No. Social work books are physically present at the KEC where DSWD employees can borrow extra copies and external users can read . Only corporate knowledge materials of the Department are digitized and made available in the KM Portal. 

Examples of small group KSS include:

• Meetings
• Brown bag sessions
• Lessons learned meetings or sessions (e.g. cliniquing)
• Case conferences
• Group mentoring/coaching sessions
• Other similar small-group activities not mentioned above

Examples of big group KSS include:

• All variants of the Social Welfare and Development Forum (SWD Forum) per MC No. 11, s. 2008
• Program review and evaluation workshops (to follow process and requirements as per Administrative 

Order No. 9, series of 2019)

• Other fora-, conference-, or summit-type activities not covered by the SWD Forum guidelines excluding trainings and skills enhancement

KNOWLEDGE SHARING SESSIONS (KSS) refers to the general term covering all types of activities held within the agency where knowledge sharing takes place. These events include conferences, fora, seminars, meetings, or brown-bag sessions. There are two types of KSS within the DSWD: those that deal with big groups, and those that deal with small groups.

Send a letter of request to the CBS/U at the Field Office or to SWIDB at the Central Office to invite a CGS member as a resource person or subject matter expert.

The performance of a CGS member is evaluated based on the feedback received from stakeholders who were provided with technical assistance.