DSWD Caraga encourages LGUs to avail the
statistical data of the updated Listahanan database
By Abegail R. Alvarez
BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 19 (PIA) - The Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga through the National Household
Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) is continuously encouraging
the Local Government Units (LGUs), National Government Agencies (NGAs),
Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), and other partner-stakeholders to avail the
statistical data of the updated Listahanan Database.
As to date, a total of 19 LGUs requested for the
statistical data to be used for their planning and formulation of the Social
Protection Development Report (SPDR) and others.
At present, the Department cannot yet share the
list of the families identified in the updated Listahanan Database due to the
full implementation of R.A. 10173, otherwise known as the Data Privacy Act
(DPA) of 2012. With this, the department is required to revise first its policies
on information disclosure and data sharing.
According to DSWD Caraga regional director Minda B.
Brigoli, the guidelines of DSWD in sharing of data generated by the NHTS-PR and
the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) are being revised to ensure alignment with
the provisions of the law.
However, she clarified that once the DSWD-Central
Office finalizes the new guidelines and the National Privacy Commission (NPC)
will give authority to DSWD to resume the data sharing, the
partner-stakeholders will have to enter into an agreement using the revised MOA
on data sharing to access the updated Listahanan 2 Database.
The NHTS-PR also known as Listahanan, is an
information management system that identifies who and where the poor
nationwide. This updated Listahanan database provides credible and
comprehensive information on poor individuals/households as basis in
determining eligible beneficiaries and developing responsive social protection
programs, policies, and services. (Social Marketing Unit/DSWD Field Office
Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
