Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Eighteenth Congress
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 7866_

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE LEONARDO L. BABASA, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Poverty incidence in the Philippines in 2015 was estimated at 21.6%,
equivalent to about 22 million Filipinos who cannot afford their basic needs.
Poverty incidence in Mindanao is 36.2%, higher than the national average of
21.6%, 13.1% in Luzon, and 28.2% in Visayas. The largest share of the
country’s poor population comes from Mindanao, contributing 40.4%,
followed by Luzon (34.3%) and Visayas (25.3%). Four of the five poorest
regions are in Mindanao: Regions IX, X, XII, and XIII, and the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao, all of which had poverty incidence above 39% in
2015."

This bill seeks to institutionalize the Community-Driven Development
strategy in reducing poverty in the Philippines by empowering every
barangays/communities of targeted municipalities through participatory
planning, budgeting and decision-making while taking into consideration the
different geographical and socio-economic factors in these communities.

As a legislator from Mindanao, it is my ardent desire that through this
legislative measure I may help the region where I hail and the populace
residing therein who elected me as their representative. It is my personal
affirmation that this measure be sponsored by a Mindanaoan as a concrete
step to uplift the poverty-stricken communities in Mindanao which has the
largest share of the country’s poor population, and ultimately the entire
archipelago.

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

+ Asian Development Bank, Poverty Reduction and Social Strategy-Improving Growth Corridors in Mindanao Road
Sector Project,


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Eighteenth Congress
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. _7866

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE LEONARDO L. BABASA, JR.

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 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 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.

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)


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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)

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

Community refers to a group of people living in a particular locality or
geographical area, the location in which interventions are implemented. It
may be a barangay, ancestral domain, or specific susbsets thereof

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

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, decisions-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 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


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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 ifluence 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 managmeent of the community-based projects and oversee
implementation, monitoring, completion, maintenance and sustainability

Displaced population refers to people being forcefully moved from their
locality or environment and occupational activities. It is a form of social
change caused by a number of factors such as armed conflict, natural
disaster, famine, development and economic changes (DSWD MC No. 10.,
Series of 2017)

Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) refers to
communities with marginalized population physically and
socio-economically separated from the mainstream society and
characterized by physical factors (isolated due to distance, weather
conditions and transportation difficulties - island, 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)

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

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


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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

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

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.

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

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)

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)..

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, 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

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 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;

¢. 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;

. 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 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 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;


ing 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 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

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 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
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 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 cash 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.

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 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 in to 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, 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-government 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 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 of 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
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 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:

i. Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government;
ii, Secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority;

Secretary of the National Anti-Poverty Commission; and

iv. Representatives of the Civil Society Organization and and the Academe,
to be appointed by the President upon recommendation of the
Secretary.

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

¢. Endowment Fund. There is hereby established an Endowment Fund
which shall consist of voluntary contributions, donations, grants, or loans
from domestic and/or foreign sources, government subsidies and other
income accruing from the operations of the Institute. For the initial
organizational and 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. 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;

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

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

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

c. NAPC asa 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 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.

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 promote
the principles on the use of government funds. This is relative to the Manual
on Barangay Financial Management of Barangays 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

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 in coordination with the
National Commission on Indigenous Peoples shall ensure the following:

a, Automatic representation of Indigenous People 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).

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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.


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 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.

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 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.
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. 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.

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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,

SEC. 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.

SEC. 32. 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,