QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT

OCTOBER 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2017

STRENGTHENING URBAN RESILIENCE FOR GROWTH WITH EQUITY (SURGE) PROJECT

CONTRACT NO. AID-492-H-15-00001

JANUARY 31, 2018

This report is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of the International City/County Management Association and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

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QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT OCTOBER 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2017

STRENGTHENING URBAN RESILIENCE FOR GROWTH WITH EQUITY (SURGE) PROJECT

CONTRACT NO. AID-492-H-15-00001

Program Title: USAID/SURGE Sponsoring USAID Office: USAID/ Contract Number: AID-492-H-15-00001 Contractor: International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Date of Publication: January 31, 2018

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Contents

Executive Summary 6

I. Introduction 9

II. Correlation to the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan 10

III. Accomplishments and Results by Component 20

Component 1: Improve Local Capacity in Inclusive and Resilient Urban Development 20 Component 2: Promoting Low-Emission Local Economic Development Strategies 27 Component 3: Expand Economic Connectivity and Access between Urban and Rural Areas 35 Crosscutting Areas 43 IV. Accomplishments by City 50

1. CITY 50 2. DE ORO CITY 52 3. CITY 54 4. CITY 56 5. LEGAZPI CITY 59 6. PUERTO PRINCESA CITY 63 7. CITY 68 8. CITY 72 V. Management and Administration 74

VI. Financial Performance Report 76

Quarterly Financial Report 77 Quarterly Level of Effort Report 78 VII. Annexes 81

Annex 1. Memorandum of Understanding Between USAID and the City of General Santos 81 Annex 2. Memorandum of Understanding Between Legazpi City and the Southern Technological College Foundation Concerning the Assessment of the City Government’s New BPLS in January 2018 83 Annex 3. Status of Year 3 Work Plan Deliverables 86 Annex 4. List of Supporting Policy Documents 90

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Annex 5. List of Laws, Policies or Procedures Drafted, Proposed or Adopted to Promote Gender Equality at the Regional, National or Local Level 91 Annex 6. Monitored Media Placements, October to December 2017 93

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Tables

Table 1. Generated Contributions and Leveraged Funds, CDI Cities 7 Table 2. Report on Performance Indicators 10 Table 3. Gender Balance in SURGE Activities, by Component 46

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution of Attendees in SURGE Activities, by Sex 45

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Acronyms

BEE Business enabling environment BFAR Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources BLGD Bureau of Local Government and Development BOSS Business One-Stop Shop BPLO Business Permits and Licensing Office BPLS Business Permits and Licensing System CCA Climate Change Adaptation CDI Cities Development Initiative CDP Comprehensive Development Plan CDRRMO City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office CLUP Comprehensive Land Use Plan CPDO City Planning Development Office DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources DILG Department of the Interior and Local Government DPWH Department of Public Works and Highways DRR Disaster risk reduction DRRM Disaster risk reduction management DTI Department of Trade and Industry eBPMS Electronic Building Permit Management System ECC Environmental Compliance Certificate EO Executive order ETRACS Enhanced Tax Revenue Assessment and Collection System GAD Gender and Development GCM Global Climate Model IPC Investment promotion center IRR Implementing Rules and Regulations LEIPO Local Economic and Investment Promotion Office LCCAP Local Climate Change Action Plan LDC Local Development Council LDIP Local Development Investment Program LGI Land Governance Innovations LGU Local government unit MOU Memorandum of Understanding NAMRIA National Mapping and Resource Information Authority NCC National Competitiveness Council PAGASA Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration PITEC Panglao Island and Tagbilaran Executive Council RCC Regional Competitiveness Council RLTA Rapid land tenure assessment RWSA Rural Water and Sanitation Associations STTA Short-term technical assistance SURGE Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity TIPC Trade and Investment Promotion Center TDP Tourism Development Plan TWG Technical working group UDLC Urban Development Learning Center ULIS Unified land information system

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Executive Summary

This report summarizes the achievements, challenges and way forward for the USAID’s Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity (SURGE) Project covering the period October to December 2017.

Building upon the accomplishments of the SURGE Project in the first two years of implementation, the First Quarter of Year 3 generated positive results that bolstered the role of secondary cities as engines of inclusive, environmentally sustainable and resilient growth. These results were facilitated by stronger partnerships with the national government agencies, local institutions, the academe, civil society groups, other USAID-funded projects, and local stakeholders.

The SURGE Project supports eight CDI partner cities of Batangas, Legazpi and Puerto Princesa in Luzon, Iloilo and Tagbilaran in the , and , General Santos and Zamboanga in . Although City is not a CDI partner city, the project has also been collaborating with the city on land administration and management issues.

Achievements highlighted in this report relate to activities under the three project areas or components, support to the partner cities, along with the accomplishments on crosscutting areas (institutional mechanism, gender and communication), project management and project work correlated with the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan.

While summaries of the SURGE Project activities are provided in the main body and accompanying annexes to this report, below are some of the key project accomplishments during the quarter.

SUMMARY OF KEY SUCCESSES

Generated Contributions and Leveraged Funds from CDI cities

The SURGE Project continued to mobilize support from local stakeholders for the various activities implemented during the quarter. The contributions to activities organized by the SURGE Project were given in the form of financial resources for event venues, transportation, supplies, equipment, and manpower support while the leveraged funds were allocated by the cities to support activities provided by the project.

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Table 1. Generated Contributions and Leveraged Funds (First Quarter, Year 3), CDI Cities

Cities Contributions Leveraged Funds Total PhP US$ PhP US$ PhP US$ Batangas Cagayan de Oro General Santos Iloilo Legazpi Puerto Princesa Tagbilaran Zamboanga TOTAL

Facilitated the Forging of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between USAID and General Santos City

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II and General Santos City Mayor Ronnel Rivera signed a Memorandum of Understanding on November 27, 2017, making General Santos City the eighth and newest partner under USAID’s Cities Development Initiative (CDI). The formal partnership of USAID and General Santos City will facilitate the development and implementation of city action plans to boost economic growth, improve health and education, and strengthen environmental resilience.

Passage and Enactment of 18 Ordinances, Resolutions and Memoranda in CDI cities

The SURGE Project’s assistance to CDI cities led to the issuance of the executive orders and ordinances, particularly the Memorandum of Understanding listed below:

1. Memorandum of Understanding between USAID/Philippines Cities Development Initiative and the City Government of General Santos (Annex 1) 2. Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Legazpi and the Southern Luzon Technological College Foundation, Inc. Concerning the Assessment of the City Government’s New Business Permits and Licensing System in January 2018 (Annex 2)

The links of the city ordinances and resolutions formalized during the quarter are listed below:

Batangas • Executive Order No. 32, dated November 09, 2017, “Amending EO No. 24 s. 2016, Creating and Expanding the Composition and Functions of the City Waterworks and Sanitation Management Team and Defining its Functions”

• Executive Order No. 33, dated November 27, 2017, “An Executive Order Creating the City Geographic Information System Team Including its Composition and Functions”

General Santos • Executive Order No. 60, dated October 02, 2017, “An Executive Order Institutionalizing GAD (Gender and Development) Database and Sex-disaggregated Data in the City of General Santos”

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• Executive Order No. 64, dated October 18, 2017, “An Executive Order Creating the General Santos City TWG of the USAID-funded SURGE Project”

• MOU between USAID and the City of General Santos Concerning the Selection of General Santos City for the USAID/Philippines Cities Development Initiative, dated November 27, 2017

• Executive Order No. 75, dated December 22, 2017, “An Executive Order Implementing the Streamlined Business Permits and Licensing System in General Santos City”

Iloilo • Executive Order No. 138, dated December 04, 2017, “An Executive Order Amending E.O. No. 111, s. 2013 and E.O. No. 014, s. 2014, to Fully Enhance and Support the New Streamlined Business Permits and Licensing System of ”

Legazpi • Executive Order No. 48, dated October 26, 2017, “An Order Creating the Legazpi City Business Permits and Licensing System Oversight Committee and Technical Working Group to Strengthen the Competitiveness of the City of Legazpi”

• Executive Order No. 52, dated December 11, 2017, “An Order Strengthening the Conduct of Business Inspections in the City of Legazpi”

• Executive Order No. 53, dated December 11, 2017, “An Order Reforming the Business Permits and Licensing System to Strengthen the Competitiveness of the City of Legazpi”

• MOU between the City of Legazpi and the Southern Luzon Technological College Foundation, Inc., Concerning the Assessment of the City Government's New Business Licensing System in January 2018, dated December 14, 2017

Tagbilaran • City Resolution No. 17-174 dated October 20, 2017, “A Resolution Adopting and Approving the Local Climate Change Action Plan of Tagbilaran City, 2017-2027”

• Resolution dated November 14, 2017 “A Resolution Approving the Proposed Septage Treatment Facility of the City Government of Tagbilaran located at the City Slaughterhouse, Barangay Manga - Tiptip-Cabawan Road, Barangay Tiptip, Tagbilaran City”

• Executive Order No. 29, dated November 03, 2017, “Enjoining Local Chief Executives to Continue Maintaining and Ensuring Business-Friendly Local Government Units”

Helped Improve the Capacity of Water Service Providers and Access to Sanitation in CDI Cities

Two partnership agreements forged by the city government through Memorandum of Understanding were forged during the summit for Rural Water and Sanitation Association in November 2017. A partnership was signed between the city government and the Mindanao State University (MSU) which involves the conduct of a research on potable water demand, services, stakeholder participation and policy improvements. Another partnership agreement was forged between the city government and the General Santos City Water , which involves capacity strengthening for the RWSAs. Moreover, the SURGE Project facilitated the visit of the City Septage Management Council (CSMC) of Puerto Princesa City to Baliwag Water District on November 27, 2017 to help the council come up with the decision for the site of the proposed septage treatment facility (STF) in Puerto Princesa City.

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Organized the Formal Launching of the Tagbilaran City Tourism Development Plan (TDP) and Heritage Tour

In the second year of project implementation, the SURGE Project has assisted Tagbilaran City in finalizing the city’s medium-term Tourism Development Plan (TDP) covering the period 2017- 2022. The TDP was officially launched on December 1, 2017 with USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II as guest of honor. The new city TDP will be incorporated into the Department of Tourism’s regional tourism development framework for Central Visayas. To highlight Tagbilaran City’s heritage tourism potentials, City Mayor Geesnell Yap and Mission Director Hardy led other guests for a short tour of the Tagbilaran City’s heritage sites.

Co-organized the Business Forum

The SURGE Project in partnership with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (PCCI), the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCDP), the chambers of commerce of General Santos City, Cagayan de Oro and South and the Muslim Business Forum jointly organized the Business Forum on Marawi Rehabilitation last November 28, 2017 in General Santos City. The forum gathered more than 150 businessmen and other private sector representatives from Mindanao and other regions discussing strategies on rebuilding the Marawi economy in the aftermath of the five-month long siege. The forum focused on the rehabilitation plans by the national government as well as business opportunities under a post-conflict scenario.

Mainstreamed Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Principles into the Project Activities

In all CDI cities, gender work was integrated in BPLS reforms. In Legazpi, for instance, an executive order on the BPLS was issued specifying the relevance of obtaining sex-disaggregated data. Meanwhile, the BPLS manual of operations developed during the year highlighted social inclusion through the designation of special lanes for pregnant women, senior citizens, persons with disability, and men or women with children. These proposed procedures are to see implementation during the first quarter of 2018.

Moreover, overall, women marginally outnumbered men (by 1%) in terms of participation in various capacity-development activities conducted by or with SURGE to date. A similar trend is evident for activities under Components 2 and 3, while aggregated Component 1 activities posted gender balance. Women particularly dominated cross-cutting activities, majority of which were trainings on gender development.

IMPLEMENTING CHALLENGES

External Challenges

The SURGE Project continued to operate amidst the political transitions that affected two of its partner cities. The project also adapted to the new security environment in Mindanao after the extremist attack in Marawi and the declaration of Martial Law throughout Mindanao. Nevertheless, the strong relationships built with local stakeholders allowed project activities to proceed with very minimal disruption arising from external shocks.

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Internal Challenges

The biggest challenge faced by the SURGE Project in the first quarter of Year 3 is the funding situation. The project did not receive funds from USAID for its 2017 activities. The project, however, stretched its remaining funds from Years 1 and 2 to cover limited activities for the period October 2017 to March 2018. The funding challenge led to the following:

(1) Work plan revision and reduction of activities up to March 2018; (2) Non-renewal of contracts of seven (7) long-term staff after September 2017; (3) Issuance of stop-work orders to subcontractors by December 2017; and (4) Implementation of cost-reduction measures, such as limited travel, lower per diems, lower rates for hotel accommodation, and stricter monitoring of expenses.

In view of this, the SURGE Project mobilized the support of its local partners, specifically the local government units, to cover funding for project activities. In almost all areas of project work, and in every city, the local governments contributed funds for food, venue, supplies and even travel and accommodation expenses.

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I. Introduction

The Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity (SURGE) Project is an award of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to the International City/County Management Association (ICMA). The SURGE Project supports the USAID/Philippines’ Cities Development Initiative (CDI) by supporting the Philippines to shift to a sustained and more inclusive growth trajectory at par with other high‐performing emerging economies.

The SURGE Project has three objectives: (1) improve local capacity in inclusive and resilient urban management and development; (2) promote low‐emission local economic development strategies; and (3) expand urban-rural connectivity and access.

USAID supports eight partner cities included in the CDI, which are being provided with support following a “whole-of-mission” approach in which all other USAID projects are encouraged to converge for an integrated delivery of assistance. These cities are Batangas, Legazpi and Puerto Princesa in Luzon, Iloilo and Tagbilaran in the Visayas, and Cagayan de Oro, General Santos and Zamboanga in Mindanao.

The submission of this quarterly progress report is in compliance with Section F.6 (Reports and Deliverables) of the contract between USAID and ICMA. The report focuses on the three components of the project, along with cross-cutting activities that have been approved by USAID in the Year 3 Work Plan. It presents a description of the work conducted by the SURGE Project to achieve the strategic objectives and priority goals during the first quarter of Year 3 project implementation.

The report, which covers the period of October 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017, has the following sections: (1) Executive Summary, (2) Introduction, (3) Correlation to the Monitoring & Evaluation Plan, (4) Accomplishments by Component and City, (5) Management and Administration, and (6) Financial Performance.

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II. Correlation to the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan

The table below presents the SURGE Project’s performance along its key indicators and against Year 3 targets, which are based on the revised M&E Plan submitted to USAID in July 2017.

The revised M&E Plan of the SURGE Project identified 19 performance indicators, including its one impact indicator. Due to rechanneling of resources and priorities in the project work plans, a number of indicators have required an adjustment or replacement in scope and target. Some of these proposed changes have been submitted to USAID and are reflected accordingly. In addition, two (2) indicators (Outcomes 3.1.1 and 3.1.3.) are based on activities that have been defunded since Year 2. In view of this, the SURGE Project M&E Plan will be updated alongside the development of the supplemental Year 3 Work Plan.

The status of Year 3 Work Plan deliverables, including remaining Year 2 deliverables, is shown separately in Annex 3.

Table 2. Report on Performance Indicators

Performance Year 3 Actual (Cumulative) Remarks Indicator Target Year 2 Year 3 (as of Q1) 0.1 IMPACT TBD - - Index to be finalized INDICATOR: CDI Cities' Wealth of Cities Index 1.1.1 7 3 3 For Year 3, SURGE is providing OUTCOME the following support: INDICATOR: • Review of Tagbilaran City’s Number of CDI CLUP and ZO; Cities with risk- • Facilitation of workshops for sensitive, the updating of General socially Santos City’s CLUP; inclusive, and • Partnership with UP Visayas gender- for the updating of Iloilo City’s responsive land CLUP and ZO; use plans • Review of a third-party contractor’s output for the updating of ’s CLUP and CDPs; and • Technical assistance in the updating of Legazpi City’s CLUP 1.1.2 400,000 251,034 251,034 Figure represents the population in OUTCOME (adjusted barangays that are vulnerable to INDICATOR: as various environmental hazards as Number of proposed identified through conducted people ) Vulnerability Assessment and supported by Disaster-Risk Reduction the USG to Management Planning workshops adapt to the in three (3) cities (Puerto Princesa, effects of Tagbilaran, and Batangas). extreme weather events For Year 3, the project targets to focus assistance in the cities of General Santos and Legazpi.

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Performance Year 3 Actual (Cumulative) Remarks Indicator Target Year 2 Year 3 (as of Q1) 1.1.3 2,000 809 910 This indicator reflects the number OUTCOME (adjusted (46% or (45% or 412 of direct participants in capacity INDICATOR: as 369 female; female; development interventions Number of proposed 54% or 440 55% or 498 male) supported by SURGE as well as people using ) male) other key decision-makers in local science-based 1,488 government. For the latter, information or 1,488 (estimated implementing (estimated number of During the quarter, the project risk-reducing number of Barangay Disaster conducted workshops to assess actions to Barangay Risk Reduction seasonal changes and their improve Disaster and Management corresponding impact and resilience as Risk Council members adaptation requirements in the supported by Reduction in 3 cities) cities of Legazpi, Puerto Princesa, USG assistance and and Tagbilaran. Technical staff in Manageme key local government offices nt Council participated in these activities. In members in Year 3, SURGE will continue to 3 cities) work on with the cities of General Santos and Legazpi toward application of science-based information in Climate Disaster Risk Assessment and participatory 3D mapping.

1.1.4 100 381 381 Figure achieved through the GHG OUTCOME (49.6% or (49.6% or 189 Management Workshop in held in INDICATOR: 189 female; female; Year 2 for , which Number of 50.4% or 50.4% or 192 had 44 participants (55% or 24 people trained 192 male) male) female, and 45% or 20 male). Also in clean energy contributing are the Capacity supported by Building Seminar for the CENRO USG assistance and participants in the clean energy sessions of the International Urban Development Conference, both under Year 1. No additional accomplishment as of December 2017. 1.1.5 US$ US$409,20 US$436,879 Counterpart funds pertain to the OUTCOME 400,000 7 (contributions from funds utilized for the conduct of INDICATOR: (contributio CDI cities) adaptation-related SURGE Amount of ns from activities in all eight implementing investment CDI cities) US$9,977,815 cities. Approximately US$ 27,622 mobilized (in (leveraged) was mobilized as counterpart funds USD) for US$9,937,8 from October to December 2017, adaptation to 00 adding up to US$436,829. extreme (leveraged) weather events Meanwhile, leveraged funds reflect as supported by the amount committed by the city USG assistance governments of Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo, Puerto Princesa, Tagbilaran and Zamboanga for adaptation work. This may also include the counterpart amount provided by the city government for SURGE activities. During the same period, US$40,015,351 was leveraged, bringing up the cumulative total to US$9,977,815.

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Performance Year 3 Actual (Cumulative) Remarks Indicator Target Year 2 Year 3 (as of Q1) 1.1.6 500 n/a Data not yet Reporting on the results of efforts OUTCOME available to manage GHG emissions will be INDICATOR: done at the end of Year 3. Greenhouse gas (GHG) Foundational activities such as the emissions, GHG Management Workshop and estimated in follow-up meetings in Zamboanga metric tons of City have been conducted. CO2e, reduced, sequestered, or avoided through clean energy activities supported by USG assistance 1.1.7 400,000 24,525 24,525 No additional accomplishment yet. OUTCOME (adjusted The reported figure reflects the INDICATOR: as 24,525 individuals serviced by the Number of proposed Tagbilaran City Waterworks people receiving ) System (TCWS) following improved SURGE’s facilitation. service quality from an existing In Year 2, the project encountered basic or safely some roadblocks (e.g., institutional managed and political) in the original target drinking water cities thereby restricting extent of service as a impact. For Year 3 onward, result of USG SURGE intends to work with the assistance cities of General Santos and Zamboanga, along with Tagbilaran, toward improving the service quality of their water service systems.

1.1.8 600,000 0 0 In Year 2, the project encountered OUTCOME some implementation roadblocks INDICATOR: that held-back the conduct of Number of activities beyond start-up and people gaining preparatory work. Aside from the access to a cities of Puerto Princesa and safely managed Tagbilaran, General Santos is sanitation being looked into as a recipient of service as a USG assistance for providing result of USG access to safely managed assistance1 sanitation services starting Year 3. 2.1.1 ≤30 CDI CMCI Ranking The National Competitiveness OUTCOME City (excl. NCR, , and Davao) Council (NCC) releases CMCI INDICATOR: 2017 2018 rankings on the second semester CDI Cities’ BAT 20 (+8) of the calendar year. Cities and CDO 1 (retained) Municipalities ILO 101 (-95) Competitiveness Data not TAG 37 (+17) Index (CMCI) yet available PPC 44 (-14) improved ZAM 16 (+24) GES 5 (-3)

1 Indicator corrected. Previously phrased as “number of people gaining access to a basic sanitation service as a result of USG assistance”.

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Performance Year 3 Actual (Cumulative) Remarks Indicator Target Year 2 Year 3 (as of Q1) LEG 13 (-10) 2.1.2 30,000 22,854 22,854 The project aims to achieve this OUTCOME (LGU reports for through supporting BPLS reforms INDICATOR: the last quarter of in all CDI cities, and in the case of Number of 2017 not yet Batangas City, in the streamlining newly registered complete) of construction-related permits. businesses For the cities of General Santos and Legazpi, which entered into respective MOUs to implement SURGE only in 2017 or Year 2, earlier preparatory work such as coaching and mentoring to BPLS Executive Committee, Technical Working Group or TWG, and Joint Inspection Team or JIT and BPLS streamlining workshops are expected to bear fruit during the annual business registration/renewal period in January 2018.

Related output includes various Executive Orders (EOs) and agreements that enable implementation and sustainability of these reforms. These include:

General Santos • EO No. 48 on the creation of the BPLS Executive Committee, TWG, and JIT, dated August 10, 2017; • EO No. 75 for the implementation of streamlined BPLS dated December 22, 2017

Legazpi • EO No. 48, on the creation of the Legazpi City Business Permits and Licensing System Oversight Committee and TWG signed on October 26, 2017; • EO No. 52 to strengthen the conduct of business inspections signed on December 11, 2017; • EO No. 53 on reforming the BPLS signed on December 11, 2017; and a • MOU between the city government and Southern Luzon Technological College Foundation Inc. to carry out the city’s new BPLS in January 2018

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Performance Year 3 Actual (Cumulative) Remarks Indicator Target Year 2 Year 3 (as of Q1) • EO No. 138, on the enhancement of the city’s BPLS signed on December 4, 2017

2.1.3 25% 51% over 51% over SURGE initiated activities related OUTCOME baseline baseline to achieving sustainable land INDICATOR: governance, particularly the Percentage (Partial (Partial data- Conference on Sustainable Land increase in data- complete Governance in which the locally sourced complete Statement of Sustainable Land Coalition was or municipal Statement Receipts and established, and the soft launch of (city) revenue of Receipts Expenditures the Unified Land Information and (SRE) for 2017 System (ULIS) and Digital Expenditur not yet Cadastral Database (DCDB) in es (SRE) available) Cagayan de Oro City. The project for 2017 also continues to work with LGUs not yet in strengthening their business available) enabling environment through streamlining business process and investment promotion and planning. 2.1.4 10,000 130,000 130,000 Initial target in Year 2 was only OUTCOME 2,000 based on the assumption of INDICATOR: (propose a phased implementation of a Land Number of d for Information System across CDI parcels with retireme cities. However, SURGE’s initial relevant parcel nt) focus on assisting Cagayan de Oro information yielded to the incorporation of all corrected or parcel information of the city into incorporated the ULIS, thus exceeding the set into an official target. land administration Considering the over-performance system as a in this indicator and the project’s result of USG direction for Year 3 and beyond, it assistance is proposed that the indicator be retired. 2.1.5 156,000 77,891 77,891 The project’s support to investment OUTCOME programming and BPLS reforms INDICATOR: (LGU reports for redounds to the businesses Number of firms the last quarter of operating in the CDI cities. The receiving USG- 2017 not yet SURGE Project also continued to funded technical complete) provide assistance in facilitating assistance for market linkages for cassava improving farmers in Zamboanga; business establishing the Seaweed Network performance in Puerto Princesa; and tourism development and planning in Tagbilaran and Puerto Princesa. 3.1.1 TBD n/a n/a Project activities directly supporting OUTCOME the indicator were cancelled INDICATOR: beginning Year 2. Time and Cost of transporting goods between CDI city and peri-urban areas reduced

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Performance Year 3 Actual (Cumulative) Remarks Indicator Target Year 2 Year 3 (as of Q1) 3.1.2 15 30 39 Project interventions in the LGUs OUTCOME resulted in an additional nine (9) INDICATOR: simplified/enhanced regulations or Number of procedures that promote municipal (city) connectivity, access, and economic regulations and growth from October to December administrative 2017. These are: procedures that have been Batangas simplified as a • EO No. 32, “Amending EO No. result of USG 24 s. 2016, Creating and assistance Expanding the Composition and Functions of the City Waterworks and Sanitation Management Team and Defining its Functions” dated November 9, 2017; and • EO No. 33, “An Executive Order Creating the City Geographic Information System Team Including its Composition and Functions” dated November 27, 2017

General Santos • EO No. 60, “Implementing the Streamlined Business Permits and Licensing System in General Santos City” signed October 2, 2017; and • EO No. 75, “Institutionalizing GAD (Gender and Development) Database and Sex-disaggregated Data in the City of General Santos” dated December 22, 2017

Iloilo • EO No. 138, “Amending E.O. No. 111, s. 2013 and E.O. No. 14, s. 2014, to Fully Enhance and Support the New Streamlined Business Permits and Licensing System of Iloilo City” signed December 4, 2017

Legazpi • EO No. 48, “Creating the Legazpi City Business Permits and Licensing System Oversight Committee and Technical Working Group to Strengthen the Competitiveness of the City of Legazpi” signed October 26, 2017; • EO No. 52, “Strengthening the Conduct of Business Inspections in the City of

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Performance Year 3 Actual (Cumulative) Remarks Indicator Target Year 2 Year 3 (as of Q1) Legazpi” dated December 11, 2017; • EO No. 53, “Reforming the Business Permits and Licensing System to Strengthen the Competitiveness of the City of Legazpi” also signed on December 11, 2017; and • MOU Concerning the Assessment of the City Government's New Business Licensing System in January 2018 signed on December 14, 2017

See Annex 4 for list of supporting policy documents. 3.1.3 0 n/a n/a SURGE assisted Cagayan de Oro OUTCOME City on initial transport and traffic INDICATOR: management activities. Project Number of activities directly supporting the beneficiaries indicator, however, were cancelled receiving in Year 2. improved transport services due to USG assistance 3.1.4 90% 86% 86% Figures capturing data from CDI OUTCOME (partial (partial figures – cities only. INDICATOR: figures – to to be Private be finalized finalized with investment in with the the release of CDI cities and release of complete LGU adjacent peri- complete reports for urban areas LGU 2017) increased reports for 2017) 4.2.1 OUTPUT 20 22 27 The project continues to advocate INDICATOR: GESI integration in various Number of laws, Breakdown: Breakdown: activities and aspects of policies, or implementation. From the procedures Policies Policies previously reported drafted, Proposed: Proposed: 0 accomplishments, it can be noted proposed or 1 Adopted: 6 that the proposal on barangay adopted to Adopted: 4 VAW desks in Tagbilaran is promote gender already being carried out, as well equality at the Procedures as the city’s GAD Plan and Budget. regional, Procedures Proposed: 17 national or local Proposed: Adopted: 4 Meanwhile, new accomplishments level 14 during the quarter involve GESI Adopted: 3 considerations in development planning and BPLS reforms of the cities of General Santos and Legazpi, as follows:

General Santos • Adoption of EO No. 060, institutionalizing GAD database and sex-

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Performance Year 3 Actual (Cumulative) Remarks Indicator Target Year 2 Year 3 (as of Q1) disaggregated data in General Santos City • Proposed GESI mainstreaming in the local development plans (CLUP- CDP-ELA) with the designation of GAD Focal Points and Coordinators • Proposed provision of special lane for senior citizen, people with disabilities and pregnant women in the Business One- Stop Shop (BOSS)

Legazpi • Proposed procedure of requiring sex-disaggregated data on ownership and employment for business registration • Proposed expansion of the priority lane privilege for pregnant women, senior citizens, persons with disability, and men or women with children below 10 years of age in the BOSS

See Annex 5 for full list.

