Magandang umaga po sa inyong lahat. Maayong buntag sa inyong tanan
45 LGUs

On behalf of Secretary Ralph Recto and Undersecretary Maria Luwalhati Dorotan Tiuseco, it is my privilege to welcome you all to the First People’s Survival Fund Caravan. We sincerely appreciate the effort and time you dedicated for this event.

This program is supported by the UNDP under the Strengthening Institutions and Empowering Localities Against Disasters and Climate Change in the Philippines (SHIELD). The Department of Finance is leading this initiative together with the Climate Change Commission, and with the support of the Development Bank of the Philippines as a partner of the PSF Board Secretariat.

The PSF Caravan is just one of the initiatives of the PSF Board Secretariat to improve the operations of the PSF. This is intended to be a coaching and learning session to guide the LGUs on how to develop a climate adaptation project proposal that is fit for purpose (- na ang proyekto ay tutugon sa climate risk ng kanilang lugar); and to that the proposal will be able to meet the requirements under the PSF.

Under the directive of our DOF Principals, we are reaching out more to LGUs to hand-hold them not only in the proposal development, but also in the implementation phase. [listen]

This is also in line with the call of our President for transparency, accountability and good governance.

Every peso counts. “Every peso will be put to its useful use – growing the economy and uplifting the lives of our people.” Directive na po ni Presidente “to uphold integrity at all times and never turn a blind eye to corruption.”

It will be a very rich discussion today. I hope we will all participate actively, so you can bring home something concrete to your LGUs.

Thank you very much.