TAO-Pilipinas supports urban poor organizations, young professionals and builds
partnerships with non-government organizations through its four core programs:

Human Settlements and Environment

    • Providing technical support to urban poor organizations, local government units and non-government organizations in human settlements planning, development and management.
    • Facilitate sustainable urban development through encouraging community-based management processes.
    • Engage the government at the barangay level in the implementation of community-based projects (e.g. community-based solid waste management and community-based disaster risk management for sites and buildings) through the barangay development plan.

Education and Training/Young Professionals

    • Facilitating the transfer of technology, knowledge, skills, and attitudes to urban poor organizations, local government units and non-government organizations through hands-on training, workshops and capacity-building.
    • Develop competencies of urban and rural poor organizations, NGOs and
      young professionals in settlements planning, development and management
    • Develop tools for popularization of technical information and awareness building of stakeholders in the development of human settlements.

Research and Publications

    • Contribute to the body of knowledge on sustainable human settlements
      development and architectural heritage through research and documentation.
    • Increase awareness on processes related to sustainable human settlements
      development through the establishment of a resource and information center.

Organization, Networking, and Advocacy

    • Pursue organizational sustainability to ensure continuing services to the
      marginalized sectors.
    • Build networks with community-based organizations, NGOs, international
      organizations, academe, funding agencies and government to strengthen
      partnerships, share resources, and support initiatives and advocacies
      towards the development of sustainable human settlements.