Philippine DOLE

LINKING SOCIAL PROTECTION TO SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS: THE WAY FORWARD FOR INDONESIA
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

Graduation Pilot
LINKING SOCIAL PROTECTION TO
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS:
THE WAY FORWARD FOR INDONESIA
Speaker: Director Adeline T. De Castro

Institution: Department of Labor and Employment, Philippines
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
• CONTEXT
• THE GRADUATION APPROACH
• PILOT IMPLEMENTATION IN THE PHILIPPINES
• INITIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED
• CONTEXT
Contribution to National Development
Supports the Helps achieve the

Espouses the long- Philippine DOLE mandate of
term vision set in the Development Plan “formulating social
country’s AmBisyon 2017-2022 that aims protection programs
Natin 2040 to to reduce poverty designed to benefit
eradicate poverty incidence from disadvantaged
nationally 21.6% (2015) to groups and
14% (2022) communities.”
• CONTEXT
The Graduation Approach

• CONTEXT
DOLE Pilot Objectives and Goals

Strengthen monitoring
systems within the
government
Collaborate between DOLE

and DSWD
Pilot Details
Test group coaching and
livelihoods for effect on Implementer : Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
cost and program impact Partners:
● Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Apply coaching and ● Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
mentorship to ● BRAC
sustainable ● Asian Development Bank (ADB)
livelihoods model ● Local Government Units of Victorias, EB Magalona, Silay, Talisay and
Murcia
Timeline : 2018-2019
Location : 32 Barangays across 5 Municipalities in Negros Occidental
Effectively target the poorest and
most vulnerable households Target Population: 1800 participants
CCT and Kabuhayan Program

Pantawid Pamilyang
Kabuhayan Program
Pilipino Program (CCT)
Conditional cash transfer program of Contributes substantially to the Philippine
DSWD focused on human capital Government's agenda for inclusive growth
development through provision of through provision of livelihood and
conditional cash grants to eligible entrepreneurship programs for poor,
poor households to improve health vulnerable and marginalized workers
and education outcomes
Maximum of 3 children per beneficiary household receive Maximum of PhP20,000.00 (USD 384)
education grants for 10 months livelihood assistance per beneficiary
• PhP300.00 (USD 6) /child for children 3 to 14 years old
• PhP500.00 (USD 10) /child for children 15 to 18 years old
Maximum of PhP5,000.00 (USD 96) training
assistance per beneficiary
As to health grant, each Pantawid family is entitled to
receive PhP500 (USD 10) for 12 months in a year
Rice subsidies extended to Pantawid families

amounting to PhP7,200.00 (USD 138) per year
Program Interventions
Innovation: Pilot Evaluation Research Design

Current Design
● Control (no Kabuhayan, no Graduation): n = 600
● Treatment Arms:
• T1 Group Livelihood with Group Coaching n = 600
• T2 Individual Livelihood with Group Coaching n = 600
• T3 Individual Livelihood with Individual Coaching n = 600
• Determine if group or individual livelihoods

Purpose: produce differential impacts
• Determine if coaching composition (individual vs.
group) impacts outcomes at the household level
• CONTEXT
Initial Accomplishments
(as of April 2019)
Project Reach
In total, the project covers
1431 participants,
in 29 barangays,
of the 5 municipalities,
in Negros Occidental.
meat processing / NegoKart
life skills coaching to training to 252 participants
1,399 participants *101 = Meat Processing 151 = NegoKart
delivery of asset packages and

family development plan equipment to coaching / individual
*Feb to Mar
risk management 7 salted egg beneficiaries

*complete delivery of raw materials
*Apr to May
37 freezers for meat processing

business management trainings
beneficiaries *on-going delivery
to 1,399 participants
*Mar to Apr
36 food carts for NegoKart
beneficiaries *on-going delivery
The project through the Graduation
Community Facilitators (GCFs) has
Livelihood Selection mentored the participants to realize
their economic potential by selecting
livelihoods based on their skills and
available resources.
This is different approach than most

livelihoods programs which have a
more one-way perspective of providing
what they think is relevant for the
beneficiaries without delving into the
details of a market assessment, skills
matching, and readiness assessment
to meet market and participant
needs.
Family Development One of the milestones of the project is
Plan Preparation the active involvement of the
beneficiaries in the preparation of
their own family development plan.
The plan embodies the goals that the

participant wants to achieve in a year
or through the duration of the
project. Also detailed in the plan are
the resources needed to achieve
those goals and the participant’s plan of
action to achieve them. This guides the
participant’s progress through the
program.
LINKING
LINKING SOCIAL
SOCIAL PROTECTION
PROTECTION TO TO SUSTAINABLE
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS: THE
LIVELIHOODS: THE WAY
WAYFORWARD
FORWARDFOR INDONESIA
FOR INDONESIA
Pilot Activities
DOLE Proposal Development Workshop Targeting Verification Survey

