Twenty two (22) Information Officers from the National Government Agencies (NGAs) pledged to become advocates of Listahanan thru the Interagency Information Officers’ (IO) Forum on January 16, 2015 at Casa Angela, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.

 These Information Officers committed to support all Listahanan activities most specially the fast approaching second round of Family Assessment. Likewise, the participants are expected to integrate Listahanan in their advocacy events.

“We would like to extend our appreciation to all the participating agencies for this forum. This only shows the convergence among the National Government Agencies. Thank you so much for being our partners in the implementation of DSWD projects, programs and services”, Director Remia Tapispisan of DSWD FO2, said.

Dir. Tapispisan added that “DSWD cannot do it alone, but with your help, the second round of Family Assessment will definitely be successful. Creating pool of advocates that will support us in the information dissemination for Listahanan activities is actually a huge contribution for us to communicate this project to the people.”

This IOs’ forum is one of the preparations of DSWD for the second round of Family Assessment. For the participants to have in-depth understanding of Listahanan, NHTU discussed the Listahanan over-all project cycle as well as the Proxy Means Test topic.

Partners from Philhealth, Philipine Information Agency (PIA), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (Deped), Technical Education Skills Development Autohority (TESDA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) vigorously participated in the said event.

The Family Assessment will update the Listahanan database and will once again identify who and where the poor are in the region. ###By: AILYN P. AGLAUA, Admin. Assist. III-NHTSPR