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the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
in capacitating LGUs to contribute to the
attainment of the MDGs and uplifting the
quality of life of their constituents. These
interventions are particularly stated in
DILG Memorandum Circular (MC) No.
2004-152 “Guide to Local Government
Units in the Localization of the MDGs”
dated November 2004, which provides
for the: (a) menu of Programs, Projects
and Activities (PPAs) per MDG goal and
target to guide LGUs in responding to
the MDGs; (b) diagnosis of the local
situation using existing local indicators
and monitoring system; and (c) call for
documentation and replication of good
practices.
The CBMS that is being implemented in
the Philippines is indeed well-positioned
to track progress toward the attainment
of the MDGs at the local level.
For one, a number of indicators being
monitored in the CBMS are included
in the indicators for monitoring the
progress in achieving the MDGs.
Moreover, CBMS is intended to be
done on a regular basis and can
therefore be used for updating MDG
indicators and facilitating preparation
of regular MDG reports. The CBMS
can also be used as basis by national
and local governments for costing and
identifying appropriate interventions
needed to achieve the MDGs as well as
for resource allocation. Finally, given
the large spatial disparities, the CBMS
can help identify where focus has to be
given to achieve the targets.
Province of Romblon
The CBMS’ role in localizing the MDGs
was recognized during an Experts Group
Meeting on Localizing the MDGs held on
November 28, 2006 at the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) in Bangkok,
Thailand. The Committee on Poverty
Reduction composed of 24 nation-states
agreed that the CBMS could complement
the official data collection activities of
national statistical offices and improve the
availability of the MDG and other indicators
at the local level. It also agreed that
localizing the MDGs through CBMS would
help integrate the goals into the national
development strategies. It therefore urged
other developing countries to initiate and
implement similar innovative systems that
would help localize the MDGs.
As of May 12, 2010, CBMS is being
implemented in 59 provinces (32 of which
are province-wide), 687 municipalities and
43 cities in the Philippines, covering 17,848
barangays all over the country (see Figure
33). A good number of these LGUs have
already consolidated their CBMS databases
and are well-positioned to generate their
own local MDG Reports. For one thing,
CBMS collects information that reflects the
multi-faceted nature of poverty. In addition,
data generated by the CBMS can be broken
down by municipal, barangay, purok
and even down to the household level,
thereby presenting meaningful information
and enabling deeper analysis of the
poverty situation. Moreover, the CBMS can
generate color-coded maps showing the
poverty status at each geopolitical level.
Status Report on the Millennium Development Goals Using CBMS Data