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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNo,__5258

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Introduced by Representative Jocelyn Sy Limkaichong

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 CSOs, 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 development planning and budgeting. This partnership
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
instrumentalities to implement 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 opportunities for community members, particularly the poor, vulnerable
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 KRI) as the
center 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, so as to ensure the effective institutionalization
and operationalization of the CDD framework as a strategy for inclusive
growth and social protection.

The passage of this bill is earnestly sought.



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO,__ 5254

Introduced by Representative Jocelyn Sy Limkaichong

AN ACT
INSTITUTIONALIZING THE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN
DEVELOPMENT APPROACH AS A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR
INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND SOCIAL PROTECTION, MANDATING
ALL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS,
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 organizations 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 human and cultural resources such as their
indigenous knowledge, systems and practices (NCIP AO No. 01, Series of
2014)

2. 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

4. 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

5. Community action plan refers to plans formulated by community members
as a result of a participatory activity where communities identify their key
problems and development challenges and identify solutions that can be
implemented to address these challenges

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Community-Driven Development refers to a development approach that
gives control of development process, decisions-making, and resources to


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community members or groups in the locality. It treats people as assets and
partners in the development process, building on their institutions and
resources

Community Empowerment refers to a process of enabling community
members and groups to increase control 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 communities. It implies community
ownership and collective action towards a specific 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 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 local partners

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)


19. 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, upland, lowland, landlocked, 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)

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

21. Horizontal and vertical linkages refers to the alignment of funding
allocation and technical support of national government sector agencies
with the identified needs of communities, as integrated in various local
development plans, and the ability of the community members 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

22.

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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

23. 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 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

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. 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 responsible implementers 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)

26. 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

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 development. CDD ensures that programs integrate the
principles of local 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 all 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:

a) Community empowerment process — a defined and ordered set of
community 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

¢) 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 implementing 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 approach
shall be operationalized in government programs, activities and projects (PAPs)
using the following methods and strategies, or a combination thereof, but not
limited to:

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 III, Section 18-19 of this Act, in the
implementation 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 communiti

f. Government agencies shall include in their annual budget proposals and
multi-year plans funds for CDD implementation such as but not limited to
capacity building, staffing, and project management; and

g. Government agencies shall accredit Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) as
partners 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
Department 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, shall implement a simplified set of guidelines
for CSO accreditation and for providing an enabling environment for
communities to participate in CDD implementation.

Chapter II. Institutionalization of Kalahi-CIDSS Program

Sec. 9. Kalahi-CIDSS as a CDD program of the government for community
empowerment. Kalahi-CIDSS is hereby institutionalized 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 Kalahi-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 special communities shall refer to areas with characteristics 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 social impacts shall not be
allowed. Kalahi-CIDSS will also provide technical support to communities and
local 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 included 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 the IRA of the government unit. Members of the community
and private individuals/institutions including foreign 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 a 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 implementation; and

c. 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 relative 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 shall include the
Secretary of the agencies as the officially designated permanent member and a
designated Undersecretary as an alternate representative. Representatives of non-
governmental organizations shall constitute not less than one-fourth ('4) 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 which 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 isa 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.

a. Functions and powers of the Institute. The functions of the Institute shall
include, but is not limited to:

1. Learning and Development interventions on program implementation
and sustainability;

a. Development of CDD Resource Pool, a group of experts on CDD
principles and implementation who possess expertise in CDD to
co-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

To fulfill its purposes, the KRI shall have the following powers:

1. 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.

b. 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:

Secretary of the Department of the Interior Local Government;

Secretary of the National Economic and Development Authorit

Secretary of the National Anti-Poverty Commission; and

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.

c. 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 operational requirements 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 fund, in addition to
appropriations by Congress. Any undisbursed funds from the preceding
year shall form part of the budget in the following year.

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. DSWD as 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:


ii, 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 leaming 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 relevant government agencies. All 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 Local Government Units shall use
mechanisms for community-managed implementation of community-based
projects.

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 implementing agency shall 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.

The implementation shall be made in accordance with the community-based
finance 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 guidelines
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 following:

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 Plan as the major reference and consideration in addressing


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

c. 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 decision-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

See. 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 People’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 objectives of this Act.

See. 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 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 concems 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 a 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 public officer or private person committing any graft and corrupt practices
in the 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 charged 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

publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the
Philippines

Approved,