Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
18" Congress

FIRST REGULAR SESSION

oust Brit No, 4764

Introduced by Representative ALLEN JESSE C. MANGAOA

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, Itallows 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 communitiesat 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.

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

ALLEN JESSE C. MANGAOANG



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
18" Congress
FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 4764

Introduced by Representative ALLEN JESSE C. MANGAOANG _

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 ofa


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participatory activity where communities identify 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 control of
development process, decision-making, and resources to 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 under-represented 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. Itis 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, 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

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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 refer 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. 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 refer 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.

24. 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 toa particular problem or issue. For CDD Institutionalization, the WGA isa 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;

4) 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;

© Governmentagencies shall regularly align community action plans, as discussed in Chapter Il,
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 communities;

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

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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;

¢. 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 concerned, 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

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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

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 (%) 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 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.

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
Knowledge management and technology development
Regular Monitoring and Evaluation; and
Policy Advocacy

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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
herein before set out

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

3. Ingeneral, 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:

i, Secretary of the Department of the Interior Local Governmen
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.

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.

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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 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. DILGas 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._NAPCas 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.

4d. 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.

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‘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;
Utilization of the Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Pian 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;
4. 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

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 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

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members from each House from the Committees on Good Government and Public Accountability
and People’s Participation.

The CDD Oversight Committee shall conduct 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.

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 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. Filinga complaint under this Act shall not preclude the offended
party from pursuing other remedies available under the law and to invoke any of the prov!
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
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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,

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