Office of the President of the Philippines

NATIONAL ANTI-POVERTY COMMISSION

SECTORAL RERPRESENTATIVES COUNCIL

Resolution No. 2, s. 2021

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2021 OPERATIONAL PLAN OF THE SECTORAL REPRESENTATIVES

COUNCIL TO PUSH FOR THE REALIZATION OF THE RECALIBRATED CROSS-SECTORAL AGENDA OF
THE BASIC SECTORS OF THE NATIONAL ANTI-POVERTY COMMISSION

WHEREAS, the Republic Act No. 8425, otherwise known as the Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act
of 1998, institutionalizes the Social Reform Agenda, which adopts and operationalizes the principles and
strategies constituting a national framework that integrates various structural reforms and anti-poverty
initiatives;

WHEREAS, the Social Reform Agenda identifies the four multi-dimensional approaches to address poverty,
including the (1) Social Dimension or access to quality basic services, (2) Economic Dimension or asset
reform and access to economic opportunities, (3) Ecological Dimension or sustainable development of
productive resources, and (4) Governance Dimension or democratizing the decision making and
management processes;

WHEREAS, the Administrative Order No. 21, series of 2011 or the Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations of the Republic Act No. 8425 constitutes the Sectoral Representatives Council, which is
primarily responsible in the formulation of mechanisms and guidelines that will serve as the official
parameters for participation and principled partnership between the basic sectors and the government;

WHEREAS, the current Sectoral Representatives are given authority by President Rodrigo Duterte through
a Memorandum issued on February 9, 2018 to continue its service in a hold-over capacity for the purpose
of ensuring the continuous and effective delivery of public service;

WHEREAS, due to the great impact of the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus 2019 disease (CoViD-
19), the Sectoral Representatives Council recalibrated its priority cross-sectoral agenda to focus on key
programs that will help in uplifting the current state of the poor and marginalized Filipinos;

WHEREAS, the recalibrated cross-sectoral agenda will focus on the (1) Government’s Response to CoViD-
19, (2) Magna Carta of the Poor, (3) Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program, (4) Participatory
Governance, (5) Climate Action, Environmental Protection and Participatory and Empowering DRRM, (6)
Policy Advocacy, and (7) Institutional Support and Mechanisms Agenda that encapsulates Institutional
Development and Management, PDTF, Peace and Development and National Sectoral Assembly;

WHEREAS, for 2021, the Sectoral Representatives Council aims to institutionalize the priority cross-
sectoral agenda during the first semester, and operationalize the proposed policies and mechanisms
supporting these agenda during the second semester of the year;

WHEREAS, in the realization of these priority cross-sectoral agenda, the basic sectors will continue to
exercise its oversight functions, conduct inter-office and/or inter-agency coordination meetings, issue
policy proposals, informational materials and resolutions, and facilitate advocacy campaign and capacity
building activities for the basic sectors;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, BY THE NAPC SECTORAL

REPRESENTATIVES COUNCIL to formally adopt the attached 2021 Operational Plan for immediate
implementation, in close coordination with Partner Stakeholders and operational units of the NAPC
Secretariat.

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the NAPC Lead Convenor will instruct the Secretariat to provide their full
support in the realization of the priority cross-sectoral agenda of the Sectoral Representatives Council.

Sectoral Representatives Council

RESOLVED FINALLY, that a copy of this resolution will be endorsed to the Office of the President (OP), the
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and other lead partner agencies of the NAPC basic
sectors, for their reference.

Approved and signed this 31st day of January 2021 in the Philippines.

