Session 2. Discussion: The MDGs Localization in the Philippines Philippines

Session 2. Discussion: The MDGs
Localization in the Philippines
National Economic and Development Authority
Philippines
23 June 2014
Sub-regional Advocacy Workshop on MDGs for South East Asia
Lao Plaza Hotel, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
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)
Figure 1. Strategic Framework for MDG Localization
Strategic Framework for MDG Localization
NATIONAL LEVEL
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Set-up enabling policy
environment
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Harmonization of
interventions of
stakeholders
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Advocacy campaigns
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Capability building
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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
LGU LEVEL
ADVOCACY
Generation and
Maintenance of
Poverty Baseline
data
Sustained
implementation of
MDG-responsive
programs, projects,
activities
Documentation of
Best Practices
Desired Outcomes
(LGU level)
MDGs mainstreamed in
local plans and budgets
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Clear MDG related
targets
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Corresponding
increase in budget
allocation
Local policies on the
adoption of the MDGs
Local MDG monitoring
system established and
functioning
Improved service delivery
through replication of
good practices
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 ChildFriendly 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
Survival
•Health
•Food & Nutrition
•H20 & Sanitation
Security
•Shelter
•Peace & Order
Enabling
•Income
•Employment
•Education
Core Indicators
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 water
5. HHs w/o access sanitary toilet
6. HHs who are squatters
7. HHs living in makeshift housing
8. HHs victimized by crimes
9. HHs w/income below poverty threshold
10. HHs w/income below food threshold
11. HHs who experienced food shortage
12. Unemployment
13. Elementary school participation
14. 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
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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
• Food poverty
• Education
 School
participation
• Infant & under-5
mortality
• Malaria mortality rate
• Access to safe water
• Access to sanitary toilet
facilities
MEDIUM
• Income poverty
• Nutrition
• Underweight children
•Education
 Cohort survival
LOW
•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
Session 2. Discussion: The MDGs
Localization in the Philippines
National Economic and Development Authority
Philippines
23 June 2014
Sub-regional Advocacy Workshop on MDGs for South East Asia
Lao Plaza Hotel, Lao People’s Democratic Republic