The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 10 through the Listahanan Unit recently conducted an Inter-Agency Dialogue and Press Conference at the Pearlmont Inn,Cagayan de Oro City.
It was participated by various Partner Agencies and tri-media representatives.The Inter –Agency Dialogue and Press Conference was part of the advocacy efforts of the NHTSPR or Listahanan as it starts the second round of implementation of the nationwide household enumeration.
The DSWD highly recognizes the involvement of both the media and the partner agencies as well as far as advocacy is concerned. The forum was also conducted with the belief in the essential role of the media being essential partners in creating awareness, recall,and appeal among the program’s target audiences in orderfor them to appreciate, fully understand and support the program.
Various issues and concerns were also tackled during the Open forum cum press conference. Live radio and TV Interviews were also conducted .
The NHTS-PR or what is now known as Listahanan is the national government’s project being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development . It is an information management system that aims to establish a database of poor households that will become beneficiaries of social protection programs.
With the conduct of the Inter-Agency Dialogue and Press Conference, it is hoped that the forum provided better appreciation of the Listahanan data as well as promoting healthy working relations with the partner Agencies and the media.
Another highlight of the Inter-Agency Dialogue particularly was that of providing the other National Government Agencies the opportunity to have a continuous access to Listahanan database through entering into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
During the said dialogue and press confernece focal persons from Sustainable Livelihood Program, KALAHI-CIDSS, and Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program were also present to adress queries relative to their various programs of concern . (Mitzie S. Santiago)