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Component 1: Improving Local Capacity in Inclusive and Resilient Urban Development

Batangas City ensures access to water supply and sanitation

atangas City is highly exposed to signing of an Executive Order on November 9, hazards such as floods, landslides 2017, creating and expanding the City B and sea-level rise, among others. With the Waterworks and Sanitation Management

increasing vulnerability to water Team (CWSMT), USAID’s Strengthening nicontamination due to extreme weather Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity conditions and natural disasters, one of the (SURGE) Project organized a Water Safety challenges is maintaining the quality of Planning Workshop for 20 of the 70 Rural drinking water in households and other Water and Sanitation Associations (RWSAs) concessionaries. on September 29, 2017. In collaboration with the Department of Health, the RWSAs learned The city’s water and sanitation situation was to formulate water safety plans, a national discussed during the World Water Day event policy requirement for drinking water service in March 2017, where representatives from 70 providers that describes measures to ensure Rural Water and Sanitation Associations the safety of drinking water, using (RWSAs) participated. The event became an comprehensive risk assessment and risk avenue for a collective call to action on the management approach. improvement of water quality, sanitation practices, and treatment of wastewater in the “USAID/SURGE helped us recognize the vital city. These RWSAs provide water to 32 role of each agency to further improve and percent of the total population of the city. sustain the delivery of quality water. With the activities organized by the project, we gained As follow-through to this activity and the more knowledge on drinking water quality

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standards, which protects the environment and most importantly, people’s health,” said Agnes Francisca Panaligan, Planning Officer of the Batangas City Planning and Development Office.

By training the CSWMT and RWSAs on the basic principles of formulating water safety plans, they are able to identify basic potential hazards and mitigation measures that can help reduce, if not eliminate, water risks, ultimately increasing the chance of providing safe drinking water to the communities.

“The RWSAs became aware of the possible hazards that can affect the source, storage, transmission and distribution of water. The activities of USAID/SURGE and the Batangas City Government were helpful as we gained a deeper understanding of the standards and policies on water and sanitation,” said Gina Panganiban, Secretary of San Isidro RWSA.

The SURGE Project is working with the CWSMT and the RWSAs in drafting the water safety plans. Upon submission and approval, the RWSAs will implement their plans to ensure water quality and safety throughout all steps of water supply process – from water source to consumer tap.

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III. Accomplishments and Results by Component

Component 1: Improve Local Capacity in Inclusive and Resilient Urban Development

Key Activities, Accomplishments for the Quarter

Subcomponent 1.1: Strengthening local capacity in urban development, including the promotion of disaster reduction and preparedness and improving disaster-resilient land use planning and development following international best practices

Activity 1: Improve science-based decision-making, policy and planning of local institutions in risk- sensitive and disaster-prone areas

The SURGE Project provided science-based technical support for planning by applying and translating changes in weather patterns available from the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and other sources into information that can be used to improve the local adaptation plans of the CDI partner cities of Tagbilaran, Puerto Princesa, General Santos and Legazpi. The SURGE Project has gathered PAGASA’s dynamically downscaled projections of precipitation and maximum USAID/SURGE Component Lead and minimum temperature. The projections are Pedcris Orencio provides inputs on how available in three datasets: historical weather-related to review impacts of hazards on different changes (1971-2000) and two projected future sectors during a USAID/SURGE weather-related (2036-2065; 2070-2099). The models workshop on December 4, 2017. were derived from global climate models (GCMs) which project the possible future conditions given a particular greenhouse gases concentration. These are representative concentration pathways (RCP) 4.5 and 8.5.

The SURGE Project also conducted city-based workshops to review the extent of impacts of different hazards to various priority sectors and to look at the current policies, plans and activities in place to be able to identify options and approaches. This will help in improving the adaptation measures for the social, demographic, economic, environmental and infrastructure sectors. The approach is a synthetic impact assessment, combined with an overlay analysis by making use of all the outputs including the results of city profiling activities. The baseline projections were converted into GIS shapefiles to generate maps that would provide a comparative visualization of the changes in temperature and precipitation over each cities.

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During the workshop, key technical staff from various departments of the city governments (City Planning and Development Offices, City Agriculture Office, City Engineering Office, City Social Work and Development Office, City Environment and Natural Resources Office and City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office) collaborated to accomplish the survey instrument to be used for preparing a profile. The document will facilitate the mainstreaming of integrated of risk resilient approaches in their local land use plans and enhance General Santos City Disaster Risk their local adaptation plans. Reduction and Management Head Dr. Bong Dacera orients 25 officials and Moreover, the SURGE Project facilitated the request of residents from Barangay Conel on the process of participatory 3-dimensional (3- the eight CDI cities to avail the Digital Orthoimages; and D) mapping and contingency planning on Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and Digital Surface Model October 2, 2017. (DSM) as Derived from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IfSAR) Airborne Technology produced by the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA). NAMRIA is the central mapping agency of the national government and the repository of digital base maps, aerial photographs, remotely sensed data and other related geographic information, and possesses the expertise in map making, geographic and resource information services. The agency has already agreed to provide the products free of charge. A signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is yet to be organized to formally turnover the products.

All the new information will help the CDI partner cities in the conduct of their respective Climate Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) and shall be useful in the preparation of the cities’ Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP), Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (LDRRMP) and risk-sensitive Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP).

Activity 2: Conduct capacity-building of stakeholders in mainstreaming socially inclusive and gender-responsive DRR-CCA to local development planning, including water and sanitation services

The SURGE Project has initially mobilized and planned for the revision of General Santos City’s CLUP. On November 13-17, the project conducted a workshop with the Technical Working Group (TWG) by systematically going through the Steps 4, 5 and 6 of the CLUP Planning Process prescribed by the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB). The workshop is a follow through of the initial review and technical assessment conducted. The TWG improved their vision statement, identified descriptors for each of the sectoral goals, objectives, targets and determined strategies that the TWG, through the SURGE Project, transformed into a concept structure plan.

The concept structure plan is considered a visualized translation of the revised vision statement and corresponding goals, objectives, targets and spatial strategies. This detailing process resulted in a proposed land use pattern. The land use pattern was prepared in a GIS map format, accompanied by a land use budget indicating total area (in hectares) allocated to each proposed land use type, with color codes for each land use type following the HLURB standards.

The SURGE Project also conducted with the TWG a process for land use accounting, which includes the inventory of existing and proposed general land use. The TWG was also guided in the computation of population projection which is the basis for urban land use demand- supply

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analysis. The project and the TWG agreed on the next step activities such as preparing the revised draft CLUP based on the results of the technical review.

Subcomponent 1.3: Increasing access to sustainable water supply and sanitation services

Activity 1: Improvement of water services through disaster risk- resilient local planning

The SURGE Project assisted General Santos City facilitate a summit for Rural Water and Sanitation Association (RWSA) on November 29, 2017 with the theme “Save Water, Save Life.” The Summit was attended by regional and national government agencies like the LWUA, DOH, DENR Region 12, academic institutions such as MSU, and private service providers like the General Santos City Water District (GSCWD). More than 173 members from various RWSAs participated in the summit.

About 160 RWSAs provide services to 19 of the 26 barangays of General Santos City. Most of the associations are registered to the Securities and Exchange Commission and about three or four are registered to Local Waterworks and Utilities Administration (LWUA). The RWSAs are servicing the relocation sites, e.g., socialized housing. Since 2000, there were also some that operated in residential areas, e.g., subdivision areas. The proliferation of RWSAs is due to the capacity of the GSCWD to cover the entire cities, although, there are already actions to expand the coverage and operation.

Two partnership agreements forged by the city government through MOUs were the highlights of the summit. An MOU was signed between the city government and the Mindanao State University (MSU) which involves the conduct of a research on potable water demand, services, stakeholder participation and policy improvements. On the other hand, a partnership agreement was forged between the city government and the GSCWD which involves capacity strengthening for the RWSAs. The parties also came up with action plans with the objective to strengthen water services delivery in the city.

The SURGE Project also provided assistance to the RWSAs in Batangas City. Before the end of Year 2, the project, in coordination with the Department of Health (DOH), conducted water safety plan (WSP) preparation training for the newly established City Waterworks and Sanitation Management Team (CWSMT) and selected RWSAs. For this quarter, three RWSAs in three barangays, namely, Dumuclay Ibaba, Pinamucan Ibaba and Balete, prepared their respective WSPs with the assistance from CWSMT and the SURGE Project. The WSPs can be used by the RWSAs in improving the system, water quality and sanitation services through its internal capital expenditure once approved by the Local WSP Approval Team.

Activity 2: Improve the capacity of Water / Water Service Providers/ Water Utilities for sustainable water and sanitation services in CDI cities

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As a continuing implementation of the Joint Work Plan as part of the Water Operators Partnership/ Twinning Arrangement between Tagbilaran City and Maynilad Academy that was started in the previous year, the SURGE Project together with Maynilad facilitated a Technical Validation Training for Basic Water Meter Reading with the Tagbilaran City Waterworks System (TCWS). The activity aims to enable the transfer of best practices, expertise and technology and promotes scale-up and replication of knowledge transfer under the twinning arrangement. Water systems specialists from Maynilad Water Academy check and validate on the integrity of The training was complemented with the launching interventions undertaken on November 21-25, of an enhanced TWCS Billing and Collection 2017 by the Tagbilaran City Waterworks System, which was presented to Tagbilaran City personnel, headed by Engr. Peter Busano, on the district meter area at Brgy. Taloto, the pilot Mayor John Geesnell L. Yap II, members of the area for the water systems improvement study. water and sanitation management committee, and to the city’s water systems improvement task force and ring-fencing team, for discussion and approval. Moreover, the group will secure a resolution for the implementation of the enhanced system. The said activities were conducted in November 21 to 23, 2017.

The TCWS members were trained on the District Metered Area (DMA) and hydraulic model validation to learn how to administer an evaluation of the water meters and the existing pipes in preparation for a pipe replacement program, which is also included in the Joint Work Plan. The training aims to identify issues and come up with recommendations to improve the process and reportorial requirements.

Activity 3: Improve access to sanitation through technical assistance on septage management for CDI cities

The SURGE Project facilitated the visit of the City Septage Management Council (CSMC) of Puerto Princesa City to Baliwag Water District on November 27, 2017 to help the council come up with the decision for the site of the proposed septage treatment facility (STF) in Puerto Princesa City. The project convened a multi-party assessment consisting of the Puerto Princesa City Water District (PPCWD), CSMC, DENR and Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) to discuss the selection of location for the septage treatment sites. The council has three potential sites, the Sanitary Land Fill (SLF) site in Sta. Lourdes and the two other sites in Barangays Irawan and Bahile.

The current SLF site is now part of the Joint Venture Agreement for the Waste to Energy Project of the City with Austworks, a renewable energy company. Austworks initially agreed on the use of the land for the STF by PPCWD without any fee. But PPCWD requirements have to be formally communicated to both Austworks and the City Government that legally owns the land. While waiting for this, the City Planning and Development Office will issue a request for an extension for the use of the SLF site beyond 2019 and to revise its request for an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) incorporating the STF. As a prerequsite, there is a need to finalize the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Plan to be able to accommodate the Septage Management Project of PPCWD in the SLF site. CSMC should also come up with a resolution endorsing the site.

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PPCWD, on the other hand, will improve the FS to include a rehabilitation component to secure approval of the DENR and the PCSD. The existing agreement with DENR indicates that the SLF can operate, as well as accommodate the STF project.

Summary of Plans and Accomplishments for the Quarter

Activity First Quarter, Year 3 Work Plan Accomplishments

Improve science-based Access PAGASA’s latest historical Used PAG-ASA’s projections of precipitation decision-making, policy weather patterns and models for and temperature in a synthetic impact and planning on land use, the cities of Legaspi, Puerto assessment, combined with an overlay infrastructure, water and Princesa, Tagbilaran and General analysis. The projections are available in sanitation services in Santos three datasets: historical weather-related weather-sensitive and (1971-2000) and two projected future disaster-risk areas weather-related (2036-2065; 2070-2099). Administer data collection tools to Conducted consultation workshops with key improve the analysis of impact and technical staff from different departments of consequences on major sectors the city governments of Tagbilaran, Puerto Princesa, General Santos and Legazpi to accomplish the survey instrument that will be used for preparing a profile. Consult with national agencies i.e., On-hold the Local Government Academy (LGA), Climate Change Commission (CCC) and HLURB on the resilience development manual Develop and implement Assist in the preparation of Conducted consultation workshops with key local adaptation and vulnerability assessment for technical staff from different departments of mitigation projects updating the LCCAP of Legazpi Legazpi City to identify current adaptation City measures and identify impacts to sectors in the preparation of a profile that will be used for enhancing the LCCAP. Improvement of water Water safety planning workshops Facilitated with General Santos City a services through weather- for RWSAs in General Santos City Summit for the RWSAs and the forging of a related resilient local MOU with GSCWD and MSU for water and planning sanitation activities for RWSAs. Conducted review of draft WSP prepared by the CWSMT of Batangas City Improve the capacity of Continue facilitation of water Validation meeting and training on Basic Water Districts/ Water operators' partnership between Water Meter Reading and Hydraulic Service Providers/ Water water services providers and CDI Evaluation for District Metering Area, as well Utilities for sustainable cities (Tagbilaran, and Puerto as Enhanced Billing and Collection System water and sanitation Princesa). for TCWS in Tagbilaran City. services in CDI cities Facilitated the visit of CSMC to Baliwag WD to help in coming up with a decision for the site of the proposed STF. Facilitate twinning arrangements Facilitated two MOU signing ceremonies and water operators’ partnership between city government of General Santos with different service providers on with GSCWD and MSU for water and water supply system improvement sanitation activities in General Santos. Improve access to Formulate a Local Sustainable sanitation through technical Sanitation Plan. assistance on septage management for CDI cities Assist Puerto Princesa septage Facilitated a multi-party joint validation of the treatment facility. proposed sites to discuss issues and generate agreements on the next steps.

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Planned Activities for the Next Quarter

• Conduct review of draft CLUP and Implementing Zoning Ordinance of General Santos City; • Conduct review of draft Environmental Code of General Santos City and draft E-code and EMP of Puerto Princesa City; • Presentation and validation of city profiles and impacts and adaptation reports for the cities of Tagbilaran, Legazpi, General Santos, Puerto Princesa and Batangas; • MOU signing with NAMRIA for the turnover of digital orthophoto maps, DTM and DSM to all partner cities; • Conduct GHG Management Planning Workshop in Zamboanga City and Tagbilaran City; • Facilitate the preparation/updating of the feasibility study, program of work and TOR for the proposed septage management facility in Puerto Princesa City and Tagbilaran City; • Facilitate twinning arrangements between CDI cities (Batangas and Legazpi City) with water service providers (Baliwag Water District and Maynilad Academy); • Conduct water supply operations and management, ring fencing, and WSP training for RWSAs in General Santos City; and • Assist CWSMT review the water safety plans of RWSAs in Batangas City.

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ComponentComponent 2: 2: Promote Promote Low Low-Emission-Emission Local Local EconomicEconomic Development Development Strategies Strategies

Integrating new technologies for better public services S eBP “ e appreciate the electronic Building About 300 building permits has been W Permit Management System processed since the eBPMS was launched in (eBPMS). since we are based here in . March 2016. It was developed with the It is more efficient. It is indeed a great technical assistance of USAID. Currently the improvement,” said Nathan Camaru, Project Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth Development Associate of Amaia Land. with Equity (SURGE) Project is working with Camaru is referring to Cagayan de Oro City’s the city’s Office of the Building Official (OBO) application of digital information and and the University of Science and Technology communication technology (ICT) through the of Southern Philippines (USTP) to further electronic Building Permit Management improve the system. System (eBPMS), the first online construction permit processing system in the country. It is The eBPMS reduced the number of steps a web-based application that automates the from the previous 32 steps in the manual process of acquiring building permit that operation to just 6 to 8 steps. It features a clients can readily access through the official faster application evaluation process, a two- website of the city government. way notifications service, task management The eBPMS was recognized as a finalist for for the scheduling, billing and issuance of the Best in eGov Business Empowerment building permits, occupancy permits, Award in the 6th Awards for Excellence in ICT inspections, enforcements, and mapping. It is for Good Governance for Local Government convenient to applicants as updates are sent Units or eGov Awards held on October 20, through e-mails and SMS. 2017.

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“The BPMS requires fewer personal transactions and we could just submit online. Follow-up time is also shorter,” said Sophia Roque, Documentation Department Supervisor of Johndorf Ventures Corporation.

“Most, if not all the developers will agree with me that getting a building permit is really such a tedious process—and not only tedious but also expensive,” said Vivian Vestil, President of the Subdivision and Housing Developers Association. She acknowledged how the system not only reduced the number of steps but also greatly reduced the fees.

Recently, the eBPMS Project Team of USTP presented a status report to Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno. The team recommended that developers and commercial building owners be required to use the eBPMS. Moreover, the OBO said that improvements can further be made to the system for better public services. The USTP system developers adopted the recommended improvements, which were mostly internal system changes in response to the comments and suggestions of the clients.

Component 2: Promoting Low-Emission Local Economic Development Strategies

Key Activities, Accomplishments for the Quarter

Subcomponent 2.1: Improve local revenue generation and expenditure management

Activity 1: Implement Asset Management in CDI cities

Completion of the localized Asset Management Manual

The SURGE Project completed and submitted the Real Property Asset Management Manual for Local Governments in the Philippines on October 30, 2017. The manual was originally developed under the USAID’s Local Government Reform Project II implemented in Croatia in 2003. The project enhanced and aligned the document with the local setting to ensure that the identified approaches, systems and methodologies is applicable in the Philippine cities and municipalities.

The manual also draws heavily from the final report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 2008 study on the “Local Asset Management in the Philippines”. Based on the study, the following major issues emphasized the need for effective asset management practices. 1. Due to decentralization of public services, local governments have to provide an increasing number of services with limited financial resources. Alternatively, service costs have increased and thus, there is a need to generate greater revenues for delivery of public services. 2. The real property assets of local governments are often very large compared to their annual budget revenue or expenditures. This means that revenues could be substantially improved. On the other hand, low expenditures speak of the need to increase funds for maintenance. 3. Local governments usually have much more freedom of choice in handling local government assets and liabilities than they do municipal revenues. Moreover, raising local taxes and fees is a politically delicate process, while improving local finance through better management of property assets is far less demanding and risky politically.

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The revised manual will serve as basis of the SURGE Project’s strategies in addressing asset management, revenue-generation including land administration in CDI partner cities.

Presentation of the Asset Management Manual at the 1st ASEAN Land Governance Summit

The SURGE Project participated at the first ASEAN Land Governance Summit at the Manila Hotel on December 4- 5, 2017. SURGE Project’s Chief of Party, Bradley Baxter, presented the Asset Management for LGUs and shared that effective and efficient conduct of fiscal functions and operations of city governments through asset management ultimately leads to local economic development and better social services to its constituents. The international event with more than 400 USAID/SURGE Project Chief of Party participants from the public and private sector was Bradley Baxter presents the Asset organized by the ASEAN Federation of Land Surveying Management Manual for LGUs during and Geomatics (AFLAG) and the Geodetics Engineers’ the first ASEAN Land Governance Development Foundation Inc. (GeoDEV). Summit on December 4-5, 2017 at the Manila Hotel in City. Subcomponent 2.2: Streamlining and automating local business permits and licensing system (BPLS), including inspection systems, and building and occupancy permits

Activity 1. Streamline and automate the Business Permits and Licensing Systems in Selected CDI Cities

The SURGE Project continued to assist its partner cities for the BPLS preparatory activities. This is to ensure maintenance and sustainability of established reformed processes in the previous year that has resulted in the significant reduction in the number of tasks, steps and time for starting a business particularly in the cities of Zamboanga, Tagbilaran and Puerto Princesa.

The project also supported in the monitoring of the BPLS preparatory activities in new CDI cities of Legazpi and General Santos. The cities were particularly assisted on their proposed reforms identified in the action plans formulated during the BPLS Streamlining Workshops conducted in the third quarter of the Year 2. Since the period of implementation for the reforms is quite limited (September - December 2017), the CPCs closely guided and monitored the implementation of reforms and proposed assessment of the renewal of business permits, and dry-runs of the streamlining process with business registrants of the cities.

Conduct of Basic Customer Service Skills Trainings in Selected CDI Cities

One of the crucial reforms of the BPLS processes is customer service or relations which aims to ensure that frontline officers of the city governments understand the needs of its stakeholders and provide quality service to their clients. The Customer Relations Training for frontline service providers in Legazpi City and General Santos City were conducted on November 3-4, 2017. Trainings were also conducted in Puerto Princesa City on November 27- 29, 2017 and in Legazpi City on December 20-21, 2017.

Publication of Revised Manual in the Implementation of New BPLS Standards

In support of the government’s BPLS reform initiatives, the project updated the “Guidelines in Implementing the New Standards in Processing BPLS in All Cities and Municipalities in the

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Philippines.” The manual was revised and updated to be consistent with the JMC 1 s. 2016 on Revised BPLS Standards as well as present recommendations earned from USAID CDI partner cities. The manual was originally prepared under the USAID-funded INVEST Project as requested by the government’s BPLS Oversight Committee in its June 2014 meeting to facilitate the rollout of the new standards.

In a consultation meeting with the Bureau of Local Government and Development (BLGD) on September 15, 2017, the DILG expressed their willingness to adopt the SURGE Project’s manual and mainstream it in the Philippines. The DILG also committed to print the manual for distribution in time for the regional trainings for BPLOs.

As a follow through activity, the SURGE Project co-facilitated the workshop on the finalization of the Manual on Streamlining the New BPLS Processes on November 22-23, 2017. This activity was organized by the DILG with participation from the Bureau of Local Government and Finance (BLGF), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), and selected local government units. The SURGE Project will finalize the manual based on the comments of the participants.

Moreover, the project developed an internal BPLS assessment guidelines specifically developed for LGUs. This is an LGU-perspective evaluation based on INVEST Project and SURGE Project's assessment approach and tools as part of updating the BPLS 2016 Manual. The SURGE Project identified the need for an LGU-implemented evaluation as the project is cognizant of the need to assess their performance without a third party's assistance (donors, private sectors, etc.) which may be useful in time for the renewal period. The guidelines include the assessment of the BPLS processing time and procedures, BOSS, and Inspection systems.

