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1. RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND
METHODOLOGY
Situation Analysis

2. Introduction
◦ Children are the most important resources for the future and we must build a sustainable
environment that will nurture their full development. This is the central theme of Megatrends for
the Filipino child which Identifies current and emerging social, economic and political forces and
institutions and their impact on children.
◦ The survival of the Filipino child in the year 2020 would depend on the appropriate policy and
programmed alternatives that support positive trends and the introduction of intervention to
forestall negative ones.
◦ Rapid changes in the environment require planning to identify opportunities ,threats, and
needed action that support the desired vision for our children. As the UNDP Human
Development report states, attending to the future draws immediate attention to the present”.
UNDP 1994

3. Research Framework and Methodology
◦ The research framework begins with a vision of what the Filipino child today
would be the year 2020. it supports the vision of the Filipino child by the year
2000. a projection of multi-sectoral body which drafted the Philippine plan of
action for children(PPAC in 1990.
◦ The vision of the Filipino Adult in the year 2020. it supports the vision of the
was developed during a visioning workshop. The vision consists of desired
values and attitudes, such as following: imbued with spirituality and moral
uprightness: thinking, and creative in community life and nation-building:
global outlook among others.

4. Developmental Framework
◦ The vision of the Filipino in the year 2020 is examined in the light of the
recent international for and documents.
Table 1
A vision for the Filipino adult in the year
2020
Qualities of Institution in 2020 that
would support the vision
• at home with one’s cultural identity a blending
of East and West.
• Imbued with Spiritual and moral uprightness.
• Enterprising, creative and articulate
• Responsible and aware of rights and obligations.
• Caring, sharing and nurturing
• Has a global outlook
• Independent / autonomous in thinking and
outlook
• Economically self-sufficient
• Active in community life and nation building
• Well balance individual
• Self reliant
• Institution for equitable economic growth and
moral Integrity.
• The family as a core institution. Other key
institutions government, mass media, and
church.
• Education catalyst for humanistic and
sustainable development.
• Institutions that would faster cooperation and
dialogue between government, business and
citizenry.
• Alternative grassroots institution for economic
social and political mediation.
• Democratic institution that promote pluralism,
justice, equity and social responsibility.

5. Coverage of the study
◦ The stud focuses on eight (8) areas which can be considered as having immediate and far
impact on children future. They more revolutionary changes now happening in our society have
been observed in these areas;
◦ GENDER ISSUES AND FAMILY RELATIONS
◦ Democratic and fertility trends
◦ Education and literacy
◦ Communication Technology
◦ Health care
◦ Social welfare and Development
◦ Biotechnologies
◦ Politico- cultural
◦ Politico-Economic
◦ Energy and Environment

6. Prospective Research Methodology
◦ as a study, the focus was collective choices, option and other analysis. A prospective study
has four characteristic; It is long term; it is global; it is qualitative; and lastly, It is based on
voluntary actions as the voluntary act of studying future changes. The prospective analysis with
the frame of 24 years focused on Megatrends that will have impact during the coming two
decades. The approach was supported qualitative analysis and scenario building.
◦ The Integrated report was prepared by a core research staff of Asian Institute of Journalism
and Communication(AIJC). The task included identifying complementary issues, trends and
policy and programmed option; convening and process workshop proceeding; and integrating
research staff’s report with the experts papers.

7. Situation Analysis
◦ THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
Child right and welfare are now on the priority agenda of the global community. With the end of the
cold war and emergence of global economy.
More resources are being re-channeled to social development. Still there are development that threaten the
survival of children ethnic conflict natural and man made disaster such as unabated degradation of natural
resources and increasing global terrorism.
United Nation agencies are now redefining their vision and mission statements as well as program
to be able to effectively address the complexity of today’s developmental challenges. A review of these
emerging thrusts shows their complementarities with child survival protection and development goals. As the
lead UN agency for the children’s interests,. UNICEF is formulating a new mission statement that will guide’s its
work for the next century. Initial discussions point to the direction of giving priority attention to the girl child
as a concern the promotion gender quality and adult women as directed object of UNICEF program support
not simply as mothers and care-givers UNICEF agency will also link with the culture of Peace.

8. ◦ During the convening of the World Summit for children in 1990. UN Secretary General Boustros-
Gail summed up the six most impressive achievements for the past six years, namely
1. The world has dramatically expanded immunization services.
2. It nearly eradicate poliomyelitis and dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease)
3. It provide 1.5 billion more people with iodized salt to prevent such iodine deficiency disorders
as mental retardation and goiter.
4. It made several thousand hospitals” baby-friendly by requiring them to encourage and
facilitate breastfeeding.
5. it stayed on schedule in efforts to provide universal access to safe drinking water by decade’s
end.
6. It saved a million children’s lives each year by improving families to threat diarrheal
dehydration salt.

9. The Philippine Environment
◦ If the picture of happy, healthy and active children is an indicator of a country’s development,
then the country still has to exert greater effort it’s vision of Philippines 2000 everyday, almost
300 infant die not of starvation or natural disaster but easily preventable disease, such as
pneumonia, diarrhea and measle. Lack of vitamin A.
◦ Causes irreversible blindness in 17 children everyday, some 12 million children are
undernourished and 57 infants out of every 1000 live birth in 1990 died. Some 16 million
Filipino have no access to safe water facilities and many as 19 million have no sanitary toilet.
Some 1.25 million school age children were out of school in 1994.
◦ The situation indicate the urgency of addressing the needs of the most vulnerable sector of
society-our children (0-17years old) who comprise 46 percent (30 Million) of our total
population of 64.9 million(as of 1992)
◦ The Social Reform Agenda SRA has adopted the Minimum Basic Need(MBN) Approach as
monitoring instruments in the fight against poverty. It entails a set of 33 indicators categorized
into basic needs which directly relate with child survival, protection and development.
◦ The improvement in our country economy is expected to be translated into concrete measure
which will improve the quality of life, especially of the 4.6 million families which still live below
the poverty threshold. Deprived of basic necessities of life.

10. ◦ According to National Statistic Coordinating Board (NSCB) the poverty threshold increased by
51 percent between 1988 and 1991 Economic inequity also worsened during the same period.
The national income share of the poorest 40 percent of the population dropped from 17.5
percent to 13 percent. On the other hand, the richest 2 percent increased their share from 47
percent to 55 percent.