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Republic of the Philippines Department of Social Welfare and Development IBP Road, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City 1126 Telephone Nos. (632) 931-8101 to 07; Telefax (632) 931-8191 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.dswd.gov.ph

08 January 2016

MR. PAUL RICHARD A. PARAGUYA Sectoral Representative, Non-Government Organization Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE NGO) 69 Esteban Abada St., Loyola Heights Quezon City Dear Mr. Paraguya: Greetings! DSWD is pleased to inform you that the Draft Supplemental JR for Accreditation of Beneficiary-Civil Society Organizations which was presented and discussed in the CSO Consultation Forum held last September 2015, has been finalized and signed. Please find attached a copy of the newly-approved COA-DBM-DSWD joint Resolution No. 2015-001, "Supplemental Guidelines for Accreditation of Civil Society Organizations", focusing on CSOs as Beneficiaries. Please note that this is just an advance information since the Supplemental Guidelines is currently being published in Business World, a newspaper of general circulation. DSWD is confident that JR 2015-001, with its salient provisions relevant to beneficiary CSOs, will further strengthen our collaborative endeavors as partners in nation building/economic development. Thank you. Very truly yours,

. G11 GORIO-MEDEL ANGE Unders cretary

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