Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. Cy

INTRODUCED BY REP. MAXIMO, JR. Y. DALOG

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Community Driven Development (CDD) Institutionalization bill seeks to address
the lack of an enabling policy, a national strategy and its mechanisms for community
empowerment, by enhancing capacities for community participation, especially the
poor, vulnerable, disadvantaged, and marginalized, in the local development process.

It reinforces the value of participatory governance by complementing the Local
Government Code (LGC) which mandates Local Government Units (LGU), among
others, to provide basic services to constituents, by specifying the mechanisms by
which the principles stipulated in the latter can be operationalized and sustained for
developing self-reliant communities

Current mechanisms of the Local Government Code to promote participation is limited
to representation in local development councils and local special bodies. Article 63 of
the Local Government Code states that Civil Society Organizations, academe, and
similar representatives must comprise at least 25% of the membership of the Local
Special Bodies. The CDD bill offers a step-by-step process and ready technologies
that were all proven to be effective in stirring lasting active citizenship. It allows even
residents who are not part of organizations to have a voice.

With the approval of the Whole of Nation Approach and the Magna Carta of the Poor,
the CDD approach aims to achieve community empowerment by encouraging citizens
to take active roles in the community by providing them with control over decisions
and over resources in their local development process. This will enable community
members to take charge of their development and stimulate constructive partnership
between community governments (barangay LGU) and community members in local
developmen pianning and budgeting. This parinership is aimed to produce community
action plans which will be harmonized with LGU and pertinent National Government
Agencies’ (NGA) programs and budgets for implementation.


The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through Kapit-Bisig
Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services
(Kalahi-CIDSS), has demonstrated success in delivering basic social services,
empowerment and governance outcomes making significant contribution in poverty
alleviation, community empowerment and participatory local governance.

CDD complements the national infrastructure development programs of the
Government, such as the ‘Build Build Build’ Program, that seeks to reduce poverty
through massive infrastructure campaign. Since this program will not actually include
‘small community infrastructures, those that will go to geographically isolated and
disadvantaged areas, CDD shall be the mechanism to ensure that no one is left behind
in economic and social development.

Towards this end, the policy advocacy initiatives are:

 Institutionalization of the CDD approach as a national strategy for inclusive
growth and social protection; putting communities at the center of all
development plans, budgets and strategies by mandating all national
government agencies and departments, including their attached agencies,
Offices and bureaus, local government units, and other government
insirumeniaiities io impiemeni their community-based programs, activities, and
projects to promote participation and empowerment of poor, vulnerable,
disadvantaged, and marginalized communities and groups within communities;

 Institutionalization of the Kalahi-CIDSS as a CDD program of the government
for community empowerment that invests in providing capacities and
opportuni nity Ss, particularly the poor, vuinerable and
disadvantaged, to effectively participate in the planning, budgeting, and
implementation of community-identified programs, plans, and projects;

* Creation of an Inter-Agency Advisory Council on CDD Institutionalization to
develop policies relative to the implementation of this Act; and

* Creation of a CDD Knowledge and Resource Institute (CDD KR!) as the center
for continuing research and technology development, partnership
development, policy advocacy, resource mobilization, capacity-building of
communities, Community Based Organizations, LGUs, NGAs and other
development stakeholders, and monitoring and evaluation, to ensure the
effective institutionalization and operationalization of the CDD framework as a
strategy for inclusive growth and social protection

In view of the foregoing consideration, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

MAXIMO, JR. Y.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Reqular Session

4407
HOUSE BILL NO.

INTRODUCED BY REP. MAXIMO, JR. Y. DALOG

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
APPROACH AS A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND
SOCIAL PROTECTION, MANDATING ALL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES, INCLUDING THEIR ATTACHED AGENCIES, OFFICES AND
BUREAUS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT
INSTRUMENTALITIES TO IMPLEMENT THEIR COMMUNITY-BASED
PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, AND PROJECTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SEC. 1 Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the Community-Driven Development
(CDD) Institutionalization Act.

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policies. The 1987 Constitution establishes the right of the
people and their organi: to effective and reasonable participation at all levels of
‘social, political, and economic decision-making shall not be abridged. The State shall,
by law, facilitate the establishment of adequate consultation mechanisms (Article XIII,
Section 16). Towards this end, and in pursuit of inclusive growth, social protection,
community empowerment, and poverty reduction, the State shall enact programs that
provide capacities and opportunities for community members — particularly the poor,
vulnerable and disadvantaged — to effectively participate in the design, planning,
budgeting, and implementation of community identified programs, plans, and projects.

Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. For the purpose of this Act, the following terms are
defined, as follows:

1. Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan (ADSDPP)
refers to a long-term plan that embodies the goals and objectives, policies and
strategies as well as programs, projects of Indigenous Cultural Communities
(ICCs)/Indigenous Peoples (IPs) for the sustainable development and
management of their ancestral domain and all resources therein including

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human and cultural resources such as their indigenous knowledge, systems
and practices (NCIP AO No. 01, Series of 2014)

. Barangay Assembly (BA) refers to a gathering of barangay residents who are

Filipino, at least 15 years old and above, and listed in the barangay records as
members of the BA (RA 7160)

3. CDD Community of Practice (CDD CoP) refers to a community of CDD

practitioners, which is comprised of agencies, non-governmental organizations,
academic and research institutions, and individuals, that share the commitment
and passion for CDD, and together strive to advance its practice through regular
and purposive interaction

. Community refers to a group of people living in a particular locality or

geographical area, the location in which interventions are implemented. It may
be a barangay, ancestral domain, or specific subsets thereof

. Community action plan refers to plans formulated by community members as a

result of a participatory activity where communities identity their key problems
and development challenges and identify solutions that can be implemented to
address these challenges

. Community-based financial management refers to the management and direct

control by the community members or groups of funds associated with a
community identified and managed project

. Community-based procurement refers to an approach in implementing

Negotiated Procurement-Community Participation modality whereby the
Barangay Local Government Unit (BLGU) and/or the community group(s)
directly and/or jointly manage the planning, procurement, implementation and
monitoring of community-based projects. This can be used interchangeably
with the community-based procurement

Community-Based Programs refers to programs, activities, or projects that are
organized and implemented locally. By design, community-based programs
invite community members or groups to actively design, plan, and implement
intervention strategies to address community-identified plans and needs

. Community control of resources refers to the utilization and management of the

resources by the community members or groups based on community-
identified plans and needs

). Community-Driven Development refers to a development approach that gives

coniroi of development process, decisions-making, and resources io
community members or groups in the locality. It treats people as assets and
partners in the development process, building on their institutions and
Tesources

. Community Empowerment refers to a process of enabling community members

and groups to increase contro! over the factors and decisions that shape their
lives. It is the process by which they increase their assets and attributes, and
build capacities to gain access, partners, networks, and voice, in order to gain
Control It is more than the involvement, participation or engagement of
. It implies community ownership and collective action towards a
specifi ic objective, in this case local development

Community focus refers to programs, activities, or projects that put primacy on
the whole community

Community grants refers to the financial assistance provided to communities
implementing the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and
Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) program. It can be in a

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form of planning or investment grant and will be used to fund community project
proposals.

Community-managed implementation refers to execution, implementation,
monitoring, and contract management of community-identified projects by
community members or groups, with assistance from the Local Government
Units (LGUs) and other loca! part
Community members refers to all the residents of the locality, the barangay,
ancestral domain, or specific subsets thereof

Community Organizing refers to a longer-term engagement and empowerment
process by which members of communities are brought together to act
collectively on their shared interests, to identify community problems and
solutions, and to take action. The long-term objectives of community organizing
are to develop the internal capabilities and to increase decision-making power
and influence of underrepresented groups in the community

Community Project Management Committee (CPMC) refers to a group of
community volunteers elected by the community members to provide overall
management of the community-based projects and oversee implementation,
monitoring, completion, maintenance, and sustainability

Displaced population refers to people being forcefully moved from their locality
or environment and occupational activities. It is a form of social change caused
by a number of factors such as armed conflict, natural disaster, famine,
development and economic changes (DSWD MC No. 10, Series of 2017)
Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) refers to
communities with marginalized population physically and socio-economically
separated from the mainstream society and characterized by physical factors
(isolated due to distance, weather conditions and transportation difficulties —
island, upiand, iowiand, iandiocked, hard-to-reach and unserved/underserved
communities) and socio-economic factors (high poverty incidence, presence of
vulnerable sector, communities in or recovering from situation of crisis or armed
conflict) (Bureau of Local Health Development, DOH)