RUPERTO B. ALEROZA
Vice Chairperson for Basic Sectors
Sectoral Representatives, Artisanal Fisherfolk

JOSH CEZAR G. SERILO SOFRONIO V. TALISIC

Sectoral Representative OIC-Sectoral Representative
Children Cooperatives

EDUARDO M. MORA EDWIN A. BUSTILLOS

Sectoral Representative Sectoral Representative
Farmers and Landless Rural Workers Formal Labor and Migrant Workers

JUDITH P. MARANES PAUL RICHARD A. PARAGUYA

Sectoral Representative OIC-Sectoral Representative
Indigenous Peoples Non-Government Organization (NGO)

JOCELYN C. GARCIA SALVACION N. BASIANO

Sectoral Representative Sectoral Representative
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Senior Citizens

NOEL S. CANO REGINA SALVADOR-ANTEQUISA

Sectoral Representative Sectoral Representative
Urban Poor Victims of Disasters and Calamities

AURORA C. DE GUZMAN ROSALINA C. FUNTANARES

OIC-Sectoral Representative Sectoral Representative
Women Workers in the Informal Sector

NINIAN SUMADIA
Sectoral Representative
Youth and Students

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 National Anti-Poverty Commission
Sectoral Representatives Council
2021 Operational Plan

Calendar Year 2021

 First Semester: Institutionalization of the Priority Cross-Sectoral Agenda
 Second Semester: Operationalization of the Proposed Policies related to the Cross-Sectoral Agenda

Priority Cross-Sectoral Agenda clustered into Four Multi-Dimensional Approaches to Poverty

Social Dimension
1 2

Magna Carta of the

CoViD-19 Response
Poor

Economic Dimension
3

Balik Probinsya,
Bagong Pag-asa
Program
Ecological Dimension
5

Climate Action,
Environmental
Protection &
Empowering DRRM
Governance Dimension
4 6 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4

Institutional Peoples’ National

Participatory Peace &
Policy Advocacy Development and Development Sectoral
Governance Development
Management Trust Fund Assembly

Timeframe
Agenda Activities
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Exercise of Oversight Functions
1 Closing and Initial Analysis of the CRRD Survey x
Lobbying for the convening of TAO-TWG and NAPC Executive
6 x
Committee
Consolidation of proposed sectoral executive issuances and
6 x
legislative agenda
Inventory of Basic Sectors’ Representation to Governance
4 x
Structures

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 Formalization of the CoViD-19 Monitoring & Evaluation Team with
1 x
Sectors and NAPC Secretariat
Formation of Sector-Secretariat Committee on the Formulation of
2 x
LPRAP-NPRP Guidelines of Magna Carta of the Poor
Monitoring of the Implementation of the Government’s CoViD-19
1 x x x x
Response (Conduct of 2nd Monitoring / PDM and Analysis of Data)

2 Monitoring of the Implementation of the Magna Carta of the Poor x x x x

Monitoring of the Implementation of the Balik Probinsya, Bagong
3 x x x x
Pag-asa (BP2) Program
Ensuring inclusivity and transparency on the implementation of
5 x x x x
DRRM Programs
7.2 Monitoring of the Implementation of PDTF Programs x x x x
7.3 Monitoring of the Implementation of the ELCAC Programs x x x x
Operationalization of Policies adopted in relation to the Agenda
- * Prototyping of Convergence Programs related to the Proposed x x
Policies of the Basic Sectors

Convergent Platforms to be Organized (Meetings)

SRC Quarterly and Special Meetings

- x x x x
* Reporting of Actions Taken & Plans on Cross-Sectoral Agenda
SRC Technical Core Group Meetings
- x x x x
* Implementation and Monitoring & Evaluation of Agenda
Coordination Meetings with NAPC Secretariat
- * Agenda of First Meeting on February 1, 2021 x x x x
* Coordination with Operational Units of the NAPC Secretariat
Bilateral and/or Inter-Agency Coordination Meetings
* Stakeholders’ Forum on Institutional Support
* Coordination with Lead Partner Agencies for the
Institutionalization of Agenda
* Participation to Meetings of Cabinet Clusters and Inter-Agency
- x x x x
Committees
* Coordination with Congress on Policy Agenda
* Technical Action Officers – Technical Working Group (TAO-TWG)
* NAPC Executive Committee Meeting and En Banc Meeting with
the President
Coordination Meetings for the Preparation of the NSA
7.4 x x x x
* Consultation with basic sectors on the issues and concerns
Advocacy Events, Capacity Building and Workshops for the Sectors
6 Launching of the NAPC Basic Sectors’ Social Media Page x

