DSWD holds social registry test run amid gov't digital transformation
2024-Aug-15 13:00
i-REGISTRO. The Department of Social Welfare and Development's National Household Targeting Office (NHTO) conducts a test run of the i-Registro, a dynamic social registry (DSR) for the agency's potential beneficiaries, in this undated photo. NHTO Director Jimmy Francis Schuck II on Wednesday (Aug. 14, 2024) said i-Registro is aligned with the national government's efforts on digital transformation and modernization of government processes. (DSWD)
MANILA – The Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) National Household Targeting Office (NHTO) has conducted a test run of the i-Registro, a dynamic social registry (DSR) for the agency's potential beneficiaries, to further boost the social protection system in the country.
"The i-Registro will streamline the delivery of social protection services, standardize targeting systems, and facilitate information exchanges and interoperability with other social protection program databases," said NHTO Director Jimmy Francis Schuck II in a news release on Wednesday.
The i-Registro is aligned with the national government's efforts on digital transformation and modernization of government processes to enhance efficiency and expedite the delivery of adaptive and shock-responsive social welfare programs and services.
Schuck said the DSR was piloted in the municipalities of Pateros in Metro Manila, Cordova in Cebu province, and Floridablanca in Pampanga province last month.
For the first phase, he said, the system focused on self-service registration and information authentication for pregnant and lactating mothers (PLMs) in the stated pilot sites.
During the initial run, web portals were deployed in the select pilot sites for the registration of the PLMs, the director continued.
"Some 2,786 PLMs registered through on-site, house-to-house, or direct self-access of the web portal using their own digital devices," Schuck said.
Schuck said i-Registro enables the agency to capture life cycle shocks, vulnerabilities, and other critical and timely information of beneficiaries ensuring that safeguards are put in place to protect people in need from further socio-economic crises.
"The i-Registro also ensures ease of access by everyone, especially the disadvantaged Filipinos, to a simplified, integrated, and more efficient delivery of social services," he said.
The registry features a robust information system which aims to enhance the exchange of updated demographic and migration data, crucial for targeting and supporting vulnerable households, he added. (PNA)