hon. melecio j. yap, jr. mayor city of escalante, negros occidental cbms the escalante experience

HON. MELECIO J. YAP, JR.HON. MELECIO J. YAP, JR.Mayor

City of Escalante, Negros Occidental

CBMSCBMSThe Escalante Experience

OutlineOutline

Brief LGU ProfileBrief LGU Profile Results and DiscussionResults and Discussion

a)a) Facilitating local planning and Facilitating local planning and budgeting using CBMS databudgeting using CBMS data

b)b) Key CBMS ResultsKey CBMS Results

Conclusions and Ways Conclusions and Ways ForwardForward

Escalante City, one of the 13 Cities of Negros Occidental, is located at the Northeastern tip of the Province, some 95 kms. away from Bacolod City, the provincial capital.

Sugar Cane Farming (39.0%)

It is small, very rural city, created 7 yrs. ago. It has a population of 86,580 (18,935 HHs) whose income sources are

derived mainly from sugar sugar cane farming, wholesale cane farming, wholesale and retail tradingand retail trading and

fishingfishing.

Fishing (9.0%)

Source: CBMS 2006

Trade & Commerce

(20.0%)

Nationally and even internationally known in the 1980s because of the so –

called “ESCALANTE “ESCALANTE MASSACRE”MASSACRE” .

Local Local FinanceFinance

2006 % 2007 %

IRA 197,416,115.31 85.54 211,380,868.00

88.23

Local Income 33,361,443.70 14.46 28,203,755.17

11.77

Total 230,777,559.01 100.00 239,584,623.17

100.00

City Treasurer’s Office 2007

Escalante is a 5Escalante is a 5thth income class city, income class city, 88.23% of its total income of PhP239.70 Million 88.23% of its total income of PhP239.70 Million for 2007 comes from the National Government for 2007 comes from the National Government as its Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share.as its Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share.

TIMELINE

November 28, 1856: Creation of Escalante as a Town.

July 1, 1948: Division of Escalante into two: - Escalante and Toboso.

May 30, 1958: Transfer of Municipal Government from Old Poblacion to its present site, Brgy. Balintawak (7 kms. away).

March 31, 2001: Conversion into the 10th component City of Negros Occidental.

PARTNERSHIP WITH:

CBMS Network Team

DAWN Foundation

Dr. Aniceto Orbeta of PIDS

Our partnership with the CBMS Network Our partnership with the CBMS Network Team, DAWN Foundation, and Dr. with Orbeta Team, DAWN Foundation, and Dr. with Orbeta started in the 1started in the 1stst quarter of 2006. quarter of 2006.

Why CBMS?

Need for updated, relevant, reliable and disaggregated data down to the barangay level.

CBMS-GRB ImplementationCBMS-GRB Implementation

Coverage: City-wideBudget: Cost-sharing

(PhP 38.00/HH – city counterpart)Data Gathering Instrument: QuestionnaireData Enumerators: City / Brgy. Health WorkersEncoding and Map Digitizing: Brgy. Computer OperatorsData Validation: Brgy. / City Consultations

Trainings and seminars on:

Data Gathering

Encoding

Map Digitizing

Planning and Budgeting


Capacity-building Capacity-building interventionsinterventions

Challenges:

1. People’s attitude towards data gatherers – indifference, contempt, bias

2. Language barrier – English Questionnaire

3. Low Educational level of data gatherers

4. Misdeclaration of income


1990 % 1995 % 2000 % 2006 %

City of Escalante 72,681 79,928 79,098 86,580

Male 36,593 50.35 40,284 50.40 39,770 50.28 44,352 51.23

Female 36,088 49.65 39,644 49.60 39,328 49.72 42,220 48.76

% Growth 1.99 -0.21 1.58

NSO 1990, 1995, 2000CBMS 2006

Key CBMS Key CBMS ResultsResults

High Poverty Incidence

Escalante Average 74.43 (CBMS 2006)