Activity 2. Streamline Construction-related Permits in Batangas City and Zamboanga City

In support of the national government’s commitment to increase the country’s competitiveness and ease of doing business, particularly on dealing with construction permits, the SURGE Project participated in the signing and launching of the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) on the Guidelines in Streamlining the Process for the Issuance of Building Permits and Certificates of Occupancy on November 29, 2017.

The SURGE Project initially shared a copy of the new guidelines with selected partner cities particularly with Batangas, Puerto Princesa and Zamboanga. The new guidelines will be instrumental as the cities gear up for the adoption of the simplification of the systems and processes to streamline the issuance of the building permits and certification of occupancy. The document was signed by the DILG, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

The JMC s. 2017 on Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy is consistent with the provisions of the National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP), the Fire Code of the Philippines (FCP), and the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007 (ARTA) based on Republic Act 9485 and their respective Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The document will serve as basis for the CDI partner cities to pursue the streamlining processes and craft action plans for the implementation of construction-related reforms.

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Subcomponent 2.3: Improve local land tenure security and land information management Activity 1. Develop a land tenure improvement strategy and implement a land adjudication process

Antipolo City

The Operational Guidelines on the Conduct of barangay-based Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) or Katarungang Pambarangay was completed in October 2017. As requested by the City Government of Antipolo, the project will provide capacity development on barangay-based ADR to reduce the level of land boundary disputes in the community, particularly for untitled properties.

The set of guidelines is expected to provide rules and protocols on the conduct of the ADR process and procedures for land-based disputes and conflict resolution in barangay level. Based on the guidelines, this is consistent with Republic Act No. 9285 or the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004 which adopts ADR principles and procedures, the barangay-based ADR would mainly rely on the merits of the options to resolve the conflicts through effective evaluation of the best possible procedure.

Cagayan de Oro City

With the newly created Land and Asset Management Office (LAMO) in Cagayan de Oro, the city will lead the titling activities in partnership with the DENR. More than 40 parcels were submitted to the DENR Region 10 for approval, and paving the way for a possible title distribution in January 2018. The city government, with assistance from the project, targets to distribute at least 40 patents to beneficiaries.

Moreover, Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno requested for the complete drone mapping of the city/poblacion and orthophotographor, an aerial photograph maps for an eventual master planning. The mapping plays an important role as it provides basis for gathering spatial information on the city’s features such as roads, vegetation, water, among others.

Activity 2. Issue Special Patents on governments lands

Memorandum of Partnership Agreement (MOPA) between DENR and the LGU

As of October 2017, the MOPA between Antipolo City and the DENR was drafted and reviewed by the legal departments of the LGU and the national agency. In November 2017, the Sangguniang Panlungsod gave its approval for Antipolo City Mayor Casimiro “Jun” Ynares to sign the MOPA. The agreement will pave the way for the establishment of enabling mechanisms such as the creation of Land Management Office (LMO), Land Management Council (LMC), the Systematic Adjudication and Titling team (SAT) to be guided and facilitated by SURGE Project through the Local Governance Innovations (LGI).

Activity 3. Establish a Unified Land Information Systems (ULIS) and a digital cadastral database (DCDB)

Cagayan de Oro City

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also assisted the Land and Asset Management Office in land titling. LAMO submitted 218 completed documents to the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO). Of these, the CENRO completed the processing and issued 54 titles. The Land Management Council (LMC) meeting in December scheduled the distribution of 300 land titles and inauguration of the Unified Land Information System Kiosk in January.

Antipolo City

The project visited DENR IV-A Regional office in Calamba and Los Banos in , where SURGE Project’s land specialists met with Survey Chief, Edgar Baracca, and his team for the collection of survey data and maps for Antipolo City. The maps will be analyzed for the implementation of the Land Administration and Management System (LAMS) in the city. Once the LAMS database in the city is in place, the process of verification of historical and original ownership of real property will be simplified. Implementation of LAMS will pave the way for the efficient delivery of land-related transactions and reliable documentary services to stakeholders. The city will also be able to access land records in support of their land use planning and real property management efforts. Since Antipolo City is not officially part of the CDI, ICMA will work with USAID to include the city in the contract modification in 2018.

Activity 4. Support to Land Tenure Coalition activities

Areas of coverage: Antipolo City, General Santos City and Continuation of Initial Activities in Cagayan de Oro City

1st ASEAN Land Governance Summit

Through its subcontractor, LGI, the SURGE Project assisted in organizing the 1stASEAN Land Governance Summit with a theme, “Aligning Competencies Towards Sustainable Good Land Governance,” on December 4-5, 2017 held at the Manila Hotel. The two-day summit was attended by more than 400 local and international delegates from national government agencies, private sector, academe, including experts from Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The summit aims to update knowledge, align competencies with standards and improve performance levels in land governance. Included in the discussions were topics on land tenure and titling, land administration and management, cadastral systems and surveying practices, real estate development and policy forums on surveying and geomatics.

The SURGE Project, through LGI, also provided technical guidance on the two-day program particularly in providing the context and directions for the policy fora, moderating the sessions on surveying and geomatics, preparation of the editorial abstracts, messages, and mounting of the exhibits including the crafting of the final report.

Subcomponent 2.4: Strengthening local business development, facilitating investment, and support services that foster low-emission growth

Activity: Investment Promotion Planning Trainings in the New Cities

As a preparatory work on the conduct of Investment Promotion Planning workshops and mentoring sessions in the new CDI partner cities of Legazpi and General Santos during the first quarter of 2018, the SURGE Project is in the process of re-engaging the services of a Business Enabling Environment Specialist. The consultant previously conducted assessments in the six CDI cities as well as mentoring and coaching sessions in the Tagbilaran City and Puerto Princesa

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City to build the capacity of the LEIPO and business support organizations in business planning, advocacy, and development of staff/member services.

Summary of Plans and Accomplishments for the Quarter

Activity Plans for 1st Quarter Accomplishments Subcomponent 2.1 Improve local revenue generation and expenditure management Activity 1: Implement Asset (Real Update the existing Asset Completed and submitted the Real Property) Management in CDI cities Management Manual aligned Property Asset Management Manual to with the local setting USAID on Oct. 30, 2017 Subcomponent 2.2 Streamlining and automating local business permits and licensing system (BPLS), including inspection systems, and building and occupancy permits Activity 1. Streamline and automate Conduct of Customer Service Completed the Basic Customer the Business Permits and Licensing Skills Trainings of frontline Service Skills Training in the Systems in selected CDI cities officers in selected cities; cities of Legazpi and Puerto Princesa;

Implement BPLS action plans Completion of proposed reforms including the preparatory identified in the action plans particularly activities for the renewal period the creation of TWG, enhancement of of the business registration in ETRACS, linking of involved selected cities particularly the departments/divisions in BPLS, new cities simulation of the new processes Activity 2. Streamline construction- Review of the EO on the Provided technical assistance on the related permits in selected CDI Cities enhanced BPOSS of Batangas review and consistency of the City; Streamlined Building and Occupancy Permitting Systems of Batangas City with the new JMC Subcomponent 2.3 Improve local land tenure security and land information management Activity 1. Develop a land tenure Draft guidelines for the conduct *Completed the operational guidelines improvement strategy and implement of the Alternative Dispute for the conduct of the Alternative a land adjudication process. Resolution (ADR) or Dispute Resolution (ADR) in October Katarungang Pambarangay for for Antipolo; Antipolo; *Deferred in Oct. due to work stoppage Conducted follow-up activities Spearheaded the titling activities with on land tenure in Cagayan de submission of at least 40 parcels to the Oro DENR Reg. 10 for approval Activity 2. Issue special patents on Facilitate and finalize and *Antipolo City Mayor Ynares was given government lands. follow-up on the MOPA approval by the Council to sign the between Antipolo and DENR MOPA in Nov. 2018 *Deferred in Oct. due to work stoppage Activity 3. Establish a Unified Land Collect survey data and maps *Met with DENR IV-A Regional Office Information System (ULIS) and a of Antipolo City Survey Chief Edgar Baracca for the Digital Cadastral Database (DCDB) collection of maps for the implementation of LAMS *Deferred in Oct. due to work stoppage Activity 4: Technical Support to Provide support to the 1st Participated and provided technical Reform Initiatives of the Sustainable ASEAN Land Governance guidance to the ASEAN Land Land Coalition Summit Governance Summit on Dec. 4-5 in moderating the sessions, editing of reference materials, mounting of the exhibits, etc. Subcomponent 2.4 Strengthening local business development, facilitating investment, and support services that foster low-emission growth Activity 1: Strengthen Local Facilitate the hiring of BEE Mobilized the approval and re- Economic and Investment Promotion STTA (Ryan Evangelista). engagement of BEE Specialist Office (LEIPOs), investment promotion centers (IPC), and business support organizations (BSOs)

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Planned Activities for the Next Quarter

• Conduct Joint Inspection Systems training-workshops for inspection reforms of registered businesses in Legazpi and Puerto Princesa City; • Conduct Investment Promotion Training-Workshops leading to the formulation of Action Plans on Investment Planning and brief assessment of the Business Enabling Environment (BEE) in Legazpi and General Santos City; • Organize and facilitate issuance of land titles under the residential free patents and issuance of government titles in Cagayan de Oro City; • Conduct online training on Asset Management for all CDI cities and follow-through workshops in the cities of General Santos, Puerto Princesa, Cagayan de Oro, Zamboanga; • Organize and conduct of Briefing-Orientation of the JMC 2017 on the Streamlining of Building Permits and Occupancy Certificates and Workshop on the Rollout of the circular for selected CDI cities to be held in Manila; • Organize workshops on streamlining of Construction Permitting Systems and provide technical advice on the implementation of the JMC on Building and Occupancy Permits in Zamboanga City; • Provide technical advice and assistance to Batangas City in finalizing its EO on Construction Permitting Systems; • Provide technical advice to Puerto Princesa City as part of capacity-building activities on the implementation of action plans for Investment Promotion and conduct of Business Forum; • Review of Public Finance Management (PFM) Assessment Report as part of mentoring and coaching for Tagbilaran City; • Conduct of workshop and consultative meetings as part of technical assistance in developing strategies and action plans to promote PFM in Tagbilaran City; and • Monitor renewal of business registration systems in all CDI cities

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Component 3: Expanding Economic Connectivity and Access between Urban and Rural Areas

Tagbilaran City truly realizing its tourism and economic potential “ he Tourism Development Plan will surely “The Tourism Development Plan embodies the T strengthen our stake in carving our future of Tagbilaran City, detailing actionable identity. in the tourism landscape of . This steps to promote priority tourism attractions, will be our guide on how to maximize our upgrade needed infrastructure and enhance physical and natural resources to the fullest,” overall policy environment and tourism said Tagbilaran City Mayor John Geesnell Yap governance,” said Mr. Hardy during his keynote II during the launching ceremony of the city’s speech. Tourism Development Plan (TDP) on December 1, 2017. Since April 2017, USAID’s Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity (SURGE) Mayor Yap and USAID/Philippines Mission Project has been assisting the city government in Director Lawrence Hardy II turned over the charting the strategic directions for its tourism city’s five-year (2017-2022) tourism plan to the industry by formulating a new tourism Department of Tourism (DOT), represented by development plan. The SURGE Project and the Region 7 Director Joshur Judd Lanete II, during City Tourism Office built on initial outputs from the the event. The TDP is the first tourism plan of USAID/COMPETE Project, including its Cultural Tagbilaran City, anchored on the city’s heritage Mapping Activity, Architectural Documentation of assets and creative industries. The plan is Heritage Houses and technical support in drafting guided by an overall tourism vision of the city’s Heritage Code. Tagbilaran City becoming a leading, sustainable creative city with a vibrant After the launch, Mayor Yap took Mr. Hardy on heritage tourism and cultural industry. a brief tour of the city’s heritage sites and creative hubs.

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The tour started at the Plaza , which is now part of the regional historical sites network of the National Museum, followed by a visit to “ Ubos,” a heritage village that used to be the center of Tagbilaran City during the Spanish period and where a few of centuries-old houses still remain. The next stop was at the ancestral house of Carlos P. Garcia, the 8th President of the Philippines who hails from the northeastern town of Talibon, Bohol. The ancestral house is now known as the Carlos P. Garcia Museum housing the Boholano President’s memorabilia.

The city heritage tour culminated at the Balili Ancestral House, which served as the Japanese military general’s residence during World War II. At the Balili House, Mr. Hardy was serenaded by the Children’s Rondalla of the School of Performing Arts of the Cecilio Putong National High School and the Tagbilaran City Government Chorale.

“It was a walk through the city’s rich past that has somehow come back to life with the vibrant ambience that you have re-created,” said Mr. Hardy.

Tagbilaran City has a rich culture—a mix of different eras that involved the Spanish, the American and the Japanese. “The Tourism USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II and Development Plan can transform the city into a Tagbilaran City Mayor John Geesnell Yap visit leading heritage tourism destination and a major the Balili House, a Japanese-era structure and hub for cultural arts not only in the Philippines but one of the city’s famous heritage houses. for Southeast Asia as well,” he added.

Component 3: Expand Economic Connectivity and Access between Urban and Rural Areas

Key Activities, Accomplishments for the Quarter

Subcomponent 3.3: Strengthen supply chain linkages between urban and rural areas

Activity 1: Strengthen organizational and market capacities of Seaweed Networks in Puerto Princesa City and Zamboanga City

The Puerto Princesa Seaweed Network, with assistance from the SURGE Project, held its first official meeting on November 14, 2017. At least 25 representatives of the network comprising of growers’ associations, government agencies, support institutions and the city government gathered to draw up strategies in strengthening the organization by defining the roles and responsibilities of its members. The participants also identified priority concerns in seaweed production, post-harvest, marketing and local policy regulations which the network should develop corresponding interventions. During the meeting, the members of the Seaweed Network reiterated their vision for Puerto Princesa City and Province to become the country’s leading producer of good-quality seaweeds for the local and export markets.

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An important development since the formation of the Seaweed Network was the updating of the city’s revenue code which substantially reduced feeds for seaweed growing in designated production areas by more than 80% (from PhP 1 per square meter to PhP 0.12 per square meter). The network has also started to advocate for stricter enforcement of relevant local regulations such as requiring farmers to operate only in areas declared as seaweed production zones. Network members also plan to jointly organize with the SURGE Project and the Puerto Princesa LGU a Some local fisher folk in Barangay Babuyan in province-wide Seaweed Forum in early 2018 that Puerto Princesa, Palawan harvest seaweeds as their primary source of livelihood. will bring together key stakeholders to plan the industry’s long-term development.

As part of efforts to strengthen market linkages between producers and buyers through the Seaweed Network, the SURGE Project has met with Cargill Philippines, one of the country’s leading seaweed processor and a major seaweed buyer in Palawan Province. During the meeting, the SURGE Project updated the company on the status of the Seaweed Network in Puerto Princesa City and Palawan Province and its plans to improve over-all product quality and market access for growers. Cargill welcomed this development and expressed interest to work with the project and the seaweed network in upgrading existing product quality standards and sustainable market linkages with growers.

Activity 2: Formulate stakeholder-led strategic tourism plans in Legazpi City and General Santos City

In October, the SURGE Project met with the City Tourism Officer of Legazpi City to discuss the project’s proposed technical assistance in updating the city’s Tourism Development Plan (TDP). Legazpi City has started its tourism planning process in early 2017 and has consolidated relevant data on the local tourism sector. The SURGE Project intends to build on this initial information and will help local tourism stakeholders develop an over-all vision for the city’s long-term tourism development. The project presented its proposed approach to the City Tourism Officer for the tourism planning process which is consultative, multi-stakeholder based and private-sector driven.

In December, SURGE Project met with the City Planning and Development Officer (CPDO) of General Santos City to lay down its proposed technical assistance to the city in finalizing its TDP. The General Santos CPDO revealed that the city is currently formulating its tourism plan with technical guidance from the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) but would need SURGE Project’s assistance in developing more detailed strategies for its priority sub-sectors, particularly on farm tourism and MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibits) development. The SURGE Project will focus its technical assistance on these sub-sectors and will provide additional inputs during consultative meetings and review preliminary workshop outputs.

The SURGE Project technical assistance for the tourism planning activities in the cities of Legazpi and General Santos will start in January 2018.

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CARRY-OVER ACTIVITIES FROM YEAR 2

Carry-over Activity 1: Completion of the Tourism Development Plan (TDP) for Tagbilaran City, including Formal Launching Event

The City Government of Tagbilaran, with technical assistance of SURGE Project, completed and finalized its medium-term Tourism Development Plan (TDP) covering the period 2017-2022. The plan is envisioned to steer the city into becoming a leading, sustainable, creative city with vibrant heritage tourism and creative industries. As USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II described in the TDP, the Tagbilaran City Tourism and Tagbilaran City Mayor John Geesnell Yap grace the launch of the city’s Tourism Strategy is built around a development framework Development Plan last December 1, 2017. with three key priorities that correspond to the city’s three strategic goals:

• Place building through Cultural and Heritage Tourism; • Extension of Tagbilaran City’s culture-and-heritage narrative through promotion of its rich Creative Industries such as music, performing arts and crafts; and • Development of local enabling policies and programs for heritage tourism and creative industries.

The TDP was formulated with inputs from key tourism stakeholder groups such as the Bohol Association of Hotel, Resorts and Restaurants (BAHRR) and local culture and arts advocates like the City Culture and Arts Council, NGOs Process Bohol and Kasing Sining and academic institution . During the consultative sessions, SURGE Project maximized the participation of the private sector by holding a series of focused group discussions and action planning workshops involving tourism industry representatives NGOs and owners of ancestral houses and heritage structures.

The newly crafted Tagbilaran City TDP builds on the heritage tourism work initiated by USAID/Compete Project. The city has also enacted a heritage ordinance which delineates a heritage district and provides guidelines and incentives for preservation and adaptive use of structures and houses within the district. The heritage ordinance also created a local heritage council, a multi-sectoral body which will provide policy and technical advisory in the implementation of the city’s heritage tourism plans and programs.

On December 1, 2017, the City of Tagbilaran led by Mayor Geesnell Yap officially launched and turned over the TDP to the Department of Tourism (DOT) through Joshua Judd Lanete II, DOT Regional Director for Central Visayas. USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II attended the TDP turnover ceremony. The new city TDP will be incorporated into the DOT’s regional tourism development framework for Central Visayas that is currently being updated.

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Acting Governor Vinzencio Arcamo, representing the Provincial Government of Bohol, and Lourdes Tuyor-Sultan, Vice Chair of the Provincial Tourism Council, also expressed their support for the TDP. As one of the highlights of the TDP launch, the newly organized Tagbilaran City Heritage District Council (TCHDC) were also officially inducted by the City Mayor. The heritage council is composed of more than a dozen representatives coming from the city government, owners of heritage structures and sites, tourism associations, arts and cultural Tagbilaran City Mayor John Geesnell Yap inducts the officers and members of the organizations, chamber of commerce, academe Tagbilaran City Heritage District Council. and NGOs.

To highlight its heritage tourism potentials, Tagbilaran City Mayor Yap led Mission Director Hardy and other guests to a quick tour of the city’s heritage sites. The group visited Plaza Rizal, the city’s central park and primary recreational area founded during the Spanish colonial times; the Carlos P. Garcia (CPG) Museum that houses important memorabilia of the first Boholono President and the Balili Ancestral House which served as the official residence of the Japanese military governor during World War II. At the Balili House, the guests were treated to a variety of musical performances by the Cecilio Putong School of Performing Arts and the Tagbilaran City Choir.

Carry-over Activity 2: Establishment of Seaweed Network and Seaweed Forum in Puerto Princesa City

In line with the efforts of the SURGE Project and the Puerto Princesa City to promote the local seaweed industries, preliminary plans are underway for the conduct of the province-wide Seaweed Forum during the first quarter of 2018. The planned Seaweed Forum will gather at least 150 key industry stakeholders such as seaweed growers, buyers and processors, relevant government agencies, academic and research institutions to formulate strategies to improve productivity, facilitate market linkages and foster sustainable growth of the seaweed industry in Puerto Princesa City and Palawan Province.

The SURGE Project has conducted initial meetings with the City Agriculture Office (CAO) and the Puerto Princesa Seaweed Network as well as other prospective cooperators such as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Western Philippines University (WPU) to discuss tentative plans for the Seaweed Forum. The SURGE Project and the CAO plans to convene an organizational meeting for the Seaweed Forum in mid-January 2018 to formally set up various working Philippine Chamber of Commerce and committees and formulate specific preparatory Industry (PCCI) Vice-President Antonio Uy activities for the event. highlights the importance of fast economic recovery in Marawi.

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Other Activities:

Assistance in organizing the Marawi Business Forum highlighting participation of private sector

The SURGE Project in partnership with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (PCCI), the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCDP), the chambers of commerce of General Santos City, Cagayan de Oro and and the Muslim Business Forum jointly organized the Business Forum on Marawi Rehabilitation last November 28, 2017 in General Santos City. The forum gathered more than 150 businessmen and other private sector representatives from Mindanao and other regions discussing strategies on rebuilding the Marawi economy in the aftermath of the five-month long siege. The forum focused on rehabilitation plans by the national government as well as business opportunities under a post-conflict scenario.

A number of key private sector companies attended the event and expressed their support for the city’s fast economic recovery. Some of the business groups have committed to actively participate in the rehabilitation process.

• PCCI will reorganize and strengthen the Marawi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. • Udenna Group, through its existing shipping companies, will provide the needed logistic services for rehabilitation activities. • Unifruitti Group Philippines, a major agribusiness conglomerate in Mindanao, announced plans to consider investments in abaca and coffee production and industrial tree plantations in including Marawi City.

During the forum, the Metro Marawi Chamber of Commerce, a predominantly Maranao traders group operating in Marawi, expressed their gratitude to the SURGE Project and its partners for leading the conduct of the business forum. They said the forum highlighted the need for more active private sector involvement in the rehabilitation of Marawi. Miguel Dominguez, Vice Chair of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) enjoined private sector representatives in Mindanao and other parts of the country to support economic recovery efforts in Marawi which has paid a hefty price in the government’s fight against violent Islamic extremism.

Assistance to Batangas LGU in their planned participation in Jollibee’s Farmer Entrepreneurship Program

As part of its market connectivity efforts for agriculture, the SURGE Project established initial linkages between Batangas City and leading fast-food chain Jollibee Corporation through the city’s possible inclusion in the Jollibee Group Foundation’s (JGF) Farmer Entrepreneurship Program (FEP). The FEP is one of JGF’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives that seek to assist small- holder farmers to access more lucrative institutional markets through training, organizational strengthening and product Jollibee Group Foundation introduces its Farmer quality improvement. Batangas City Entrepreneurship Program to assist small-holder representatives attended the Orientation farmers.

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Program on the FEP in October that presented the criteria and requirements for the city’s possible inclusion as an FEP local implementing partner. Subsequently, the City Government with technical assistance from SURGE, formally submitted to JGF a letter of intent (LOI) to participate in the FEP on December 15, 2018. The city government’s LOI defined the prospective farmers’ group as beneficiaries and their corresponding targeted crops (hot pepper, upland kangkong, calamansi). JGF is expected to conduct further assessment of the city government’s application in mid-January 2018.

Continuing cassava chip processing and market linkage activities

As of October 2017, the SURGE Project and Zamboanga City-supported Lubigan cassava farmers and sub-assemblers in Zamboanga City sold an additional 16 tons of peeled cassava chips to accredited assemblers of San Miguel Foods Inc (SMFI). The delivery was an outcome of the market linkage efforts initiated by project with SMFI and its designated assemblers. To support the increasing volumes of cassava chips produced by local growers, two sub-assemblers, Samat Nasa and Harun Kahal, have constructed a bigger storage facility that can The SURGE Project has been assisting Lubigan cassava farmers and sub- accommodate 200 to 250 sacks of dried cassava assemblers in Zamboanga City sell their chips. This will increase the storage and delivery produce to accredited assemblers of San capacity of farmers and the two sub-assemblers. Miguel Foods Inc.

Aside from farmers in Barangays Dita and Lubigan, cassava growers from other areas such as Curuan District and more distant locations like Buenavista in Vitali District and Sacol Island in Manicahan District have started selling their cassava produce to the Lubigan group. It has made Lubigan as a major consolidation area for cassava chips in the city. The SURGE Project Zamboanga office also provided training on basic accounting and bookkeeping to officers of the Lugiban Farmers Association to help them in their cassava marketing operations.