14 August, 2018 August - December, 2018
Graduation Community Facilitators Orientation Registration of Associations at DOLE Field

Training: 16 - 19 July, 2018 Office of Negros Occidental: January, 2019
Meeting with
Local
Government
Unit (LGU) of
Silay City &
Barangay
Captains
August, 2018
• CONTEXT
What works?
LEADERSHIP
COMMITMENT
REGIONAL OFFICE INTER-AGENCY

DECISION-MAKING COORDINATION
Executing Agency
RECEPTIVITY TO IMPLEMENTING
INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS
Operational Challenges
Group Livelihoods
Challenges Solutions
 Some group livelihood  Participants in some group
participants live far apart livelihoods that are scattered
(some even kilometers apart), far apart are clustered with co-
which affected asset participant closest to their
distribution and meeting household.
scheduling.  Group asset distribution and
operation are based on the
small clusters of participants.
Location of Participants
 Some participants are in areas  GCFs sleep in the community
that are difficult to reach and nearest to the participant’s
sometimes do not have access location.
to public transportation.  GCFs coordinate with the LGU
or Barangays if they can hitch
a ride on their vehicles during
their visits.
Scheduling of Coaching and Mentoring
 Target participants dropping  GCFs arrange a schedule for
out of the project because they them so that they can still work
prioritize their work and participate in activities of
 Unavailability of some the project. Some would even
participants during meetings spend weekends and evenings
and household visits because for the meetings and
it is planting season in the household visitations.
hacienda.
Project Monitoring
 Paper based forms monitoring  With the help of IPA, electronic
pose a lot of issues: poor monitoring is being developed.
handwriting; paper forms easily Forms are now available in
crumple; paper forms are easily android tablets. Data is
misplaced; carrying of paper automatically uploaded to the
forms adds to the weight being cloud.
carried by the GCFs in the field;
encoding takes time and is
prone to errors.
Asset Procurement
 Fluctuation in the prices of  The project expanded the
livelihood assets to be search for suppliers not just in
procured. Negros Occidental but also in
 Not enough suppliers for the neighboring Islands of
some assets i.e. livestocks Panay and Negros.
(piglets, carabaos, native  Coordination with
chicken). intermediaries which provide
access to direct suppliers and
farms (more stable prices and
stocks).
What’s in store for the Graduation Approach?

Graduation Approach as a potential strategy
for poverty reduction in the Philippines
• Positive responses from government agencies
during the presentation of the pilot Graduation
Approach in a Cabinet level meeting in March 2019
• Awaiting result of the pilot (December 2019) which

could determine if the program can be adopted as one
of the strategies for poverty reduction
Learning Point
Ensure that the key elements of Whole-of-

Government Approach* are in place:
● Unity of command (including the creation of a
Project Monitoring Team or PMT)
● Joint planning, budgeting and execution
● Sustained focus
*From the presentation of Undersecretary Ferdinand Cui Jr. to DOLE officials on Whole-of-Government Approach (27 February 2019)
MARAMING SALAMAT!
LINKING SOCIAL PROTECTION TO
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS:
THE WAY FORWARD FOR INDONESIA
Speaker: Director Adeline T. De Castro

Institution: Department of Labor and Employment, Philippines
References:
• BRAC Presentation during the Graduation 101: ADB
Graduation Day on 29 March 2019
• Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

Presentation on the Graduation Approach during the
Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cluster
(HDPRC) on 18 March 2019
• Department of Social Welfare and Development

(DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
website - pantawid.dswd.gov.ph/about/ (accessed on
07 May 2019)

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LINKING SOCIAL PROTECTION TO SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS: THE WAY FORWARD FOR INDONESIA

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

Speaker: Director Adeline T. De Castro

Contribution to National Development

Supports the Helps achieve the

The Graduation Approach

DOLE Pilot Objectives and Goals

Collaborate between DOLE

CCT and Kabuhayan Program

Rice subsidies extended to Pantawid families

Innovation: Pilot Evaluation Research Design

• Determine if group or individual livelihoods

delivery of asset packages and

risk management 7 salted egg beneficiaries

37 freezers for meat processing

This is different approach than most

The plan embodies the goals that the

DOLE Proposal Development Workshop Targeting Verification Survey

Graduation Community Facilitators Orientation Registration of Associations at DOLE Field

REGIONAL OFFICE INTER-AGENCY

What’s in store for the Graduation Approach?

• Awaiting result of the pilot (December 2019) which

Ensure that the key elements of Whole-of-

● Joint planning, budgeting and execution

Speaker: Director Adeline T. De Castro

• Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

• Department of Social Welfare and Development

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