Key Interventions to Address Poverty
- Delivery of basic social services ensuring minimum health, nutrition, housing, and education for poor families.
- Access for the poor to agrarian reform, skills training, and livelihood/job opportunities.
- Organization of poor communities into cooperatives to strengthen development roles and policy influence.
- Focus on resource access, ownership, and capability building for effective intervention.
Creation and Mandate of the Commission
- Establishment of the Presidential Commission to Fight Poverty under the Office of the President.
- Commission’s role to oversee all government poverty alleviation activities with a pro-poor focus, prioritizing the poorest communities and accelerating program implementation.
Composition of the Commission
- Members include:
- Executive Secretary or Deputy
- Secretary of Social Welfare and Development
- Secretary of Interior and Local Government
- Secretary of Budget and Management
- Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority
- Three private sector representatives appointed by the President
- The President designates the Chairman from among the members.
Functions of the Commission
- Develop a comprehensive action blueprint reflecting poverty alleviation strategies with short, medium, and long-term targets aligned with the Administration's priorities.
- Monitor implementation and impact of poverty programs nationwide.
- Coordinate and integrate poverty alleviation efforts across government agencies.
- Evaluate agency and program performance in poverty reduction.
- Promote and facilitate execution of poverty alleviation activities.
- Communicate government efforts and outcomes to the public.
- Support local government units to deliver basic services effectively.
- Ensure programs empower poor communities to become self-reliant and capable.
Implementation and Collaboration
- Existing poverty programs remain with their respective agencies.
- Commission empowered to consult/engage any government agencies or bodies as needed.
- Authority to establish task forces or mechanisms addressing specific poverty issues.
Technical and Administrative Support
- Presidential Management Staff, in coordination with the Presidential Commission on Urban Poor, to provide technical and administrative support to the Commission.
Monitoring Mechanism
- Presidential Action Center designated as the official monitoring arm overseeing government pro-poor programs.
Effectivity
- The Executive Order takes immediate effect upon signing.
This structure ensures a coordinated, focused, and empowered institutional approach to poverty alleviation spearheaded by a high-level Commission with broad coordination, monitoring, and empowerment functions.