Orientation for Partnerships and Linkages Coordinators

1. Department of Education
Orientation for Partnerships and
Linkages Coordinators

2. New DepEd Vision
We dream of Filipinos
who passionately love their country
and whose competencies and values
enable them to realize their full potential
and contribute meaningfully to building the nation
As a learner-centered public institution,
the Department of Education
continuously improves itself
to better serve its stakeholders.
Department of Education

3. New DepEd Mission
To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality,
equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education where:
•Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and
motivating environment
•Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture every
learner
•Administrators and staff, as stewards of the institution, ensure
an enabling and supportive environment for effective learning to
happen
•Family, community, and other stakeholders are actively
engaged in developing life-long learners,
Department of Education

4. Comments/Insights on the New
DepEd Vision and Mission
Department of Education

5. Office of the Undersecretary for
Partnerships and External
Linkages

6. Office of the
Undersecretary for
Partnerships and External
Linkages (OUPEL)
Partnerships with the
Private Sector
Partnerships with
National Government
Agencies
Multi-sectoral support
for basic education
Partnerships with Local
Government Units
International
Partnerships
Citizen Participation
and Support for Public
Schools
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical and
Administrative
Staff

7. Office of the
Undersecretary for
Partnerships and External
Linkages (OUPEL)
Partnerships with the
Private Sector
Partnerships with
National Government
Agencies
Multi-sectoral support
for basic education
Partnerships with Local
Government Units
International
Partnerships
Citizen Participation
and Support for Public
Schools
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES
International
Cooperation
Office
Technical and
Administrative
Staff

8. Office of the
Undersecretary for
Partnerships and External
Linkages (OUPEL)
Partnerships with the
Private Sector
Partnerships with
National Government
Agencies
Multi-sectoral support
for basic education
Partnerships with Local
Government Units
International
Partnerships
Citizen Participation
and Support for Public
Schools
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Adopt-a-
School
Program
Secretariat
International
Cooperation
Office
Technical and
Administrative
Staff

9. Partnerships with
the Private Sector
Partnerships with
Local Government
Units
International
Partnerships
Partnerships with
National
Government
Agencies
Multi-sectoral
Support for Basic
Education
Citizen
Participation and
Support for Public
Schiools
GROWTH
Monetary Value
Numbers
Areas being
supported
ALIGNMENT
DepED priorities
K to 12
preparation/
transition
Marketing and Communications
Policies and Guidelines
Modules and Manuals
Database
KEY RESULT AREAS
AREASOF
RESPONSIBILITY
STRATEGIES

10. OUPEL’s Main Functions and
Responsibilities
• Cultivate and coordinate partnerships with the private
sector, international agencies, national government
agencies, LGUs, CSOs, and other community-based
groups involved in mobilizing donations, cooperative
agreements, volunteer work, and other similar
undertakings, and ensure that these are consistent and
aligned with the goals of DepED.
• Provide policy directions and inputs in promoting and
managing engagement with partners and define
parameters and guidelines in handling such partnerships
Department of Education

11. OUPEL’s Main Functions and
Responsibilities
• Establish and maintain a database of all existing partnerships
of DepED and cause the submission of all relevant
agreements and documents by all responsibile officials in the
central, regional, and division offices
• Formulate programs aimed at strengthening the capabilities
of DepED units in the field of partnership-building
• Organize and provide leadership to multi-stakeholder
alliances, consortia, committees, task forces, or technical
working groups involved in school feeding, water and
sanitation, out-of-school youth (OSY) programs, and other
areas to be determined by the Secretary
Department of Education

12. OUPEL’s Main Functions and
Responsibilities
• Assist and support the Office of the Undersecretary for
Regional Operations in cultivating community support for
basic education by designing and conducting local education
summits, working with the local school boards (LSBs) and
other relevant stakeholders to define local education issues
and concerns to formulate plans and to implement them
through a multi-stakeholder effort
• Participate in the preparation and implementation of the K
to 12 Program and its transitional requirements by
establishing and nourishing partnerships with various
stakeholders such as private schools, industries, national
government agencies, LGUs, CSOs, among others
Department of Education

13. OUPEL’s Main Functions and
Responsibilities
• Monitor the progress of different DepED
partnerships and establish mechanisms to keep track
of how such partnerships are carried out
• Serve as the clearing house of all local, national, and
international transactions on partnerships and
external linkages, including bilateral and multilateral
cooperation.
Department of Education

14. Partnerships with
the Private Sector
Partnerships with
Local Government
Units
International
Partnerships
Partnerships with
National
Government
Agencies
Multi-sectoral
Support for Basic
Education
Citizen
Participation and
Support for Public
Schiools
GROWTH
Monetary Value
Numbers
Areas being
supported
ALIGNMENT
DepED priorities
K to 12
preparation/
transition
Marketing and Communications
Policies and Guidelines
Modules and Manuals
Database
KEY RESULT AREAS
AREASOF
RESPONSIBILITY
STRATEGIES

15. Q & A on the OUPEL
Department of Education

16. Office of the
Undersecretary for
Partnerships and External
Linkages (OUPEL)
Partnerships with the
Private Sector
Partnerships with
National Government
Agencies
Multi-sectoral support
for basic education
Partnerships with Local
Government Units
International
Partnerships
Citizen Participation
and Support for Public
Schools
Adopt-a-
School
Program
Secretariat
International
Cooperation
Office
Technical and
Administrative
Staff
Regional and Division Partnerships
and Linkages Coordinators

17. Functions of Regional and Division
Partnerships and Linkages Coordinators
1. In your view, what should be the functions of
the regional/division partnerships and
linkages coordinators?
2. What do you need from the head office to
help you in performing these functions?
Department of Education

18. Department of Education
Reporting

19. What we expect of regional/division
OUPEL coordinators
• Building of local partnerships
– Find potential partners
– Assist the RD or SDS in sealing the partnerships
• Coordination of OUPEL activities on the regional/
division level
– Brigada Eskwela
– Training for local DepEd officials on partnership-building
– Others
• Database of partners
• Regular and special reports
Department of Education

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