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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will award the Gawad Listahanan to local government units (LGU) that registered the most number of beneficiaries for their locally-funded programs based on the database of poor households of Listahanan.
Listahanan, also known as the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), is an information management system that identifies the members of the poorest sector and their locations.
It provides the national government agencies, LGUs and other social protection stakeholders a comprehensive list of poor households as basis for beneficiary identification.
In 2009, Listahanan conducted a nationwide assessment covering 10.9 million households. They were able to identify 5.2 million poor households in the end.
“It has been almost 4 years since Listahanan started sharing its data to various social protection stakeholders,” DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman said.
“With a new database to be generated, it is timely for the project to give awards and recognition to those that have maximized the use of the first database.”
To date, the project has 1,047 data users nationwide and 935 of which are LGUs.
Although the DSWD plans to expand award eligibility to non-government organizations (NGOs) and its other stakeholders in the future, the first Gawad Listahanan will focus solely on the provincial, city, and municipal levels.
LGUs with active social protection projects and programs benefiting the Listahanan-identified poor are encouraged to enter the competition. DSWD Field Officers are currently accepting applications.
Eligible LGUs must also have a Sanggunian Bayan/Panglungsod resolution or ordinance supporting the institutionalization of the Listahanan as the official targeting mechanism for their social protection programs.
Winners will be invited to the Gawad Listahanan awarding ceremony, which will be held every January during the DSWD Anniversary. They will also receive a plaque citing the highlights of their contribution and significance of their partnership with the department and a cash incentive of P50,000.
Interested LGUs may download the contest guidelines and application form from the DSWD website www.dswd.gov.ph. Application form and its attachments must be submitted to the National Household Targeting Unit of the nearest DSWD Field Office on or before October 1, 2014. – Rappler.com
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