Sustaining Community Driven Development Insights thru the Asipulo “Kapantutubtubi Program” Using the CBMS

Implementation and Uses of the Community Based Monitoring System for Improving the Local Planning and Program Implementation Presented during the 6Th Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) National Conference at the Manila Diamond Hotel, December 8 -10, 2009

By: Arnold G. Guyguyon Municipal Planning & Development Coordinator

HOW THE COMMUNITY BASED MONITORING SYSTEM CAME TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ASIPULO • Sometime in November of 2006, the MLGOO gave a copy of the Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) Project Proposal of the Province of to the MPDO as a basis for the drafting and submission of a CBMS proposal for the municipality to the DILG. • 2007 was an election year so the CBMS proposal probably was forgotten or got lost along the way to the DILG. •The change in LGU leadership in 2007 brought about changes and the need to update existing LGU development plans to fit the development thrusts of the new administration. • The LCE believed in preparing a development plan based on data that reflects the true situation of the LGU and its people. • The existing LGU data were outdated , thus planning could only be made with an updated primary and secondary data. • Heads of offices of the LGU supported the idea of gathering data for planning purposes thus, a “task force” was created composed of service provider offices and led by the planning and development office to discuss and come up with a tool for data gathering. • All offices were requested to submit a list of the data needed by their respective offices while others offices were tasked to look for old survey questionnaires used by other past programs like the CECAP BDP RRA Survey, MBN Survey, IRAP Survey, LAPP II Survey, Health Survey and other surveys as a basis for the LGU Survey tool. •A final draft consisting of 14 pages was finally approved but the LGU being a UNFPA pilot area, the project implementors thought it best to include a questionnaire on the program thus, another page was included making the LGU HH Survey Questionnaire into 15 pages. How the LGU Household Survey was

Implemented Since data gathering is part of the work of the Planning & Development Office, the “Task Force” gave the operationalization of the project to the MPDC as lead implementor and Team leader.  To implement the project since it was already the 3rd quarter of the year, the following questions had to be answered first: 1) Where to get funds for the printing of the questionnaire, 2) How to finance the orientation and training of enumerators on the survey questionnaire and the honoraria for the actual enumeration, and 3) How to finance the consolidation of data and the conduct of barangay data validation.  Upon review of the 2007 LGU budget, only the printing of the HH questionnaire could be charged from excess MOOE of the different LGU offices the bulk of which to come from the MPDO.  Due to the limited funds available for the conduct of the LGU HH Survey project and to ensure the proper implementation of the survey and quality of data gathered, a plan of action to implement the project was proposed to the municipal Mayor.

The Plan Mobilize all LGU Employees with minimum of 2 Years college education including all department heads as enumerators and to be grouped into teams with 2 heads of office to lead each team. All female employees and heads of offices shall be grouped into a team with 6-9 members to conduct survey in the six accessible barangays. A special mobile group of 15 selected male employees led by the MPDO shall conduct the survey in the far flung areas composed of 3 barangays and 4 special economic zones which could only be reached by hiking 8 – 12 hours. All enumerators assigned to accessible barangays are given the option to conduct the survey during working days or to offset a maximum of 5 work days if they prefer to conduct the survey during the week ends. Meal allowance of P 100.00 for accessible barangays and P 120.00 for the mobile group per day may be claimed subject to availability of funds and use LGU vehicles for transportation when ever possible to support the enumerators. All household questionnaires to be completed, checked for data entry errors and submitted by the team leaders to the MPDO by the end of October 2007. Expenses for the conduct of orientation and training of enumerators and the collation and preparation of questionnaires charged to the lead implementing office. Implementation of LGU Household Survey – Phase

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Introduction to the Community Based Monitoring System There was no update from the DILG regarding the LGU CBMS proposal in 2006 thus, we never knew about the joint program of the CBMS Network and DILG, but never the less, unknowingly our efforts to gather data was parallel with the CBMS Program. During the CBMS Module II Training we joined other LGUs from South Cotabato and Quezon Province. On the first day of training, the BLGD- CBMS Team found out that we had a different questionnaire from that of the other LGUs. The BLGD CBMS Team were surprised to find out that our questionnaire was similar to the latest version of the CBMS Survey questionnaire, the Minalin Version. We were relieved that at least, even if not all the questions in our household survey could not be consolidated using the CBMS software, consolidation of most of the data could be done easier and faster. The LGU “CBMS Team” successfully completed the three day training and were ready to share the knowledge gained using the CBMS soft ware but with it , another problem propped up. Since Module II entailed the encoding of the data and the digitizing of maps for the presentation of the 13 + 1 Core Indicators, computers and encoders were needed. To remedy the problem, computer sets submitted to the Treasury Office as waste materials were retrieved and repaired and the “LGU CBMS Team Leader” requested the LCE to issue an Administrative Order for all offices to send 1 staff each to be trained in encoding and help in the encoding of the LGU-CBMS Household Survey Questionnaires. Training for the encoders was done by the team who attended the Module II Training with out any funds except for free snacks provided by the MPDO. Additional funds for the wages of encoders working on week ends was requested from the UNFPA and was granted which fastracked the encoding of the survey questionnaires. The Community Based Monitoring System Implementation