Summary of Plans and Accomplishments for the Quarter

Activity First Quarter, Year 3 Work Plan Accomplishments Subcomponent 3.3 Strengthen supply chain linkages between urban and rural areas Activity 1: Strengthen Support the Puerto Princesa/Palawan Assisted Puerto Princesa Seaweed organizational and Seaweed Network in establishing partnerships Network in its first official meeting market capacities of with the Seaweed Industry Association of the which gathered key officers of the Seaweed Networks in Philippines (SIAP) to disseminate modern network. During the meeting, roles Puerto Princesa and production and -----post-production practices, and responsibilities of members Zamboanga upgrade quality standards, access post- were clearly defined. harvest facilities, consolidate seaweed production and establish direct supply linkages with SIAP member-firms such as Cargill and W. Group -Assist the group to improve production technologies and quality standards and facilitate linkages with support agencies and other private groups. Activity 2: Formulate Provide technical support in updating Legazpi Preliminary meetings with Legazpi stakeholder-led strategic City’s Tourism Development Plan and and General Santos LGU tourism plans in Legazpi formulating a strategic action plan to promote representatives held to discuss MICE and farm tourism in General Santos City

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Activity First Quarter, Year 3 Work Plan Accomplishments City and General Santos approach and strategies in tourism City planning Carry-over Activities from Year 2 Carry-over Activity 1: Finalize the TDP for launching on December 1 • Completed technical assistance Completion of Tourism to finalize the city’s TDP. Development Plan (TDP) • TDP formally launched on Dec 1 for Tagbilaran including and turned over to the Formal Launching Event Department of Tourism (DOT) Carry-over Activity 2: Prepare for the Seaweed Forum in 2018 • First official meeting of the Establishment of Seaweed Network held Seaweed Network and • Preliminary meetings with City Seaweed Forum in Agriculture Office and other Puerto Princesa cooperating agencies (DTI, DOST, WPU, DOLE) held to discuss plans for the proposed Seaweed Forum

Planned Activities for the Next Quarter

• Conduct organizational strengthening workshops for Puerto Princesa Seaweed Network; • Establish formal linkages between the Puerto Princesa Seaweed Network and key industry groups such as the Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines (SIAP); • Conduct consultative meetings with seaweed growers and industry stakeholders in Zamboanga City leading to the organization of a Zamboanga City Seaweed Industry Network or similar grouping; • Organize consultative workshops and provide technical assistance to Legazpi City in formulating its Tourism Development Plan (TDP); • Provide technical advice to General Santos City in finalizing its TDP; and • Provide technical assistance to General Santos City LGU and tourism council in developing strategies and action plans to promote MICE and farm tourism in General Santos City.

Carry-Over Activities from Year 2 • Monitor status of implementation of newly-completed Tagbilaran TDP and provide limited technical advice to City Tourism Office in project implementation; and • Assist the Seaweed Network and the City Government in the conceptualization, design, preparation and actual conduct of the Seaweed Forum.

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Crosscutting Areas

USAID and General Santos City renew partnership to boost economic growth

nited States Agency for International both the region and the country,” said Mr. Development (USAID) Mission Director . Hardy. U Lawrence Hardy II and General Santos City General Santos City has been a longstanding Mayor Ronnel Rivera signed a Memorandum partner of USAID. In the late 1990s, USAID ofni Understanding on November 27, 2017, supported an extensive infrastructure making General Santos City the eighth and program in Mindanao, contributing to the newest partner under USAID’s Cities construction of the key economic Development Initiative (CDI). infrastructures in the city, including the

General Santos International Airport, Makar Through this initiative, USAID works closely Wharf, and several major roads. with city governments outside to

fulfill their potential as engines of inclusive, City Mayor Ronnel Rivera shared that USAID sustainable, and resilient growth. In General has supported the city’s infrastructure and Santos City, USAID and its partners will work local economic development through various together to develop and implement city action projects. plans to boost economic growth, improve

health and education, and strengthen “Through the years, General Santos City has environmental resilience. been working hand in hand with USAID, which

in fact paved the way to transform our city into “We are optimistic this partnership will bring the gateway of the Central Mindanao Region,” General Santos City to greater heights to said Mayor Rivera. “We affirm our achieve its full potential as a regional growth commitment to this program and we express hub that advances peace and prosperity for our gratitude for adding our city to the list of

cities under the CDI.”

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Crosscutting Areas During the first quarter of Year 3, the SURGE Project implemented activities that cut across various components. The First Quarter of Year 3 project implementation highlighted major events organized by the SURGE Project in collaboration with its project partners and CDI cities.

A. SET-UP INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR SURGE IMPLEMENTATION

• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the USAID and the City Government of General Santos City

An MOU was formalized between the USAID and City Government of General Santos City on November 27, 2017 at the Greenleaf Hotel in General Santos City. Through the MOU signed between USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II and City Mayor Ronnel Rivera, General Santos City is now officially the eight Cities Development Initiative (CDI) city under USAID. The event was witnessed by more than 150 key city officials, representatives from academe, business sectors, non-government organizations and people’s organizations. The formal launching of the Streamlined Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS) of General Santos City was also launched during the MOU signing.

• Convened Meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) in General Santos City

A SURGE Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting was held on November 27, 2017 in lieu of a Stakeholders Forum, to provide updates on accomplishments done in the eight months of project assistance, discuss current and proposed activities for the city and to solicit support and collaboration from Stakeholders for USAID and SURGE activities. The TWG was created through the issuance of Executive Order No. 43, an Executive Order “Creating the General Santos City Technical Working Group of the USAID funded “Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity (SURGE) Project” which was signed by the city mayor last October 18, 2017. The City Government, through its City Administrator, has expressed gratitude to the SURGE Project for its assistance. The event was attended by 50 participants from the city government, academe, private sector, local chambers and the non-government organizations.

• Organized the Marawi Business Forum

The Marawi Business Forum was held on November 28, 2017 to provide a venue for the Chambers of Commerce and other private sector groups to discuss and identify opportunities and assistance for the rehabilitation of Marawi City and other conflict- affected areas. The forum was organized in partnership with the business chambers of Cagayan de Oro and General Santos city, the Muslim Business Forum, the League of Cities of the Philippines and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry. USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II, who was assures the Philippine Government on its commitment to assist the country in the the guest of honor, reiterated that the U.S. Marawi rehabilitation. Government is committed to “partner with the Philippine government and the private sector in achieving inclusive economic prosperity in Marawi City and the entire province of Lanao del Sur”.

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The USAID Mission Director stressed that “the local business community should be the leaders in investing in and advancing sustainable economic development”. More than 170 business leaders from Mindanao and different parts of the country and key government officials attended the event.

The forum was highlighted with the reading of Manifesto of Support expressed by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The manifesto states:

MANIFESTO OF SUPPORT FOR MARAWI REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT

We represent business organizations and other private sector stakeholders from Mindanao and other parts of the country who have come together to contribute to the efforts to help Marawi City and other areas affected by the recent armed conflict. We hereby express the following: 1. We believe in supporting the economic recovery and redevelopment of Marawi City and other areas affected by the recent armed conflict. 2. We accept that the revival of a dynamic, competitive, resilient, and inclusive market system is necessary for the improvement of the lives of citizens in Marawi City and other areas affected by the recent armed conflict. 3. We believe in the need for both subsidiarity and solidarity in pursuing the recovery of Marawi City and other areas affected by the recent armed conflict. 4. We recognize the presence of economic opportunities for greater investment, trade, and entrepreneurial growth in Marawi City and other areas affected by the armed conflict.

• Organized the Launching of the Tagbilaran City Tourism Development Plan (TDP) and Heritage Tour The City Government of Tagbilaran formally launched its five-year TDP on December 1, 2017 coinciding with the visit of USAID Mission Director Hardy in the city. Tagbilaran City Mayor Geesnell Yap turned-over the new TDP to Department of Tourism Regional Director Joshur Judd Lanete II. More than 100 key government officials, city government, particularly the City Tourism Office, private sectors attended the event. After the launching ceremony, Mayor Yap accompanied USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II, USAID Mission Director Hardy and other guests for a Tagbilaran City Mayor Geesnell Yap and short tour of the city’s heritage district where they guests enjoy a brief tour of the city’s were treated to a number of musical performances heritage district. by local artists.

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B. GENDER

The SURGE Project continues to integrate gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) into all its activities to enhance the project’s policy initiatives, capacity development, and monitoring and evaluation.

Building on the GESI-specific training and technical assistance provided during its first two years of implementation, the project has resulted in the adoption of policies and procedures to enhance gender considerations in the CDI cities.

During the quarter, the following proposed procedures/policies were adopted: • GESI considerations in the special chapter on culture fair human settlements in the proposed Environment Code of Zamboanga City • GESI mainstreaming in the local development plans of Zamboanga City • Establishment of a sex-disaggregated BPLS database in Zamboanga City

In all CDI cities, gender work was integrated in BPLS reforms. In Legazpi, for instance, an executive order on the BPLS was issued specifying the relevance of obtaining sex-disaggregated data. Meanwhile, the BPLS manual of operations developed during the year highlighted social inclusion through the designation of special lanes for pregnant women, senior citizens, persons with disability, and men or women with children. These proposed procedures are to see implementation during the first quarter of 2018.

During the quarter, two trainings on gender mainstreaming were conducted in Puerto Princesa City. The SURGE Project conducted a “Coaches Training on Assessing the Gender Responsiveness of Puerto Princesa City Programs and Projects,” an advance skills building assistance to the Gender and Development (GAD) Focal points of the city offices for the city’s Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines (HDGD). The workshop guided the participants in GAD mainstreaming through the review and assessment of the quality and relevance of existing cases for HGDG analysis. The activity, attended by 58 government staff, focused on gender responsiveness and inclusive governance, application of HGDG, and integration of gender equality and social inclusion in programs and projects.

Another workshop is on Leadership Assessment Workshop on the Puerto Princesa GAD Code for Sanggunian completed this December 20, 2017 with 26 participants. The activity focused on increasing awareness on the role and responsibilities of the legislative officials in promoting, integrating and evaluating gender in the policies they adopt.

Figure 1. Distribution of Attendees in SURGE Activities as of December 2017, by Sex

60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Proportion of participantsof Proportion Component 1 Component 2 Component 3 Cross-cutting Total Men 50% 49% 46% 45% 49% Women 50% 51% 54% 55% 51%

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• Overall, women marginally outnumbered men (by 1%) in terms of participation in various capacity-development activities conducted by or with SURGE to date. A similar trend is evident for activities under Components 2 and 3, while aggregated Component 1 activities posted gender balance. • Women particularly dominated cross-cutting activities, majority of which were trainings on gender development. The exception is the Marawi Business Forum however, where over two-thirds of the participants were men.

Table 3. Gender Balance in SURGE Activities as of December 2017, by Component

No. of Activities Total With Gender With More With More Component Surveyed Balance Men Women Component 1 39 2 18 19 Component 2 31 1 13 17 Component 3 5 1 1 3 Cross-cutting 7 0 2 5 TOTAL 82 4 34 44

• The participation rates in 82 capacity-development activities were obtained to study gender balance more closely. Aside from SURGE-funded trainings, these 82 include interventions supported by SURGE through technical assistance. • A little over half or 44 of the activities surveyed had more women participants than men while only 4 or 5% actually registered gender balance. • It may be noted that for Component 1 activities, the proportion between those with more male and female representatives is very close. Meanwhile, most of the activities under Components 2 and 3 clearly had more women participants. • Cross-cutting activities, majority of which were trainings on gender development, drew more women. A remarkable exception is the Marawi Business Forum, where over two- thirds of the participants were men.

C. COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION STRATEGIES

For this quarter, the SURGE Project’s key accomplishments in implementing its communication and information strategies include: • Publication of quarterly Cities Development Initiative (CDI) Newsletter; • Promotion of the SURGE Project and USAID activities, such as the CDI Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing between USAID and General Santos City, through news stories and social media posts; • Completion of CDI video; • Completion of the Tagbilaran City investment promotion booklet; • Conduct of learning session on use of social media in development work; and • Participation in global campaigns such as the International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 13) and World Cities Day (October 31).

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• Published CDI Newsletter

The project published the quarterly CDI Newsletter covering the period of July to September 2017 (see link here http://surge.org.ph/cdi-newsletter). Based on Google Analytics, 1,230 readers accessed the CDI Newsletter between October and December 2017. The newsletter was accessed 1,637 times. Majority of the webpage visits (about 73 percent) were from readers in the Philippines. This was followed by readers in the United States at 10 percent, and visits from readers in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates at 8 percent, and Malaysia at 1 percent. More than half or 70 percent of the Philippine website visits were from readers in Metro Manila, followed by readers in and Cagayan de Oro City. Among the CDI cities, Cagayan de Oro had the most readership, with 5 percent of total website visits.

• Promoted SURGE Project activities

The SURGE Project achieved a high external reach and news visibility with 143 news stories published by local and national media, and by the city governments that describe project activities and accomplishments (Annex 6). The project submitted a total of 17 bullet stories to USAID which were published in the Manila Environment Weekly Update circulated within the USAID Environment Office. A total of 37 news bits describing project activities in the eight cities were also produced during the period as part of its internal information dissemination to USAID and ICMA.

By the end of December 2017, the SURGE Project Twitter account, @USAID_SURGE, accumulated a total of 264 followers and produced 148 tweets. Similar to the CDI Newsletter readers, most of the Twitter followers are from the Philippines (50 percent), followed by the United States (23 percent) and United Kingdom (4 percent). During this period, the SURGE Project Twitter account earned 66 link clicks, 55 retweets and 171 likes. Most link clicks, retweets and likes were gained from stories about the International Day for Disaster Reduction #IDDR2017 and the soft launch of Cagayan de Oro’s electronic unified land information system kiosk. On the other hand, the USAID Facebook fan page featured 26 posts or updates on SURGE Project activities. In October 2017, the USAID Transforming Lives website featured the project’s success story entitled “Small-scale cassava growers earn big in the Philippines” (https://goo.gl/eEyr6L).

Communication also played a significant role in the preparation and promotion of the following activities:  SURGE Project participation in the 2017 ASEAN Land Governance Summit on December 4-5, 2017 in Manila;  Editing of storyboard for General Santos City’s Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS) short video for the BPLS launch in November 27, 2017; and  USAID Environment Office Chief Jeremy Gustasfon visit to Iloilo City on October 20, 2017.

• Supported the CDI MOU signing between USAID and General Santos City, and the Marawi Business Forum

The successful CDI MOU signing between USAID and General Santos City on November 27, 2017 was one of the project’s major events for the quarter. Newly-installed USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II and General Santos City Mayor Ronnel Rivera formally signed the partnership, which officially made General Santos City as USAID’s eight CDI partner city. Simultaneously, the city government launched its enhanced BPLS at the CDI MOU signing event.

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The SURGE Project organized the Marawi Business Forum in General Santos City last November 28, 2017 with a theme, “Laying the Ground for Economic Recovery and Development of Marawi and Lanao.” The business forum was a collaboration with business chambers of General Santos City, Cagayan de Oro, Marawi, South Cotabato, the Muslim Business Forum, the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI). More than 150 Mindanao and Manila business leaders participated in the event and expressed their support to develop the agriculture, manufacturing and logistics sectors of the city and the Lanao del Sur Province, as they anticipate a resurgence in business with the ongoing rehabilitation efforts of the national government. Communication support were provided to the two activities in terms of collaterals, stories, photos and media publicity. The events yielded more than 30 media placements in print and online.

• Supported the Tagbilaran City Tourism Development Plan Launch and Heritage Tour

The project co-organized the successful launching ceremony of Tagbilaran City’s first Tourism Development Plan and a Heritage Tour on December 1, 2017. Communication support was also provided for the events in terms of collaterals, photos and a short video describing the highlights of the tourism plan. The two events in Tagbilaran City generated seven media placements in print and online.

• Completed the CDI Video and the Tagbilaran City Investment Promotion Booklet

The three-minute CDI video, which can be viewed at https://youtu.be/563GGha11rQ, was completed in November 2017, just in time for the CDI MOU signing event between USAID and General Santos City.

In October 2017, the SURGE Project also completed the Tagbilaran City investment promotion booklet with supplemental PowerPoint Presentation. The investment promotion booklet is the first official investment promotion collateral of the city that describes investment priorities and growth centers in the city, business infrastructure, accessibility and connectivity, livability, cost of doing business, and the business registration process, among others. The Tagbilaran City Local Economic and Investment Tagbilaran City’s first investment promotion collateral was Promotion Office (LEIPO) will use the produced with technical assistance from the SURGE Project. booklet in investment roadshows that will be conducted locally, nationally and internationally, together with the Tripartite Investment Promotion Partnership with the Provincial Government of Bohol and the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI).

• Conducted Learning Session on the Use of Social Media in Development Work

The SURGE Project held a half day learning session entitled “Social Media for Development: Making the Most of Facebook and Twitter” on November 22, 2017, as part of a series of

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communication learning activities to promote USAID and SURGE Project activities. The activity was held at the SURGE Office, and broadcasted online for participants from CDI partner cities. More than 20 SURGE Project staff and 12 city government staff from the City Information Office, City Planning and Development Office and LEIPO of various cities joined the learning session. Ms. Sara Pacia, Digital Content Editor of Inquirer.net, joined the session as a guest speaker and talked about the various tools of Facebook and Twitter and online etiquette. SURGE Project’s Senior Communication Specialist Rojessa Saceda, on the other hand, discussed USAID’s social media policy. Through social media platforms, the project and the CDI partner cities can boost their visibility and expand their online reach with little to no direct costs.

• Participated in Global Campaigns

The SURGE Project participated in two international campaigns during the quarter, the International Day of Disaster Reduction on October 13 and the World Cities Day on October 31. Participation in these campaigns were through social media, and promotion of USAID and SURGE Project activities in CDI cities. Moreover, the project submitted pictograms to USAID Philippines for posting at the mission’s Facebook account, and also posted these at the SURGE Project Twitter account.

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IV. Accomplishments by City

1. BATANGAS CITY

During the quarter, the SURGE Project focused on coaching and mentoring activities in the city, particularly on the formulation and review of the Executive Orders (EOs) that were pending from the Year 2 interventions. Two EOs were signed: to expand the Waterworks and Sanitation Management Team (CWSMT) which tackles water and sanitation; and to create the City Geographic Information System Team (CGIST) to ensure the digital transformation of the cities data bases.

• Assisted in the Water and Sanitation Activities

The SURGE Project assisted the city in the formulation of an EO that intends to expand the composition and function of the City Waterworks, which is made up of 70 Rural Waterworks and Sanitation Associations (RWSAs). Executive Order No. 32 s 2017 “Amending Executive Order No. 24 Series of 2016, Creating and expanding the Composition and Functions of the City Waterworks and Sanitation Management Team (CWSMT) and Defining its Functions” was signed last November 9, 2017.

The project also assisted in the preparation of Water Safety Plans for 20 RWSAs to improve their information and education drive that would lead to the development of an improvement plan for water and sanitation policies and programs. This prompted from the reported low compliance to the monthly water testing required by the City Health Office and the high incidence of the E.-coli bacteria at the rural barangays. The target submission of the Water Safety Plans was discussed during a meeting held last December 12, 2017. To date, three Water Safety Plans were completed and are under review.

• Formulation of an EO for Geographic Information System (GIS) Team

This activity is an offshoot of the Basic Training and Orientation on the Use of GIS conducted last June 5-9, 2017 in Iloilo City. The city mayor signed Executive Order No. 33 series 2017 “An Executive Order Creating the City Geographic Information System Team including its Composition and Functions” last November 27, 2017 to jumpstart, steer and ensure that there will be a phase by phase digital transformation that will enable Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to be used to raise productivity and improve customer services.

Data bases are currently being updated by various offices. The CPDO has plotted 100% of Batangas City’s agricultural, residential and business zones and still waiting for data from other offices to validate and ensure accuracy of the data.

• Formulation and Review of the Executive Order for BPOSS

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BPOSS team with assistance from the project formulated a draft Executive Order “Amendment to Executive Order No. 16, S. Of 2014 Otherwise Known as the Creation of Batangas City’s Building Permit and Occupancy Permit One-Stop-Shop”. To date, the draft is being finalized by the BPOSS Team to include the proposed operational details and ensure that it is consistent with the requirements of the new Joint Memorandum Circular on Construction Permitting Systems. A major constraint in the proposed dry-run of the new system is the availability of space to set up the BPOSS.

To date, the EO has been reviewed by the City Engineers Office and awaiting training and dry run prior to the submission of the EO for the mayor’s signature. Initially, they have tested out the 4 steps, 4-day process but found out that the minimum number of processing days with the utilization of a waiver to expedite processing is 7 days. Hence, the need to do the training and dry run.

• Explored Possible Partnership with Jollibee Group Foundation

The SURGE Project facilitated initial linkages between the Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF) and the Batangas City Government for the latter’s possible participation in the JGF’s Farmer Entrepreneurship Program (FEP). The Batangas City Office of the City Veterinary and Agricultural Services (OCVAS) attended an introductory meeting on the FEP in City on October 20, 2017 which provided an overview on the mechanics of the program and the application process for prospective local implementing partners such as the Batangas City Government. The FEP aims to help smallholder farmers increase productivity and income by linking them to major institutional buyers such as Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC).

As a follow-through to the FEP orientation, the OCVAS convened a meeting of the Batangas City Vegetable Growers Association last November 13, 2017 to explore farmers’ interest to participate in the FEP and access new markets beginning with the member firms of the Jollibee Group such as Chowking, Jollibee and Mang Inasal. Among the requirements of these companies are vegetable products needed in their daily operation such as cabbage, pechay, sayote, upland kangkong, carrots, red bell pepper, red onion and calamansi. The Vegetable Growers Association expressed its Macario Hornilla, OIC Officer of the interest to participate in the FEP and committed to Batangas City Office of the City Veterinary undergo the required training sessions to improve and Agricultural Services (OCVAS) meets with the members of the Batangas City their production capabilities, consolidate their Vegetable Growers Association. marketing efforts and strengthen their organization.

The Batangas City government formally sent their Letter of Intent to join the FEP on December 15, 2017. JGF is scheduled to do further assessment of the city government’s application in January 2018.

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2. CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY

The First Quarter of Year 3 indicated progress of the SURGE Project activities in the city. The city moved to expand its online payment system through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP). The project also continued to coordinate the fine-tuning of the Electronic Building Permit Management System. Moreover, the Land and Asset Management Office (LAMO) submitted 218 completed documents to the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO). Of these, the CENRO completed the processing and issued 54 titles. Other significant achievements during the quarter are discussed below.

• Expansion of online payment system

The MOA between the city and the LBP is a welcome development as it will open an additional online payment option, Master card payments through LBP besides Visa card through DBP. More significantly, because LBP is the depository bank of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), this will enable online payment of BFP’s Fire Safety Inspection Certificate (FSIC) and, eventually, enable an end-to-end online registration process targeted in 2019.

• Enhanced the Electronic Building Permit Management System (eBPMS)

The project continued to coordinate the fine-tuning of the eBPMS. The University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippine (USTSP) conducted a two-week mentoring of the Office of Building Official (OBO)’s processors. This is to ensure that the system is more efficient and easy to use. OBO actively assisted subdivision developers in using the system. The adopted improvements were: all plans can be viewed by the evaluators and verifier, end order/pdf have return button, and the tax declaration form and tax property receipt are in pdf format. In the quarter, 184 building permits were approved using the system and 95 are in-process.

• Assisted the Land and Asset Management Office (LAMO) in land titling

The LAMO submitted 218 completed documents to the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO). Of these, the CENRO completed the processing and issued 54 titles. The Land Management Council (LMC) meeting in December scheduled the distribution of 300 land titles and inauguration of the ULIS in January. The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) agreed to enhance the Unified Land Information System (ULIS) by adding zonal values and Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno (leftmost) joins the meeting of the Land agricultural areas with Certificate of Land Ownership Management Council on December 6, 2017. Award (CLOA).

• Assisted in the endorsement and deliberation of the proposed city Investment Incentives Code

The city mayor endorsed the proposed Cagayan de Oro City Investment Incentives Code to the City Council. The draft code was crafted by the Local Investment Incentive Review Committee through the technical assistance from the SURGE Project. It will update the Investment Incentives Code of 2002 and balance support to selected investment areas and higher revenue generation.

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It will also allow for flexibility in determining priority investment areas attuned to the current economic realities. Moreover, it will also regularize the institutional mechanism for stakeholder participation in local economic and investment promotion with the creation of an Investment Advisory Board and the Trade and Investment Promotion Center (TIPC). The Committee on Trade and Commerce conducted the initial hearing in mid-November and scheduled further deliberation in January to give way to the budget hearings. At the same hearing, the Committee endorsed the creation of positions for the TIPC.

On the other hand, the Committee on Appropriations also endorsed the proposed budgets for tourism masterplan and transport management plan of PhP 5 million each. The City Council will tackle the 2018 City Budget in January.

• Coordinated the preparatory activities for business registration in 2018

The SURGE Project assisted in the upcoming business registration, especially the physical arrangements and the promotion of online payment. The city government has been undertaking relocations and physical improvements of offices and some were temporarily occupying the City Tourism Hall, the venue for releasing of business and sanitary permits. The City Administrator’s Office assured the TWG that the City Tourism Hall will be ready on the first day of business registration in 2018.

The Project also convened a meeting of the Joint Inspection Team (JIT) to remind the members of the new provisions of the DILG-DTI-DICT Joint Memorandum Circular on Business Registration. The BFP reported that they had submitted a long negative list to the BPLO. The JIT agreed to report this matter to the mayor and get guidance on the next steps. In the meeting, the city mayor also indicated that an inspection manual should be prepared and asked for assistance from the SURGE Project. The city mayor also issued EO 184-2017 placing the Joint Inspection Team under a Special Task Force which will integrate its function with the Regulatory and Complaints Board and the Price Coordinating Council. The Special Task Force is headed by a lawyer to assist in the resolution of legal issues.

• Helped in the design and conduct of the Strategic Planning Workshop of the Trade and Investment Promotion Center

The workshop was participated in by eight TIPC staff, two staff from the DTI, a coordinator of the BOI CDO Extension Office, and representatives of CPDO, City Tourism, City Agriculture and the president of the city ICT Council. The participants reaffirmed the results framework of the TIPC which flowed into its Major Final Outputs and Office Performance and Commitment Review matrix. From this perspective, a review of the accomplishments and gaps of the past three years was done. These formed the bases for the targets and activities of the next three years. The city mayor said that special projects, mainly supporting all externally-funded projects including the City Mayor Oscar Moreno poses with the SURGE Project, as well as oversight of city participants of the ORO-TIPC Strategic planning and tourism will continue a purview of the Planning Workshop last November 2, 2017. TIPC.

