14 FEBRUARY 2024 | The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Chairperson Jennifer Pia Sibug-Las participated in the First Quarter Executive Meeting of the Heads of Attached and Supervised Agencies (ASAs) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), held at the DSWD Central Office, Magiliw Auditorium.
DSWD-Office for International Affairs, Attached and Supervised Agencies (OUASA), headed by Undersecretary Emmeline A. Villar, organized the first-ever Executive Meeting of the ASAs intending to present the DSWD Secretary’s directives and guidance to the ASAs for the year 2024.
During the meeting, Usec. Villar discussed the General Appropriations for 2024 and reminders on the budget preparations for 2025. She highlighted the call to adopt emerging global trends in digital transformation to boost and foster efficiency, efficiency, and transparency of service delivery. Likewise, she also reminded the agencies to anchor their respective budget and priorities on the government’s commitment to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The DSWD official also reiterated the inclusion of priorities and policy directions in the government’s medium-term fiscal framework, the eight-point socioeconomic agenda, and the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028.
The proposed members of Technical Working Group (TWG), tasked to the drafting of the Manual of Operation for the Management of Attached and Supervised Agencies (MOMASA), was also presented during the meeting. The aforementioned Manual of Operation would ensure the harmonized efforts of the DSWD and the ASAs by determining the scope of coverage of the authority of the DSWD as the mother agency. It would also institutionalize the proper management of ASAs through clearly defining the roles and responsibilities of the DSWD to the organizational units of the ASAs.
Apart from the NCIP, other participants of the meeting were the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP), the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), the National Authority for Child Care (NACC), and the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC).
