A total of 124 students from Batangas State University in Region IV and the University of Nueva Caceres – Association of Political Science from Region V recently deepened their understanding of social welfare and development through the knowledge sharing session focused on providing orientation on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on 24 and 30 April 2024.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the Social Welfare Institutional Development Bureau (SWIDB) conducted consultation-workshops with 930 Local Government Units through the Local Social Welfare and Development Offices (LSWDOs) covering the provinces, cities and municipalities. Three sets of consultations were participated by LGUs coming from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao island clusters, which were conducted on 1-3, 15-17 and 22-24 April 2024 at the Widus Hotel, Clark Pampanga.

After undergoing a thorough vetting process, the DSWD Intellectual Property Policy was recently approved and formalized on 18 March 2024 as Administrative Order No.5 series of 2024.