National Average 24.4*


* National Statistics Office 2003 Family Income and Expenditure Survey

Basic Needs

Indicators Number

Proportion

Health

Proportion of child deaths aged 0-5 years old

60 0.52

Proportion of women deaths due to pregnancy-related causes

6 0.44

Nutrition

Proportion of malnourished children aged 0-5 years old

692 6.07


Basic Needs

IndicatorsNumber Proportion

Total M F Total M F

Basic Education

Proportion of children aged 6-12 years old not attending elementary school

3,680 2,049 1,631 24.40 26.30 22.30

Proportion of children aged 13-16 years old not attending high school

4,885 2,927 1,958 52.90 61.00 44.00

Proportion of children aged 06-16 years old not attending school

4,865 2,945 1,920 20.00 23.40 16.30


Average educational attainment - Grade Four

Literacy by age group and sex, City of Escalante

Age group

NSO 2000 – 89% CBMS 2006 – 93%

Total % Male %Femal

e %

Literate

Total 62,003 93.3 31,506 93.1 30,497 93.6

10-14 10,586 93.6 5,378 91.8 5,208 95.5

15-64 47,778 94.7 24,433 94.4 23,345 95.1

65 & above 3,639 77.6 1,695 80.4 1,944 75.3

Illiterate

Total 4,174 6.3 2,214 6.5 1,960 6.0

10-14 704 6.2 469 8.0 235 4.3

15-64 2,442 4.8 1,340 5.2 1,102 4.5

65 & above 1,028 21.9 405 19.2 623 24.1


Limited Access to Safe WaterEscalante Average* 49.59 (CBMS

2006)

National Average 19.8**National Statistics Office 2004 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey

Escalante Average 59.42 (CBMS 2006)

National Average 13.8**


High Proportion of Households Without Access to Sanitary Toilets

*National Statistics Office 2004 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey

High Incidence of Poverty-Related Deaths


CITY OF ESCALANTE

Cause of death of persons who died during the reference period*

Magnitude Proportion**

Total Male Female Total Male Female

Pneumonia 49 26 23 0.06 0.06 0.05

Tuberculosis 25 11 14 0.03 0.02 0.03

Diarrhea 15 5 10 0.02 0.01 0.02

Measles 2 1 1 0 0 0

Delivery 15 6 9 0.02 0.01 0.02

Male Members 44,352

Female Members 42,220

Total Members 86,580*Cause of death of persons who died during the reference period

**Number of persons by cause of death over total number of members

Source: CBMS Survey 2006

Prevalence of Poverty-Related Diseases

MORBIDITY

2006

No. Rate Male (%) Female (%)

Upper Respiratory Tract Infection 3,108 37 1,486 1,622

Diarrheal Diseases 307 168 139

Pneumonia 375 4 226 149

Abdominal Disorders 192 2 92 100

Anemia 177 2 77 100

Parasitism 130 60 70


National Average (Informal Settlers) - 35.6%Annual Poverty Indicators Survey, NSO 2004

Rent house/room including lot

1%Own house, rent-

free lot with consent of

owner48%

Own house/rent lot9%

Own house, rent-free lot without

consent of owner

7%

Rent-free house and lot with consent of

owner7%

Rent-free house & lot w/o

consent of owner

1%

Other tenur status

0%Owner, owner-like possession of house and lot

27%

63% of HHs are Informal Settlers


Key CBMS Key CBMS ResultsResultsAgriculture-dependent labor

CITY OF ESCALANTE

Type of business/industry*



Agriculture mining and Forestry 10,922 8,210 2,712 38.71 42.94 29.82

Fishing 2,447 2,293 154 8.67 11.99 1.69

Manufacturing 904 594 310 3.2 3.11 3.41

Construction 1,212 1,147 65 4.3 6 0.71

Wholesale and Retail Trade, Vehicle Repair 3,513 1,662 1,851 12.45 8.69 20.35

Transportation, Storage & Communication 2,284 2,085 199 8.1 10.91 2.19

Private Households with Employed Persons 2,399 855 1544 8.5 4.47 16.98

Employed Members of the Labor Force 28,21328,213

Male 19,11819,118

Female 9,095

*General type of business/industry

**Number of employed by type of business/industry over total number of employed persons



Seasonality of work

CITY OF ESCALANTE

Nature of employment*



Permanent 13,241 8,715 4,526 46.9 45.6 49.76

Short-term, seasonal or casual 13,227 9,091 4,136 46.9 47.6 45.48

Worked on different jobs on day to day or week to week 1,714 1,292 422 6.08 6.76 4.64

Employed Members of the Labor Force 28,213

Male 19,118

Female 9,095*Employed members of the labor force and their nature of employment.

