DSWD to Award LGUs in 2nd Gawad Listahanan

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VII will recognize Local Government Units (LGUs) for providing services and assistance to the Listahanan-identified poor families through the 2nd Gawad Listahanan.

“Through this award, DSWD recognizes LGUs efforts in providing social welfare and social protection services to the poor to help them achieve improved quality of life. We consider social protection and poverty reduction as a shared responsibility,” DSWD-7 Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat said.

Gawad Listahanan also aims to promote the convergence of all social protection stakeholders in effectively addressing the different aspects of poverty.

Qualified LGUs must have a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the DSWD on Listahanan data sharing, LGUs should also have locally-funded and implemented social protection program that provides direct service or intervention to the Listahanan-identified poor, such as but not limited to Scholarships, Medical Assistance, and Skills or Livelihood Trainings.

LGUs must be 100% compliant with the annual reportorial requirement of data sharing as stipulated in the agreement.

The competing LGU will choose one (1) locally-funded program that uses Listahanan as basis for beneficiary selection as an official entry to the competition.

The contest has three categories: Municipal Government category, City Government category and Provincial Government category.

DSWD-7 invites the 116 municipalities, 16 cities as well as the 4 provinces in Central Visayas to participate and send their application form.
Application forms can be downloaded from the DSWD-7 regional website (www.fo7.dswd.gov.ph).

Acceptance of application form and the write-up for the official entry ends on October 9, 2015.

During the 1st Gawad Listahanan, the Municipality of Dalaguete won the award in the regional and national level.

The awarding ceremony will be conducted during the DSWD 65th anniversary in January 2016. (PR – Kerwin Macopia)