DSWD MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR No, 42 —_ SERIES OFT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD PROGRAM INTRODUCTION ‘The Sustainable Livelihood Progzam (SLD) isa capabilty-building program for poor, vulnerable and marginalized households and communities to help improve their socio-congmic eanltions through accessing and acquiring necessary assets to engage in and maintain tiving livelihoods, ‘Upholding the value of inclusivity, the Program is open ta poor, marginalized, vulnerable and/or isadvantaged household, building upon thir strengths and understanding how they ean use these to achieve positive livelihood: outcomes. Furthermore, it operates in all regions and provinces, treating all municipalities, cites, and barangays as potential areas to implement its ‘various interventions. Moreover, the Program endeavors to increase the level of participation among program Participants and hamess a deeper sense of ownership oftheir development. At the same ime, the Program recognizes the need to improve the implementation process with a more efficient implementation timeline and further strengthen the social preperation of partisipants, while ensuring responsible and judicious use of resources, ‘The Program shall operate through five major stages; 1) Presimplementaton; 2) Social Preparation, 3) Resource Mobilization; 4) Projet Implementation; and §) Program Partiipant Mainstreaming as detailed inthis document I. DEFINITION OF TERMS The following definitions shall apply within the contest ofthis Memorandurs Circular: Barangay Ranking Matrix (BRM tool used by the Implementing Project Development Officer (1PDO) in identifying and priovitzing project barangays of SLP based on the requited eiteria. Basic Employment Skills Training mandatory activity under the Basic Livelihood (BES) ‘Training which serves as capacty-building for ‘rogram participants on basic employrient skills which includes sessions on work ethics, resume preparation, and mock interview. Cash fr Building Liveinood Assets one of the SLP modalities under the Microenterprise Development reeks implemented threugh labor Page tot 37 Ds cae a Bn age Cin i ri 36 ET ee hint e(CBLA) Funds CCertfate of Aceretaion (COA) CCertifeate of Compliance (COC) Cerificate of Eigibiliy (COB) Certificate of Social Preparation (csp) Cin Mtnicipal Action Team cman) Community Economie Activities (CEA) Community Mobilization Fund intensive projets executed by program >ertcipants to build, re-build, and/or protect natural and physical assets necessary for more profitable, self-sustaining and resilient micro-enterrses. an official document issued by the DSWD through the respective Standards Units ofthe Field Offices which oicilly rocognies a CSO as eligible reneficiay of DSWD projec andor programs. ‘an oficial document issued by the DSWD Field Office signed by the Assistant Regional Director for Operations certifying that the SLPAVprogram participants pursuing MD track are eligible and have undertaken the required activities for the implementation of the Sustainable Livelihood Program. fn official document signed and issued by the Provincial Coordinator certifying that the program partiipanvs pursuing EF track and the DSWD Non- Onganized SLPAS requesting for funding, under the MD track have complied with the selection process of the Sustainable Livelihood Program, ‘an oli document issued by the DSWD Field Office signed by the concemed Division Chief or the SLP Regional Program Coordinator cerifjing that a CSO/SLPA has undergone the necessary social preparation activities to prepare them a8 responsible participants of DSWD under the Sustainable Livelihood Program. composite team of DSWD staff assigned in the city/ ‘municipality composed of Pantawid Pamir CCity’Municipal Link, KC-NCDDP Arez Coordinator and Community Pacilitator, and SLP Project Development Officers. The team ensures that the iniintves/programs of DSWD inthe citymunicipality are properly coordinated and implemented for a more effective and greater impact common livelihoods in the barangays, which shall serve a stating point for the program garticipants to ‘deny their potential SLP projects fs intended for the conduct _of capstility-bulding Page of 37(cMry Constitution and By-Laws (CBL) ‘Bnployment Assistance Fund (EAF) Employment Facilitation Track Grants Utilization Monitoring Report Livelihood Assets and Market Map aay Microenterprise Development (MD) Track ‘Microenterprise Development Training (MEDT) Project Assesoment Too! (PAT) tivities under the Preimplementaton end Social Preparation Stages «document to be ratified or signed by all members of the SLPA that contains the fundamertal principles which governs its operation and establishes the specific rules of guidance by which th association is to function, 1 maximum of Php 5,000 grant provided to program participants pursuing’ the Employment Facilitation track ofthe Program, for the following: 1) processing ofemployment documentary requiremens; 2) payment of medical exams; 3) purchase of basic employment tools and materials; and 4) transportation allowance, ‘meal allowance, and board and lodging until the fist 15 days of employment track of the Sustainable Livelihood Program that provides assistance to qualified members of poor households who peeferred employment rather thin engaging in micro-enterrise. an SLP document which shall be usod by the Monitoring PDO to validate thatthe grant was used in sccordance withthe approved Mungkahing Proyekto an SLP tool used to list down potential partners tht may be engaged in the provision of livelitood interventions. track of the Sustinable Livelihood Program which ocuses on the establishment of misto-enterprse ‘through provision of seed capital fund, enhancement of stills, and buildingte-building physica) and natural 1 mandatory activity under the Basis Livelihood Training which serves as a capacity-building for program participants on micto-entrepreneurship, basic bookkeeping and accounting, — mieroenterprise feasibility study, and preparntion of Mingkahing Proyetio an SLP tool used to evaluate the feasibility of SLP e337