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Consultation-Dialogue cum updating on New Laws and Issuances with Honorable Judges and Prosecutors of Regional Trial Courts XI

Onse annually gathers judiciaries and legal personalities from the respective Regional Trial Courts for a dialogue and updating of laws and issuance along social welfare programs and services. Honorable Judges and Prosecutors, social welfare officers from the Office of the Clerk of Courts (OCC), Local Social Welfare and Development Offices (LSWDO), and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) never failed to commit and actively participate in this greatly anticipated activity.

DSWD Field Office X conducts Regional SWD Forum

The DSWD Field Office X conducted a Social Welfare and Development (SWD) Forum on December 13-14, 2021 which was attended by 60 representatives from the Local Social Welfare and Development Offices in the region. The SWD Forum provided a platform to discuss the updates on operations of SWD programs, raise the concerns and challenges on service delivery, and formulate strategies in the implementation of the devolution. 

RLRC FO1 Champs Knowledge Management

One of the concepts of the Knowledge Management (KM) is that it is a major process in creating an environment where people’s experience and wisdom as well as the internal processes on social protection and social welfare programs delivery are valued, stored, and shared. The establishment of the Regional Learning Resource Center (RLRC) Field Office I was inspired by the perception of KM wherein it envisions to provide an environment for continuing innovation and learning within the Department.  

DSWD Field Office Caraga launches Project DIVA

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office Caraga launched its virtual program dubbed as Project DIVA or the DSWD-Caraga Institute and Virtual Academy which serves as the official hub for all the regional institutional development and capacity building activities for both internal and external partners.

2021 DSWD Knowledge Fair for LSWDOs: Equipping social welfare program implementers for full devolution

In an effort to prepare the Local Social Welfare and Development Officers (LSWDOs) for full devolution, the Department of Social Welfare and Development  (DSWD), through the Social Welfare Institutional Development Bureau, conducted the 2021 Knowledge Fair over an online platform to provide a venue for sharing practices, strategies, and initiatives of various offices and social welfare and development partners.

Empowering DSWD Specialists: Building Coaching and Mentoring Competencies to Boost LGU Service Delivery

As part of strengthening the DSWD Core Group of Specialists (CGS) in their role of providing technical assistance to local government units (LGUs), the Social Welfare Institutional Development Bureau (SWIDB) conducted a Capability Building on Coaching and Mentoring of Technical Assistance Providers to LGUs from 14 to 18 October 2024 at the Development Academy of the Philippines. Thirty-four participants from DSWD Field Offices CAR, I, II, III, V, VII, VIII, IX, XI, XII, Caraga, CALABARZON, and MIMAROPA and selected DSWD Central Office - Office/Bureau/Service attended the training.

The DSWD KM Portal is a dynamic facility founded to promote the development and sharing of knowledge within the DSWD and its partners. The Portal has vast collection of DSWD Knowledge Products (KPs) and other learning resources on social welfare and social protection.