Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection Project

The development objective of Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection (SP) Project for Philippines is to mitigate the impacts of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the welfare of low income households and strengthen DSWD’s social protection delivery systems to be adaptive and efficient. This project consists of three components. 1) The first component, Support for Cash Grants of the Pantawid Program, has the following sub-components: (i) Immediate COVID-19 response; and (ii) Performance-Based Condition (PBC) based support. 2) The second component, Social Protection Delivery System and Project Management, has the following sub-components: (i) SP Delivery Systems for enhanced beneficiary experience; (ii) SP Delivery Systems for the efficiency of business process and information systems; (iii) SP Delivery Systems for equity through an objective targeting mechanism; and (iv) : Project management. 3) The third component, Contingent Emergency Response, aims to allow for the reallocation of financing to provide an immediate response to an eligible crisis or emergency, as needed.