CONCEPT NOTE

FASt-PACeD Barangays
FURTHER ACHIEVING STRENGTHENED PEOPLE’s
AGENDA CENTERED ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE
BARANGAYS

A Proposal
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RATIONALE

Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991,
provides that the barangays are the primary planning and implementing unit of
government policies, plans, programs, projects and activities. Through the
Barangay Development Council, barangays are mandated to formulate a
comprehensive and multi-sectoral development plan, where the budget of the
barangays must be anchored on.

The Barangay Development Plans ensure that the needs of the community are
addressed through the orderly implementation of programs, projects and
activities.

In the 2022 Barangay Development Council Functionality Audit, seven (7)

barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula failed to organize their Barangay
Development Council, 4% (80) have non-functional BDC and another 13%
(260) were rated to have Low Functionality.

Of the 80 barangays with non-functional BDC, twenty-nine (29) are in

Zamboanga del Sur, twenty-two (22) in Zamboanga Sibugay and twenty-three
(23) in Zamboanga City. On the other hand, Zamboanga del Sur has the highest
number of barangays with low functionality at eighty-two (82).

As of 2022, while one thousand eight hundred ninety-seven (1,897) or 99.63%

have fully organized their Barangay Development Council, only one thousand
one hundred twenty-one (1,121) or 59% of the total number of barangays with
BDC have approved Barangay Development Plans (BDP).

Furthermore, it can be noted that even for those barangays with Barangay
Development Plans, issues are likewise noted, to wit;
 1. The formulation process of some of the BDPs does not employ a multi-
sectoral approach (most of the time, only one or two persons are
involved in the drafting of the plan
2. The BDPs formulated does conform with the desired standard based on
existing guidelines;
3. BDPs most of the time is not responsive to the actual needs of their
constituents and the PPAs identified does not directly address the
existing gaps;

On top of all these realities in the ground, it is apparent that in certain areas in
the Peninsula, some Barangays have failed to maximize BDC as an avenue to
create a blueprint for development

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

General Objective

The Program aims to enable the barangays to become genuine partners in local
development, pushing a development agenda responsive to the needs of the
people.

Specific Objectives

The project specifically aims to:

a. Determine baseline data and develop support mechanism to enable the
smooth implementation of the program;
b. Strengthen the existing organizations of the Barangay Development
Councils of the target barangays, ensuring the availability of reliable
platforms on citizen participation;
c. Assist the barangays in coming up with a comprehensive and
participatory situation analysis and identify the development issues of
the barangays;
d. Assist the barangays in the formulation of multi-sectoral and enhanced
development plans and other blueprints to outlining the path to progress;
e. Provide a platform where barangay-based issues are mainstreamed to
the agenda of the higher LGUs and the national government
f. Monitor and evaluate the progress in performing key mandates and the
execution of the development plans;
TARGETING MECHANISM AND TARGETS

Targeting the Barangays for the Program shall take into consideration the
following criteria:

● The Barangay is certified as geographically-isolated and disadvantaged

barangay by the Department of Health or situated in an island where
access remain a challenge;
● The Barangay was rated as Non-Functional, Low-Functional or with no
Organized BDC under the 2022 BDC Functionality Assessment;
● The Barangay does not have a valid Barangay Development Plan;
● Barangay is located in an LGU which is under the Quadrant 3 of the LGU
Segmentation Framework (Low Capacity - Low Performance)
● Barangay is located in an LGU which is 4th-6th Class Municipality;
● The LGU where the barangay is located is not included in the 2022 and
2023 RCSP Targets;

PROPOSED TARGETS

Based on the set criteria, the program will target forty (40) barangays from eight
(8) cities and municipalities in Region IX IN 2023. Below is the breakdown:

Province LGU Target Barangays

Basilan City of Isabela CALVARIO

CARBON
DIKI
LAMPINIGAN
MASULA
TAMPALAN

Zamboanga City BUSAY

DITA
LANDANG GUA
LANDANG LAUM
LIMAONG
MANALIPA
PANGAPUYAN
PANUBIGAN
PASILMANTA
SIBULAO
TAGUITI
TUMALUTAB

Zamboanga Sibugay Buug GUMINTA

Malangas PALALIAN
 Olutanga BATERIA
GALAS

Zamboanga del Sur Dinas DONGOS

LEGARDA 1
EAST MIGPULAO
IGNACIO GARRATA
TARAKAN
NIAN

Lapuyan DANSAL
LUBUSAN
MAHALINGEB
PANTAD
SALAMBUYAN
SAYOG
TALABAB
TININGHALANG
TIPASAN
TUGAYA

Vincenzo Sagun SAGUCAN

AMBULON

Secondary targets may include adjacent barangays, to also consider support

for area-wide development.

PROGRAM FRAMEWORK

PROGRAM COMPONENTS AND SUB-ACTIVITIES

Component 1 - Baselining and Pre-Work

The first component will focus on determining the current realities in terms of
the barangays’ compliance to the legal requirements through the Barangay
Development Functionality Assessment which profiles the barangays using
sets of indicators.