6 Conduct of Kapihan Online Forum with the Basic Sectors x x x x

5 Continuation of the Capacity Building on CBDRRM x x x x

Levelling-off session on the End Local Communist Armed Conflict
7.3 x
(ELCAC) Program
Levelling-off session on the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2)
3 x
Program

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 Review of the Republic Act No. 8425 or the Social Reform and
6 x
Poverty Alleviation Act
Refresher on the Policy Work, in consideration of the new normal
6 x
situation
Social Preparation for the Migrating Filipinos and Accepting LGUs of
3 x x
BP2 Program

Basic Sectors’ Manifesto

4 * Review and Updating of the Social Contract x x
* Conduct of Policy Forum with Candidates
Issuance of Policy Papers, Informational Materials and/or SRC Resolutions
SRC Resolution adopting the 2021 Operational Plan of the Sectoral
- x
Representatives Council
SRC Resolution calling for the convening of the TAO-TWG, NAPC
- x
Executive Committee & En Banc
SRC Resolutions on the Participation of Basic Sectors to Cabinet
4 x
Clusters of the Government
SRC Resolution calling for the immediate passage of the IRR of the
2 x
Magna Carta of the Poor
SRC Resolution recognizing the Oversight Roles of the Basic Sectors
7.3 x
to ELCAC Implementation
SRC Resolution requesting for the Participation of the Basic Sectors
1 x
in the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases
Basic Sector Proposed Policies related to BP2 Program
3 x
Implementation
SRC Resolution endorsing the Proposed Policies related to BP2
3 x
Program Implementation
Guidelines on the Formulation of the LPAP and National Poverty
2 x
Reduction Plan (NPRP)

6 Reviewed Proposed Agenda for the En Banc Meeting x

SRC Resolution endorsing the Creation of the Disaster Resilience

5 x
Authority
Impact Analysis and Basic Sector Proposed Policy Guidelines on
7.2 x
Implementing the PDTF Program
SRC Resolution endorsing the Proposed Policy Guidelines on
7.2 x
Implementing the PDTF Program
Basic Sector Proposed Policy Guidelines on Representation to
4 x
Governance Structures & Mechanisms
SRC Resolution endorsing the Proposed Guidelines on Basic Sector
4 x
Representation
Basic Sector Proposed Policy Guidelines on Local Countryside
3 x
Development, considering Migration
SRC Resolution endorsing the Proposed Policy Guidelines on Local
3 x
Countryside Development

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 Consolidation of TWC Issues and Concerns and Proposed NSA
7.4 x
Action Plan
Review of the Special Order creating the NAPC Steering Committee
7.4 x
for the NSA
Basic Sector Proposed Policy Guidelines on the Utilization of the
5 x
Peoples’ Survival Fund

SRC Resolution endorsing the Proposed Policy Guidelines on the

5 x
Utilization of the Peoples’ Survival Fund
Policy Paper on Inclusive Strategy on Climate Action and
5 x
Environmental Protection
Basic Sector Proposed Policies for the Improvement of the
1 x
Government’s CoViD-19 Response
SRC Resolution endorsing the Proposed Policies to Improve the
1 x
Government’s CoViD-19 Response
Analysis of the Impact of Armed Conflict and Basic Sectors’
7.3 x
Recommendations on Peace & Development
SRC Resolution endorsing the Basic Sectors’ Recommendations on
7.3 x
Peace and Development
Proposed Amendments to Republic Act No. 8425 or the Social
6 x
Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act
Basic Sectors’ Manifesto: Shared Commitments for the Poor and
4 x
Marginalized Filipinos
SRC Resolution endorsing the Basic Sectors’ Manifesto for Adoption
4 x
as Agenda of Candidates
- Other Policy Resolutions as proposed by the Sectoral Councils x x x x

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