ICSC steered the critical junctures in PSF board meetings, which resulted to the operationalization of six approved proposals from LGUs amounting to more than Php300 million, as well as the deferment of other proposals that need to be improved. The organization also sent several online updates and hosted two webinars on operationalizing PSF, which was widely attended by civil society members.
You will find in this page reports, documents, notes and other materials related to People’s Survival Fund Board discussions, including the appointment papers of the CSO representative to the PSF Board, and some archival material showing the different legislative versions of what is today called the PSF Act, dating back to the original House and Senate bills that were eventually passed as RA 9729 or the Climate Change Act of 2009, which was eventually amended into what is today RA 10174 or the PSF Law.
This page intends to sustain the transparency and accountability agenda not only of the PSF Board but of ICSC itself as an organization that works on fair climate policy and sustainable energy solutions.
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ICSC: PSF selection should be transparent, fair, and equitable
QUEZON CITY, November 22, 2023 – The Board of the People’s Survival Fund (PSF), chaired by the Department of Finance (DOF), approved five climate change adaptation projects endorsed by the Climate Change Commission (CCC) last October 23, amounting to a total of PHP 540.3 million. In the 20th meeting of the PSF Board, the Development Bank of the Philippines [...]
PH can mobilize climate finance amid COVID – experts
QUEZON CITY, 29 March 2021 - Access and accountability in climate finance should go hand in hand to address existing and emerging impacts brought by climate change and COVID-19, experts from the United Nations, Philippine government, civil society, and the private sector said in a recent webinar. “We have to consider this pandemic as an opportunity where we can [...]
DOF pushes for mainstreaming sustainable finance in the Philippines
10 FEBRUARY 2021, Quezon City -- Department of Finance (DOF) Assistant Secretary Paola Alvarez today pushed for the mainstreaming of sustainable finance in the Philippines, involving a whole of government approach and internationally harmonized finance initiatives. “Even if we are doing so much in terms of policy to harness climate finance and to mitigate our disaster risk, we need to [...]
Gov’t, finance sector unite for more accessible climate finance for LGUs
PASAY CITY, 19 November 2019 -- Representatives from the Climate Change Commission (CCC), the finance sector, civil society, and local government units discussed here today how to make climate finance more accessible in the country as part of the week-long celebration of National Climate Change Consciousness Week.“Now more than ever, we need to ensure the mobilization of finance flows towards [...]
PSF Resources
Narrative Report: 20th PSF Board Meeting
The People’s Survival Fund (PSF) Board held its 20th meeting to discuss various matters related to the management of the People’s Survival Fund. The meeting was attended by the board members and the PSF Board Secretariat. This document is a summary of the discussions and decisions made during the meeting.
Narrative Report: 19th PSF Board Meeting
The People’s Survival Fund (PSF) Board held its meeting to discuss various matters related to the management of the People's Survival Fund. The meeting was attended by the board members and the PSF Board Secretariat. This document is a summary of the discussions and decisions made during the meeting.
Updates from the 9th and 10th PSF Board Meetings
The People’s Survival Fund (PSF) Board held its 9th and 10th meetings last July 5 and 20, 2017, respectively, at the Department of Finance in Roxas Boulevard, Manila. Highlights of said meetings, including key interventions from the NGO representative to the PSF Board as well as annexes, are included in our updates (downloadable PDF format).
PSF Handbook
DOWNLOAD PDF This handbook gives a good comprehensive briefing on the R.A. 10174 or the People’s Survival Fund. The handbook’s annexes also provide the necessary templates in accessing the fund.