Using other criteria, the result of the BDC Assessment will help narrow down
the list of barangays which shall be prioritized by the Program. In principle, non-
functional and low functional BDCs will be on top of the priority list, in
consideration with the other criteria.

Furthermore, in preparation for the succeeding components, the first

component will likewise endeavor to expand the existing pool of trainers on
Barangay Development Planning through the conduct of Training of Trainers.

Component 2 - Strengthening Institutional Capacities

As we understand that citizen participation plays a crucial role in mainstreaming

development in the barangays, Component 2 will endeavor to strengthen the
institutional capacities of the barangays and ensure that the institutions provide
an avenue for the participation of the civil society organizations and the private
sectors.

It will mobilize the DILG Field Officers to provide technical assistance to the
barangays in the organization of their respective Barangay Development
Councils through the conduct of Development in Barangay 101, a one-day
short course which will discuss the role of the barangays in the national,
regional and local development, long term and medium-term development
goals of the country, roles and responsibilities of the Barangay Development
Council and the other barangay-based institutions; and the codal avenues for
citizen participation.

Furthermore, identified CSOs in the BDC and BBIs will be capacitated on

Enhancing Effectiveness of CSOs in the LSBs using the existing modules
developed by the Support to Local Governance Program.

Part of strengthening the capacity of the barangays is by assisting them to

transition into becoming Digital Barangays. This will be done through the
implementation of the Barangay Integrated Governance System (BIGS), which
automates several processes in the barangays and will provide a rich source of
data which may be used in planning for development.
Component 3 - Understanding Local Situation

What makes the program unique is its incorporation of key learnings from the
other programs implemented by the Department. Through the Retooled
Community Support Program, we learned that a participatory community
diagnosis and issue identification must be done to extract the core issues
besetting the communities.

For target LGUs with RCSP Immersion Teams, they will be mobilized to
conduct the community diagnosis sessions in the community. However, for
LGUs yet to organize RCSP Teams, they must organize Community Diagnostic
Teams to initiate the actual immersion in the community.

Part of the strategy is to partner with Civil Society Organizations with deep
involvement on the target barangays, to assist in facilitating community
diagnosis. Partner Local Resource Institutes with Community Development
students may likewise be tapped to assist in the process.

In the end, the Community Diagnostic Team must be able to produce a report
containing the list of issues and a local situationer which is an input to the
succeeding component.

Component 4 - Setting the Direction

The fourth component is the core of this program as this will ensure that the
desired development agenda is formulated, institutionalized and executed
through the Barangay Development Plan.

Apart from the Barangay Development Plan, the program will likewise assist in
the formulation of the Barangay Capacity Development Agenda to ensure the
strengthening of the local institutions.

The program envisions all BDPs of the target barangays to be comprehensive

and inclusive. However, the barangay budget is limited and may have the
possibility that all PPAs identified in the plan will not be funded by the local
funds.

In this regard, the program shall likewise endeavor to communicate the BDPs
to the higher LGUs, NGA, and even congressional representatives, through the
Barangayanihan Forum. The forum will provide an avenue for the barangays to
convey to possible funding agencies the PPAs identified but could not be
funded or implemented by the barangays.
Component 5 - Sustaining the Gains

While the Program is reaching the barangays and assisting them in pipelining
development, there is a need to seek the support of the community and spark
interest in discussing development.

The banner program for this is the Layag sa Barangay, a discussion platform
to be conducted in the barangays where government, CSOs and other partners
discuss localized developmental issues and arrive at possible solutions
acceptable to all.

Layag will likewise be aired using various mediums - online, radio and TV - to
sustain the advocacy of cascading development to the barangays.

Component 6 - Tracking Progress

To ensure that the intents of the program is achieved at the the end of the
implementation cycle, a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan shall be formulated to
guide in tracking progress.

In doing so, there will be a City/Municipal BDP Technical Assessment

Committee (BDP TAC), composed of the City/Municipal Planning and
Development Coordinator (C/MPDC), concerned Department Heads or
representative, DILG Field Officer, and at least one (1) CSO representative.

This shall be organized and mobilized through the issuance of an Executive

Order to emphasize the role of the City/Municipal LGU as oversight partner of
the Provincial Government over its component barangays, to participate in the
Monitoring and Evaluation of approved BDPs, and to facilitate endorsement of
evaluation results to the Mayor as chair of the City/Municipal Development
Council.

Consequently, a Secretariat will likewise be established, composed of staff from

the C/MPDC, the number of which will be determined appropriately by the BDP-
TAC. The Secretariat will help with administrative preparation, coordination,
and documentation for BDP-TAC M&E sessions; consolidate results of the
evaluation; and upload scanned copies of pertinent documents which will be
made available to all concerned stakeholders.

Furthermore, to also ensure that the BDPs of the barangays are implemented
faithfully by those entrusted to implement, there is a need to establish a
monitoring mechanism which should be participatory, to remain consistent with
the principles of the program.
On a broader perspective, we have to also track the overall progress of the
barangays in terms of localizing developments through the Barangay
Development Index which will assess the barangays using universally accepted
indicators.

