Delegates from Indonesia and the World Bank Office in Jakarta visited the Philippines recently to observe and study the conduct of On-Demand Application (ODA) at Barangay Oples, Liliw, Laguna and Validation process at Rizal, Laguna.

ODA and Validation are being implemented by the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) project to ensure the integrity of the database of the poor. NHTS-PR is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are.

Seated are (left to right) Mr. Wynandin Imawan, Deputy for Social Statistics; DSWD Undersecretary Alicia R. Bala; Assistant Secretary Florita R. Villar; Rhodora Garces, Deputy Project Manager; and Director Vincent Andrew Leyson, NHTS-PR Project Manager (standing fourth from right).

On the right photo are (left to right) Luisa Fernandez, World Bank consultant; Kathleen Abreu, NHTS-PR Area Supervisor; Ms. Ririn Purnamasari, Economist, World Bank Office-Jakarta (standing); Mylah Gatchalian, NHTS-PR Region IV-A Deputy Project Manager; and Flavia Arididon, resident of Barangay Oples, Liliw, Laguna during the conduct of ODA. ### (DSWD-Social Marketing Service) December 22, 2010