Graduation Year refers to the final year wherein the Kalahi-CIDSS program is
committed pi support to a community because it
will transition to a fully LGU-led implementation of community-driven
development programs

. Horizontal and vertical linkages refers to the alignment of funding allocation and

technical support of national government sector agencies with the identified
needs of cor integrated in various loca! development plans, and
the ability of the community artes and groups to access funding resources
and technical support from various agencies and institutions. The aim is to
ensure the complementation of plans and strategies by different agencies and
institutions that is anchored on evidence-based and participatory planning
One Social Preparation refers to the harmonized social preparation process of
various Social Welfare Development programs. It refers to the conduct of
common activities at the community level for community assessment,
identification of needs and interventions, and the preparation of community
action plans, which will be the basis for funding by different development
stakeholders

Participatory monitoring and evaluation refers to a process through which
stakeholders at various levels of the community engage in monitoring and
evaluation of a project, program, or policy, share control over the content, the

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process and the results of the monitoring and evaluation activity, and engage
in taking or identifying corrective actions. Systematically, it relies on the active
engagement of the primary internal stakeholders as the actors that accomplish
the systematic recording and periodic analysis of information that they
themselves have chosen and recorded. The primary stakeholders shall be the
community members
Participatory planning refers to a planning process that directly involves the
community members, leaders, and other stakeholders in diagnosing local
problems and designing a course of action to resolve those problems. The
process aims to harmonize views among all of its participants and to provide
opportunities for participation especially for the marginalized groups in the
community

25. Social Preparation refers to a process to prepare and fully capacitate the

community to become ready and respoi enters of programs,

projects and activities. It must include activities to (i) identify, analyze and
prioritize needs, and identify solutions to address needs; (ii) prepare proposals,
studies, and technical designs and financial plans; (iii) form committees and
task groups; and (iv) build capacity and capability to undertake the project

activities (DSWD MC No, 04, Series of 2016)

Social Protection refers to a set of policies and programs that seek to reduce

poverty and vulnerability to risks and enhance the social status and rights of

the marginalized by promoting and protecting livelihood and employment,
protecting against hazards and sudden loss of income, and improving people's
capacity to manage risks (NEDA-SDC Cabinet Resolution No. 1, series of

2007).

27. Whole of Government Approach (WGA) refers to a strategy where all
instrumentalities of the government are taking unified and integrated action in
order to provide a common solution to a particular problem or issue. For CDD
Institutionalization, the WGA is a logical and systematic convergence of efforts
of government agencies and local government units to respond to the identified
community needs, issues, concerns, and priorities

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Sec. 4. Elements of CDD. A CDD approach is a strategy where local communities
take control in the planning, implementing and resource investments for their local
deveiopment. CDD ensures that programs integrate the principies of iocai
empowerment, participatory governance, demand-responsiveness, administrative
autonomy, greater downward accountability and enhanced local capacity. Based on
the ASEAN Regional Program for Capacity Development to Enhance Accountability
of Local Governance in delivering Social Protection Programs through CDD, the CDD
process happens when ail of these elements are present: (1) community focus, (2)
participatory planning, (3) community control of resources, (4) community-managed
projects, and (5) participatory monitoring and evaluation. CDD includes but is not
limited to the following processes and activities:

2) Community empowerment process - 2 defined and o:
development activities that enable communities to have control over decision-
making and resource allocation to meet their priority needs and allow local
governments to provide effective and quick response to such needs

b) Delivery mechanisms — a set of project implementation and procurement
systems that facilitate delivery of services to local communities

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¢) Intergovernmental fiscal transfers — existence of legally mandated regulations
that authorize fiscal transfers from the national government to barangay-level
governments and local communities

d) Governance mechanisms — presence of formal arrangements for structural
mechanisms and policy reforms for greater participation, rule of law,
transparency, responsiveness, inclusiveness, and accountability of local
governments in performing their mandated functions, and allowing community
members, particularly those most vulnerable, disadvantaged, and
marginalized, to have access to the systems of local governance

Chapter I. Institutionalization of the CDD Approach in government
programs, activities and projects

Sec. 5. Institutionalization of the CDD Approach in all community-based
programs, activities and projects of government. All National Government
Agencies (NGAs) and Departments, including their Attached Agencies, Offices and
Bureaus, Local Government Units, and other government instrumentalities shall adopt
the CDD approach in impiementing their community-based programs, activities, and
projects to promote participation and empowerment of poor, vulnerable,
disadvantaged, and marginalized communities and groups within communities.