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3. GENERAL SANTOS CITY

The First Quarter of the SURGE Project’s Year 3 implementation was a significant period for General Santos City. The city was formally launched on November 27, 2017 as USAID’s eight Cities Development Initiative (CDI) partner city through the signing of Memorandum of Understanding. Prior to the signing of the partnership agreement, the project has been instrumental in strengthening the city government’s land use planning process and business permits and licensing system. It has also worked closely with the academe and the private sector to improve water service delivery and in improving the business enabling environment in the city.

• Organized the USAID/SURGE Technical Working Group (TWG) and its 1st meeting

Through an Executive Order signed by the city mayor, the General Santos City Government established a TWG to facilitate coordination among the relevant departments within the City Government as well as its other local partners in implementing project activities, providing strategic direction, and lead stakeholder participation and oversee USAID/SURGE implementation. The TWG is comprised of representatives from the different city government offices, private sector, academe and civil society, and chaired by the City Mayor. The SURGE Project assisted the Office of the City Mayor in preparing the Executive Order No. 43, series of 2017 that created the TWG. The TWG conducted its 1st Regular meeting last Nov. 27, 2017 after the CDI MOU signing between USAID and the City Government of General Santos City.

• Facilitated two new partnerships to improve water service delivery

The SURGE Project assisted the city government’s Integrated Barangay Affairs (IBA) in forging partnership with the Mindanao State University and the General Santos City Water District to improve water service delivery. The MOU between the city government and the MSU involves the conduct of a research on potable water demand, services, and challenges in General Santos City. The City Government will use the results of the research for planning and decision making to ensure the city’s water services are more responsive to the needs of its constituents, particularly those that are being served by the Rural Water Service Associations (RWSAs).

The MOU with the General Santos City Water District, on the other hand, involves capacity development for the RWSAs. The partnership aims to improve the management, operation and service capability of RWAs through series of capacity development activities. The signing of MOUs was done during the conduct of the first Rural Water and Service Associations (RWSA) Summit. Under the agreement, the General Santos City Water District will provide technical assistance and administration of capacity building activities for the TWG. The RWSAs, on the other hand, will provide technical experts when needed. The city government will provide funding for the activities.

• Helped the city in updating its Comprehensive Land Use Plan

The activity led to the following: enhancement and approval of the City’s vision; concept/structure plan for formulated and resilience using the updated PAG-ASA projections; quality evaluation on draft CLUP components particularly on the ecological profile, land use plan, zoning ordinance and sectoral studies; and sectoral land use implications and strategies. The workshop was well attended by representatives from the private sector, academe and the non-government organizations.

• Assisted in the streamlining of the City’s BPLS

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The SURGE Project provided coaching and mentoring support to the BPLS Executive Committee, TWG and the JIT in developing and implementing the processes, policies and mechanism for implementing a streamlined BPLS. This includes the issuance of an Executive Order No. 48 series of 2017, an Executive Order creating the Executive Committee, TWG and JIT in support to the implementation of Streamlined BPLS and Executive Order No.75- An Executive Order Implementing the Streamlined Business Permits and Licensing System in General Santos City,” in time for its implementation on January 2018 business registration process.

Before the SURGE Project’s technical assistance, the BPLS of the city government is not compliant to the DTI-DILG-DICT Joint Memorandum Circular series of 2016. Based on assessment, it takes 13 steps and around 6.5 days before a new business permit and license is issued, and 15 steps and about 4 days before a business permit is renewed. As a result of the BPLS streamlining workshop and follow-up coaching assistance of the SURGE Project, the city has now reduced the steps to 3 steps for both the issuance of new and renewal of business permits and these processes are to be completed within two hours.

The project also trained the city government’s business permits and licensing front line service staff on effective customer service in line with its objective of providing a USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy business friendly and efficient customer service to II, Mayor Ronnel Rivera and Vice Mayor business applicants. The streamlined BPLS was formally Shirlyn Nograles launch the streamlined launched during the CDI MOU signing between USAID business permits and licensing system and the City Government of General Santos last (BPLS) of the city on November 27, 2017. November 27, 2017.

• Facilitated the conduct of Business Sector Forum

With a theme, “Realizing GenSan Now”, the forum enabled the city government to promote and disseminate the city’s streamlined BPLS, as well as update the private sector representatives on the progress of the formulation of CLUP. It also encouraged business sector to collaborate with the city government’s major undertaking such as the redevelopment of the public market, agri- industrial development and the Green GenSan Project. The Forum, which was attended by officers and members of the local chambers, also included a dialogue with the Manila and Mindanao business leaders city mayor. The dialogue elicits TIPS or Thoughts, participate in the Marawi Business Forum Insights, Perspectives and Suggestions from the private organized by USAID/SURGE on November 28, 2017. sector on how to solve various issues related to economic development.

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• Assisted in the conduct of Executive and Legislative Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming

The workshop led to commitments among city government senior management team to strengthen its efforts towards gender mainstreaming in their various programs and projects. Specifically, these commitments include: raising more revenues to support the gender responsive programs, projects and activities of the city as identified in the GAD Plan and Budget, observe GAD responsiveness by examining that the required percentage of the total LGU appropriations will be allocated to GAD related PPAs; mainstream gender in all LGU policies and ensure General Santos City officials, department mainstreaming gender and social inclusion in the CDP, heads, personnel and GAD focal point CLUP, ELA and other plans. The Competitiveness system identify local government Cluster, committed to come up more gender responsive priorities to promote gender inclusiveness during a USAID/SURGE infrastructure and agriculture services while the training on October 5-6, 2017. Livability Cluster members plans to provide more gender responsive skills and training for its clients. Other results to date include: finalization of GAD Code amendments, issuance of Executive Order No. 60, an Executive Order Institutionalizing GAD database and sex-disaggregated data in General Santos City; provision of special lane for senior citizen, people with disabilities and pregnant women in the business one stop shop; and designation of all department heads as GAD focal point and coordinator.

Synergy with other USAID-funded Projects

USAID Protect Wildlife Project. The SURGE Project coordinated with the USAID Protect Wildlife project for its preparatory works in implementing the project in the city. This includes providing assistance in the conduct of consultation and courtesy call with the City Planning and Development Office, the City ENRO and the city mayor. The PROTECT Wildlife Project was also briefed on the on-going and planned interventions of the SURGE Project for the city and explored possible areas of collaboration along the areas of environmental management and the comprehensive land use planning.

4. ILOILO CITY

During the reporting period, the SURGE Project has continued to facilitate activities and provide technical assistance in CDI partner city of Iloilo, such as the updating the CLUP and conduct of the Climate Disaster Risk Assessment; establishing the Urban Development Learning Research and Resource Center (UDLRRC); coaching and mentoring support on BPLS and LEIP; and the implementation of other project activities in collaboration with other USAID projects.

• Strengthened Commitment of the City Government to the SURGE Project

With the assumption of a new Iloilo City mayor and vice mayor appointed by the national government, the SURGE Project paid a courtesy call meeting to the new mayor, Jose Espinosa III, introducing the SURGE Project and its accomplishments in the city since it started in 2016.

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Mayor Espinosa expressed his gratitude to the project and committed to the continued partnership with SURGE and USAID. The project also met with the new Vice mayor, Jeffrey Ganzon, who also assured to provide legislative support. An Executive Order was crafted to reconstitute the members of the SURGE Core Team and TWG. This has yet to be signed by the mayor as he wanted to include additional members who can contribute to the success of project implementation.

• Helped Secure Executive Support to the CPDO’s CLUP Revision and CDRA Activities

The SURGE Project helped the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) in getting the newly-installed mayor’s support to revise the CLUP and conduct the Climate Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA). During the consultation meetings with the new leadership representatives, the SURGE Project and the CPDO agreed to continue collaboration and support to these activities with the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) College of Management. The SURGE Project has provided technical assistance and training to enable the city leaders and partners to conduct these activities. As a result, funding was provided for the CPDO to conduct of sub-sectoral workshops. Moreover, a budget was allocated to conduct the CDRA starting February 2018. The CPDO conducted these workshops in November 2017 with various stakeholders to determine economic, social, institutional and environmental issues. Last September 2017, the SURGE Project conducted a mentoring and coaching training in preparation for the workshops.

• Facilitated the Establishment of the UDLRRC

The project organized a meeting between the new city mayor and the new Vice Chancellor for Administration of the UPV to discuss the details in establishing the Urban Development Learning Research and Resource Center (UDLRRC). The new mayor agreed in principle to continue the commitment of the previous leadership of providing a space for the facility and city support staff. With the help of the SURGE Project, a Memorandum of Understanding was crafted to formalize the partnership. The MOU is still being reviewed by the new VCA and will be presented to the UPV Chancellor and the Mayor for review in the first quarter of 2018.

• Helped Obtain University Grants for Degree Program Review and Executive Program Launching

Using the training concept paper of the SURGE Project, the UPV faculty and former dean (now VCA) crafted two project proposals and submitted these for university funding. By November 2017, the university agreed to provide funding to the Assessment and Improvement of the Master in Urban Planning Curriculum and the launching of the Short Course on Urban Planning and development program. The former will be conducted in February, with the assistance of the SURGE Project and the latter will be conducted in March 2018 simultaneously with the Environmental Planners Refresher Course to prepare applicants for the licensure examinations in June 2018. The SURGE Project is also expected to help the university in implementing these programs.

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• Provided Coaching and Mentoring Support to the BPLO

The project continued to support the BPLO by providing recommendations in continuously improving the BPLS for 2018. The inputs of the SURGE Project were included in the new BPLS Executive Order and were also used by the BPLO in his presentation to the annual Tax Forum organized by the City Treasurer’s Office (CTO). The project also provided the BPLO a commendation certificate to support its application to the A team comprised of staff from the Business Permits and Licensing Office, City Treasurer’s Ombudsman Blue Certification award. Office, and the Local Economic and Investment Promotions Office (LEIPO) will • Provided Short Training in Conducting a lead the BPLS assessment in January 2018. BPLS Assessment

In preparation for the business renewal period, the SURGE Project conducted a short training to the city officials to enable them to conduct the assessment of their system. Eleven participants from the BPLO, LEIPO and CTO completed the training. By January 2018, the SURGE Project support staff were able to conduct the assessment while the BPLO reported that city staff conducted the assessment on their own.

• Assisted the LEIPO in Organizing a Benchmarking Mission to Cagayan de Oro City

The SURGE project helped the LEIPO hold a one-day study tour in CDO for the LEIPO and the BPLO. Held in November 15, 2017, the Iloilo City officials observed CDO’s best practices in Investment Promotions; Implementation of investment incentives code; Building and Occupancy Permitting Systems; eBPLS and Negosyo Center. The lessons learned were shared with the mayor of Iloilo City who planned to visit Cagayan de Oro City in February 2018 for another study tour that will be participated in by more city officials.

• Provided Coaching and Mentoring Support to the LEIPO

The SURGE Project provided inputs to the LEIPO to improve its application to the Philippine Chamber of Commerce’ (PCCI) Most Business Friendly Awards. After being shortlisted, the project also provided inputs into the LEIPO’s presentation materials which was presented to the panel of judges. The SURGE Project continued to mentor and provide moral support to the LEIPO in planned activities like investment promotion fora led by the business groups.

Synergy with other USAID-funded Projects

Facilitated the USAID CDI Coordinator’s Site Visit, Jeremy Gustafson (4th from left), Director Courtesy Call to the New Mayor and Various of USAID Philippines Environment Office, Meetings. The SURGE project organized meetings for with Iloilo City Acting Mayor Jose USAID Cities Development Initiatives (CDI) Coordinator Espinosa (5th from left) and other local government representatives during his and Director for Environment, Mr. Jeremy Gustafson, visit to Iloilo City on October 20, 2017. from October 19-21, 2017. The visit intends to check the

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progress of implementation of USAID CDI projects since the first CDI Coordinators’ Forum last March 2017. Courtesy call with new mayor was done wherein the mayor expressed his appreciation to the USAID for its assistance to the city and the need for further assistance through the SURGE Project, particularly in addressing flooding, water shortage, drainage and traffic problems, and the need for technical assistance in automation of government processes, assistance for the CLUP revision, investment promotion and business retention. Mr. Gustafson, on the other hand, assured the support of USAID to the city.

Also during the meeting, the SURGE TWG leaders and faculty members of the UPV College of Management shared their initiatives in CLUP revision and planned training and scholarship programs in urban planning and organizational development through the UDLRRC. USAID expressed commitment of support and asked the UPV to share the concept paper and proposals.

For USAID to see the progress of the city in implementing the Liveable Cities Design, the SURGE Project and the city officials toured him to the 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park, preserved heritage sites, Iloilo Esplanade, the -Iloilo Ferry Terminal along Fort San Pedro, the Iloilo- -Iloilo Port, and other infrastructure development. He visited the relocation site where former informal settlers from the Batiano River were relocated. Part of the visit was for the City CENRO to explain how B-LEADERS project’s baseline study on carbon sequestration of helped in reforestation. Finally, he attended the MPA Awards event of ECOGOV held in Iloilo Convention Center.

5. LEGAZPI CITY

The First Quarter of Year 3 indicated progress of the SURGE Project activities in Legazpi City, such as the following: conduct of workshops on resilience and adaptation; conduct of customer service skills training, series of workshops, coaching and mentoring for the January 2018 business registration period; and training entrepreneurs to better market their products and services.

Key Activities, Accomplishments and Results

• Assisted in Identifying Impact of Seasonal Changes to Enhance the Resilience of Legazpi City

On November 29, 2017 the SURGE Project facilitated 17 participants representing the city government and Chamber of Commerce and Industry to discuss and document the impact of changes in temperature and precipitation to the general population, environment, existing infrastructures, and local economy. Representatives from the Business Permits and Licensing Division, CDRRMO, City Engineer’s Office, CPDO, CENRO, Office of the City Agriculturist and the private sector referred to historical data to identify the impacts, and conducted inventory of programs and projects, and policies. The information provided by the participants will be packaged by the SURGE Project into case profiles supported by seasonal changes maps that will be turned over to the city government as basis for planning, programming and budgeting.

• Coached and mentored all BPLS concerned personnel on new business registration process

More than 30 officials and staff from the Business Permits and Licensing Division, City Health Department, City Planning and Development Office, City Treasurer’s Office, Office of the Building

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Official/City Engineer’s Office, and Bureau of Fire Protection were retooled on changes in business registration procedures and system application. The SURGE Project conducted 40 coaching and mentoring sessions, and three full simulation exercises for the entire quarter. Coaching and mentoring sessions were either done by office with focus on specific personnel, by cluster of concerned offices or convening the BPLS technical working group. Simulation exercises covered the full implementation of the business registration process using the enhanced business registration system.

• Enhanced the knowledge and skills of BPLS personnel on Customer Service Management

During the period, 30 officials and staff from the Business Permits and Licensing Division, City Health Department, City Planning and Development Office, City Treasurer’s Office, and Office of the Building Official/City Engineer’s Office are now equipped with the knowledge and skills to manage customers’ expectations and needs in preparation for the renewal of business permits on January 2018. The SURGE Project conducted a Customer Service Skills Training on December 20-21, 2017, which allowed participants to reflect on their personalities, behaviors, and experiences to better serve their customers. The training utilized role playing as one of the training methods, allowing participants to simulate situations and reflect on management strategies. All targeted participants re-echoed the training in their respective offices. The Human Resource and Management Department was also included and will adopt the training in 2018 to cater to other frontline services of the city government. It will also monitor the application of the training in concerned offices.

• Helped the Albay Chamber of Commerce and Industry organize and conduct a Business Forum in mainstreaming BPLS

On December 14, 2017, Mayor Noel Rosal and other city officials briefed 100 owners and general managers from various business establishments, bookkeepers and accounting firms on the changes in the business registration process that will commence on January 2018. Mayor Rosal emphasized that the reforms will benefit tax payers, because the process will be simpler and faster. The forum culminated with the signing of the

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Legazpi City Mayor Noel E. Rosal and Albay Chamber between the city government and Southern of Commerce and Industry President Rosemarie, and Luzon Technological College Foundation, Inc. Southern Luzon Technological College Foundation, (SLTCFI), identifying the academe to be the Inc. President Quinto-Rey, present to the business community the MOU for the BPLS assessment during third party evaluator for the business permits a Business Forum on December 14, 2017. and licensing system.

The SURGE Project assisted the Albay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) in November 2017 to develop the concept note and program for the event, which was used in generating funds from the private sector and city government. During this time, the project also worked with the SLTCFI and ACCI in drafting the MOU for the third party evaluation on BPLS, and will provide technical guidance in conducting the evaluation on January 2018.

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• Conducted Trainings to Improve Assessment of Business Tax to Increase City Government Revenues

More than 20 personnel from the Business Permits and Licensing Division, City Planning and Development Office, and City Treasurer’s Office are now better equipped in determining the gross sales and capitalization of business establishments in Legazpi City, to ensure proper assessment of business tax.

The SURGE Project conducted two trainings on determining business capitalization and familiarization with legitimate financial documents on November 15 and December 15, to prepare the city government for implementation in January 2018. The training on business capitalization consisted a lecture and exercise determining the basis for business capitalization, which will be applied by the CPDO. The training on legitimate financial documents explained and provided samples of the Bureau of Internal Revenue Income Tax forms, certificate of gross sales, and audited financial statement, which will be used by the Business Permits and Licensing Division and City Treasurer’s Office. The SURGE Project also assisted the city government develop templates on capitalization, and financial statements, which may be used by concerned offices to properly account the declarations of tax payers.

• Restructured the Business Permits and Licensing Division to Adopt Business Registration and Inspection Reforms

The Business Permits and Licensing Division reviewed the operations of its office to align with the reforms on business registration and inspection. Part of the adjustments made by the office was the repositioning of its 21 personnel to support frontline services, backroom operations, and inspection. To concretize the changes, an office memorandum was issued on December 8, 2017, which specified the new roles and functions of all officials and personnel. The memorandum defined the frontline service personnel, backroom operations, and business inspectors, consistent with all the reforms adopted by the city government.

The SURGE Project worked with the Business Permits and Licensing Officer in revising the roles and functions of personnel, review of the office layout and operations, and drafting the memorandum.

• Enhanced the Management Information System on Business Permitting for Implementation in 2018

The Legazpi City Government, in collaboration with the Rameses Systems, Inc., adopted proposed changes in the Enhanced Tax Revenue and Collection System (ETRACS) to operationalize the 3-step business registration process facilitated by the SURGE Project.

Changes in the system included the connectivity of the City Health Department, City Planning and

Development Office, Office of the Building Official/City Administrative Officer and ETRACS focal Engineer’s Office, and Bureau of Fire Protection with person Rowena Trinidad of the Legazpi City the City Treasurer’s Office and Business Permits and Treasurer’s office assists the BPLO Licensing Division. In addition, the ETRACS also personnel during the system simulation in enforced the implementation of the red flag, which the business center on December 12, 2017. identifies non-compliant business establishments

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listed by regulatory offices. The enhanced system features a three-level automated approval process involving the business permits and licensing officer, city treasurer, and designated official of the city mayor. To complement the software enhancements, the city government spent PhP800,000 for new 16 desktop computers, seven mono-chrome and two printers.

The SURGE Project worked with the Information Technology Division to identify required changes and discussed this with Rameses Systems, Inc. All proposed changes were approved by Mayor Rosal on October 20, 2017.

In line with this, the city’s Bureau of Fire Protection now has live access to the city government’s business permits and licensing system, and co-located at the City Treasurer’s Office Business Tax Assessment Division as agreed on for the new business registration process in 2018. The SURGE Project facilitated five meetings throughout the quarter between the Bureau of Fire Protection, City Treasurer’s Office, Information Technology Division, Business Permits and Licensing Division, and City Mayor’s Office to ensure the realization of the new set-up.

Moreover, the Legazpi City Government institutionalized all reforms in business registration and inspection on December 11, 2017 with Mayor Rosal’s approval of Executive Order 53, BPLS Manual of Operations, and Executive Order 52. All concerned offices that are contributory in the implementation of the new policies were oriented by the SURGE Project to level off on implementation in 2018. The SURGE Project facilitated meetings throughout the quarter that contributed to the development and finalization of the Executive Orders, and BPLS Manual of Operations.

Mayor Noel Rosal also signed Executive Order 48, Series of 2017 on October 26, which created the two bodies tasked to monitor the implementation of business registration activities in Legazpi City. The EO formalized the structures looking at operations and procedures, and policies to ensure sustainability of changes made by the city government. The TWG started convening on a monthly basis as early as September until mid-December 2017 to operationalize the 3-step business registration process of Legazpi City.

On the other hand, the Oversight Committee convened on October and end of December, respectively to adopt the final business registration process, and final list of non-compliant business establishments. The SURGE Project helped in drafting and finalizing the EO.

• Trained Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises on Digital Marketing Campaigns

More than 20 business establishment owners and general managers in Legazpi City gained additional knowledge and skills during a one-day training on digital marketing. Through the training, owners and generals learned how to use social media in marketing their products and goods, and services. Before completing the training, all participants underwent digital marketing exercises using their smart mobile phones.

The SURGE Project facilitated the linkage of the Albay Chamber of Commerce and Industry with Bayan Academy and Facebook to secure the 24 out of 40 limited training slots.

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6. PUERTO PRINCESA CITY

Significant SURGE Project activities that promote the city as an investment hub through its tourism, agri-fishery and environmental sector were successfully implemented in Puerto Princesa City during the quarter. Below are some of the major accomplishments.

• Mobilized the Environment Code Technical Working Group in Harmonizing Resilient and Responsive Environment Policies

The City Environment and Natural Resources organized an Environment Code Advisory group and Technical Working Group responsible in the review of the city environment policies. An Executive Order was formulated to strengthen the mechanism for the ECode review and determine the sectoral groups.

In November 2017, the SURGE Project organized two Environmental Code Sectoral team meetings for the review of the documents. The meeting also generated the list of environmental issues, identified existing national and local policies, accountabilities and recommended policy statements. Then in December 2017, a workshop was organized through intervention on the Environmental Code refinement. The activity determined policies that conform to National Laws and complement local laws. It identified existing programs and interventions that require policy support. The workshop was participated in by 27 (15 females and 12 male) key stakeholders and LGU representatives from Palawan Sustainable Council for Development, Non-Government/Civil Society Organizations such as the Puerto Princesa Underground River Management Board and Protect Wildlife, Department of the Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO). Discussed in the meeting was the plan of the city to establish the Puerto Princesa City Council for Sustainable Development as the governing body in relation to environment and to strengthen the enforcement of their Code. Results of the activity will input on the formulation of their Environment Management Plan, Forest Land Use Plan and in the updating of their Comprehensive Land Use Plan.

• Generated Data in Assessing Adaptation and Risks

The SURGE Project organized on December 4, 2017 an assessment workshop with the City Planning and Development Office and CENRO on the Household Assessment of Seasonal Changes, Impact and Adaptation in Puerto Princesa City. The assessment provided a venue to review and generate data towards seasonal changes, patterns, impact and the corresponding adaptation measures of different sectors to major hazards. Puerto Princesa city validated the top four risks reduction and adaptation measures to address the results of flooding and landslide due to heavy rains, drought and forest fires due to long dry weather. The data can support CLUP and in developing the city’s resilient projection and scenarios (precipitation and temperature).

In support to this activity, SURGE Project with USAID organized a session to analyze Risk Management on December 19, 2017 to help ensure better project intervention. Through better risk management, the city will have better appreciation on the management of weather-related risk. Ms. Marian Navata of USAID served a resource person for the activity.

• Promoted Partnerships for Puerto Princesa City’s Septage Management System

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the Finalization of the Puerto Princesa City Water District (PPCWD) Feasibility Studies on Septage and Terms of Reference for the septage treatment facility on October 16-18, 2017; (2) Coordination meetings with Mayor Lucilo Bayron, CENRO, City Agriculture’s Office, and four Puerto Princesa City Water District (PPCWD); (3) Puerto Princesa City Government’s Study Visit in Baliwag Water District (BCD) on November 27, 2017; and (4) and the 3rd City Septage Management Council Meeting on December 14, 2017.

These interventions led and in-depth review of Iratag, Barangay Irawan site and Naval Reservation Area, Barangay Bahile site as well as the initial arrangements with Austworks and PPCWD in the use of the Sanitary Landfill Site as possible area for the Septage Treatment Facility subject to the revision of the Joint Venture Agreement with the City Government. Austworks is an Australian company contracted to implement the Waste to Energy project. Part of the follow through activities will be another meeting of the City Septage Management Council in January 10, 2018 that would further review and facilitate the endorsement of the selected site for the treatment facility and the conduct of public consultations.

Coordination done with A Single Drop for Safe Water (ASDSW), a service provider based in Puerto Princesa City and the Septage Management Council on improving the Sanitation facilities in Puerto Princesa City. As a result, the Septage Management Council will meet with the WASH committee to discuss possible activities in January 10, 2018. One major realization is the need to develop a strategy on communications to allay fears and misconceptions of the public sector on the treatment facility due to the impact of their government-run non-functioning sanitary land fill treatment facility.

