Session 2. Discussion: The MDGs

Localization in the Philippines

23 June 2014Sub-regional Advocacy Workshop on MDGs for South East AsiaLao Plaza Hotel, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

National Economic and Development AuthorityPhilippines

NEDA Board Social Development Council

Resolution No.1 Series of 2003

• Tasked the Department of the Interior and Local

Government (DILG) to establish mechanisms to

monitor and provide impetus for LGUs to

contribute to the achievement of national MDG

targets through the provision of appropriate

services

NEDA – National Economic and Development Authority (Philippines highest socioeconomic planning agency)

Strategic Framework for MDG Localization

Documentation of

Best Practices

• Set-up enabling policy

environment

• Harmonization of

interventions of

stakeholders

• Advocacy campaigns

• Capability building

Development of enabling

tools and instruments for

LGUs

• Guidebook for MDG

localization/menu of

options for MDG

projects

• CBMS as instrument for

poverty baseline data

• Guide to rationalized

planning system

• Templates to document

MDG best practices

MDGs mainstreamed in

local plans and budgets

Clear MDG related

targets

Corresponding

increase in budget

allocation

Local MDG monitoring

system established and

functioning

Improved service delivery

through replication of

good practices

NATIONAL LEVEL LGU LEVELDesired Outcomes

(LGU level)

Sustained

implementation of

MDG-responsive

programs, projects,

activities

Local policies on the

adoption of the MDGs

Generation and

Maintenance of

Poverty Baseline

data

ADVOCACY

Figure 1. Strategic Framework for MDG Localization

MDG-Fund Facility

• Lead: DILG and Department of Finance’s Municipal

Development Fund Office

• Why: Limited resources of low-income class LGUs to finance

local socio-economic development sub-projects in line with the

MDGs

• How: Provides concessional loan financing opportunities to 4th

to 6th income class LGUs; PhP500 million (USD12m)

capitalization

• Progress: 35 sub-projects by 30 LGUs within the period from

FY 2009-2012; 99.5% fund utilization

MDG-Fund Facility (cont’d)

• Funded Projects: Water supply systems; heavy equipment for

solid waste management, farming and road maintenance;

Public Markets/ Trading Posts; Health infrastructure/equipment;

Ecotourism and Economic Enterprise Development project;

Ecological Solid Waste Management project; and construction

of Day Care Centers

• The high availment rate reflects LGU appreciation and

prioritization for socio-economic projects to improve basic

services

• This partnership between the DILG and the DOF was deemed

strategic: DOF provided financing and while the Department

provided technical assistance in the LGU sub-project

implementation.

Promotion of Child-Friendly Local Governance

• 6 of the 8 MDGs are directly related to children

• Partnership among DILG, local governments leagues,

Commission on the Welfare of Children and UNICEF

• Local government units prioritize bringing positive results

for children and building a “Child-Sensitive and Child-

Friendly Society through planning, budgeting, legislation

and delivery of social services; and assures that the

needs and rights of children classified as survival,

development, protection and participation are realized

Strengthening of the Local Council for the

Protection of Children (LCPC)

• The LCPC is responsible in planning and spearheading

programs for children at the local level with the end view of

making the locality child-friendly.

• MC 2002-121: Revised Guidelines on the Organization and

Strengthening of the Local Council for the Protection of

Children

• MC 2008-126: Revised Guidelines in Monitoring the

Functionality of the Local Council for the Protection of

Children, and

• MC 2012-121: Allocation of One Percent (1%) Internal

Revenue Allotment for the Strengthening and Implementation

of the Programs, Projects and Activities of LCPCs.

Community Based Monitoring

System (CBMS)

Purpose: Provides policymakers and program implementers with a regular source of necessary disaggregated data for :

Determining the nature and extent of poverty in multiple dimensions

Formulating appropriate policies and programs

Identifying eligible beneficiaries for targeted programs

Impact -monitoring

Programs

Shocks

The CBMS Methodology

CBMS is designed as an organized process of data

collection, processing, validation, and integration of data

in the local development processes

It generates a core set of indicators that are being

measured to determine the welfare status of the

population. These indicators capture the

multidimensional aspects of poverty.

