Laguna Youth Development Affairs

13/07/2016

07/07/2016

CHANGE HAS COME FOR THE FILIPINO YOUTH: SK REFORM ACT IRR APPROVED

The National Youth Commission hails the approval of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for the Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act of 2015 (RA 10742). “With the signing of the SK Reform Act IRR, we have gained more confidence in pushing our plans and strategic partnerships in encouraging the youth to get involved in the new and reformed Sangguniang Kabataan,” according to Asec. Earl Saavedra, concurrent NYC OIC Chairperson.

The Commission has relentlessly pursued preparatory activities to conform to the provisions of the new SK law that includes the formulation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). Section 34 of the law mandated seven government agencies to formulate the SK IRR. These agencies are the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Commission on Audit (COA), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the National Youth Commission (NYC).

“We strongly believe that the approval of the SK Reform Act IRR is a manifestation of the recognition of the important role of the youth in participatory local governance and it was very timely because we are preparing for the SK registration and the elections,” said Commissioner-At-Large Jose Rafael Cruz head of the NYC SK IRR Technical Working Group.

The NYC initiated the formulation of the IRR through a series of consultations with various youth sectors and youth organizations in Quezon City, Iloilo, Davao and Baguio City from December last year to March of 2016. The NYC also spearheaded a series of Interagency Writeshops with the seven mandated agencies of the SK Reform. They provided significant inputs on the IRR formulation. Also present during the writeshops were representatives from the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Commissioner Cruz added, “We hope that with the eventual publication of the IRR, we will be able to entice a new breed of SK leaders who will take the cudgels for a more responsive SK leadership.”

The public is reminded to direct queries and clarifications in regard to the SK IRR to the Office of the Commissioner-at-Large Cruz of the NYC through [email protected].

18/02/2016

03/02/2016

Sabay-sabay po nating pag-usapan ngayon ang Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act of 2015 sa DCG FM 107.1, Serbisyong Tama Radyo Youth Central kasama sina Kuya Cyril, Kuya Jay at Ate Berlee!

12/01/2016

Leadership and Team Building Seminar of STI JBM last January 9, 2016

05/01/2016

Wemboree: CHANGING THE MINDSET FROM ME TO WE

YDTF San Pedro
December 16, 2015 at Monte Vista, Pansol, Calamba Laguna.

26/11/2015

Bitin man ang ating naging usapan, makinig muli sa susunod na linggo sa nag-iisang DCG FM 107.1, Serbisyong Tama Radyo Youth Central! :)

23/10/2015

Youth Central Radio Program
DCG 107.1fm
Module 24, Topic Discussion: INFLUENCE OF MUSIC ON YOUTH

23/10/2015

Leadership Training and Team Building Seminar: Angkan ni Ana Kalang (ANAK)
Oct. 11,2015
Brgy. Banago, Nagcarlan,Laguna

01/10/2015

Happy 1st year Anniversary, 107.1 DCG FM San Pablo City! :)

29/09/2015

"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God no matter what the conflict." Sept. 23, 2015
Discussion about the International Day of Peace

17/09/2015

Module 19: Life Before and After the Digital Age