A week-long study tour last December 5-9, 2011 was conducted by Indonesian delegation on the Philippine conditional cash transfer (CCT) also known as the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. The study tour was attended by thirteen-member delegation of the Republic of Indonesia headed by Dr. Dwi Heru Sukoco, Director for Social Security of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Dr. Harapan Lumban Gaol, Head of Direct Assistance and Continuing Support Subdivision and Manager of the Program Keluarga Harapan.

"In our region, we emphasize the solution and not the problem. We should be proactive in communicating actions taken on the problems of Pantawid Pamilya and not merely focus on the negative issues," recommended Mr. Emil Jun B. delos Santos of DZJV Calamba to his fellow media practitioners during the National Media Consultation Forum on CCT Implementation held last 23 November 2011 in Quezon City.

"Bantay means they are doing the function of a watchdog. They are like the “third eye”. Tulay means they can give us feedback on what would not naturally be fed back to us by the bureaucracy. Kaagapay means we work with them as partners especially in microenterprise networks and organizations for sustainable livelihood as part of our Transition Strategy. Lastly, “gabay”, means utilizing social technologies they have that we can already use and learn from,” explained Sec. Dinky Soliman during the press conference for the CSO – DSWD Visayas Cluster Forum on CCT on the question regarding the involvement of the civil society organizations (CSOs), non-government organizations (NGOs), and volunteer groups in the implementation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. 

The Grievance Redress System (GRS) of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya), the country’s version of the Conditional Cash Transfer program (CCT), recently held a four-day training on the Grievance Short Messaging Service (SMS) Hotline in Iloilo City. Four Deputy Program Managers, 13 Regional Program Coordinators, and one Provincial Link together with 37 Grievance Officers, were oriented and trained on the new tool designed to shorten the processing and resolving time of reported queries, requests and complaints towards the program thru text messaging.

Pantawid Pamilya Consultation Workshop with Mindanao Mayors is being conducted from November 14-15, 2011 in Iloilo City with approximately one hundred (100) participants from different Local Government Units (LGU) in Mindanao covered by the program. The first of a series of consultation with Mayors, this batch includes LGU representatives from the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Shariff Kabunsuan and Davao del Sur.