PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Pursuant to PD 603, the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) is the focal inter-agency of the Philippine Government for children. It is mandated to coordinate the implementation and enforcement of all laws; formulate, monitor and evaluate policies, programs and measures for children, providing dynamic leadership in ensuring a child-friendly and child sensitive society where every child fully enjoys his/her rights – which includes the Local Councils for the Protection of Children (LCPCs) in every City and Municipality of the Philippines as established by RA 4881. The Local Council for the Protection of Children is a council organized at the provincial, city, municipal and barangay levels that serves as the umbrella organization for ala children’s concerns. It is a strategic mechanism for the efficient and effective implementation of policies, programs and projects on all the major areas of concern for children. All members of the LCPC shall be chosen from among the responsible members of the community, including a representative from the children sector as well as representative from the government and private agencies concerned with the welfare of children: Chairperson: Brgy. Captain/Local Chief Executive/Provincial Governor Vice Chairperson: Brgy. Kagawad/Sangguniang Bayan sitting as Chair of the Committee on Women and Family or Committee on Children Members: Administrator, Planning and Development Officer, Social Welfare and Development Officer, Health Officer, Budget Officer, Disaster Risk and Reduction and Management Officer, Agriculture Officer, SK Federation President, Child Representative, LGOO, PNP, DepEd, CSO As the focal government inter-agency body on children’s concerns and welfare, the CWC has come up with the “LCPCng Gumagalaw” as one of our strategies in strengthening the LCPC at the national and sub-national levels. In 2020, the CWC in partnership with Union of the Local Authorities in the Philippines (ULAP), the umbrella organization of all local authorities in the country, launched the LCPCng Gumagalaw nationwide caravan. It was the platform for LGUs to share their good practices, the challenges and lessons learned, as well as the promotion and protection of all children and their rights. It is through and with its regional arm, the Regional Committees/Sub-Committees for the Welfare of Children (RC/SCWCs), that the agency provides the necessary capacity building activities to the LCPCs and ensuring that these structures are carrying out the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and updating of the four (4) legacies for children namely, Local Development Plan for Children (LDPC), Local Investment Plan for Children (LIPC), Local Code for Children (LCC) and Local State of Children’s Report (LSCR). For the year 2023, the CWC through its Localization and Institutionalization Division (LID), aims to tap all the 81 provinces in the country in the pursuit of strengthening and capacitating LGUs to give a high premium on children’s rights in local governance. This will also help update/enhance the capabilities of our partners from the Provincial Councils for the Protection of Children (PCPCs) for technical assistance prioritization especially on the localization of the Four (4) Legacies for Children, namely; Local Code for Children, Local Investment Plan for Children, Local Development Plan for Children and Local State of Children Report. These LGUs have been part of the consultation on the enhancement of the RC/SCWC manual of operations and have conveyed their willingness and enthusiasm to improve the knowledge and skills of their respective LCPCs to guarantee that only the best PPAs are delivered in protecting the rights and welfare of their children. This activity will be conducted through face-to-face platform for four (4) days with 17 batches, which will be participated by the selected members of the Provincial Council for the Protection of Children of the 17 Regions which consists of the following: o Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer o Provincial Planning Officer o Provincial Budget Officer o Provincial Local Government Operations Officer o Provincial Health Officer o Departments of Education Provincial (Division Superintendent) This activity will be conducted per batch with assigned venues, to wit: BATCH DATE REGION VENUE Batch 1 April 18-21, 2023 Region IV-A CALABARZON Metro Manila Batch 2 April 25-28, 2023 Region XII General Santos City / Koronadal City Batch 3 May 2-5, 2023 Region VI Malay, Aklan Batch 4 May 16-19, 2023 Region I San Juan, La Union Batch 5 June 6-9, 2023 Region III Subic, Zambales Batch 6 June 20-23, Region Caraga Butuan City Batch 7 July 4-7, 2023 Region IX Dipolog City / Dapitan City Batch 8 July 18-21, 2023 Region II Cauayan City, Isabela Batch 9 August 1-4, 2023 Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Baguio City, Benguet Batch 10 August 15-18, 2023 Region VII Cebu City, Cebu Batch 11 September 5- 8, 2023 Region X Malaybalay City, Bukidnon Batch 12 September 19-22, 2023 Region VIII Samar, Leyte Batch 13 October 3-6, 2023 Region XI Davao City Batch 14 October 17- 20, 2023 Region V Legazpi City, Albay Batch 15 November 7- 10, 2023 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Cotabato City, Maguindanao Batch 16 November 28 – December 1, 2023 MIMAROPA Metro Manila Batch 17 December 5- 8, 2023 National Capital Region Metro Manila The activity consists of lectures, group work, workshops, plenary discussions, small group discussion, and reporting. The Council for the Welfare of Children through the Localization and Institutionalization Division will serve as the Training Team for the entire activity and will be inviting a Consultant as the Resource Speaker. The training team will make use of various learning methodologies to ensure that participants would be given the appropriate venue/opportunity to learn and participate based on their specific learning method. The process on the development/updating of the 4 legacies being the main focus of the TA provision, aims to set forth the direction of how the vision of having a “Child-Friendly Philippines: A Caring and Protective Society For, By and With the Children” will be achieved.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the four (4) day training, participants will be able to integrate the Four (4) Legacies for<br/>Children in their respective LCPC Plan 2023-2025.

SCHEDULE

Date/s of Conduct	Venue	Attendance
May 16,17,18,19, 2023	San Juan, La Union

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