Welcome to POVCON 2021!

Reinventing Resilience,
Empowering Citizenry

This year is the fifth national conference on poverty alleviation and sustainable development spearheaded by Samar State University (SSU).

Welcome to POVCON 2021!

Reinventing Resilience,
Empowering Citizenry

This year is the fifth national conference on poverty alleviation and sustainable development spearheaded by Samar State University (SSU).

ABOUT POVCON 2021

Reinventing Resilience, Empowering Citizenry

Twenty twenty one (2021) marks the Fifth (5th) National Conference on Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development spearheaded by Samar State University (SSU). This year, SSU continues to work together with its strong SUC and HEI collaborators in the Eastern Visayas, Philippines namely: Leyte Normal University (LNU), Biliran Province State University (BiPSU), Eastern Samar State University (ESSU), Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU), Northwest Samar State University (NwSSU), Palompon Institute of Technology (PIT), Saint Paul School of Professional Studies (SPSPS), Southern Leyte State University (SLSU), University of Eastern Philippines (UEP), and Visayas State University (VSU).

This year’s theme is worded as, “Reinventing Resilience, Empowering Citizenry.” Adapting to the new and better normal, the confab will be conducted online via Zoom Web Conferencing, Facebook Live, and Youtube Live.  

Aside from serving as a platform for showcasing relevant scientific studies, the confab will also highlight the discourses along poverty alleviation initiatives and tackle the subject of poverty in the context of the new normal.

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Competing Videos (Short Films)

 Leyte Normal University Kapobrehan ha Plato han mga Waray (Poverty on the Plates of the Weary)

Eastern Visayas State University
“The Resilience of the Cogon Small Farmers Association”

Samar State University
Lanod”

Leyte Normal University
Pag-pundir han Eroy (A Mother’s Waning Light)

 

Samar State University
Anagasi: The Place Close to Heaven

 Leyte Normal University
Lab-as

Leyte Normal University
Understanding Stories Behind Drop-out Students in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic

Leyte Normal University
Uhaw

Samar State University
Kapas

Leyte Normal University
Lastikman

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

PLENARY SPEAKERS

OUR GOALS

Showcase research studies along poverty
alleviation and sustainable development.

Create linkages and strengthen collaboration among Academic Institutions, National Line Agencies, Local Government Units, and Peoples Organizations.

Establish research and extension
collaborations/engagements.