Biyaya ng Pagbabago Tungo sa Masagana at Matiwasay na Buhay Pilipino
(Biyaya ng Pagbabago) program was initiated by the Office of the CabinetSecretary (OCS), in partnership with the KilusangPagbabago movement, to bring various poverty alleviation programs of the
national government to the communities. It
was officially launched sometime in December 2017.
It is a national program on
self-reliance and active citizenship, a movement that intertwines the different
communities throughout the country, with the threads of capacity building and
participatory governance. This initiative is in response to President Rodrigo
Duterte’s call to create a better and more developed country for all Filipinos.
It also enjoins other agencies and civil society groups to commit to the
administration’s goal of alleviating poverty.
There are three key objectives of
the program: (1) for government services to become more responsive, adequate,
timely and effectively delivered to those that need it the most; (2) for
citizens to be more proactive and communities more empowered in participatory
governance and in inclusive economic development; and (3) for a whole of
government, sector and area-focused poverty alleviation strategy to be fully
operationalized.
The venture is also in line with
the administration’s promise to empower Filipino families and, subsequently, to
meet the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022 target of reducing poverty
from 21.6 percent to 14 percent (approximately 6 million Filipinos) by 2022.
Participating agencies for the
“Biyaya ng Pagbabago” include the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA);
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC); National
Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC); National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
(NCIP); National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF); National Food Authority
(NFA); National Youth Commission (NYC); Presidential Action Center (PACE);
Philippine Commission on Women (PCW); Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA);
Presidential Commission for the Urban
Poor (PCUP); and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
The Kilusang Pagbabago acknowledges the importance of community participation for programs and services to reach the grassroots level. One of its roles, having members in every barangay, is to help the Office of the Participatory Governance in identifying the needs of people at the communities. It will likewise serve as a watchdog in the implementation of the Biyaya ng Pagbabago program, as well as in the criminality and anti-illegal drugs programs of the Duterte administration. The Kilusang Pagbabago will continue to push for communities' awareness on the poverty alleviation, criminality, and anti-drugs programs of the President. Source: PCOO, PIA
The Kilusang Pagbabago acknowledges the importance of community participation for programs and services to reach the grassroots level. One of its roles, having members in every barangay, is to help the Office of the Participatory Governance in identifying the needs of people at the communities. It will likewise serve as a watchdog in the implementation of the Biyaya ng Pagbabago program, as well as in the criminality and anti-illegal drugs programs of the Duterte administration. The Kilusang Pagbabago will continue to push for communities' awareness on the poverty alleviation, criminality, and anti-drugs programs of the President. Source: PCOO, PIA