**Number of employed by nature of employment over number employed members


Key CBMSKey CBMS ResultsResultsUnskilled labor force

CITY OF ESCALANTE

Type of occupation*



Officials of Gov’t, Special-Interest Org’ns, Corporate Executives, Managers, Managing Proprietors and Supervisors 781 478 303 2.77 2.50 3.33

Physical, Mathematical and Eng’g Science Professionals 1,215 486 729 4.31 2.54 8.02

Technician and Associate Professionals 270 212 58 0.96 1.11 0.64

Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers 4,404 1,802 2,602 15.61 9.43 28.61

Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen 6,532 5,263 1,269 23.15 27.53 13.95

Trades and Related Workers 1,283 899 384 4.55 4.7 4.22

Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers 1,098 1,059 39 3.89 5.54 0.43

Laborers and Unskilled Workers 11,274 8,237 3,037 39.96 43.09 33.39

Special Occupations 818 456 362 2.9 2.39 3.98

Employed Members of the Labor Force 28,213

Male – 19,118 Female – 9,095

Most Migrant Workers are Employed as Menial Workers


Occupation of OFW Number of OFW %

Babysitters, Domestic Helpers, Maids 150 26.32

Seafarers 93 16.32

Factory Workers 25 4.39

Caregivers 16 2.81

Nurse 16 2.81

Welders 13 2.28

Office Professionals 5 0.88

Engineers/Architects 15 2.63

Total Number of OFWsTotal Number of OFWs 570

28 of 94 crimes (29.8%) were against women


CITY OF ESCALANTE

Type of crime*



Murder / Homicide 15 11 3 15.96 24.44 6.38

Theft 24 13 11 25.53 28.89 23.4

Rape 10 2 8 10.64 4.44 17.02

Physical Injury (not including battery) 10 5 5 10.64 11.11 10.64

Spousal / Partner abuse 22 7 15 23.4 15.56 31.91

Child abuse 9 5 3 9.57 11.11 6.38

Other crimes (specified) 4 2 2 4.26 4.44 4.26

Male Victims 45

Female Victims 47

Total Victims 94

Peace and Order

Religious72%

Others (Specified)

7%Labor5%

Youth10%

Political1%

Agricultural2%

Women's3%

Cultural0%

Low Participation of Women


• priority areas of concern

• who, where and how many are the target population

• what interventions to undertake

• how much is needed to address the problem

• benchmark on impact monitoring

CBMS RESULTS enabled the city to identify, among others:

1. Poverty Livelihood projects (at least 50% of Php 10.5

Million City assistance to barangays from Development Funds )

PhP 500,000 for cooperative development

PRIORITY AREAS OF CONCERN of the City per CBMS RESULTS:

2. Education Scholarship program

Feeding program

Establishment of barangay extension high schools

School-based agri-business projects

PRIORITY AREAS OF CONCERN of the City per CBMS RESULTS: 3. Health and Environmental Issues

PhP 40 Million loan from Land Bank for water system development

PhP 15 Million from NAPC for barangay level water system projects Assistance from UNDP Implementation of RA 9003 Access to toilets be made a criteria for barangay clean and green contest

4. Capacity Development PhP 1 Million for skills and livelihood trainings for women and out- of-school youth

PRIORITY AREAS OF CONCERN of the City per CBMS RESULTS:

5. Shelter Land banking in all barangays

Linkaging with housing agencies (government and NGOs)

Farm-Lot subdivision scheme in rural barangays

6. Women Empowerment Minding centers

Joint ownership of properties

Conclusions:

CBMS data triggered policy changes:

- in the utilization of the City’s 20% Development Funds Bigger budget allocation for :

Livelihood projects (at least 50% of Php 10.5 Million City assistance to barangays)

Water system development

Coop development

Farm – to – market roads - in the Planning and Budgeting of the 5% GAD

Budget GAD plan using CBMS data as basis for budgeting

- in the Planning and Budgeting of the Local School Board Funds

Simplification of Questionnaire

Improvement of indicators to capture realistic

data on income and employment

Periodic updating of data

Per se, it is a powerful instrument to obtain disaggregated, updated and relevant data on the socio – economic life of communities.

Some CBMS Concerns:

Special Thanks to:Special Thanks to:Dr. Celia M. ReyesDr. Celia M. Reyes

CBMS NetworkCBMS Network

Dr. Aniceto Orbeta, Jr.Dr. Aniceto Orbeta, Jr.Philippine Institute of Development StudiesPhilippine Institute of Development Studies

Councilor Celia FlorCouncilor Celia FlorDAWN FoundationDAWN Foundation

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