DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

Sustainable Livelihood Program

Online Orientation on SLP-Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG)

Information System

CONSOLIDATED CONCERNS AND RESPONSES

24-25 September 2020 | 1PM-5PM

RPMO QUESTIONS NPMO RESPONSE

Recommendation for the dashboard, hope Noted on this, Junnel. That will be included
we can give more emphasis on the sectoral once we are connected with the SAP
accomplishment (OLDER PERSON, PWD, Database that we are working on.
SOLO PARENT and ETC) rather than the
sex aggregation or can also be
incorporated. However, it will be a revamp
on the LAG Forms since these infos are not
included as necessary details - Mr. Junnel
Demape, FO VII

If so po, recommend nalang to label sana This is noted.

as FPDO. - Ms. Karizza Doria, FO III

More MPDOs are needed to do all these Encoding in the LAG Information System is
things. Also, to establish the caseload per part of the process as mentioned in the MC
MPDO. With the limited MPDOs I don't 19, S 2020 hence, encoding in the system
think we can do all the IS considering our is a requirement to establish the LAG
LAG benes are 20k+ - Ms. Rizalina L database of beneficiaries and is part of the
Patindol, FO VII tasks and responsibilities of the MPDO.

As mentioned during the WFP CY 2021, the

concern in the number of MPDO may be
addressed once we receive the final budget
in CY 2021.

There are instances that a LAG beneficiary May we know at this point if this is the
is involved both in individual and group actual scenario based on the approved
projects. How are going to deal with this in LRPPs in the region? If yes, we need to
the project information? Thanks. - Ms. Mary adjust the LAG Utilization Form wherein
Ann H Masculino, FO VI MPDOs will be able to “add enterprise” in
the said form.

In terms of monitoring, both enterprises

(individual and group project) must be
encoded SEPARATELY in the LAG MD
monitoring form since monitoring is in
PROJECT LEVEL.

Issue raised on pooling of funds: on the As clarified in the previous question, this will
case shared re monitoring and utilization depend on the approved LRPP since
check, will it not affect in any way as to accomplishment of the utilization form as
COA circular or any other issuances well as the monitoring forms will depend on
considering yung approved na project is the funded and established projects.
individual and yun ang documents signed
by RD that resulted to the funding of the
said project - Mr. Junnel Demape, FO VII

Will it affect the functionality of the omas or There will be no effect in the functionality of
obs since there are technical function the previous systems once we install the
issues on the installation of these system? - LAG IS. All issues on the installation of the
Mr. Roger Jimenez, FO 1 system are due to non-completion of
installation procedure/ process hence,
please ensure that upon installation, all
processes were followed and completed.

In any case, the RPMO may contact our IT

Officer to request assistance if any error
occurs.

We commend the IT team in adding the

“forgot password” capability.

The dashboard is simple yet information

shown is useful.

On dashboard, EF color schemes used are We will just revisit the color scheme for the
on the same family, may be a problem for EF monitoring dashboard.
people that are color blind or with vision
issues.

Add validation routine for Contact Number Noted on the suggestion to add validation
to be Required if phone interview is routines in the contact number if the mode
selected and for the number of digits to be of data collection is phone interview. This
encoded. will be added in the system.

For end date of employment, allowed ba to Yes. future dates can be encoded if the end
put future dates? May mga participants na date of employment is available.
alam na kung hanggang saan lang yung
contract nila esp. if they signed employment
contracts. - Kaysher, FO X

Do you think it would be helpful especially Since this classification is not included in
sa employment section if we can identify the EF monitoring form, we can process our
data on general type of employment data using the PSOC code.
whether FORMAL WORKER OR
INFORMAL WORKER siya? Although may
PSOC naman po. - Mr. Norbert Solina, FO
IX

In cases that direct beneficiary is not Based on our MD monitoring guidelines, if

around (MD-Individual) pwede po the beneficiary is not available during the
immediate family ang maenterview? Can scheduled monitoring, we can interview the
the LAG IS caters different name? - MEO immediate family knowledgeable about the
CARAGA enterprise/intervention provided to them.
However, during the accomplishment of the
 form, the same name of the beneficiary will
appear in the MD basic information, not the
name of the respondent. Hence, upon
encoding in the system, there will be no
change of name in the basic info.

Can we ask a copy po ng presentations ng All materials will be shared to regions via
LAG Monitoring Orientation (last week) and official memorandum, however, an advance
LAG IS after po ng orientation? copy of the link for the presentations used
last week was already shared to all RMEOs’
group chat. For LAG IS, all user manuals as
well as installation guide will be cascaded to
all regions by next week.

Unlike po sa OMAS, can we edit the details Again, the validation installed in the OMAS
of the original/first visit once it has already in this case was installed to minimize
been saved and succeeding visits were editing of data that is already submitted to
already encoded? In case may error in RPMO and NPMO level which were used in
encoding po - Ms. DG, FO XII generating monthly reports, since editing of
data will also create unreliable statistics/
reports.

Since monitoring visits happen every 3

months, there will be enough time for the
MPDOs to ensure that encoded data in the
system is correct and complete. If editing is
necessary, just delete the data and re-
encode the correct data.

Necessary po ba na during sa 2nd visit is si Yes, this is included in our LAG monitoring
bene parin yung i-interview natin or pwede guidelines and was discussed last week.
na any of the family member? Bali during sa
1st visit is si bene mismo, pero during sa
2nd visit since hindi na available si bene,
pwede ba any of the family member
nalang? - Arjay FO Caraga

LAG MD/EF Monitoring:

Pwede bang autofill na din ang details ng Noted on the suggestion. This will be added
enterprise or employment that are available in the system.
na sa LAG Utilization?

Ano yung action if on the next monitoring If the capital used to establish another or
nagchange ng livelihood project yung new enterprise is from the grant received,
participant? Wala kasing additional just edit the MD details in the monitoring
enterprise/employment unlike sa regular. - forms and system.
Kaysher,FO X
It is advisable to add remarks on the reason
for changing of microenterprise.

Saan na po ilalagay pag actual visitation If the capital used to establish another or
nabago na po yung enterprise? Ms. new enterprise is from grant received, just
Charlene Pandacan, FO IV -A
 edit the MD details in the monitoring forms
and system.

It is advisable to add remarks on the reason

for changing of microenterprise.

Additional info for formal employment, by This is noted. Again, if the RPMO needs to
definition naman nung hinanap ko din yan produce reports re: number of beneficiaries
last time. Yung formal employment ay dapat involved in the formal economy, you may
may 8 hrs at least working hrs per day or 40 download the excel based database and
hrs per week and with all mandatory process the data using a pivot table. You
benefits.required by government. we can may use indicators mentioned by Sir
identify it sa nature of employment, number Kaysher by crosstabulation.
of days work at benefits received if we want
to identify them. Usually sa atin, hindi natin
yan ina-identify. - Kaysher, FO X