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Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. _ 8935

Introduced by ANG PROBINSYANO
Party-List Representative Alfred Delos Santos

EXPLANATORY NOTE

According to the World Bank, “Community-driven development (CDD) programs
operate on the principles of transparency, participation, accountability, and enhanced
local capacity. Experience has shown that when given clear and transparent rules,
access to information, and appropriate technical and financial support, poor
communities can effectively organize to identify community priorities and address local
problems by working in partnership with local governments and other institutions to
build small-scale infrastructure and deliver basic services.”!

With community-driven development programs, poverty can be reduces and
sustainable development can be attained because the government services reach those
in the far-flung areas, and those people groups which are most vulnerable. This is of
great development strategy in the Philippines, which is an agricultural country. With
this, we can ensure that there is no concentration of socio-economic and political
development in the metropolitan areas and ensure that holistic progress is achieved
even in the countryside.

Hence, it is for these reasons that this bill is earnestly sought.

ALFRED C. DELOS SANTOS
Representative, Ang Probinsyano Party-List

* https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/communitydrivendevelopment

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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE Bit no, 8935

Introduced by ANG PROBINSYANO
Party-List Representative Alfred Delos Santos

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:

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Community-Driven
Development Institutionalization Act.”

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policies. - The 1987 Constitution establishes the right
ofthe 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 the 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.

SECTION 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. 1, Series of 2014)


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

11. 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 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


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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Community members refers to all the residents of the locality, the barangay,
ancestral domain, or specific subsets thereof

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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 Disadvantages 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/underserves 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 when 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. One Social Preparation refers to the harmonized preparation process of
various Social Welfare Development programs. It refers to the conduct of common
activities as 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.

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 courde 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, programs 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.

SECTION 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, and 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

SECTION 5. Insitutionalization 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
marginzalized communities and groups within communities.

SECTION 6. Operationalization of the CDD Approach in NGAs. - The CDD approach
shall be operationalized in government programs 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 Ill, 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 the project
implementation at the communities;

£. 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.

SECTION 7. Localization of CDD approach in LGUs. ~ Under the guidance of the
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the LGUs shall be primarily
responsible for:

a. Developing policies for enhancing participatory local government 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 for
but not limited to staffing, community empowerment acti
and sustain CDD projects;

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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;


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g. Ensuring that engages 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.

SECTION 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 capactity 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 and 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

SECTION 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.

SECTION 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.

SECTION 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 the 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.

SECTION 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
societal 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 Organization 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 annual 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 case and/or in-kind which
may be sources from the IRA of the government unit. Members of the community and
private individuals /institutions including foreign organizations may also contribute to
the project.

SECTION 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.

SECTION 14. Community Empowerment Process. - The DSWD thorugh 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 through 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 Office
(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 plan 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, strengthen, and recognized as beneficiaries to enable them to have control over
future resources.

Chapter III. Implementing Mechanisms.

SECTION 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 the 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 alternative representative.


Representatives of non-government organizations shall constitute not less than one-
fourth (1/4) 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.

SECTION 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 the 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 communities, CBOs, LGUs, NGAs and other
development stakeholders, and monitoring and evaluation to ensure the 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 possesses 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
institution:

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 apply the income and principal thereof to the promotion of its aims and
purposes hereinbefore set ou;

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 ser 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 conjuction 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 member:

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

SECTION 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. 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. 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 ang 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 a 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.

SECTION 18. Community Management Implementation as Delivery Mechanism. —
All National Government Agencies and Local Government Units shall use mechanisms
for community-managed implementation of the community-based projects.

‘The community members shall with the assistance of the 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 (GPBB) 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.

SECTION 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 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 promote the principles on the use of government
funds. This is relative to the Manual on Barangay Financial Management of Barangay
prescribed by Commission on Audit relative to 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

SECTION 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
in coordination with the 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 of 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).

SECTION 21. CDD Approach in Community-Based Disaster and 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.

SECTION 22. Particular consideration for the 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, elderly, internally displaced persons, rebel returnees,
recovering drug dependents, and persons with disability will be represented in decision-
making activities in the community.


SECTION 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

SECTION 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 Acts 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.

SECTION 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 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.

SECTION 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.

SECTION 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, and other appropriate
laws shall be recommended to the Civil Service Commission and/or the Department of
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.

SECTION 28. 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.

SECTION 29. 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.

SECTION 30. 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.

SECTION 31. 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.

SECTION 32. Bffectivity Clause. - This Acts shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the
Philippines.

Approved,