1. Improve the targeting of social protection programs:
a) Ensure the integrity and the use of the NHTS-PR to target social protection programs for the poor, such as the CCT program and the PhilHealth Indigent Program, to maximize coverage and minimize leakages;
b) Consolidate, maintain, and update the NHTS-PR system and database;
c) Make the NHTS-PR available to all agencies and entities at the national and local levels; and
d) Complement NHTS-PR with the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) available at the LGU level.
2. Provide adequate funding for social protection:
a) Redirect public spending from less effective to more effective and efficient social protection programs;
b) Increase and sustain the budget for social protection programs; and
c) Intensify advocacy among LGUs to reinforce political will and improve their commitment to the implementation of social protection programs and projects.
3. Improve policy coordination and program implementation of social protection measures:
a) Ensure that the necessary institutional arrangements to implement the programs are in place;
b) Ensure the coherence and coordination among national government agencies, LGUs, key private sector organizations, NGOs and international development agencies for greater financing, coverage and convergence; and
c) Raise the capacity of government agencies involved in social protection, particularly in implementation and monitoring.
4. Establish a monitoring and evaluation scheme:
a) Establish a reliable and responsive monitoring and evaluation system to regularly assess impact, identify successes, improve program features and performance, win political commitment for program sustainability, and inform program administrators of changes in the status of beneficiaries; and
b) Revisit program designs regularly to check their consistency with objectives, desired outcomes and the adequacy of coverage.
5. Improve the database on vulnerable population groups to help form the basis for sound policies and effective programs; and
6. Guarantee the inclusion of the vulnerable groups in local development plans through their representation in local development councils and their participation in the formulation, development, and implementation of policies and programs.