Sec. 6. Operationalization of the CDD approach in NGAs. The CDD appr
be operationalized in government programs, activities and projects (PAPs)
following methods and strategies, or a combination thereof, but not limited t

a. Government agencies shall develop policies and programs, provide information on
government intervention, and provide technical assistance and support to the
partner local government units and communities for more effective community-
driven planning and implementation, in consultation with Advisory Council,
provided in Chapter III, Section 15 of this Act;

b. Government PAPs that have elements of local planning, budgeting, and
development process shall ensure that majority of the community members
actively participate in said process;

c. Government agencies shall regularly align community action plans, as discussed
in Chapter II, Section 14 of this Act, to agency PAPs, and ensure that identified
‘community priorities are sufficiently funded;

d. Government agencies shall use mechanisms for community-managed
implementation, as defined in Chapter Ill, Section 18-19 of this Act, in the
impiementation of projects funded under the government PAPs;

e. Government agencies shall ensure that community members are prioritized, to the
extent possible, in receiving employment opportunities brought about by project
implementation at the communities;

f. Goverment ‘Ssgencies ‘shall include in their annual budget proposals and mutti-

prementation such as but i

in organizing and strengthening communities, and implementation of
‘community-based PPAs.


Sec. 7. Localization of the CDD approach in LGUs. Under the guidance of the
Depa: nt of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the LGUs shall be primarily

responsible for:

a. Developing policies for enhancing participatory local governance practices,
improving local development planning process, giving space to community
organizations, and responding to community needs:

b. Providing information on government intervention, technical assistance, and
‘support to communities for more effective community-driven planning and
implementation;

c. Ensuring that community priorities and action plans are integrated in the barangay
and municipal development plans and Annual Investment Programs (AIP), and
ensure that identified community priorities are sufficiently funded, which may be
sourced from the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) and/or other funds to which
they may have access to;

d. Including in their AIP and multi-year plans funds for CDD implementation such as
but not limited to staffing, community empowerment activities, and resources to
initiate and sustain CDD projects;

e. Supporting the engaged residents and subsequent organizations formed to sustain
the CDD projects as well as their gains, and impact;

f. Accrediting and ensuring participation of CSOs as partners in organizing and
strengthening communities, and implementation of community-based projects;

g. Ensuring that engaged and accredited service providers under their supervision
shall be justly compensated, that adequate funds are made available, and their
working conditions are conducive to fulfill national quality standards; and

h. Conducting monitoring, and evaluation activities and enabling community
members to meaningfully participate in data gathering, processing and analysis,
and especially in data utilization for their own development.

In accordance with the Local Government Code, local governments shall adhere to
the layers of local authority and supervision, from provinces, to component cities and
municipalities, and to barangays, in implementing LGU-led CDD programs.

Sec. 8. Role of Civil Society Organization and the Academe - Accredited CSOs

and academic institutions with experience in the CDD approach shall be encouraged

to participate in community activities, specifically:

a. Partner with communities/LGUs/NGAs in facilitation of community empowerment
processes;

b, Provide additional funding or collaborate with partners/donors to implement
community-identified projects;

c. Continuous capacity building and technology transfer to LGUs and communities;
and

d. Conduct third party monitoring and evaluation together with communities and
LGUs

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in coordination with the
Department of Budget Management (DBM) and Commission on Audit (COA), and in
consultation with other relevant national government agencies and the local

government concemed, shi ient a simplified set of guidelines for CS



accreditation and for providing an enabling environment for communities to participate
in CDD implementation

Chapter Il. Institutionalization of Kalahi-CIDSS Program

Sec. 9. Kalahi-CIDSS as a CDD program of the government for community
empowerment. Kalahi-CIDSS ionalized as a CDD program of the
government for community ‘empowerment. Its mandate is to ensure that communities
become empowered to achieve increased access to basic social services and
improved resilience to disaster and other shocks, and to participate in more inclusive
local planning, budgeting, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of local
development activities.

