POLICY AND PLANS DIVISION
To provide leadership in the formulation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and plans of the Department and of the social protection sector along with social welfare and development and social safety nets; coordinate and facilitate inter-office, inter–bureau, and inter-agency meetings and other bilateral agreements relative to the monitoring of compliance to regional and international commitments/ instruments in line with social protection particularly on social welfare and social safety nets; coordinate the development and promotion of the Department‘s policy reform and legislative agenda and in conducting basic and policy researches; and provide leadership and I or secretarial support to various technical working groups {TWGs) and interoffice bodies within and outside the Department.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING SECTION
To provide leadership in the formulation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and plans of the Department and of the social protection sector along with social welfare and development and social safety nets; coordinate and facilitate inter-office, inter-bureau, and inter-agency meetings and other bilateral agreements relative to the monitoring of compliance to regional and international commitments/ instruments in line with social protection particularly on social welfare and social safety nets; coordinate the development and promotion of the Department’s policy reform and legislative agenda and in conducting basic and policy researches; and provide leadership and I or secretarial support to various technical working groups (TWGs) and interoffice bodies within and outside the Department.
UNITS:
- Planning Unit
- Policy and Research Unit
- Monitoring and Evaluation Unit
NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD TARGETING SECTION
The National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction or Listahanan is a management information system that identifies who and where the poor are in the whole Central Visayas. The system guarantees the generation and establishment of a socio-economic database of poor households and gives the human face behind the statistics.
REGIONAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT SECTION
To be responsible for determining and recommending necessary, cost-effective infrastructures and systems that enhance the FO’s competency for ICT governance; to serve as the service manager for the ICT systems and infrastructure through a mainstreamed approach; to serves and works across divisions, units I sections, programs and services, centers and institutions of the Field Office to sustain the productive application of ICTs to social protection and social welfare and development programs, projects, administration and services; and to fosters the efficient and effective use of ICT by the Field Office by providing advice, tools, information and services to help in the use of ICT to improve administration and service delivery – often referred to as e-government.
STANDARDS SECTION
The Standards Unit is responsible for implementing the regulatory and quality assurance roles of the Standards Bureau at the Field Office level.