MALATE, Manila- The local government units (LGUs) of Culion, Cagayancillo and Rizal in Palawan province signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Data Sharing with the Department and Social Welfare and Development’s Listahanan.

Listahanan or National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction is the government’s database used as basis for identifying beneficiaries of social protection programs like the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) and the Social Pension Program.

The said MOA will provide the LGUs with access to profile of the identified poor and non-poor families based on the 2009 regionwide assessment in their respective areas.

Sectoral data on women, youth, children, senior citizens, family, persons with disability (PWD), and Indigenous People (IP) can also be shared through this agreement.

“Listahanan’s database of poor helps to have more focused interventions for local social programs especially in geographically isolated, disadvantaged areas (GIDA) in MiMaRoPa,” said DSWD Regional Director Wilma D. Naviamos.

Under this contract, LGU has to ensure the confidentiality of the database and should be used only for its intended purpose.

According to Naviamos, this partnership begins the realization of crafting and formulating local plans, agenda and interventions for the poor using the Listahanan data of poor households. ###