• Assisted in the Improvement in Revenue Collection through Streamlined BPLS

Puerto Princesa City received PhP3.4 million as incentive for garnering the Seal of Good Local Governance Award from the DILG. The city was recognized for its outstanding performance in Financial Management, Disaster Prepared, Social Protection and Peace and Order.

The SURGE Project assisted the city in streamlining the BPLS which boasts of a three-step process reducing processing time to less than a day for renewals and two days for new registrations. Series of workshops and trainings were conducted. For the quarter, the streamlined business permit and licensing system continues operation in Puerto Princesa City with the TWG preparing for the start of the business registration in January 2018. Wider number (59) of LGU personnel and partner agencies gained skills on Customer Relations and Management conducted in November 27-29, 2017. They are assigned to managed the information, assessment, and other BPLS frontline operations.

Twenty-eight (28) BPLO personnel increased their level of familiarity on business categorization and use of the system (ETRACs) through the conduct of Encoders Training held on December 19-20, 2017. The activity tackled issues related to assessment, encoding, data quality management and addressing hotspots. Participants during the two trainings were oriented on the revised 2016 JMC-01, BPLS City Ordinance 800 and the Local Revenue Code

The city already started drafting its BPLS Operations Manual for approval in 2018.

For the last quarter of 2017, the City reported the amount of PhP 197.4 million as revenue on tax and PhP 1.4 million on permit fees. This revenue came from 3,382 new businesses and 7,737 business renewals.

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Under the Business Permit and Licensing Regulatory, Enforcement and Monitoring Joint Inspection Team, the city was able to conduct education and information campaign during their regular inspection, which extended until late December. The activity helped securing support from business establishments and in monitoring their business operation conditions. Prior to inspection, JIT pre-meeting is being practiced to manage the inspection activities. During actual inspections, interviews are done with the business owners and operators. Questions center on public safety, sanitation, addressing noise pollution and other environment related issues, including compliance to regulatory and legal requirements of the business. The JIT also manage grievances and other business related concerns. The total JIT inspection for the 3rd and 4rth quarter resulted to 984 and 457 inspections conducted respectively.

• Helped Develop Policies and Frameworks for Strategic Investment Promotions in Puerto Princesa City Through the SURGE Project, LEIPO embarked on expanding their services and operations. The office formulated the Investment Promotions Charter of Services, conducted the Investment Promotions Strategic Planning and Skills Building Workshop, Investment Promotions Coaching, and Investment Promotions Benchmarking in Provincial Government of Cebu, Bohol, City Government of Cebu and Tagbilaran.

LEIPO formulated its Investment Promotions Office Representatives from the local Charter of Services in November 2017, a document for government and business chambers of the public on their privileges as well as mechanism for Puerto Princesa City at the Cebu PLGU providing professional service to investors. Furthermore, office during the benchmarking activity on LEIPO will join with BPLREM-JIT during their inspections December 5-7, 2017. to strengthen their after care service.

The project also assisted LEIPO organize the Investment Promotions Strategic Planning and Skills Building Workshop on November 23-24, 2017 with 28 (16 females and 11 male) participants from the Palawan Tourism Council, Puerto Princesa City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bankers Association of Puerto Princesa City, City Business Processing and Licensing Office, Provincial General Services Office and other business establishments. Participants gained better understanding of the provisions stipulated under Ordinance 461 otherwise known as Puerto Princesa City Investment Code. The agreed recommendations were: (1) to include provisions in the Investment Code related to strategy formulation, marketing, investor targeting, investment facilitation, and after-care. (2) to engage, coordinate and communicate with stakeholders in aligning business and investment Puerto Princesa City’s Local Economic strategies with the vision of the City. This is envisioned and Investment Promotions Office to encourage more investors including MSMEs (LEIPO) and USAID/SURGE Project organized a multi-stakeholder workshop investing in the priority areas or sector within the city. on November 23-24, 2017 to gather and Improvement in data banking is a necessary step discuss inputs to the city’s investment followed by a pro-active Local Investment and promotions strategy. Incentives Board with defined roles and functions.

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The SURGE Project also supported the scoping exercise for the LEIPO and Chamber that determined the needed requirements to promote investment in the city as well as the critical step towards formulating the Investment Plan.

A coaching session was conducted with LEIPO, Puerto Princesa City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Puerto Princesa Tourism Council and Tourism associations to boost economic and tourism growth in the city. LEIPO, City Tourism and the SURGE Project also facilitated investment promotion collaterals to Fil-Am Chamber of Commerce of Greater Los Angeles and PPCCI for their presentation of the city investments.

• Collaborated with Business Support Organization in Puerto Princesa City

The Puerto Princesa City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was recently adjudged by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) as “Most Outstanding Young Chamber” Awardee – City based Chamber, Level 1. USAID-SURGE collaborates with the chamber in addressing ease of doing business and promoting business friendly environment in the city. The chamber participated in various workshops and trainings as part of networking and improving their organization.

• Helped Strengthen the Seaweeds Network in Puerto Princesa City The Seaweed Network that was organized expanded to include seaweeds associations in and Taytay municipalities in the Province of Palawan. Mr. Angelino Rebintinola, President of the Pandan Marine Products Marketing Cooperative, one of the biggest seaweed farmers group in Puerto Princesa serves as co-chair of the network. To date, the network has 13 seaweed associations composed of 15-30 members per association. The network was able to generate a list of seaweed network operating in Puerto Princesa City and Palawan Province.

The visits to government agencies, DOST Provincial Director Pacifico Sariego III showed interest in assisting USAID demonstrate a prototype tunnel dryer for seaweeds farmers while Mr. Mario Basaya of BFAR expressed support to providing seaweed grow-out materials for developing seaweed nurseries in the city. The Department of Labor and Employment is encouraging seaweed associations to avail of their grant fund as capital for their activity. Both seaweed growers and buyers expressed interest to be part of the network citing the advantage of expanding the supplier base, increased access to credit and funding and for coordinated service.

In November 14, 2017 the Seaweed Network had its 2nd Organizational Meeting that assessed the implementation of the action plan generated in May and August 2017. The results of the meeting led towards the review of the fishery code to incorporate provisions in support of the seaweed industry such as zoning.

• Helped Strengthen the City’s Tourism Industry through Strategic Tourism Development Planning

After the successful launching of the Tourism Master Plan on September 28, 2017, the SURGE Project supported the city in advocating the implementation of the plan. Coordination activity ensured that identified programs and activities are included in their 2018 annual investment plan.

The City Tourism Department presented a new brand and logo to tourism-related establishment and tour operators. The USAID-assisted AVP, logo and brand were also used for their collaterals and promotions during the five-day Naturally Agri-Trade and Tourism fair at

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Megatrade Hall, SM Megamall, City and in the Federation of Filipino American Chamber of Commerce and Industry Los Angeles International Trade Conference and B2B Matching in Los Angeles, California by Puerto Princesa City and Puerto Princesa City Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Major results on Tourism Partnerships and Linkages this quarter is the established linkage of the Department of Tourism, City Tourism Department, City Agriculture with potential farm-tour operators, namely Ms. Beth Tupas Maryan of Aktivatek, Ms. Debbie Tan of Daluyon Hotel, Mr. Bryan Dizon of Javenri Harvest and Mr. Lui Oliva of Ka Lui Restaurant. The Department of Tourism supported Farm Tourism Orientation session supports the priority of the Tourism Master Plan related on agriculture productivity and can bolster the community-based sustainable tourism concept once implemented in Puerto Princesa City. In addition, Vice Mayor Nancy Socrates expressed her commitment to pursue the implementation of the Tourism Master Plan with the support and greater involvement of the private and business sector.

Other Activities:

• Formulation and designation of emergency rally point in Puerto Princesa City. • Helped organized (in collaboration with the City Budget Office) the benchmarking activity for Internal Audit and Internal Controls on December 6-8, 2017. • Collaboration with Puerto Princesa City Chamber Board on conceptualizing a project on strengthening SMEs through business incubation. • Helped organized (in collaboration with City Human Resource Management Office the benchmarking activity on HR Management Information System, Monitoring and Evaluation for Learning and Development scheduled on December 18-20, 2017 at Iloilo City Government and Provincial Government of . • Met with the City Budget Officer. Confirmed the PhP1 million allocation of city in support of Heritage Tourism, Community-based Sustainable Tourism, Destination Management and Marketing, Local Economic and Investment Promotions, DRRM, agri-pinoy trading center and seaweed network. • Assisted in the initial review on the Solid Waste Management Plan. The project facilitated the referral and connection of Puerto Princesa City Planning and Development Office to a solid waste characterization expert.

Synergy with Other USAID-funded Projects

PROTECT Wildlife Project. The SURGE Project collaborated in the formulation of Forest Land Use Plan. Assessment and inventory results will serve as inputs in the refinement of the project’s assisted Environmental Code and formulation of Environment Management Plan.

US Forest Service in the implementation of Urban Forestry Program. Coordination in the implementation of stewardship map and inventory of urban trees using I-Tree for better understanding and knowledge of tree eco-system benefits. Establishment of natural Tree Park within and around the Government Center in Sta. Monica, Puerto Princesa City and Anepahan- Montible Critical Habitat and Wildlife Sanctuary on conservation and protection activities of the Flora and Fauna species found in the target ranges with emphasis on Avian Wildlife species.

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7. TAGBILARAN CITY

During the quarter, the SURGE Project successfully implemented various activities in the city, particularly the launch of the Tagbilaran City’s Tourism Development Plan and city heritage tour attended by USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II. Other important activities were on the following: assistance to the septage treatment facilities; capacity development in the organization, strengthening and eventual institutionalization of the Panglao Island and Tagbilaran Executive Council (PITEC); and mentoring and coaching for the preparation of the business renewal.

• Facilitated the Launch of the City Tourism Development Plan

On December 1, 2017, Tagbilaran City Mayor John Geesnell Yap led more than 120 stakeholders from the city government, barangays, tourism industry, business/private sector, professional groups, civil society organizations, academe and church in the launching of the first-ever Tagbilaran Tourism Development Plan (TDP), anchored on the city’s heritage assets and creative industries. The TDP was turned over to Department of Tourism Regional Director Joshur Judd S. Lanete II.

The launching was witnessed by USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II, who has visited Tagbilaran City and Bohol Province for the first time. Hardy said that “the TDP embodies the future of Tagbilaran City, detailing actionable steps to promote priority tourism attractions, upgrade needed infrastructure and enhance overall policy environment and tourism governance.”

The SURGE Project provided technical assistance and inputs in the series of participatory workshops and stakeholder consultations conducted since April 2017 to craft the plan’s strategic directions and actionable steps as well as in the technical review and final editing of the TDP. The City Tourism and Culture and Arts offices are charged with the implementation of the plan.

• Assisted in the Tagbilaran City Heritage Tour during the Mission Director’s Visit

Tagbilaran City Mayor John Geesnell Yap led USAID Mission Director Hardy on an hour-long tour to the city’s heritage sites and creative hubs in December 2017. The walking tour started at the Plaza del Principe, now Plaza Rizal, fronting the age-old provincial capitol building, which is now the local branch of the National Museum. Then the tour proceeded to “Sitio Ubos,” a heritage village, which used to be the center of Tagbilaran during the Spanish period and where a Tagbilaran City Mayor Yap and city officials led Mission couple of centuries-old houses still Director Lawrence Hardy II in the heritage tour first stop at remain. The next stop was the Plaza del Principe, fronting the old provincial capitol building, ancestral house of Carlos P. Garcia, which is now the Bohol branch of the National Museum. the 8th President of the Philippines who hails from Bohol. The city heritage tour culminated in the Balili ancestral house where the Mission Director was serenaded by the

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Children’s Rondalla of the School of Performing Arts of the Cecilio Putong National High School and the Tagbilaran City Government Chorale.

• Assisted in the Preparations for the January 2018 BPLS

Series of meetings were conducted by the Business Permits and Licensing Team Technical Working Group (BPLS-TWG) on November 29 and December 6 for the January 2018 business registration and renewal of business permits and licenses. About 300 business establishments attended a business forum sponsored by the City Government of Tagbilaran in partnership with the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI). During the forum, the business permits and licensing officer presented the process flow of the streamlined and automated business registration process. Likewise, pre-business registration requirements were also discussed to guide business establishment on documents needed prior to filling up of the unified business permits application form.

On December 27, 2017 about 45 front-liners of the city government directly involved in the business registration process attended a one-day customer skills provided by SURGE Project. It can be noted that the business permits and licensing system of Tagbilaran City, with the technical assistance of the SURGE Project, has streamlined and automated its system, from 14 steps to steps and releasing of Mayor’s permit from the previous one week to just 1 day for business renewals and two weeks to just 2 days for new permits. This generated a 69 percent increase in new permits released (from 602 in 2016 to 1017 as of December 12, 2017) and a 10 percent increase in renewals (from 4,231 in 2016 to 4652 as of December 12, 2017). Overall total increase in new and renewal permits is 17.29 percent (from 4,833 in 2016 to 5,669, as of December 12, 2017). Local business tax earned as of December 11, 2017 increased by 13 percent (PhP200,500,421.05 in 2016 and PhP226, 630,940.71 in 2017).

• Preparation of Pre-Feasibility Study (FS) and Terms of Reference (TOR) for septage treatment facilities and services

The SURGE Project assisted the city in the conduct of a Pre-Feasibility Study and Terms of Reference (TOR) Workshop for septage treatment plants on October 16-18, 2017. Coaching and mentoring was provided by Engr. Vicky Signo of the Baliwag Water District and Engr. SURGE Project’s water and sanitation specialist, Evelyn Sagun, also provided technical assistance to the city’s septage management team. With the completion of the Pre-FS and TOR, the city’s septage management team Tiptip Barangay Captain Antonio Rosauro presides over the barangay consultation on October 29, 2017 for the conducted stakeholder consultations on development and operation of a septage treatment facility in October 29, 2017 with the host barangay Barangay Tiptip, Tagbilaran City. for project acceptability and as a part of the project approval process.

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called and to a public hearing on November 24, 2017 for support to Proposed Ordinance No. 2017-22, “An Ordinance Establishing Septage Management Systems in the City of Tagbilaran, Providing Fees and Imposing Penalties.” This ordinance, expected to be adopted by the SP in the first quarter of 2018, is part of the requirements to secure counterpart funds from the Department of Public Works and Highways, under its National Sewerage and Septage Management Program (NSSMP).

• Conducted the First Panglao (Dauis) Island and Tagbilaran Executive Council (PITEC)

Bohol Provincial Governor Edgar M. Chatto presided the First PITEC Board Meeting held on November 9, 2017. Tagbilaran City Mayor, John Geesnell Yap II, Dauis Mayor, Marietta Sumaylo, and Panglao Mayor Leonila Montero, represented by Municipal Administrator Alejandro Arbutante also attended the meeting. During the meeting, the PITEC Board passed PITEC Resolution No. 1 approving the nominations for members in the three working groups to include: (a) Tourism and Culture Working Group; (b) Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto presides Environmental Protection and Preservation Working over the first Panglao Island and Tagbilaran Executive Council (PITEC) Group; and (c) Connectivity (economic) and Urban Board Meeting on November 9, 2017 in Development Working Group and the Scientific Tagbilaran City. Committee.

The PITEC Board agreed to hold its First Plenary Meeting and Strategic Planning Workshop in the first quarter of 2018. The SURGE Project provides technical guidance and capacity development in the organization, strengthening and eventual institutionalization of the PITEC.

• Mentoring Tagbilaran City Waterworks System to check on integrity of interventions in the district meter area and validate the use of hydraulic model

A team of engineers conducted mentoring activity on November 21 – 25, 2017 to the Tagbilaran City Waterworks System (TCWS) technical staff to check on the integrity of interventions on the district meter area (DMA) and validate the use of the hydraulic mode. This validation will determine of non-revenue water (NRW). An orientation of Water Meter Basics was conducted to 11 key personnel of the TCWS. These activities are included in the Action Plan agreed by the City Government of Tagbilaran and the Maynilad Water Services, Inc., through its training arm, the Maynilad Water Academy, in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed last April 27 this year.

The SURGE Project facilitated the MOU signing and provided technical assistance to the TCWS. The mentoring and validation activities will lead to the implementation of meter and pipe replacement as next steps. Tagbilaran City Mayor Yap committed to fund the replacement of water meters of about 1,000 households covered in the pilot district meter area.

• Assessment of Impacts of Weather-related Adaptation Measures

On November 21, 2017, Tagbilaran City’s Resilience Technical Working Group (TWG) participated in a consultation workshop facilitated by the SURGE Project’s Component 1 Lead,

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Pedcris Orencio, to review the adaptation measures contained in the LCCAP and assess their impacts to various sectors like demography, economic, social, infrastructure and environment. The TWG brought to the workshop related data on past extreme weather events like strong typhoons, drought, etc.; past shifts / changes in seasonal patterns for temperature and precipitation and records of effects of extreme weather events and shifts/changes in temperatures and precipitation to crops, livestock, number of schooldays and work suspension. These data were analyzed in terms of benefits, monetary damage and qualitative impacts. The information gathered will be packaged in a format that is useful for the city like maps, profiles of changes and impacts of adaptation strategies, which are helpful inputs for planning and development to protect vulnerable coastal barangays threatened with storm surge and other weather-related hazards like typhoons, flooding and drought.

• Design of an Enhanced Billing and Collection System for City Waterworks

Tagbilaran City Mayor Yap led city officials in the launch of the enhanced billing and collection system of the Tagbilaran City Waterworks System (TCWS) on November 23, 2017. The new system is a product of the mentoring and coaching of TCWS by Maynilad Water Services, Inc., under the twinning arrangements and water operators’ partnership.

The enhanced billing and collection system builds the capacity of the TCWS personnel to establish Tagbilaran City Mayor John Geesnell Yap said client database and complete client profiles with that “this technical assistance is a big leap for us. It is my long-time dream to have the city addresses and water meter serial numbers, waterworks run like a private corporation. With conduct regular updating of accounts this assistance from SURGE, I think it will receivables, produce statement of accounts to be happen.” issued to water concessionaires and closely work with the city treasurer’s office to monitor collection efficiency and delinquencies. A dry-run, planned in January 2018, will include a printed billing statement, which is a first time for the TCWS. It is noted that for the first time, the city waterworks registered a positive income of PhP1.5 million as of September 30, 2017 and after the intervention of the SURGE Project since August 2016.

Synergy with other USAID-FUNDED Projects

E-PESO Project. The SURGE Project coordinated with the E-PESO project for the finalization of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with services providers for electronic payment short-listed by the City Government of Tagbilaran, which include the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP). These banks are currently orienting the city personnel on the specifics of the online and electronic payments.

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8. ZAMBOANGA CITY

The First Quarter of Year 3 was spent in sustaining continuing activities such as the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, GeoPortal Implementation, the Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS) and the replicability of the Cassava Growers Project in other districts. On the other hand, completed on-going activities were: the city’s Environmental Code, the GHG Management Plan- Entity Level, the Information Systems Strategic Plan (ISSP), the Terms of Reference (TOR) for Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle the Enhanced Tax Revenue Assessment and Collection Climaco with other awardees of the 2017 System (E-TRACS) and for the Transportation and Gawad KALASAG Award. Traffic Management Study.

• Provided Coaching/Mentoring on BPLS

In preparation for the 2018 Business Registration, the SURGE Project-Field Office provided coaching and mentoring to the BPLS-TWG on three occasions (Nov 10 and 17, 2017 and Dec 12, 2017) to discuss the final negative list and the changes in the BOSS during the 2018 Business Registration from January 3 to 20, 2018. Also finalized was the TOR for the consultancy work on the E-TRACS.

• Conducted Initial Meeting on the Building Permits and Occupancy System (BPOS)

An initial meeting was conducted on the BPOS to discuss the approved SURGE Project technical assistance with the Office of the City Engineer and the Building Officials last Dec 7, 2017. The Assessment of Current Processes on BPOS of all national line agencies and LGU- Departments/Units concerned will be done on January 10, 2018. It was also agreed that a TWG would be created for the streamlining of BPOS through an EO.

• Conducted Initial Meeting on the Rollout of the Asset Management Manual

An initial meeting was conducted on the proposed rollout of the Asset Management Manual with the Office of the City General Services last Dec 14, 2017. All other stakeholders involved in Asset Management will be invited to a consultation session on January 16, 2018.

• Provided Technical Assistance, Coaching/Mentoring on Continuing SURGE Activities towards Sustainability and Replication (City- Initiated Activities)

Several activities from Year 2 provided continuing coordination, coaching/mentoring for sustainability purposes. Ongoing activities for Year 2 were also completed. These were: - Assistance to the CPDO staff in the preparatory activities on Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the Regional Land Use Committee (RLUC) deliberation held on November 3, 6, 13 and 28, 2017; - Assistance to the ISSP/GIS-TWG in the updating of maps uploaded in the ZC GeoPortal. A meeting was held on November 6, 2017. The Information Systems Strategic Plan (ISSP) was also finalized and submitted to SURGE-Makati Office; A meeting was held on Dec 5, 2017;

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- Assistance to the Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources (CENRO) in the finalization of the city’s Environmental Code. A meeting was held with the City Legal Office to discuss the draft code in its legal perspective. The draft code was submitted to the Sanggunian Panlungsod for deliberation; - Assistance to CENRO in the finalization of the Green House Gas Management Plan- Entity level. Two meetings were held on Nov 14 and Dec 5, 2017. The

document was submitted to the Office of the City Noel delos Santos of SMFI talks about Mayor and to SURGE-Makati Office; the company’s requirements for cassava - Monitoring Visit of the Cassava Sub-Assemblers in assemblers during the Cassava Value Chain Forum on December 14, 2017. Barangay Ditas was held on October 25, 2017. It was learned from Mr. Nasa and Mr. Kahal that an additional 16,000 kilos. Or 300 sacks of dried-peeled cassava chips were sold to 2 accredited assemblers of San Miguel Food Inc. Basic Book-keeping Learning Session for the Sub- Assemblers, was held on December 1, 2017; - Assistance to the Office of the City Administrator’s Office in the finalization of the TOR for the Transportation and Traffic Management Study. A meeting was held on November 23, 2017; - Conduct of the 7th SURGE-TWG meeting held on November 24, 2017 wherein the Year 3 Work Plan was discussed. Counselor Rommel Agan, Chair of SP Ways and Means Committee gave a feedback on his attendance to the ICMA International Convention; - Conducted an exploratory meeting with Mr. Jojo Abdusalam, the Anchor Person on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) to discuss potential interventions for Zamboanga City. The meeting was held in October 27, 2017; - Met with the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA) together with the LGU for

an interview on how ISA can help in The Zamboanga City USAID/SURGE Technical Working improving efficiency in government Group holds its 7th TWG Meeting on November 24, 2017. system. The meeting was held in November 13, 2017.

Synergy with other USAID-funded Projects

Protect Wildlife Project. The SURGE Project participated in the Protect Wildlife Project’s Training on Sectoral, Inter and Cross-Sectoral Analysis of Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP) - CLUP held in November 14-17, 2017. The SURGE Project also participated in the Training Workshop on Investment Planning and Sustainable Financing for Protected Areas held in November 27-28, 2017.

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V. Management and Administration

Employment contracts of the project staff were renewed in September 2017 based on a leaner organizational structure that could still deliver continued support to field offices in the CDI partner cities. Since the project is geared towards the full implementation of Year 3 activities with available resources, no hiring was done this quarter for both long-term technical assistants (LTTA) and short-term technical assistance (STTA). As of December 31, 2017, the project has a total of 47 staff.

Bradley L. Baxter assumed leadership as the new Chief of Party of the SURGE Project in October 2017. Prudency and efficiency on how the project conducts procurement, logistics, finance and human resources management were continuously emphasized.

Human Resources Management

Effective change management to lead staff through a policy of transparency and open communication became the primary emphasis of the project. Regular project updating and communication through holding of regular staff meetings with Makati office, field offices in the CDI partner cities and Home Office were conducted.

Importance of staff well-being was conveyed regularly through email sent by the Human Resources Department to staff from the project’s health service provider. Follow-on recommendations from staff’s annual physical examination were attended to by staff in this quarter.

Moreover, a training to build capacity of Makati-based staff in the area of earthquake preparedness was completed in coordination with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The staff also participated in the Social Media Workshop in November 2017 as part of the series of communication learning activities.

The management also reviewed all existing office policies and manuals during the quarter. The following policy manuals were updated and rolled out to all staff: Employee Handbook, Travel Manual, Emergency Action Plan, Travel Security Manual, Personal Travel Security Manual.

Procurement and Logistics Support

The SURGE Project supported the requirements needed for the following activities:

• General Santos City -- MOU Signing, Marawi Business Form, Summit for all Rural Waterworks and Sanitation Association (RWSA) and, CLUP Review and Updating Process and Environmental Trends and Adaptation Assessment; • Tagbilaran City -- Joint Technical Working Group (TWG) Validation, Training on Water Meter Basics and, Enhanced TWGs Billing and Collection System Launch, Workshops on Assessing Seasonal Changes and, Impact and Adaptation and Tourism Development Plan Launch and Heritage Tour; • Legazpi City -- Basic Customer Service Skills Training; • Zamboanga City -- Cassava Value Chain Forum; • Tagbilaran City and Puerto Princesa City -- Septage Treatment for Preparation of Terms of Reference; and • Batangas City and Iloilo City -- USAID’s visits

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Documentation updating was completed this quarter for the entry on type of fuel specification for the three project vehicles deployed in the field offices for the CDI cities in Mindanao. These vehicles were earlier received from the USAID/Be Secure Project.

