16 The right to social security of the workers in the informal economy/ sector also prioritized. These include cross-cutting strategies enabling the supportive economic environment and foundation for sustainable development. “Pagbabago” Transforming Towards Equity and Resiliency: The PDP’s strategies for workers in the informal sector are mainly lodged under the ‘pagbabago pillar’. In this pillar, economic and social opportunities will be ensured for all in order to transform society and achieve equity and resiliency in particular towards the digital economy. Hence, this will include the digital transformation of the agriculture industry, and services sectors, as well as increase the provision of training on digital skills for the workforce. Relevant outcome goals for workers in the informal economy, one expanding economic opportunities transforming human capital towards greater agility, ensuring food resiliency, and reducing vulnerabilities of the Philippines. Expanding Economic Opportunities: PDP Chapter 9C [provides] Expanding access on Economic Opportunities particularly for investments, start-ups, MSEs, and the cooperatives to promote business inclusions among groups that are left behind. Strategic directions for the informal sector workers in the remaining planning period include the support and transition of micro and small enterprises to the formal economy and facilitating access to finance start-ups, MSMEs, and cooperatives. Specific initiatives are: first, streamlining LGUs processes and requirements for registration in securing business permits of barangay, micro business enterprises targeting informal sector operators. This will facilitate a transition to the formal economy and will broaden their access to tap formal financing channels. Another one is adjustment measures to start-ups, MS&Es, and cooperatives severely affected by calamities and national emergencies, these are done through ongoing relief programs. Human Capital Development: Chapter 10 on transforming Human Capital Development towards greater agility ensures that individuals and peoples’ groups will have more options to develop their full potentials, ensuring [the] employability of displaced workers, job seekers, and especially those in the vulnerable sector posed for swift and coordinated society approach to policy actions. This will be accomplished through the following strategies: • • Improving employability- skills development and retooling will be further advanced through continuing education, training, and digital learning. Skills retooling program through flexible and blended training arrangements, to expand to build skills critical to current and emerging industry demands. Targeted training modules are being developed to cater [to] the needs of the displaced workers, repatriated OFWs, new entrance to the labor force, vulnerable sector, including workers in the informal sector, workers in hard-hit industries, casuals, and gig workers