Sec. 10. DSWD as implementing agency. The DSWD shall implement the Kalahi-
CIDSS program, using the CDD approach in targeted poor, vulnerable,
disadvantaged, and marginalized communities. It shall establish a working mechanism
for convergence of social welfare and development (SWD) programs at the local level
by ensuring a single harmonized, comprehensive social preparation process, that
emphasizes identification of needs and defining vulnerabilities at the grassroots
through a participatory action process and its contribution to increasing resiliency of
poor communities.

Sec. 11. Coverage and Phasing. The Kaiahi-CiDSS Program will focus on the poor
communities, and gradually expand coverage to all cities, municipalities, and special
communities. The phasing of the implementation and expansion will be based on the
approval of the Advisory Council

The speci S Shall refer to areas wi S that would make it
difficult to meet graduation requirements, such as but not limited to communities with
historically high magnitude and incidence of poverty, marginalization, and
vulnerability, needing special intervention from DSWD which include, among others,
GIDA areas, marginalized, and vulnerable sectors. The limitation of the areas to be
covered under the special communities shall be based on the criteria approved by the

Advisory Council.

All target municipalities shall be provided with capacity building, facilitation, and
community grants. The entire implementation process will follow the regular planning
and budgeting cycle of the local government. The Advisory Council, upon
recommendations of DSWD, shall approve the criteria for assessing whether a
municipality will need another round of intervention or will be endorsed for gradual
withdrawal of the complete package of intervention, ensuring that mechanisms for
sustainability are in place, until graduation year.

Sec. 12. Funding and Resource Mobilization. Kalahi-CIDSS will provide community
grants to poor, vulnerable, disadvantaged, and marginalized communities to fund
community project proposals selected through a criteria-based prioritization process
by the expanded Local Development Council (LDC). The Program will employ a menu
that allows the community to choose any activity that it considers to be important for
its development, provided that support for projects with adverse environmental and

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social impacts shall not be allowed. Kalahi-CIDSS will also provide technical support
to communities and loca! government units in mobilizing resources from Provincial
LGUs, Civil Society Organizations, People’s Organizations, and National Government
Agencies for unaddressed priorities in the Local Development Plans specifically for
big ticket PAPs which cannot be funded through local resources.

The DSWD is directed to include resource requirements for nationwide
implementation of Kalahi-CIDSS, and ensure it is led in its annual budget priority
and such other appropriate funding sources as the DBM may identify.

The LGU shall put up counterpart funds in the form of cash and/or in-kind which may
be sourced from its IRA. Members of the community and private individuals/institutions
including foreian organizations may also contribute to the project.

Sec. 13. Community Project Management Committee (CPMC). The committee
shall take care of the overall management of projects funded under Kalahi-CIDSS
following the mechanisms for community-managed implementation. This is composed
of smaller project implementation committees where members are elected through the
Barangay Assembly. Under the guidance of the Barangay Development Council
(BDC), it shall also formulate policies and make decisions for the project. It shall
Oversee project implementation, monitoring, maintenance and sustainability after
project completion.

Sec. 14, Community Empowerment Process. The DSWD, through Kalahi-CiDSS,
will provide facilitation support to empower community members to participate in the
local development process:

a. Social Preparation. DSWD will employ the One Social Preparation approach to
complement with other SWD processes and interventions and provide 2
platform for other SWD social preparation needs. The comprehensive social
preparation process and community action plan development shall be a venue
for validation and reporting of SWD interventions, which shall be used as input
to the local development planning, and as basis for NGA targeting mechanisms
and interventions. DSWD will ensure strategic solutions are arrived by
community members by employing participatory tools and technologies.
Communities will be oriented towards better planning, and proposing more
Strategic solutions that ensure efficient use of scarce resources and reduce
vulnerability. The Municipal Local Government Operations Officer (MLGOO)
shall oversee and provide technical support and guidance to LGUs to ensure
the quality of citizens’ participation in the local decision making processes.

b. Community Planning, Project Proposal Development and Appraisal. The
DSWD, in partnership with DILG, shall ensure that community action plans will
be incorporated into the local development plans and ensure the integration of
local development plans to the national development plans ensuring that
Programs, activities, and projects prioritized for funding are responsive to
community-identified needs. It shall closely coordinate with LDCs, namely the
Barangay, City, Municipal, and Provincial Development Councils as stipulated
in the Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991, to ensure that

the annual plans are harmonized and operationalized for proper and timely

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¢. Community-Based Organization (CBO) Formation and Strengthening. DSWD
will ensure at the onset of social preparation, that community-based
organizations will be formed, strengthened, and recognized as beneficiaries to
enable them to have control over future resources.