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VI. Financial Performance Report

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Quarterly Level of Effort Report

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VII. Annexes

Annex 1. Memorandum of Understanding Between USAID and the City of General Santos

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Annex 2. Memorandum of Understanding Between Legazpi City and the Southern Luzon Technological College Foundation Concerning the Assessment of the City Government’s New BPLS in January 2018

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Annex 3. Status of Year 3 Work Plan Deliverables

COMPONENT 1: IMPROVE LOCAL CAPACITY IN INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT Subcomponent Activity Deliverable Status of Deliverable Remaining YEAR 2 Deliverables Subcomponent 1.1 - 1.1.1.1 Improve science- CDI city maps for all CDI In progress: Carried over to Strengthening local based decision-making, cities Year 3 (see section below). capacity in urban policy and planning of local Report on the downscaled development, institutions in risk-sensitive weather-related projections including the and disaster-risk areas for General Santos City and promotion of Legazpi City disaster reduction Prepare high-resolution risk and preparedness and vulnerability maps from and improving downscaled projections of resilient extreme weather variability development and parameters, such as land use planning precipitation and and development temperature for General following Santos and Legazpi international best 1.1.1.2 Develop and CCA-DRR Training Modules practices implement local adaptation and mitigation projects 1.1.1.3 Conduct capacity- Workshops, mentoring and In progress. A workshop building of stakeholders in coaching sessions with city series on refining the CLUP mainstreaming socially departments on updating/ was conducted in General inclusive and gender- revision aimed at improving Santos City from November responsive DRR-CCA to the processes and 13 to 17, 2017. Mentoring local development mechanisms for and coaching is continuously planning including water mainstreaming socially practiced by the Component and sanitation services inclusive and gender 1 lead and the CPCs. responsive DRR-CCA into the CLUP and CDP 1.1.1.4 Establish Urban Design an enhanced urban On-hold. While initial Development Learning development program in meetings with the University Centers (UDLC) Iloilo and enhance the of the Philippines Visayas capacity of institutions and have been undertaken, no service providers SURGE-supported activities were identified and have been carried out in Year 3 to date. 1.1.1.5 Establish baseline Data collection for the On-hold. While a draft measurements for application of the URMF in framework has been crafted, competitive and resilient Batangas City no SURGE-supported urban development activities were identified and through the Urban have been carried out in Year Development Index (UDI) 3 to date. Subcomponent 1.3 - 1.1.3.3 Improve access to Septage management In progress. SURGE Increasing access to sanitation through system for CDI cities' WDs facilitated the visit of the City sustainable water technical assistance on and WSPs as part of Septage Management supply and septage management for improving access to basic Council of Puerto Princesa sanitation services CDI cities sanitation services City to Baliwag Water District on November 27, 2017 to help in the septage treatment facility site identification. The current SLF site is now part of the Joint Venture Agreement for the Waste to Energy Project of the City with Austworks, a renewable energy company. Next steps will require the updating

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COMPONENT 1: IMPROVE LOCAL CAPACITY IN INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT Subcomponent Activity Deliverable Status of Deliverable and/or issuance of supporting plans and policy documents.

YEAR 3 Subcomponent 1.1 - 1.1.1.1 Improve science- City profiles of 5 cities In progress (carried-over Strengthening local based decision-making, Report on impacts and from Year 2). capacity in urban policy and planning of local adaptation measures to SURGE gathered PAGASA’s development, institutions in risk- changes in global downscaled projections of including the sensitive and disaster- environmental conditions for precipitation and maximum promotion of prone areas General Santos City, and minimum temperature. disaster reduction Tagbilaran, Puerto Princesa The projections are available and preparedness and Legazpi City in three datasets. City based and improving Resilient Land Use Planning workshops also produced resilient and Development GIS shapefiles for development and Instructional Manual visualization of temperature land use planning and precipitation changes. and development As part of the deliverable, the following project also facilitated international best acquisition of Digital practices Orthoimages, Digital Terrain Model and Digital Surface Model from NAMRIA. An MOU signing to formally turnover the products is set for the first quarter of 2018. 1.1.1.2 Develop and Energy-efficient strategies In progress. There is implement local mitigation and plan at the community ongoing discussion in and adaptation projects level, with targets and preparation for GHG strategies management planning workshop in Zamboanga. Two Project Proposals from In progress. SURGE has Legazpi and Zamboanga on assisted the review of a draft adaptation projects proposal for the People’s submitted to PSF Survival Fund from Cagayan de Oro City. Legazpi vulnerability On-hold. Nonetheless, the assessment report, draft project has conducted LCCAP or an updated consultation workshops with DRRMP key technical staff from different departments of Legazpi City to identify current adaptation measures and identify impacts to sectors in the preparation of a profile that will be used for enhancing the LCCAP.

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COMPONENT 1: IMPROVE LOCAL CAPACITY IN INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT Subcomponent Activity Deliverable Status of Deliverable Subcomponent 1.3 - 1.1.3.1 Improvement of Water safety plans and In progress. Review of draft Increasing access to water and sanitation water supply system WSPs in Batangas ongoing. sustainable water services through disaster improvement plans in the supply and risk resilient local planning cities of Batangas, Legazpi, sanitation services Tagbilaran and General Santos City Business plans of selected RWSAs to improve the operation and financial management systems and financing of water operations in Batangas, Legazpi and General Santos Technical assistance to Done. SURGE facilitated the operations and MOU signing between the management of RWSAs City Government of General and WDs in the cities of Santos and the water district General Santos, Legazpi, as well as with Mindanao Tagbilaran and Batangas State University (MSU) for water related studies. The project also facilitated the RWSA summit held on November 29, 2017 in General Santos City. Technical assistance in Batangas contributed to the issuance of EO No. 32 signed November 9, 2017 expanding the composition and functions of the City Waterworks and Sanitation Management Team. 1.1.3.2 Improve the Facilitate twinning In progress. In General capacity of Water Districts/ arrangements and water Santos City, two (2) Water Service Providers operators’ partnership with partnership agreements for sustainable water and different service providers forged by the city sanitation services in CDI on water supply system government with the Cities improvement in General following: MSU for the Santos, Legazpi and conduct of a research on Batangas potable water demand, services, stakeholder participation and policy improvements, and a partnership agreement with the GSCWD which involves capacity strengthening for the RWSAs. Assessment and In progress. Progress was improvement of the made through District operations of the water Metered Area validation, and supply system through the launch of an enhanced workshops and planning billing and collection system support to infrastructure in Tagbilaran City. development in General Santos, Tagbilaran and Legazpi Technical assistance on the In progress. SURGE conduct of participatory facilitated the conduct of the consultation and decision RWSA summit in General

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COMPONENT 1: IMPROVE LOCAL CAPACITY IN INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT Subcomponent Activity Deliverable Status of Deliverable making in General Santos Santos City, and the and Tagbilaran presentation of enhanced billing and collection system in Tagbilaran City. 1.1.3.3. Improve access to Formulation of a Local No update. sanitation through Sustainable Sanitation Plan technical assistance on in Puerto Princesa City septage management for Septage management In progress. SURGE CDI cities system for Puerto Princesa, facilitated a multi-party joint Tagbilaran and General validation of the proposed Santos WDs and WSPs as sites to discuss issues and part of improving access to generate agreements on the basic sanitation services next steps.

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Annex 4. List of Supporting Policy Documents

City Date Title Puerto 2-Nov-16 EO No. 050 Establishing the Streamlined Business Permits and Princesa Licensing System in the City of Puerto Princesa Zamboanga 7-Nov-16 EO No. BC Implementing the Business Permit and Licensing System 225 (BPLS) reform standards as per Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 1, series of 2016 and revised set-up of Zamboanga City Business One Stop Shop (ZCBOSS) Iloilo 9-Nov-16 EO No. 060 Creating the Iloilo City Negosyo Center Team Cagayan de 14-Nov-16 EO No. 142 An Executive Order creating the PPP subcommittee in the Oro LDC and its secretariat relative to the development and implementation of PPP initiatives of CDO city and designating the members and functions thereof Iloilo 14-Nov-16 EO. No. An Executive Order Creating the Iloilo City Integrated 062 Community Food Production (ICFP) Team Puerto 23-Nov-16 Ordinance Creating the Puerto Princesa Heritage District and Its Princesa No. 786 Governing Body Tagbilaran 25-Nov-16 PO No. 015 Creating the Panglao Island and Tagbilaran Executive Council (PITEC) and for other Purposes Tagbilaran 5-Dec-16 EO No. 037 Creating the enhanced Bohol Investment Promotion Program Technical Working Committee (TWC) Tagbilaran 16-Dec-16 EO No. 032 Creation of Water and Sanitation Overall Management Committee General 2-Oct-17 EO No. 060 An Executive Order Institutionalizing GAD (Gender and Santos Development) Database and Sex-disaggregated Data in the City of General Santos Legazpi 26-Oct-17 EO No. 048 An Order Creating the Legazpi City Business Permits and Licensing System Oversight Committee and Technical Working Group to Strengthen the Competitiveness of the City of Legazpi Batangas 9-Nov-17 EO No. 032 Amending EO No. 24 s. 2016, Creating and Expanding the Composition and Functions of the City Waterworks and Sanitation Management Team and Defining its Functions Batangas 27-Nov-17 EO No. 033 An Executive Order Creating the City Geographic Information System Team Including its Composition and Functions Iloilo 4-Dec-17 EO No. 138 An Executive Order Amending E.O. No. 111, s. 2013 and E.O. No. 014, s. 2014, to Fully Enhance and Support the New Streamlined Business Permits and Licensing System of Iloilo City Legazpi 11-Dec-17 EO No. 053 An Order Reforming the Business Permits and Licensing System to Strengthen the Competitiveness of the City of Legazpi Legazpi 11-Dec-17 EO No. 052 An Order Strengthening the Conduct of Business Inspections in the City of Legazpi Legazpi 14-Dec-17 MOU MOU Concerning the Assessment of the City Government's New Business Licensing System in January 2018 General An Executive Order Implementing the Streamlined Business Santos 22-Dec-17 EO No. 075 Permits and Licensing System in General Santos City

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Annex 5. List of Laws, Policies or Procedures Drafted, Proposed or Adopted to Promote Gender Equality at the Regional, National or Local Level

POLICIES

Adopted 1. Puerto Princesa City GAD Plan and Budget 2. Tagbilaran City GAD Plan and Budget 3. Reconstituted GAD Focal Point System and Technical Working Group (EO No. 09 dated March 1, 2017) in Tagbilaran City 4. Reorganizing and strengthening of the GAD Focal Point System (EO No. 2017-03 dated July 6, 2017) in Puerto Princesa City 5. Amendments in the composition of the GAD Focal Point System (EO No. BC 292-2017 dated September 6, 2017) in Zamboanga City 6. Institutionalizing GAD database and sex-disaggregated data in General Santos City (EO No. 60 dated October 2, 2017)

PROCEDURES

Adopted

7. The installation of Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) special desk for pregnant women, persons with disabilities, senior citizens in Zamboanga City 8. The establishment of sex-disaggregated BPLS database in Zamboanga City 9. GESI mainstreaming in the local development plans (CLUP-CDP-ELA) of Zamboanga City 10. Establishing Barangay VAW Desks in Tagbilaran City

Proposed

11. Mainstreaming GESI in CCA-DRR in Batangas City 12. GESI mainstreaming in the local development plans (CLUP-CDP-ELA) of Iloilo City 13. Mainstreaming GESI in ongoing revision of the environmental code and local development plans in Puerto Princesa City 14. Integration of the GESI perspective in Tourism Development Planning in Puerto Princesa City 15. Consideration of the roles of women in the Seaweed Network Strategic Action Planning in Puerto Princesa 16. GESI mainstreaming in the local development plans (CLUP-CDP-ELA) of Tagbilaran City 17. Organization of GAD M&E Team in Tagbilaran City 18. Gender and social inclusion considerations in the organization of critical functional committees such as the Joint Inspection Team for streamlining of business permits, Resilience Committee, City Investment Council and TWG, Committee on Relocation, City DRRMC, Water and Sanitation Overall Management Committee, and the Composite Team for the city’s compliance with the Seal of Good Local Governance requirements

19. Special chapter on a Culture Fair Human Settlements in the proposed Environment Code of Zamboanga City that also considers GESI

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20. Consideration of GESI in Zamboanga City’s disaster risk reduction and management programs that will inform the handling of pregnant women, persons with disability and senior citizens during evacuation and emergency disasters

21. Setting up of GAD database in Zamboanga City

22. Setting up of GAD M&E Team in Zamboanga City

23. Proposed GESI mainstreaming in the local development plans (CLUP-CDP-ELA) of General Santos City

24. Designation of GAD Focal Points and Coordinators in General Santos City

25. Proposed provision of BOSS special lane for senior citizen, people with disabilities and pregnant women in General Santos City

26. Collection of sex-disaggregated data on ownership and employment for business registration in Legazpi City

27. Expansion the BOSS priority lane privilege for pregnant women, senior citizens, persons with disability, and men or women with children below 10 years of age in Legazpi City

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Annex 6. Monitored Media Placements, October to December 2017

No. Date Media Media Type Title URL Related Activity Location Date Company 1 1-Oct-17 City Facebook Puerto Princesa City https://www.facebook.co Tourism Summit Puerto September 28, Information post launches Tourism m/cio.puertoprincesa/pos Princesa City 2017 Department of Master Plan and ts/1673394699360897 Puerto new tourism brand Princesa City 2 1-Oct-17 City Facebook Puerto Princesa City https://www.facebook.com/ Tourism Summit Puerto September 28, Information post launches Tourism cio.puertoprincesa/photos/p Princesa City 2017 Department of Master Plan and cb.1673394699360897/167 Puerto new tourism brand 3394156027618/?type=3&t Princesa City heater 3 1-Oct-17 City Facebook Puerto princesa City https://www.facebook.co Review and Puerto September 20- Information post finalizes m/cio.puertoprincesa/pho Updating of the Princesa City 22, 2017 Department of specifications for tos/a.727965767237133. FS Study and Puerto septage treatment 1073741828.727134060 TOR for the Princesa City facility 653637/1673294889370 proposed STS 878/?type=3 4 1-Oct-17 City Facebook Puerto princesa City https://www.facebook.co Review and Puerto September 20- Information post finalizes m/cio.puertoprincesa/pos Updating of the Princesa City 22, 2017 Department of specifications for ts/1673393409361026 FS Study and Puerto septage treatment TOR for the Princesa City facility proposed STS 5 1-Oct-17 City Facebook City Investment https://www.facebook.co City Investment Tagbilaran September 19, Government of post Council finalizes m/jnetlaila/posts/101558 Council Meeting City 2017 Tagbilaran Code 81695542578 6 2-Oct-17 City News JICA assists http://www.tagbilaran.gov Sewerage and Tagbilaran February 10, Government of article Tagbilaran City .ph/news/jica-assists- Septage City 2017 Tagbilaran tagbilaran-city/ Management Project 7 4-Oct-17 Palakat Facebook Water safety plan for https://www.facebook.com/ Training Batangas City October 4, Batangas post drinking -water notes/palakat- Workshop for 2017 providers required batangascity/water-safety- the plan-for-drinking-water- Development of providers- WSP for required/200519627305030 Community- 6/ Based Water Systems 8 4-Oct-17 USAID Facebook Puerto Princesa City https://www.facebook.com/ Tourism Summit Puerto September 28, Philippines post unveiled its new usaid.philippines/posts/160 Princesa City 2017 tourism tagline and 2794513120202

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logo, along with its new 10-year tourism plan, during the Puerto Princesa City Tourism Summit 9 4-Oct-17 About Blog Post SURGE-USAID http://aboutcagayandeor Mass Cagayan de September 28, Cagayan de praises CdeO's land o.com/surge-usaid- Application for Oro 2017 Oro titling program praises-cdeos-land- Residential Free titling-program/ Patent Title 10 7-Oct-17 LGU-Gensan Facebook USAID’s SURGE https://www.facebook.com/ Participatory 3 Legazpi City September 19- post Project supported search/top/?q=LGU- Dimensional 22, 2017 the City Government Gensan%2C%20USAID% Mapping of General Santos in E2%80%99s%20SURGE% planning its first 20Project%20supported%2 participatory 3- 0the%20City%20Governm dimensional (3-D) ent%20of%20General%20S map and antos%20in%20planning% contingency plan. 20its%20first%20participat ory%203- dimensional%20(3- D)%20map%20and%20con tingency%20plan. 11 7-Oct-17 LGU-Gensan Facebook General Santos and https://www.facebook.com/ BPLS General September 28- post USAID’s SURGE LguGensan/photos/a.49048 Streamlining: Santos City 29, 2017 Project trained 25 9241077923.1073741829.4 JIT Training members of the 67485073378340/13593388 Joint Inspection 97526282/?type=3&theater Team (JIT) 12 9-Oct-17 City Facebook Mayor Yap calls for https://www.facebook.co DILG Seal of Tagbilaran October 9, Government of post continuous unity and m/citymediabureau/posts Good Local City 2017 Tagbilaran cooperation /1572983109427708 Governance Program 13 11-Oct-17 LGU Gensan Facebook LGU GAD Focal https://www.facebook.com/ GAD Workshop General October 11, post Point System photo.php?fbid=290889601 Santos City 2017 Members Attend 413970&set=pcb.29078664 Seminar-Workshop 1424266&type=3&theater 14 12-Oct-17 Sunstar CDO News Oro, USAID to roll http://www.sunstar.com.p Land Cagayan de September 7- article out land info system h/cagayan-de- Information Oro City 9, 2017 to assist investors oro/business/2017/10/12/ System Kiosk oro-usaid-roll-out-land- Launched info-system-assist- investors-568974 15 13-Oct-17 USAID Facebook International Day for https://www.facebook.com/ Participatory 3 Legazpi City September 19- Philippines post Disaster Reduction usaid.philippines/posts/161 Dimensional 22, 2017 1329205600066 Mapping

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16 13-Oct-17 USAID Facebook USAID supports https://www.facebook.com/ Workshop on General July 24-26, Philippines post General Santos City usaid.philippines/photos/a.1 Enhancing the Santos City 2017 integrate risk 27274104005591.24854.10 CLUP and assessments and 7439155989086/161136770 Integrated urban resilience 2262883/?type=3&theater Zoning Ordinance 17 13-Oct-17 USAID Facebook Zamboanga City https://www.facebook.com/ Preparation of Zamboanga October 13, Philippines post with USAID support usaid.philippines/photos/a.1 GAD Sensitive City 2017 involves all sectors 27274104005591.24854.10 Spatial Plans in finalizing its risk 7439155989086/161136069 responsive and 8930250/?type=3&theater gender sensitive development and spatial plans 18 13-Oct-17 USAID Facebook The City https://www.facebook.com/ VA and DRRMP Puerto January 18-20, Philippines post Government of usaid.philippines/photos/a.1 Workshop Princesa City 2017 Puerto Princesa 27274104005591.24854.10 aims to reduce the 7439155989086/161134873 number of people 5598113/?type=3&theater affected by disasters through its disaster risk reduction and management plan developed with the support of USAID 19 13-Oct-17 USAID Facebook Highly vulnerable to https://www.facebook.com/ Participatory 3 Legazpi City September 19- Philippines post multiple natural usaid.philippines/photos/a.1 Dimensional 22, 2017 hazards, Legazpi 27274104005591.24854.10 Mapping City continuously 7439155989086/161133830 updates its risk 5599156/?type=3&theater maps and profiles 20 13-Oct-17 USAID Facebook USAID supports the https://www.facebook.com/ Urban Tagbilaran October 13, Philippines post City Government of usaid.philippines/posts/161 Resilience City 2017 Tagbilaran reduce 1345428931777 Action Plan the number of people affected by disasters through the development of an Urban Resilience Action Plan 21 13-Oct-17 USAID Facebook Local officials, health https://www.facebook.com/ Participatory 3 Legazpi City September 19- Philippines post workers and usaid.philippines/posts/161 Dimensional 22, 2017 residents of 1329205600066 Mapping Barangay Padang in Legazpi City created

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a 3D representation of their village 22 13-Oct-17 ICMA Blog Post CDI Newsletter https://icma.org/Blog Highlights Work of Post-posts/cdi- SURGE Project newsletter-highlights- work-surge-project-0 23 16-Oct-17 USAID Facebook Map to resilience https://www.facebook.com/ Participatory 3 Legazpi City September 19- Philippines post usaid.philippines/photos/a.1 Dimensional 22, 2017 27274104005591.24854.10 Mapping 7439155989086/160967607 9098712/?type=3 24 16-Oct-17 ICMA News A project to improve https://icma.org/programs- article/ the ability of second- and-projects/strengthening- video tier cities in the urban-resilience-growth- Philippines to be equity-usaidsurge globally competitive and less vulnerable to disruptions 25 16-Oct-17 ICLEI Blog Three ICLEI http://icleiseas.org/index.ph 2017 Galing October Members land top p/2017/10/16/three-iclei- Pook Awards 12,2017 10 in 2017 Galing members-lands-top-10-in- Pook Awards 2017-galing-pook-awards/ 26 20-Oct-17 Beng Climaco Facebook CDI Newsletter https://www.facebook.com/ post bengclimaco/posts/1015510 4181013014 27 20-Oct-17 LGU-Gensan Facebook Mentors, Teachers https://www.facebook.com/ Training for General October 17-18, post Train to Help search/str/LGU+GenSan%2 mentors and Santos City 2017 Children Read Well C+Mentors%2C+Teachers teachers +Train+to+Help+Children+ Read+Well+/keywords_ble nded_posts 28 21-Oct-17 LGU-Gensan Facebook USAID’s SURGE https://www.facebook.com/ GESI Training General October 5-6, post Project and the LguGensan/photos/a.49048 Santos City 2017 General Santos City 9241077923.1073741829.4 Gender and 67485073378340/13713722 Development (GAD) 19656283/?type=3&theater Focal Office enhanced the skills and knowledge of local government representatives 29 21-Oct-17 LGU-Gensan Facebook USAID’s SURGE https://www.facebook.com/ BPLS Executive General October 6, post Project facilitated the LguGensan/photos/a.49048 Committee Santos City 2017 inaugural meeting of 9241077923.1073741829.4 Meeting the General Santos

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City BPLS Executive 67485073378340/13713733 Committee inaugural 16322840/?type=3&theater meeting 30 21-Oct-17 The Daily News City seeks help from https://thedailyguardian.n USAID Visit to Iloilo City Oct. 20, 2017 Guardian article USAID on dev't plan et/local-news/city-seeks- Iloilo (Jeremy help-usaid-devt-plan/ Gustafson) 31 23-Oct-17 Cagayan de Facebook Check out USAID's https://www.facebook.com/ Land Cagayan de September 7, Oro City post Newsletter as it CDOinfonet/posts/1758459 Information Oro City 2017 Philippines features Cagayan de 257519072 Management Oro City's Kiosk Project Promoting Transparency and Inclusive Land Info Mngt System 32 23-Oct-17 Iloilo City Facebook The Iloilo City https://www.facebook.com/ USAID Visit to Iloilo City Oct. 20, 2017 Planning and post Government headed IloiloCPDO/posts/1444212 Iloilo (Jeremy Development by Acting City Mayor 669030495 Gustafson) Office Jose Espinosa III welcomes Mr. Jeremy Gustafson 33 24-Oct-17 Politiko Blog Post Joe Espinosa wants http://visayas.politics.co USAID Visit to Iloilo City Oct. 20, 2017 Visayas US help for Iloilo's m.ph/joe-espinosa- Iloilo (Jeremy drainage system wants-us-help-iloilos- Gustafson) drainage-system/ 34 24-Oct-17 Politiko Blog Post Iloilo City http://visayas.politics.com.p USAID Visit to Iloilo City Oct. 20, 2017 Visayas development plans h/iloilo-city-development- Iloilo (Jeremy get support from plans-get-support-usaid/ Gustafson) USAID 35 24-Oct-17 USAID Facebook Small-scale cassava https://www.facebook.com/ Success Story Zamboanga August 9, 2017 Logistics post growers earn big in USAIDLogistics/posts/939 of Cassava City Support for the Philippines 258536227060 Project Mindanao Activity 36 24-Oct-17 USAID News Small-scale cassava https://www.usaid.gov/resul Success Story Zamboanga August 9, 2017 Transforming article growers earn big in ts-data/success- of Cassava City Lives the Philippines stories/small-scale-cassava- Project growers-earn-big- philippines 37 24-Oct-17 Beng Climaco Facebook Small-scale cassava https://www.facebook.com/ Success Story Zamboanga August 9, 2017 post growers earn big in bengclimaco/posts/1015511 of Cassava City the Philippines 4432328014 Project 38 24-Oct-17 USAID Facebook Small-scale cassava https://www.facebook.com/ Success Story Zamboanga August 9, 2017 Philippines post growers earn big in usaid.philippines/posts/162 of Cassava City the Philippines 1796621219991 Project

