TESDA IX and DDG Feliciano host Regional Consultation on Poverty Alleviation in Conflict-Affected Areas

Post date: Aug 25, 2016 8:50:12 AM

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority-IX hosted a Regional Consultation on Poverty Alleviation in Conflict-Affected Areas last August 24, 2016 at Garden Orchid Hotel.

Present for the occasion was newly appointed Deputy Director General Alvin S. Feliciano and staff.

The goal of the consultation was to get the affirmation on the mandated duties of each national agency and local government units.

The socio-economic agenda which were discussed included the following:

  1. Hunger

  2. Potable water

  3. Shelter

  4. Education

  5. Technical and Vocational Education

  6. Health

  7. Energy

  8. Agricultural development

  9. Employment (Unemployment/Underemployment)

Among those in attendance to the consultation included representatives from the national line agencies and local government units in Region 9 to wit: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) and Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Provincial Government of Sibugay and Zamboanga City.