Chapter III. Implementing Mechanisms

Sec. 15. Creation of an Inter-Agency Advisory Council. An Advisory Council on
CDD Institutionalization shall be created at the national level to develop policies
Felative to the implementation of this Act. It shall be chaired by the DSWD and co-
chaired by DILG.

It shall be composed of representatives from the agency members of Department of
Budget and Management, National Anti-Poverty Commission, National Economic and
Development Authority, Department of Agriculture, Department of Agrarian Reform,
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Health,
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, and Department of
Education. Representatives shail inciude the Secretary of the agencies as the officialiy
designated permanent member and a designated Undersecretary as an alternate
representative. Representatives of non-governmental organizations shall constitute
not less than one-fourth (%) of the members of the Advisory Council, which shall be
appointed by the Council during the first three years of the effectivity of this Act, after

i the representatives shall be selected from and appointed by the CDD
Community of Practice.

The Advisory Council may create committees and invite other agencies as the need
arises. The Advisory Council shall meet at least quarterly. It shall recommend to the
President measures and policies for the responsive delivery of commitments under

this Act and integration with the general poverty reduction strategy of the Government.

The CDD Knowledge and Resource Institute (CDD KRI) shall provide secretariat
support services for the coordination and monitoring of the implementation of policies
and plans formulated by the Council.

Sec. 16. Creation of a CDD Knowledge and Resource Institute. There shall be
established a non-stock, non-profit government owned and controlled corporation with
its own charter, to be attached to DSWD. The CDD KRI is a policy, research and
training arm of the Advisory Council, which shall provide support for continuing
research and technology development, partnership development, policy advocacy,
resource mobilization, capacity-building of communities, CBOs, LGUs, NGAs and
other development stakeholders, and monitoring and evaluation, to ensure effective
institutionalization and operationalization of the CDD framework.

@. Functions and powers of the institute. The functions of the institute shail
include, but is not limited to:

1. Learning and Development interventions on program implementation and
‘sustainabilit)

a. Development of CDD Resource Pool, a group of experts on CDD

principles and implementation who possess expertise in CDD to co-

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develop the certification and accreditation programs and other
learning and development requirements of the staff, partners, and
other stakeholders;

b. Certification of CDD organizations. institutions, and individual
practitioners who shall either be partners of the program or part of its
human resources;

c. Continuing professional development through partner academic
institutions;

2. Resource Mobilization
a. Partnership and Linkages
b. Convergence
3. Knowledge management and technology development
4. Regular Monitoring and Evaluation; and
5. Policy Advocacy

3 fulfill its purposes, the KRI shall have the following powers:
To collect, receive and maintain funds, donations, and other forms of
assistance and to apply the income and principal thereof to the promotion
of its aims and purposes hereinbefore set out;

2. To contract any obligation, or enter into any agreement necessary or
incidental to the proper management of its powers;

3. In general, to carry on any activity and exercise all of the powers conferred
by the laws upon private or government-owned or controlled corporations;
and to do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth to the same
extent as juridical persons could do, and in any part of the world, as
principal, factor, agent or otherwise, alone or in syndicate or otherwise in
conjunction with any person, entity, partnership; association or corporation,
domestic or foreign.

Composition of the Board of Directors. The Institute shall be under the direct
supervision of a Board of Directors composed of the Secretary of DSWD as
Chairman and at least five (5) other members:

i. Secretary of the Department of the Interior Local Government;

ii. Secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority;

iii. | Secretary of the National Anti-Poverty Commission; and

iv. Representatives of the Civil Society Organization and the Academe, to

be appointed by the President upon recommendation of the Secretary.

The structure and staffing pattern shall be prescribed and approved by the
Secretary.

. Endowment Fund. There is hereby established an Endowment Fund which
shall consist of voluntary contributions, donations, grants, or loans from
domestic and /or foreign sources, government subsidies and other income
accruing from the operations of the Institute. For the initial organizational and
operaiionai requiremenis of the CDD KRi, there is hereby appropriated out of
any fund in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of SEVEN
MILLION PESOS (P7,000,000.00). Hereafter, funding for the operational
activities of the KRI shall be generated from the earnings generated out of this

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fund, in addition to appropriations by Congress. Any undisbursed funds from

d. Socialized Fees. All application for certifications, trainings, and other services
of the CDD KRI shall be charged with corresponding socialized fees to be
determined by the Advisory Council.

