UNCT WORKING GROUP ON ECONOMIC SECURITY

The Economic Security Working Group is looking to enhance the capacity an d commitment to plan and deliver development assistance for vulnerable and marginalised groups, including Indigenous Peoples (IPs); marginalised farmers and fishermen; the informal sector; and the government’s capability to implement the World Food Summit Plan of Action.

Collaboration in Eradicating Poverty and Hunger

The Task Force on the Informal Sector (ILO– led with UNDP, UNAIDS, FAO) set up a Project Advisory Committee (PAC) to develop a policy and programme for the promotion and protection of the informal sector. Government, employers, trade unions, informal sector associations and UN agencies sit on the committee. The PAC was created through the ILO/UNDP programme, but serves as the UNDAF Working Group for the Informal Sector.

The Task Force on Sustainable Livelihood and Food Security (FAO-led with ILO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO, WB) undertook the following:

• Prepared a report on the progress of implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action;
  
• Initiated, with the National Nutrition Council, the preparation and operationalisation of Food Insecurities Vulnerability Indicators Mapping System;
  
• Coordinated with the Department of Agriculture in preparing a proposal to implement the Special Programme for Food Security in the country;
  
• Coordinated the preparation/completion of the Study on Sustained Growth, Poverty and Household Insecurity in the Philippines, to help government craft responsive policies.

The Task Force on Indigenous Peoples (ILO-led with UNFPA, FAO, UNDP, UNESCO) was responsible for the following initiatives:

• Conduct of policy-oriented development forums to promote closer cooperation and enhance information flow among the UNCT and Bretton Woods institutions;
  
• Adoption of a “National Capacity-Building Program for the Empowerment of Indigenous People for the Sustainable Management of Ancestral Domain” by government;
  
• Conduct of a study on the coping mechanisms of selected IP groups in Mindanao;
  
• Conduct of ongoing research on the use of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practice in six IP communities

Membership:

Former Task Force: Indigenous People