The Mabalacat City - City Population, Gender and Development Office, conducted a benchmarking visit to the Department of Social Welfare and Development Knowledge Exchange Center (KEC) on 09 February, 2023 with the purpose of establishing their own gender and development focused knowledge management facility. 

The Social Welfare Institutional Development Bureau (SWIDB) initiated the registration of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as a Book Publisher for both digital and printed materials. The registration which was received by the representatives of the Department on 6 February 2023, will remain effective until 30 June 2024. This is a milestone for DSWD to be recognized as an author of books on social welfare and development contributing to nation building.

The Electronic Learning Management System (ELMS) is a project that has been proposed by the Social Welfare Institutional Development Bureau (SWIDB) since 2016. After seven years of pursuing this project, the Bureau has finally completed the ELMS in 2022. The ELMS was developed to provide an alternative mode of training for DSWD internal staff, partners and intermediaries, and to harmonize the learning and development initiatives across all the DSWD offices, bureaus and services (OBS) and Field Offices.