Sec. 17. implementing Agencies. Using the Whole of Government approach, various
government agencies shall be involved in the implementation of this Act

a. DSWDas lead agency. Pursuant to the herein declared policy, the DSWD shall
serve as the lead agency for the implementation of this Act. The DSWD shall
integrate in their regular operations the following functions:

i. Provide facilitation support to empower community members to
participate in the local development process and to strengthen
community capabilities to engage LGUs, NGAs, and other stakeholders
to support community-identified priorities:

ji. Integrate the CDD approach into the local planning and budgeting
process, for more systematized community participation in the local
development processes and activities;

iii. Institutionalize capacity-building and learning on CDD for NGAs, Non-
Government Organizations (NGOs), CSOs, private sector institutions,
and other partners to enable them to do CDD; and

iv. Support integration of the role of provincial LGUs in local development
planning and budgeting and CDD implementation. Specifically, the
provision of technical assistance and resource augmentation by
ensuring integration of municipal development plans to provincial
development plans

b. DILG as key partner in strengthening participatory local governance. The
DILG shall be a key partner agency in the development of policies and
technologies for LGUs, to strengthen participatory local governance, institute
policy and structural reforms to ensure horizontal and vertical alignment and
linkages of barangay and municipal development plans and AIP to community-
based plans. It shall also initiate the crafting of PAPs aligned with community-
identified needs and priorities.

c. NAPC as key partner in mobilizing the basic sectors. The NAPC shall be
a key partner agency in the development of policies and measures to ensure
meaningful representation and active participation of the basic sectors in their
local development.

d. Support from reievant government agencies. Ali relevant bureaus, offices,
agencies and instrumentalities of the government shall render the necessary
support to the implementation of this Act.

Sec. 18. Community-Management Implementation as Delivery Mechanism. All
National Government Agencies and Loca! Government Units shall use mechani
for community-managed implementation of community-based projects.

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The community members, with the assistance of LGU and other local partners, shall
participate in project implementation, monitoring, and management. Community-
based organizations shall be formed to operate. manage. and maintain community
projects.

For projects that are employing community-managed implementation, guidelines of
the Revised Community Participation in Procurement Manual as approved by the
Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) shall apply. The community shall be
involved as members of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), BAC Secretariat,
Technical Working Group and observers of the procurement process.

Sec. 19. Intergovernmental fiscal transfers. For projects that are employing
community-managed implementation, guidelines for community-based financial
management shall apply which includes but is not limited to community participation
in the management and control of funds, bookkeeping and reporting, and closing of
accounts.

The impiementing agency shaii enter into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with
the concerned LGUs with provisions such as, but is not limited to, prompt delivery of
local counterpart contributions (LCC) and the opening and maintaining of a Trust
Account.

be made in accordance vs
guidelines and policies which shall ensure that government funds are safeguarded
Financial transactions shall be supported by established disbursement processes,
reporting mechanisms and internal control systems to ensure that management and
utilization of funds promotes the principles on the use of government public funds. This
is relative to the Manual on Barangay Financial Management of Barangays prescribed
by the Commission on Audit relative to the Republic Act 7160.

The key partner agencies and other relevant government agencies shall help the
DSWD in the strict implementation of the financial management system at the local
government unit, and impose sanctions for any violation in this quidelines and
applicable regulations.

Chapter IV. Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 20. Special Intervention for Indigenous Peoples. To address the unique
needs of the Indigenous Peoples and to reinforce the state policy recognizing their
rights and protecting their ancestral domains, preserving their cultural integrity and
ensuring that they are in equal footing from rights and opportunities, the local
government units, government agencies, and other instrumentalities of the
government, in coordination with National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, shall
ensure the foiiowing
a. Automatic representation of Indigenous Peoples in decision making within the
BDC regardless of land tenurial ownership and number of IP population, as long
as it is identified or recognized that IPs are present in the community;
b. Utilization of the Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection
Pi € eration in addressing needs and



providing interventions in IP areas and integration of the ADSDPP in the Local
Development Plan of the B/LGU;

¢. Fund allocation for the conduct validation in IP areas and implementation of
identified needs of IP communities;

d. IP areas as priority in terms of the delivery of basic social services as these
communities are located in Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas
(GIDA).

