Technical Assistance for Developing a Digital Mapping System of the Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) - TCP/PHI/3806
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Hunger, malnutrition, and poverty are key concerns in the Philippines. To address these issues, the Government of the Philippines created the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) with 11 government agencies to support the goals of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022. Under the EPAHP Convergence Program, these agencies sought to improve the provision of food to impoverished and malnourished school children through their flagship Feeding Program. However, unreliable food sources and unstable food availability often hindered the operation of its feeding centres. In this regard, the EPAHP lead agency, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), requested support from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to improve the program’s operational processes through a web-based digital mapping system (DMS). Normally, national government agencies and local government units engage community-based organizations (CBOs), including farmers and cooperatives, to secure food for their local feeding centres. However, before this project, EPAHP partners did not have a standardized process for accrediting CBOs, nor a system for mapping and registering these entities. Although the DSWD already utilized a guide for targeting possible suppliers – the Community Participation Procurement Manual (CPPM) – stakeholders believed that a digital database would be more effective, especially in assisting feeding centres to locate and contact CBOs for immediate needs.