESDA), Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), and NEDA.

The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), Continuing Professional Development (CPD), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Agriculture (DA), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (CHed – UniFAST), and Save the Children Philippines also joined the workshop.

Through the improved convergence with other NGAs and stakeholders, the 4Ps is hopeful to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty of more than 4 million active households by providing conditional cash transfers to improve their health, nutrition, and education. #

Tagalog Version

Whole-of-Nation approach, kailangan para labanan ang kahirapan – DSWD 4Ps

Isinusulong ng Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) ang matatag na pagsasama at pakikipagtulungan sa pagitan ng iba’t-ibang sangay ng gobyerno upang labanan ang kahirapan.

Ito ang binigyang diin sa ginanap na Visioning and Convergence Planning Workshop ng 4Ps National Program Management Office (NPMO) nitong nakaraang September 10 to 13 sa Tagaytay City.

“Matagal pa po ang return of investment, 10 years, 15 years, pero malaki ang tulong ng 4Ps. From this workshop we can still produce more topnotchers, we can still produce more college graduates from the children who were being helped by the 4Ps program,” sabi ni National Program Manager Director Gemma Gabuya sa kanyang panimulang mensahe.

Ang nasabing workshop ay suportado ng United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), at iba pang sangay ng gobyerno. Tinalakay dito ang mga pamamaraan ng pagbabago, at polisiya upang mas lalo pang mapagbuti ang mga programa ng gobyerno kabilang na rito ang 4Ps ng DSWD.

“So, I hope it will inspire us, makita natin kung ano yung “taya” o yung ways of sustainability. Maliwanag dito sa ating convergence na may makikitang results ng mga actions na nagawa na natin. So, I hope we will have a productive workshop,” sabi pa ng 4Ps national program manager.

Binigyang diin ni Director Gabuya ang kahalagahan ng workshop sa pagpapalago at pagpapaganda ng programa matapos na ito ay maisabatas sa pamamagitan ng Republic Act No. 11310 or the 4Ps Law in 2019.

“Limang taon na po yung batas, so it is very timely to check where we are? Sinasabi natin na whole-of-nation ang approach when it comes to 4Ps,”dagdag pa ni Director Gabuya.

Kaugnay nito, isa sa naging resourse person ng workshop si National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Undersecretary for Policy and Planning Rosemarie Edillon, kung saan naging tampok dito ang importansya ng whole-of-nation strategy para sa implementasyon ng 4Ps program.

Sabi ni Undersecretary Edillon, mahalaga ang ‘All Hands on Deck’ approach upang masugpo ang kahirapan at makamit ang hangarin para sa AmBisyon 2040.

Ayon naman kay UNICEF Chief of Social Policy Maya Faisal, inihayag nito ang kahalagahan ng horizontal and vertical convergence upang mapanatili ang matatag na samahan at koordinasyon para sa pagsasaayos ng iba pang mga interbensyon mula sa national government agencies (NGAs) at local government units (LGUs).

Samantala, ang workshop ay dinaluhan ng mga myembro ng 4Ps National Advisory Council (NAC) at National Technical Working Group (NTWG).

Kabilang sa mga tinalakay ang overall social protection and poverty alleviation strategy; revisiting of the 4Ps implementation; at update and review of the convergence and partnership framework in the Pantawid Kilos-Unlad.

Dinaluhan ito ng mga representatives mula sa Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Technical Education and Skills, Development Authority (TESDA), Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), at NEDA.

Kabilang din ang National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), Continuing Professional Development (CPD), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Agriculture (DA), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (CHed – UniFAST), at Save the Children Philippines.

Umaasa naman ang pamunuan ng 4Ps sa tagumpay at paglago ng programa upang labanan ang intergenerational cycle of poverty ng halos 4 million aktibong myembro ng programa at maibigay sa mga ito ang nararapat na tulong tulad ng conditional cash transfers para sa kanilang kalusugan, nutrition, at education. #