Sec. 21. CDD Approach in Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management (DRRM).To reduce the disaster risk, prepare communities for
disasters, and address the needs of communities affected by disasters, the CDD
approach shall be adopted as a strategy for community-based DRRM.

Sec. 22. Particular consideration for needs of marginalized sectors. CDD
implementation shall ensure that marginalized sectors including IP members of the
community, women, children, people of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity
and expression (SOGIE), youth, older persons, internally displaced persons, rebel
returnees, recovering drug dependents, and persons with disability will be represented

in n-making activities in the community.

Sec. 23. Incentives. The CDD elements or implementation status shall be included
as additional criteria for the recognition given to LGUs such as but not limited to Seal
of Good Local Governance (SGLG) and other awards by NGAs.

Chapter V. Final Provisions

Sec. 24. Joint Congressional Oversight Committee. Upon effectivity of this Act, a
Congressional Oversight Committee, hereafter referred to as CDD Oversight
Committee, is hereby constituted. The Committee shall set the overall framework to
review the implementation of this Act. It shall likewise determine the inherent
weaknesses in the law and recommend the necessary remedial legislation or
executive measures.

The CDD Oversight Committee shall be composed of twelve (12) members, with the
chairpersons of the Committee on Peopie’s Participation of the House of
Representatives, and Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development
of the Senate as Co-Chairpersons; and two members from each House from the
Committees on Good Government and Public Accountability and People’s
Participation.

The CDD Oversight Committee shall conduct a review of this Act, which shall include
a systematic evaluation of the impact of this Act, accomplishments of the program,
and performance of its implementing Agencies, every three (3) years. The committee
shall also perform such other duties and functions as may be necessary to attain the
Obj s of this Act.

Sec. 25. Regular Monitoring and Reporting. The CDD KRI shall monitor the
implementation of this Act and submit an annual report of its status to the oversight
agencies and the joint congressional oversight committee. The said report shall also
be regularly posted and updated for the public's information. A process assessment

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shall be conducted by DSWD once every three years, the results of which shall be
utilized to stimulate more program lessons exchange, experience sharing, public
dialogues, policy discussions and generating inputs for program design works on
CDD. Mechanisms for promoting third-party monitoring and evaluation of the Act by
NGOs and CSOs, together with community members and LGUs, shall also be
established.

Sec. 26. Grievance Mechanism. A Grievance Redress Mechanism shall be
established to address complaints and concerns raised by any stakeholder or
concerned citizen relating to the implementation of this Act. An appointed
representative of the DSWD shall head the Grievance Committee present at the
regional and national level tasked to accept, investigate, and facilitate resolution of
complaints and grievances.

Sec. 27. Penalty. Upon finding that a department, agency, or instrumentality of
government, government-owned and —controlled corporation, or local government unit
has violated any provision of this Act and its implementing rules and regulations, the
sanctions under administrative law, civil service, or other appropriate laws shall be
recommended to the Civil Service Commission and/or the Department of the Interior
and Local Government. The person directly responsible for the violation, as well as
the head of the agency or local chief executive shall be held liable under this Act. Filing
@ complaint under this Act shall not preclude the offended party from pursuing other
remedies available under the law and to invoke any of the provisions of existing laws,
including the Civil Service Code and the Local Government Code.

Any pul any graft and corrupt practices in
implementation of this Act, including but not limited to mismanagement of public funds,
shall be punished based on the penal provisions of existing laws.

Sec. 27. Appropriations. The amount needed for the implementation of this Act shall
be ct ed against the appropriations of concerned government agencies in the
current and subsequent General Appropriations Act. Donations and other forms of
assistance may also be accepted in accordance with applicable laws and issuances
for purposes relevant to the implementation of this Act.

Sec. 28. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within six (6) months from the
effectivity of this Act, the DSWD shall, in coordination with national government agency
members of the Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cluster (HDPRC), in
consultation with league of barangays, cities, municipalities, and provinces and
relevant stakeholders, promulgate the rules and regulations necessary for the effective
implementation of the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 29. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act or the application of such
Provision to any instrumentalities or entities or circumstances is declared invalid or
unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and
subsisting,

Sec. 30. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, executive orders, administrative orders
or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed,
amended, or modified accordingly.


Sec. 31. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publicat the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the
Philippines.

Approved,