The Sustainable Livelihood Program, also known as SLP, is a community-based program, which provides capacity building to improve the program participants’ socio-economic status. As a component of the Convergence Strategy, the program aims to serve the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), hoping to sustain and expand beyond the five-year intervention the socio-economic benefits gained.

SLP is implemented through a two-track program. The first track, the Microenterprise Development Track, supports micro-enterprises in becoming organizationally and economically viable. The second track, the Employment Facilitation Track, assists participants to access appropriate employment opportunities.

Both tracks are executed based on the Community-Driven Enterprise Development (CDED) approach, which equips program participants to actively contribute to production and labor markets by looking at available resources and accessible markets.

The CDED approach promotes the Local Economic Development (LED) strategy and Value Chain Production of each community. The program participants undergo a broadening of their resource-base by mobilizing savings, accessing capital, engaging in microenterprise activities, participating in the value chain markets, and receiving institutional development support. Appropriate training activities are provided to the participants for them to improve their existing micro-enterprises or pursue other enterprise activities with market opportunities.

A follow through intervention is done by connecting them to non-government organizations and private sector groups that provide business development services such as: (1) product and marketing development, (2) skills enhancement and business management in preparation for market integration, and (3) diversified loan packages for further financial assistance. The Sustainable Livelihood Program recognizes the need to establish partnership with different sectors of society to better uplift the living condition of our beneficiaries and be able to cater to their needs.

Through SLP’s National Project Management Office (NPMO) and Regional Project Management Office (RPMO), the SLP has been consistent in tapping partners to expand its capacity of effective program implementation.