26 The right to social security of the workers in the informal economy/ sector workers under the said program is PhP 10,135,523,1456. Social Security System (SSS) Under the program of the SSS, Mr. Carlo Villacorta, Acting Head, Professional Sector Department and Concurrent Acting Head, Cooperatives and Informal Sector Department reported that there are 8.3 million WIES covered by SSS, and eligible to at least one (1) benefit without financial claim yet and have not yet filed for a final claim with SSS. He asserted that “many informal sector workers are continuing payment of their SSS contributions as voluntary members.”55 The programs of SSS for the Informal Economy/Sector (WIES) include the KaltaSSS Collect Program, Accreditation Program for Cooperatives, AlkanSSSya for Informal Sector Groups, and Contribution Subsidy Provider Program. The KaltaSSS Collect Program is a “tie-up with either government entity or a private entity that engages self-employed workers to collect SSS contributions from such workers through a salary deduction scheme.”56 As of the end of 2020, SSS has 81 cooperatives partners, enabling us to register 466,023 members.57 As of the end of 2020, SSS has 1,922 partners in such programs enabling us to registered 294,702 members. The Accreditation Program for Cooperatives, on the other hand, is a “tie-up program with cooperatives for SSS coverage of their members.”58 Mr. Villacorta explained that “accrediting such cooperatives as partner agent of SSS [enables] them to provide a certain set of SSS transactions to their members it could be as regards registration, contributions, benefits or loans.”59 As of the end of 2020, SSS has 81 cooperatives partners, enabling us to register 466,023 members. The AlkanSSSya for Informal Sector Groups is “characterized by the installation of an actual thiftbox or alkansya.” This program was designed to fit the informal sector workers’ way of life and to make saving for monthly SSS premiums affordable.60 The AlkanSSSya is Consultation with the representatives of the national government agencies, supra note 40. Id. 57 Id. 58 Id. 59 Id. 60 Development Academy of the Philipines, AlkanSSSya Program: Moving Towards Inclusive Growth, available at https://coe-psp.dap.edu.ph/compendium-innovation/alkansssya-program-moving-towardsinclusive-growth-2/ (last accessed August 24, 2021). 55 56