Governors Implement "Adopt a Family" Program as Response to Recent Disasters
The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) met on Nov 29 for the implementation details of its "Adopt a Family" program, wherein unaffected provinces of the earthquake and Typhoon Yolanda will provide (a) welfare support for the disasters' displaced families moving into other provinces, and (b) jobs and welfare support for the families residing in the affected provinces but are unable to provide income for their families.
Gov. Alfonso Umali, Jr. of Oriental Mindoro, President of both the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines and LPP, led the initiative, which he conceptualized as a way of complementing the national government and civil society's efforts towards relief, recovery, and rehabilitation of the affected localities.
LPP is a major league member of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines.
ULAP works to respond to short-term and long-term needs of the localities affected by Typhoon Yolanda
Check out the page of the Tabang Visayas consortium for the consolidated information on local government needs and responses (updated daily) and the interventions of corporate foundations and civil society groups. This is in line with the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines' work to respond to short-term and long-term needs of the localities affected by Typhoon Yolanda. Click Here
Task Force Tabang Visayas is a loose coalition of member civil society organizations working in partnership with the League of Municipalities in the Philippines (LMP), the Union of Local Authorities in the Philippines (ULAP), and international aid agencies.
LGUs commit funds for relief, rehab operations
The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) is facilitating collection and distribution of aid to affected localities of Yolanda with ULAP's member leagues, DILG, and partners. Check out the news below for some of the updates, particularly the efforts of local governments to assist each other in the short and medium-term relief, recovery, and rehabilitation appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov 16 and 17, 2013.
LGU Leagues Responds for Yolanda Relief Operations
A planning for joint operations of local government leagues -- Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP, League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP), League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), National Movement of Young Legislators (NMYL), Vice-Governors League of the Philippines (VGLP) -- with Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), DILG, development partners Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), US Embassy, Assisi Foundation, Inquirer Group, GT Metro Foundation Inc. held November 13, 2013 in Board Room 5, New World Hotel, Makati.
ULAP and TAF end preliminary phase of engagement on Local Education Reforms program
ULAP Executive Director Ms. Sonia Lorenzo, Head of Plans & Programs Ms. Czarina Medina, and Program Officer Mr. Kevin dela Cruz turn over the end-of-grant report to The Asia Foundation (TAF) Senior Program Officer Mr. Henry Grageda and Assistant Program Officer Ms. Chay Dionco on November 4, 2013.
This officially closes the preliminary engagement of the two organizations under the AusAID-TAF Coalitions for Change (CfC) initiative on "Strengthening Local Capacity to Institutionalize Education Reforms", which ran from March to October 15, 2013, which enabled the conduct of the series of consultations with LGUs, the Local Education Policy Workshop (October 10), and several convergence meetings with development partners.
Also in the picture are representatives from the Jesse Robredo Institute of Governance (led by Prof. Kiko Magno), which is also a partner in the CfC. The three organizations furthered the conversations towards outlining next steps in the policy reform, convergence of programs with other partners, and capacity development of Local Schools Boards. — with Chay Dionco and 3 others.
ULAP's Local Education Policy Workshop in Crowne Plaza Hotel
The Local Education Policy Workshop was organized by the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines, last Oct 10, 2013. Attended by 36 Local Chief Executives (provincial governors, city mayors, and municipal mayors), the event was a venue to discuss the results of the LGU consultation output on the needs and issues of LGUs with regard to local education governance and service delivery, outline policy recommendations, and identify ways of moving forward with national government agencies such as the Department of Education and the Department of Interior and Local Government and other partners from the private and civil society sectors. The event is line with the AusAID and The Asia Foundation's Coalitions for Change initiative.