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39 26-Oct-17 Asia Today News Small-scale cassava http://www.asiatoday.com/ Success Story Zamboanga August 9, 2017 article growers earn big in pressrelease/small-scale- of Cassava City the Philippines cassava-growers-earn-big- Project philippines 40 27-Oct-17 LGU-Gensan Facebook City to Expedite https://www.facebook.com/ BPLS Executive General October 20, post Processing of LguGensan/posts/13764030 Committee Santos City 2017 Business Permits 49153200 Meeting 41 30-Oct-17 USAID Facebook Tomorrow is World https://www.facebook.com/ BPLS Puerto April 7, 2016 Philippines post #CitiesDay usaid.philippines/posts/162 Streamlining Princesa 3687341030919 42 30-Oct-17 Tagbilaran City Facebook City Tourism Council https://www.facebook.com/ Tourism Master Tagbilaran October 30, Government post quarterly meeting citymediabureau/posts/1591 Plan City 2017 571500902202 Development 43 31-Oct-17 USAID Facebook In Zamboanga City, https://www.facebook.com/ Geoportal Zamboanga September 28, Philippines post the city’s Computer usaid.philippines/photos/a.1 Project City 2017 Service Division, 27274104005591.24854.10 with USAID support, 7439155989086/162368330 developed a 1031323/?type=3&theater common platform for city-wide data management and sharing #CitiesDay 44 31-Oct-17 USAID Facebook Residents of https://www.facebook.com/ Land Cagayan de September 7, Philippines post Cagayan de Oro usaid.philippines/posts/162 Information Oro City 2017 enjoy fast and 3680401031613 Management convenient Project transactions at city hall with the touch screen, self-service and multifunctional taxpayer-friendly Kiosk #CitiesDay 45 31-Oct-17 USAID Facebook On World https://www.facebook.com/ Land Cagayan de September 7, Philippines post #CitiesDay, we usaid.philippines/posts/162 Information Oro City 2017 recognize Cagayan 3656881033965 Management de Oro for launching Project a public kiosk to promote open and inclusive land information management 46 2-Nov-17 City News Balangay Legazpi http://legazpi.gov.ph/balang Proclamation of Legazpi City October 25, Government of article wins Best Climate ay-legazpi-wins-best- Balangay 2017 Legazpi Practices Award climate-practices-2017- Legazpi as 2017 award/ winner of the

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Best Climate Practices 2017 47 2-Nov-17 USAID Facebook Tagbilaran City is https://www.facebook.com/ Automation of Tagbilaran December 20- Philippines post enhancing its usaid.philippines/photos/a.1 business City 23 & 27-29, information systems 27274104005591.24854.10 procedures 2016 to provide 7439155989086/162368967 transparent, 7697352/?type=3&theater accountable and responsive services for its residents #CitiesDay 48 3-Nov-17 Philippine News GenSan moves to http://www.pna.gov.ph/arti CDIMOU General November 28, News Agency article hasten biz permit cles/1014713 Signing/BPLS Santos City 2017 processing Streamlining 49 5-Nov-17 USAID Facebook SURGE Project https://www.facebook.com/ Workshop for Tagbilaran October 16-17, Philippines post coached officials usaid.philippines/photos/a.1 the City 2017 from Tagbilaran City 27274104005591.24854.10 establishment of and Puerto Princesa 7439155989086/163129494 a septage City to develop 6936825/?type=3&theater treatment feasibility studies for system establishing a septage treatment system 50 8-Nov-17 City Facebook USAID assists https://www.facebook.com/ Workshop for Tagbilaran October 16-17, Information post Tagbilaran and cio.puertoprincesa/photos/p the City 2017 Department of Puerto Princesa cb.1709571175743249/170 establishment of Puerto improve septage 9571145743252/?type=3&t a septage Princesa City treatment heater treatment system 51 10-Nov-17 Tagbilaran City Facebook 1st PITEC Board https://www.facebook.com/ PITEC Board Tagbilaran November 10, Government post Meeting citymediabureau/posts/1601 Meeting City 2017 425493250136 52 10-Nov-17 LGU-Gensan Facebook BPLC Stresses https://www.facebook.com/ BPLS General November 28, post Business Permit LguGensan/photos/a.49048 Streamlining Santos City 2017 Requirements 9241077923.1073741829.4 67485073378340/13888953 97903965/?type=3&theater 53 10-Nov-17 The Bohol Facebook 1st Panglao Island https://www.facebook.com/ PITEC Board Tagbilaran November 10, Tribune post and Tagbilaran theboholtribune/posts/1998 Meeting City 2017 Executive Council 900736989884 (PITEC) Meeting 54 13-Nov-17 Tagbilaran City Facebook Tagbilaran City, https://www.facebook.com/ BPLS Tagbilaran September 6- Government post successful in citymediabureau/photos/a.6 Streamlining City 9, 2016 attracting 50409628351732.10737418 businesses 27.650405008352194/1604

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663622926323/?type=3&th eater 55 13-Nov-17 Philippine News Iloilo City asks http://www.pna.gov.ph/arti CDI Support to Iloilo City November 13, News Agency article USAID support on cles/1015726 Iloilo 2017 traffic, drainage concerns 56 14-Nov-17 LGU-Gensan Facebook General Santos City https://www.facebook.com/ BPLS General November 3-4, post Government is LguGensan/photos/a.49048 Streamlining Santos City 2017 preparing for the roll- 9241077923.1073741829.4 Preparation: out of its streamlined 67485073378340/13924626 Training for business 94213902/?type=3&theater LGU Personnel permits and licensing system (BPLS) in January 2018. 57 17-Nov-17 Beng Climaco Facebook Zamboanga City's https://www.facebook.com/ 2017 Seal of Manila November 25, post 2017 Seal of Good bengclimaco/photos/pcb.10 Good Local 2017 Local Governance 155175584163014/1015517 Governance Award Lauded by 7635353014/?type=3&theat Award USAID SURGE er 58 19-Nov-17 City Facebook Consultation https://www.facebook.com/ Tourism Summit Puerto September 28, Information post Meeting with Puerto cio.puertoprincesa/photos/p Princesa City 2017 Department of Princesa Tourism cb.1720686724631694/172 Puerto Stakeholders 0683654632001/?type=3&t Princesa City (All for One Tourism) heater 59 20-Nov-17 City Facebook Puerto Princesa https://www.facebook.co Seaweed Puerto November 14, Information post Seaweed Network m/cio.puertoprincesa/pos Network Princesa City 2017 Department of outlines member ts/1720713424629024 Meeting Puerto roles, responsibilities Princesa City 60 20-Nov-17 City Facebook Puerto Princesa City https://www.facebook.co City and Puerto October 26- Information post prepares for m/cio.puertoprincesa/pos SURGE Princesa City November 10, Department of business registration ts/1720711407962559 meetings 2017 Puerto in January 2018 Princesa City 61 20-Nov-17 USAID Facebook In the cities of https://www.facebook.com/ Workshop for Tagbilaran October 16-17, Philippines post Tagbilaran and usaid.philippines/photos/a.1 the City 2017 Puerto Princesa, 27274104005591.24854.10 establishment of USAID’s SURGE 7439155989086/164438814 a septage Project helped city 2294172/?type=3&theater treatment officials to develop system feasibility studies for establishing a septage treatment

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system #WorldToiletDay 62 21-Nov-17 USAID Facebook The International https://www.facebook.com/ 2017 Best Legaspi City; November 17, Philippines post Center for Climate usaid.philippines/photos/a.1 Climate Bonn, 2017 Governance (ICCG) 27274104005591.24854.10 Practices Award Germany announced 7439155989086/164350895 Balangay Legazpi as 2382091/?type=3&theater the winner of the 2017 Best Climate Practices Award 63 23-Nov-17 USAID Facebook Five of USAID’s https://www.facebook.com/ 2017 Seal of Manila November 25, Philippines post Cities Development usaid.philippines/posts/164 Good Local 2017 Initiative partner 9179448481708 Governance cities have been Award included in the Department of Interior Local Government’s list of 2017 Seal of Good Governance Awardees 64 23-Nov-17 Tagbilaran City Facebook Joint Validation https://www.facebook.com/ Enhanced Tagbilaran November 23, Government post Session pg/citymediabureau/photos/ Water Billing City 2017 ?tab=album&album_id=16 and Collection 14142935311725 System Launch & Joint Validation Session 65 23-Nov-17 Maynilad News Maynilad enters http://www.mayniladwater. Memorandum of Tagbilaran April 27, 2017 article Twinning com.ph/news- Understanding City Partnership with article.php?id=728 Signing Tagbilaran City between City Government of Tagbilaran and Maynilad Water Academy 66 24-Nov-17 USAID Facebook USAID organized a https://www.facebook.com/ BPLS General November 28, Philippines post training to help usaid.philippines/photos/a.1 Streamlining Santos City 2017 General Santos city 27274104005591.24854.10 staff develop the 7439155989086/164918016 skills for dealing with 1814970/?type=3&theater clients applying for or renewing business permits

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67 24-Nov-17 Malaya News Improved water http://malaya.com.ph/busin Memorandum of Tagbilaran April 27, 2017 Business article services in ess- Understanding City Insight Tagbilaran seen news/business/improved- Signing water-services-tagbilaran- between City seen?page=1 Government of Tagbilaran and Maynilad Water Academy 68 25-Nov-17 USAID Facebook In Zamboanga City, https://www.facebook.com/ Geoportal Zamboanga September 28, Philippines post USAID trained city usaid.philippines/photos/a.1 Project City 2017 government officials 27274104005591.24854.10 in developing a 7439155989086/164918196 geoportal 1814790/?type=3&theater 69 25-Nov-17 Manila Times News Maynilad to improve http://www.manilatimes.net Memorandum of Tagbilaran April 27, 2017 article Tagbiliran water /maynilad-improve- Understanding City services tagbiliran-water- Signing services/364909/ between City Government of Tagbilaran and Maynilad Water Academy 70 25-Nov-17 Manila Bulletin News Tagbilaran water https://news.mb.com.ph/20 Memorandum of Tagbilaran April 27, 2017 article firm teams up with 17/11/25/tagbilaran-water- Understanding City Maynilad firm-teams-up-with- Signing maynilad/ between City Government of Tagbilaran and Maynilad Water Academy 71 25-Nov-17 City Facebook Congratulations https://www.facebook.com/ 2017 Seal of Manila November 25, Information post Puerto Princesa cio.puertoprincesa/photos/a. Good Local 2017 Department of City! 727965767237133.1073741 Governance Puerto 828.727134060653637/172 Award Princesa City 6004110766622/?type=3&t heater 72 26-Nov-17 The Bohol News Tagb Gets Into http://boholtribune.com/tag Memorandum of Tagbilaran April 27, 2017 Tribune article Twinning Pact With b-gets-twinning-pact- Understanding City Maynilad Water maynilad-water.html Signing between City Government of Tagbilaran and Maynilad Water Academy

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73 26-Nov-17 The Bohol News Tagbilaran’s 2018 http://boholtribune.com/tag Tribune article Annual Budget Goes bilarans-2018-annual- Over 1 Billion budget-goes-1-billion.html 74 27-Nov-17 Brigada Live TV CDI MOU signing Aired on local Gensan CDI MOU General November 27, coverage event channel 6 PM Signing Santos City 2017 75 27-Nov-17 Franky Media YouTube Cities Development https://www.youtube.com/ CDI MOU General November 27, video Initiative (USAID) watch?v=ioCX-b7wlHM Signing Santos City 2017 General Santos City 76 27-Nov-17 Tagbilaran City Facebook Tagbilaran City https://www.facebook.com/ 2017 Seal of Manila November 27, Government post awarded the 2017 photo.php?fbid=153993568 Good Local 2017 Seal of Good Local 6084909&set=pcb.1539936 Governance Governance (SGLG) 706084807&type=3&theate Award r 77 27-Nov-17 Ronnel Rivera Facebook Memorandum of https://www.facebook.com/ CDI MOU General November 27, Full post Understanding ronnelriveraofficial/media_ Signing Santos City 2017 Signing with Mr. set?set=a.20892242112965 Lawrence Hardy II, 10.1073742359.100006268 Mission Director, 537475&type=3 USAID/Philippines 78 28-Nov-17 Retired Analyst Blog post USAID expands http://retiredanalyst.blogs CDI MOU General November 27, development pot.com/2017/11/usaid- Signing Santos City 2017 program to Gensan expands-development- program-to.html 79 28-Nov-17 Bombo Radyo Radio ‘Marawi http://www.bomboradyo.co Business Forum General November 28, Philippines reconstruction’ m/marawi-reconstruction- for Marawi's Santos City 2017 binisita ng USAID binisita-ng-usaid-director/ Rehabilitation director 80 28-Nov-17 City Facebook BOSS Frontliners https://www.facebook.com/ BOSS Puerto November 27- Information post Training photo.php?fbid=167057072 Frontliners' Princesa City 29,2017 Department of 6297997&set=pcb.1670571 Training Puerto 339631269&type=3&theate Princesa City r 81 28-Nov-17 Legaspi City Facebook Polishing our https://www.facebook.com/ Climate and Legaspi City November 28, DRRM Office post Climate and Disaster 517635841910397/photos/p Disaster Risk 2017 Risk Assessment cb.593412900999357/5934 Assessment (CDRA) with the 12637666050/?type=3&the technical assistance ater of the USAid SURGE Project 82 28-Nov-17 Philippine News Iloilo City asks http://www.pna.gov.ph/arti CDI MOU General November 27, News Agency article USAID support on cles/1017280 Signing Santos City 2017 traffic, drainage concerns 83 29-Nov-17 U.S. Embassy News U.S. Government https://ph.usembassy.gov/us CDI MOU General November 27, Manila article and General Santos -government-general- Signing Santos City 2017

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City Renew santos-city-renew- Partnership to partnership-advance- Advance Inclusive inclusive-sustainable- and Sustainable urban-growth/ Urban Growth 84 29-Nov-17 Tubagbohol Blog Post U.S. Government http://tubagbohol.mikeligali CDI MOU General November 27, and General Santos g.com/press-release/u-s- Signing Santos City 2017 City Renew government-and-general- Partnership to santos-city-renew- Advance Inclusive partnership-to-advance- and Sustainable inclusive-an/ Urban Growth 85 29-Nov-17 LGU-Gensan Facebook LGU Gensan Signs https://business.facebook.co CDI MOU General November 27, post MOU with USAID - m/pg/LguGensan/posts/ Signing Santos City 2017 GENERAL SANTOS CITY 86 29-Nov-17 Ronnel Rivera Facebook Mayor Rivera https://www.facebook.com/ CDI MOU General November 27, Full post welcomes USAID photo.php?fbid=209018593 Signing Santos City 2017 director 1200338&set=a.137841611 9043993.1073741828.1000 06268537475&type=3&the ater 87 29-Nov-17 Ronnel Rivera Facebook USAID director visits https://www.facebook.com/ CDI MOU General November 27, Full post Gensan photo.php?fbid=209018627 Signing/ USAID Santos City 2017 1200304&set=a.137841611 Visit (Mission 9043993.1073741828.1000 Director 06268537475&type=3&the Lawrence Hardy ater II) 88 29-Nov-17 USAID Facebook CDI MOU signing https://www.facebook.com/ CDI MOU General November Philippines post event usaid.philippines/posts/165 Signing Santos City 27,2017 4977981235188 89 29-Nov-17 USAID Facebook Today, with the https://www.facebook.com/ CDI MOU General November Logistics post signing of the MOU USAIDLogistics/posts/961 Signing Santos City 27,2017 Support for by USAID Mission 624860657094 Mindanao Director Lawrence Activity Hardy II, General Santos becomes USAID’s eighth and newest Cities Development Initiative partner. 90 28-Nov-87 Beng Climaco Facebook Zambo conferred https://www.facebook.com/ 2017 Seal of Manila November 27, post with 2017 SGLG bengclimaco/posts/1015520 Good Local 2017 7669968014 Governance Award

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91 30-Nov-17 LGU-Gensan Facebook City Launches New https://whttps://www.face BPLS General November 28, post BPLS book.com/ronnelriveraoffi Streamlining Santos City 2017 cial/media_set?set=a.20 89224211296510.10737 42359.10000626853747 5&type=3ww.facebook.c om/photo.php?fbid=3106 90386100558&set=a.167 356507100614.1073741 832.100014787977805&t ype=3&theater 92 30-Nov-17 BusinessWorld News Gensan joins http://bworldonline.com/ge CDI MOU General November 27, article USAID's Cities nsan-joins-usaids-cities- Signing Santos City 2017 Development development-initiative/ Initiative 93 30-Nov-17 U.S. Embassy Facebook U.S. Government https://www.facebook.com/ CDI MOU General November 27, Manila post and General Santos manila.usembassy/posts/10 Signing Santos City 2017 City Renew 156012383634623 Partnership to Advance Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Growth 94 1-Dec-17 Tagbilaran City Facebook USAID visit https://www.facebook.com/ USAID Visit Tagbilaran December 1, Government post pg/citymediabureau/photos/ (Mission City 2017 ?tab=album&album_id=16 Director 22477794478239 Lawrence Hardy II) 95 1-Dec-17 U.S. Embassy News U.S. Government https://ph.usembassy.gov/ta Business Forum General November 28, Manila article Convenes Mindanao g/general-santos-city/ for Marawi's Santos City 2017 Business Leaders to Rehabilitation Spur Investment in Marawi City 96 1-Dec-17 Franky Media Blog post Cities Development http://frajamir.com/cities- CDI MOU General November 27, Initiative (USAID) development-initiative- Signing Santos City 2017 chose General usaid-chose-general-santos- Santos as a Partner city-partner-city/ City 97 1-Dec-17 Ronnel Rivera Facebook MOU for USAID https://www.facebook.com/ CDI MOU General November 27, Full post Cities Development photo.php?fbid=209098605 Signing Santos City 2017 Initiative signed 4453659&set=a.137841611 9043993.1073741828.1000 06268537475&type=3&the ater 98 1-Dec-17 Ronnel Rivera Facebook Streamlined https://www.facebook.com/ BPLS General November 28, Full post Business Permits photo.php?fbid=209098639 Launching Santos City 2017

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and Licensing 7786958&set=a.137841611 System (BPLS) 9043993.1073741828.1000 launched 06268537475&type=3&the ater 99 1-Dec-17 Ronnel Rivera Facebook Mayor Rivera hosts https://www.facebook.com/ Business Forum General November 28, Full post Forum on photo.php?fbid=209098840 for Marawi's Santos City 2017 Rehabilitating 7786757&set=a.137841611 Rehabilitation Marawi and Lanao 9043993.1073741828.1000 06268537475&type=3&the ater 100 1-Dec-17 USAID Facebook Marawi business https://www.facebook.com/ Business Forum General November Philippines post forum usaid.philippines/posts/165 for Marawi's Santos City 28,2017 6175614448758 Rehabilitation 101 1-Dec-17 DYRD-AM Radio USAID Mission http://www.dyrdam.com/20 Tagbilaran Tagbilaran December 1, Director Lawrence 17/todays-top-news-friday- Tourism City 2017 Hardy II to witness december-1-2017.html Development today's launching of Plan Launch Tagbilaran Tourism Development Plan 102 1-Dec-17 USAID News US gov't convenes https://www.usaid.gov/phili Business Forum General November Philippines article Mindanao business ppines/press-releases/dec-1- for Marawi's Santos City 28,2017 leaders to spur 2017-us-government- Rehabilitation investment in convenes-mindanao- Marawi City business-leaders-spur 103 1-Dec-17 Tagbilaran City Facebook USAID Mission https://www.facebook.com/ Tagbilaran Tagbilaran December 1, Government Post Director Lawrence citymediabureau/photos/a.6 Tourism City 2017 Hardy II and City 50409628351732.10737418 Development Mayor John 27.650405008352194/1622 Plan Launch Geesnell "BABA" 689287790423/?type=3&th Yap during the eater launching of the Tagbilaran Tourism Development Plan 104 2-Dec-17 Tagbilaran City Facebook Tagbilaran City https://www.facebook.com/ Tagbilaran Tagbilaran December 1, Government Post launches its tourism citymediabureau/photos/a.6 Tourism City 2017 master plan 50409628351732.10737418 Development 27.650405008352194/1623 Plan Launch 688364357182/?type=3&th eater 105 2-Dec-17 Sunstar CDO News Mindanao business https://www.pressreader.co Business Forum General November 28, article leaders convene in m/philippines/sunstar- for Marawi's Santos City 2017 GenSan to spur cagayan-de- Rehabilitation investment in oro/20171202/2815866509 Marawi City 21118

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106 3-Dec-17 Business News As USAID’s 8th PHL https://businessmirror.com. CDI MOU General November 27, Mirror article city partner, GenSan ph/as-usaids-8th-phl-city- Signing Santos City 2017 seen to boost urban partner-gensan-seen-to- development boost-urban-development/ 107 3-Dec-17 Philippine News US gov't convenes http://pia.gov.ph/news/articl Business Forum General November 28, Information article Mindanao business es/1002765 for Marawi's Santos City 2017 Agency leaders to spur Rehabilitation investment in Marawi City 108 3-Dec-17 Philippines Blog post US gov't convenes http://www.philippinetimes. Business Forum General November 28, Times Mindanao business com/news/255599907/us- for Marawi's Santos City 2017 leaders to spur govt-convenes-mindanao- Rehabilitation investment in business-leaders-to-spur- Marawi City investment-in-marawi-city 109 3-Dec-17 Retired Analyst Blog post US gov't convenes http://retired137.rssing.com Business Forum General November 28, Mindanao business /chan- for Marawi's Santos City 2017 leaders to spur 15165344/all_p1530.html Rehabilitation investment in Marawi City 110 3-Dec-17 Bohol Tribune News City Charts Tourism http://boholtribune.com/city Tagbilaran Tagbilaran December 1, article Future With Grand -charts-tourism-future- Tourism City 2017 Plan grand-plan.html Development Plan Launch 111 3-Dec-17 The Bohol News USAID Hands 3,274 http://boholtribune.com/usa USAID Visit Tagbilaran December 1, Tribune article Tablets To City id-hands-3274-tablets-city- (Mission City 2017 School school.html Director Lawrence Hardy II) 112 3-Dec-17 Manila Bulletin News USAID convenes https://news.mb.com.ph/20 Business Forum General November 28, article business forum for 17/12/03/usaid-convenes- for Marawi's Santos City 2017 Marawi rehab business-forum-for- Rehabilitation marawi-rehab/ 113 3-Dec-17 LGI Facebook LGI and SURGE https://www.facebook.com/ ASEAN Land Manila December 4-5, Consultants post exhibit at First lgiconsultants/photos/pcb.3 Governance 2017 ASEAN Land 50379952104299/35037963 Summit Governance Summit 5437664/?type=3&theater 114 3-Dec-17 Asean News US convenes https://www.aseanbreaking Business Forum General November 28, Breaking News article Mindanao business news.com/2017/12/us- for Marawi's Santos City 2017 convenes-mindanao- Rehabilitation business/ 115 4-Dec-17 Manila Bulletin News US convenes https://business.mb.com.ph/ Business Forum General November 28, article Mindanao business 2017/12/03/us-convenes- for Marawi's Santos City 2017 mindanao-business/ Rehabilitation

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116 4-Dec-17 Ronnel Rivera Facebook Business Permits https://www.facebook.com/ BPLS General November 28, Full post and Licensing photo.php?fbid=209256008 Streamlining Santos City 2017 System Meeting 4296256&set=a.137841611 9043993.1073741828.1000 06268537475&type=3&the ater 117 4-Dec-17 The Bohol News Tagbilaran readies http://www.boholchronicle. Tagbilaran Tagbilaran December 1, Chronicle article for economic com.ph/2017/12/04/tagbilar Tourism City 2017 spillover of new an-readies-new-airport-eco- Development airport spillover/ Plan Launch 118 4-Dec-17 U.S. Embassy Facebook U.S. Government https://www.facebook.com/ Business Forum General November 28, Manila post Convenes Mindanao manila.usembassy/posts/10 for Marawi's Santos City 2017 Business Leaders to 156012636354623 Rehabilitation Spur Investment in Marawi City 119 6-Dec-17 LGU-Gensan Facebook USAID Conducts https://www.facebook.com/ Business Forum General November 28, post Forum on Economic photo.php?fbid=313674662 for Marawi's Santos City 2017 Recovery and 468797&set=a.1673565071 Rehabilitation Development of 00614.1073741832.100014 Marawi and Lanao 787977805&type=3&theate r 120 7-Dec-17 Tagbilaran City Facebook Puerto Princesa https://www.facebook.com/ Benchmark on Tagbilaran December 7, Government post visits Tagbilaran citymediabureau/photos/a.6 City Investment City 2017 50409628351732.10737418 and Promotions 27.650405008352194/1629 Practices 302183795800/?type=3&th eater 121 8-Dec-17 USAID Facebook USAID Mission https://storify.com/usaid_m USAID Visit Tagbilaran, Nov 27-28 & Philippines post Director Lawrence anila/usaid-philippines- (Mission General Dec 1, 2017 Hardy II concluded mission-director-lawrence- Director Santos City his trip to hardy- Lawrence Hardy #GeneralSantosCity, II) #CebuCity and #TagbilaranCity. 122 8-Dec-17 The Bohol Facebook Puerto Princesa https://www.facebook.com/ Benchmark on Tagbilaran December 7, Tribune post visits Tagbilaran theboholtribune/photos/a.15 City Investment City 2017 72960582917237.10737418 and Promotions 27.1571902499689712/201 Practices 3649332181691/?type=3&t heater 123 9-Dec-17 US Embassy Facebook Gensan joins https://businessmirror.com. CDI MOE General November 27, Manila post USAID's Cities ph/as-usaids-8th-phl-city- Signing Santos City 2017 Development partner-gensan-seen-to- Initiative boost-urban-development/

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