It uses freeware customized for CBMS-data encoding,

processing and poverty mapping

Key Features of CBMS

Involves a census of households and not a sample survey

Rooted in local government and promotes community participation

Uses local personnel and community volunteers as monitors

Generates a core set of indicators (outcome and impact indicators) on the multidimensional nature of poverty

Establishes databanks at all geopolitical levels

Designed to be conducted regularly thus can generate panel data

CBMS Core Indicators of Poverty CBMS Indicators Dimensions of Poverty Core Indicators

Survival

Security

Enabling

•Health

•Food & Nutrition

•H20 & Sanitation

•Shelter

•Peace & Order

•Income

•Employment

•Education

1. Child deaths (0-5 yrs. old)2. Women deaths due to pregnancy-related causes

3. Malnourished children (0-5 yrs. old)4. HHs w/o access to safe water5. HHs w/o access sanitary toilet

6. HHs who are squatters7. HHs living in makeshift housing8. HHs victimized by crimes

9. HHs w/income below poverty threshold10. HHs w/income below food threshold11. HHs who experienced food shortage12. Unemployment13. Elementary school participation14. High school participation

Grassroots Participatory Budgeting

Process (GPB)

• Lead: Department of Budget and Management, Department

of Social Welfare and Development, DILG, National

Economic and Development Authority

• Purpose: Ensure the implementation of priority poverty

reduction projects as identified at the city/municipal level

through a participatory planning and budgeting process

• What : An approach to preparing the budget proposal of

agencies, taking into consideration the development needs

of cities/municipalities as identified in their respective local

poverty reduction action plans that shall be formulated with

strong participation of basic sector organizations and other

civil society organizations.

12 GPB Participating Agencies

• Department of Agriculture

• Department of Agrarian Reform

• Department of Education

• Department of Energy

• Department of Environment and Natural Resources

• Department of Health

• Department of the Interior and Local Government

• Department of Labor and Employment

• Department of Social Welfare and Development

• Department of Trade and Industry

• Department of Tourism

• Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

• National Electrification Administration

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino

Program• A human development program of the national

government that invests in the health and education of

poor households, particularly of children aged 0-18 years

old.

• Provides cash grants to beneficiaries provided that they

comply with the set of conditions required by the

program.

• Dual objectives:

– Social Assistance - to provide cash assistance to the poor to

alleviate their immediate need (short term poverty alleviation);

and

– Social Development - to break the intergenerational poverty

cycle through investments in human capital.

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino

Program• Helps fulfill the country’s commitment to meet the

Millennium Development Goals, namely:

– Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

– Achieve Universal Primary Education

– Promote Gender Equality

– Reduce Child Mortality

– Improve Maternal Health

• Convergent Agencies: Department of Social Welfare and

Development, Department of Education, Department of

Heath

Probability in Achieving the MDGs

HIGH MEDIUM LOW

• Food poverty• Education

School participation

• Infant & under-5 mortality• Malaria mortality rate• Access to safe water• Access to sanitary toilet facilities

• Income poverty• Nutrition• Underweight children•Education Cohort survival

•Education Completion

•Gender disparity Education Political participation

• Maternal mortality• Access to reproductive health• HIV/AIDS

Localization Lessons for the Post-2015

Development Agenda • Continuing capability building for identifying programs and

projects

• Install a national tracking and monitoring system for attaining the

development agenda

• Explore financing options to fund development programs and

projects in a decentralized setting: internal revenue allotment,

national budget, municipal loans

• Prepare local action plans

• Engage community participation in planning, budgeting and

implementation

• Encourage community-based monitoring system/database:

identify a core set of indicators; expandable to include binding

development constraint (e.g natural disasters) and emerging

concerns (e.g. urbanization)

Session 2. Discussion: The MDGs

Localization in the Philippines

23 June 2014Sub-regional Advocacy Workshop on MDGs for South East AsiaLao Plaza Hotel, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

National Economic and Development AuthorityPhilippines