Taking on the Challenge:

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Office of the President National Anti-Poverty
Commission

• Taking on the Challenge
• Fighting Poverty and Hunger
• The Right to Food Way
• Labanan ang Kahirapan !!!

DOLORES DE QUIROS-CASTILLO, CSEE, MNSA, GSC
(PAR) NAPC Assistant Secretary
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• Key Areas for Presentation
• Our Target the Poor and
• Reducing Poverty and
• Hunger
• Government Responses
• Winning the War Against
• Poverty and Hunger
• Our Stakes and Taking On
• the Challenges Ahead

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Critical Questions to Answer
Who are the poor?
Why are they poor?
What services do they need?
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WHO ARE THE POOR ?
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Government Responses and Current
Priorities Labanan ang Kahirapan
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HOW TO FIGHT POVERTY?

• Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act (RA
  8425)
• - A landmark law that created NAPC
• Section 2, No. 4 (e) states that
• The social reform agenda shall address the
  fight against poverty through a multi-dimensional
  and cross-sectoral approach which recognizes and
  respects the core values, cultural integrity, and
  spiritual diversity of target sectors and
  communities

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PROPOSED OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK
ENHANCED KALAHI HAPPIER OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK
VISION
OPERATIONS

• Poverty Incidence reduced by half in 2010
• 2.Population Growth Rate of 1.9 by 2010
• High environmental sustainability by 2015

ANCHORS
AGENDA
GOALS
G E N D E R D I M E N S I O N
H U M A N R I G H T S D I M E N S I O N
Poverty Reduction
Population Management
Economic Dimensions
Environment Sustainability
Enhancing Availment of Public Goods Services
Social Protection, Peace Order Security
Enhancing Resources Capacities
Promoting Market Competitiveness
STRATEGIES
Participatory Governance
Millennium Development Goals Medium Term
Development Plan
Social/ Cultural Dimensions
Advocacy/ IEC
Monitoring Evaluation
Institutional Arrangement
Programs
Policies
MECHANISM
MECHANISM
Political and Governance Dimensions
LGU / LPRAP
NATIONAL / PAPR
Ecological/Environ-mental Dimensions
NGAs
LGUs
BASIC SECTORS (Poor/vulnerable)
Private Sector
CSOs
LGUs
DRIVERS
SUPPLY
DEMAND
SUPPLY
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ENHANCED KALAHIHAPPIER Strategies
ENHANCED POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
CURRENT STRATEGY

• ENHANCING RESOURCES CAPACITIES
• Land Resources Improvement/ Utilization
• Labor Quality Improvement
• Capital Augmentation
• Technology Entrepreneurship Improvement

ASSET REFORM
PROMOTING MARKET COMPETITIVENESS

• HUMAN
• DEVELOPMENT
• SERVICES

ENHANCING AVAILMENT OF PUBLIC GOODS AND SERVICES

• LIVELIHOOD AND
• EMPLOYMENT

PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION INCLUDING PEACE AND ORDER, AND
SECURITY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
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OPERATIONAL NEXUSES
OPERATIONAL NEXUSES OUR FIGHTING TARGETS
POVERTY
POVERTY INCIDENCE REDUCED FROM 34 BY HALF OR AT
LEAST 20 BY 2010
HUNGER
POPULATION
POPULATION GROWTH RATE REDUCED FROM 2.3 TO 1.9
BY 2010
ENVIRONMENT
HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY BY 2015
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Accelerated Hunger Mitigation Program
HUNGER
Unavailable or insufficient food to eat
No money to buy food
Hunger Mitigation Measures
Demand Side
Supply Side
Increase Food Production
Enhance efficiency of logistics food delivery
Put more money in poor peoples pockets
Promote good nutrition
Manage population
a) Conduct social marketing DOH, NNC/ LGUs b)
Promote exclusive breastfeeding, appropriate
complementary feeding, and increased consumption
of vegetables DOH/ LGUs c) Nutrition
education in schools DepED
a) Improve productivity in coconut areas (coconut
coir, virgin coconut oil other value-adding
products coconet production) DA, PCA, CIIF b)
More aggressive micro-financing PCFC, LBP,
DSWD c) Maximize employment opportunities in
construction maintenance of farm-to-market
roads, irrigation and roadside maintenance
DPWH, MMDA,PNP d) Aggressive training TESDA,
DOLE, DSWD e) Upland land distribution (4M ha for
jatropha, rubber) DAR
Responsible Parenthood POPCOM / LGUs / ULAP /
Leagues of P/C/M/B
a) Barangay Food Terminal Tindahan Natin NFA,
DSWD b) Ports (RORO)-maximum use of private
ports, shipping - DOTC/PPA c) Farm to market
roads DPWH, DA, DAR d) Efficient local transport
LGUs/Leagues of P/C/M/B e) Food for School
Program- DepED,DSWD f) Creation of NGO net-work
to support feeding programs - DSWD g) Community
tradeable rice certificates - NFA
Productivity programs including livestock, crops,
marine regeneration (mangrove and coastal fishery
development), farm family (Gulayan ng Masa) and
irrigation - DA, DENR, NIA
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• Catalyzing
• CONVERGENCE,
• HARMONIZATION
• AND
• SYNCHRONIZATION

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Key Components and Goals
POLICY ADVOCACY AND POLICY REFORM
REDUCED POVERTY HUNGER IMPROVED
GOVERNANCE EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES

• CONVERGENT
• PROGRAM/SERVICE
• DELIVERY

PEOPLE/INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING- CAPABILITY DEV
RESOURCES MOB SOCIAL MARKETING
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OUR COMMON CHALLENGES
Labanan ang Kahirapan!

• Converge ensure unity in directions
• and efforts
• Harmonize synchronize on
• GROUNDING initiatives appropriate to
• LOCAL conditions, while being
• responsive to national/global needs
• and dynamics
• Focus and accelerate initiatives

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OUR COMMON CHALLENGES
Labanan ang Kahirapan!

• Build capacities and enhance skills of
• poor and key stakeholders, to sustainably
• develop/manage resources
• Strengthen and expand partnerships
• expand networks

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Magkapit-bisig at mag- ugnayan Labanan ang
kahirapan!
MARAMING SALAMAT PO!
National Anti-Poverty Commission