.January – April, 2008 – Field editing, data encoding and digitization of maps .April 28 - 30, Module 3 Training for Asipulo CBMS Team was conducted at Asipulo as there were no trained personnel at the DILG Prov’l and Regional Offices to provide technical assistance. .May - completion and submission of Barangay core poverty indicators and maps .June 17-20 – LGU CBMS Team together with the BLGD CBMS Team attend the training on Module 4 – Barangay Development Planning conducted by the CBMS Network Staff at the BLGD office. . Last week of June – 1st week of July, presentation , validation of CBMS data by the community during a Barangay General Assembly meeting. .July 7-24- cluster barangay writeshop to prepare their BDPs was conducted by the LGU CBMS Team at the barangays. Attended by the expanded barangay devlopment council and funded by the BLGUs. .September 17, Request letter for the conduct of CDP Training was submitted to DILG CAR .December 2-4 – LGU Training and workshop to prepare the LGU Comprehensive Development Plan at Teng-ab Bontoc, Mt. Province conducted by DILG CAR CBMS Team. .CDP was to be completed during the first quarter of 2009 but with the entry of special programs and projects for implementation in the LGU funded by Government and Non- Government Agencies through the use of the CBMS Data, LGU offices were overwhelmed with work such that completion of the CDP was set aside for the moment. .The priority needs of the community people based on the results of the CBMS household survey which are embodied in their Barangay Development Plans are being addressed through the “Kapantutubtubi Program” of the LGU.

Uses of the CBMS Programs

IFUGAO, CAR - CORDILLERA CBMS Statistics Simulator Province: ADMINISTRATIVE REGION CBMS Core Indicators, Barangay City/Municipality: ASIPULO The 13+1 dimensions of poverty Barangay: Amduntog Households Population Magnitude Proportion CBMS Encoded Data: Indicator Magnitude Proportion Total Male Female Total Male Female Household data could be readily retrieved or DEMOGRAPHY located Population 252 1431 690 741 100 48.2 51.8 Average household size 6 Children 0-5 years old 121 48 187 93 94 13.1 13.5 12.7 House hold data is manipulated to rank Children 6-12 years old 129 51.2 239 110 129 16.7 15.9 17.4 Members 13-16 years old 103 40.9 151 72 79 10.6 10.4 10.7 households based on the number of unmet needs Members 6-16 years old 160 63.5 390 182 208 27.3 26.4 28.1

Members 10 years old and above 252 100 1107 533 574 77.4 77.2 77.5 as a basis for the lgu to provide services( ie, Members of the labor force 240 95.2 553 309 244 38.6 44.8 32.9

HEALTH AND NUTRITION enrollment to the PhilHEALTH Program).

children 0-5 year old who died 3 2.5 3 2 1 1.6 2.1 1.1

women who died due to pregnancy related- causes 0 0 0 0 Statistics Simulator: malnourished children 0-5 year old 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HOUSING Data on the 14 core indicators of poverty are easily prepared and transferred to Excel file households living in makeshift housing 3 1.2 12 7 5 0.8 1 0.7 households who are squatters 7 2.8 39 20 19 2.7 2.9 2.6 format for presentation and backup of data. WATER AND SANITATION Disaggregated data by sex, age could be households without access to safe water 39 15.5 195 99 96 13.6 14.3 13 households without access to sanitary toilet presented by purok, barangay or municipality. facility 60 23.8 291 162 129 20.3 23.5 17.4

BASIC EDUCATION Data under question could be easily traced out

children 6-12 years old not attending elementary 30 23.3 32 16 16 13.4 14.5 12.4 to the household level.

children 13-16 years old not attending high school 43 41.7 50 35 15 33.1 48.6 19 children 6-16 years old not attending school 14 8.8 16 11 5 4.1 6 2.4 CS PRO: INCOME AND LIVELIHOOD Tables consisting of numerical data could households with income below poverty threshold 118 46.8 720 343 377 50.3 49.7 50.9 households with income below food be generated faster and transferred to excel threshold 89 35.3 557 263 294 38.9 38.1 39.7

households experienced food shortage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 file format for presentation and backup of Unemployed members of the labor force 1 0.4 1 0 1 0.2 0 0.4 data. PEACE AND ORDER

Victims of crime 3 1.2 3 1 2 0.2 0.1 0.3

Source: CBMS Survey ____ NRDB PRO: Household data are matched with the digitized maps to present data in color coded map format for presentation of the 14 Core Poverty Indicators which is easily understood by a layman.

Households with out access to potable water

USE OF THE CBMS DATA Republic of the Philippines Identification of unmet needs of the Province of Ifugao community based on the 14 Core Indicators Municipality of Asipulo EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 28 of Poverty TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRO- Community people are able to analyze, POOR PROGRAMS/PROJECTS AND CREATING THE identify and prioritize their needs MUNICIPAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION OFFICE Communities are able to suggest/contribute and participate in decision making Communities are able to identify and prioritize programs/project s in a collective manner to overcome their problems Community people are able to decide the direction of their development and decide what priority programs and projects should be funded out of the Barangay and Municipal Dev’t. Funds Community people are able to lobby for the funding of their priority projects with LGU Officials and to source out funds from other funding sources People are able to implement, monitor, maintain projects and be accountable for their project funds People empowerment is achieved through the institutionalization of the “Kapantutubtubi Program”.