Outstanding barangays shall be provided incentives in the form of projects to

motivate them to sustain all the initiatives.

At the end of the year, there shall be a Program Implementation Review where
all the output of this component shall form part of the consideration in
recalibrating strategies for the succeeding implementation of the program.

SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES AND BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS

Activity OPR Budgetary Requirements

COMPONENT 1

Conduct Annual BDC LGMED No Cost Involved

Functionality Assessment

Establishment of Database RICTU No Cost Involved

Conduct Prioritization LGCDD No Cost Involved

Workshop

Conduct ToT on Barangay LGCDD Php 41,600.00

Development Planning

COMPONENT 2

Conduct Development in LGCDD Php 80,000.00

Barangays 101

Conduct Enhancing Capacity LGCDD Php 200,000.00

of CSOs in the BDC

Conduct Training on BIGS and RICTU Php 350,000.00

installment of system

Module Development on LGCDD Php 50,000.00

Development in Barangays
101

COMPONENT 3

Conduct Community Diagnosis LGMED/LGU/CSO Php 500,000.00

and Issue Identification Partners/ LRI Partners
Briefing with Prospective LGCDD Php 20,000.00
Partners

MOA Signing with CSO LGCDD Php 20,000.00

Partners

Organization of Community LGMED No Cost Involved

Diagnostic Team

COMPONENT 4

Conduct of Barangay LGCDD Php 800,000.00

Development Planning and
Capacity Development
Agenda Formulation
Workshop

Conduct of BDP Quality LGCDD No Cost Involved

Assessment

Conduct of Barangayanihan LGCDD Php 100,000.00

Forum

Development of Quality LGCDD No Cost Involved

Assessment Tool

COMPONENT 5

Conduct of Layag sa RADIANT/ LGCDD Php 128,500.00

Barangay

Conduct of Layag Discussion RADIANT/ LGCDD Php 70,500.00

Series

Conduct of Layag sa Radyo RADIANT/ LGCDD Php 44,000.00

Series

Monitoring of the BDP LGCDD No cost involved

Submission to the C/MPDC

COMPONENT 6

Conduct Documentation RADIANT Php 100,000.00

Workshop

Conduct M & E Plan LGMED Php 50,000.00

Formulation Workshop

Issuance of a Policy Re LGCDD/ PDMU No cost involved

Citizen Participatory
Monitoring of BDP
Implementation with Partners

Issuance of a Policy on the LGCDD No cost involved

Barangay Development Index

Conduct Program FAD /LGCDD/ Php 100,000.00

Implementation Review LGMED

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Hiring of Development Php 480,000.00

Management Officers

SUMMARY

A total amount of THREE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR

THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED PESOS (Php 3,134,600.00) is needed to
implement the program. However, THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED PESOS (Php 334,600.00) can be financed from
the 2022 SLGP Continuing Funds, the remaining funding requirement for
request to the Support to Local Governance Program (SLGP) is TWO MILLION
EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php 2,800,000.00). Budget is
broken down as follows according to its component:

Particulars For Request Continuing Funds

Component 1 41,600.00
Component 2 630,000.00 50,000.00
Component 3 540,000.00
Component 4 900,000.00
Component 5 243,000.00
Component 6 250,000.00
Other Requirements 480,000.00
SUB-TOTAL Php 2,800,000.00 Php 334,600.00
GRAND TOTAL Php 3,134,600.00
 FASt-PACeD Barangays
RESULTS FRAMEWORK
Impact Enable barangays to become genuine partners in local development, pushing a development agenda
responsive to the needs of the people

Outcome Establish baseline Enhance citizen Institutionalize a Assist the Provide a platform Look-into the
data and develop participation in the comprehensive barangays in where issues of progress of the
support BDC mechanism on formulating the barangays can barangays in
mechanism for the situation analysis blueprints for be heard and performing key
program and issue- local development addressed by development-
generation concerned LGUs related mandates
and agencies

Output 100% of barangays 80% of BDC have 100% of target 100% of barangays 100% of BDPs of 1 AVP on Project
assessed on BDC CSO/NGO barangays capacitated on target barangays documentation
Functionality participation conducted with Barangay submitted to the developed
Assessment community Development C/MPDO
100% of target diagnosis and issue Planning 1 Written Project
1 Database on barangays identification 12 virtual monthly Documentation
Assessment capacitated on workshop 100% of Barangays episodes of the developed
Results developed Development in capacitated on Layag Discussion
Barangays 101 Established CapDev Agenda Series 1 Monitoring and
Criteria on partnership with Evaluation Plan
Prioritization 100% of CSOs in CSOs for the 100% of target 5 episodes of the formulated
developed the BDC of the workshop barangays with Layag sa Radyo
target barangays draft BDPs Citizen Participatory
Target barangays capacitated on 8 Community 3 Layag sa Monitoring
generated Enhancing CSO Diagnostic Teams 100% of target Barangay activity Mechanism
Effectiveness organized barangays with established through
15 prospective draft CapDev the BDP-TAC
trainors capacitated 100% of target 40 Community Agenda
on BDP barangays provided Diagnosis Report Barangay
 Formulation with Training on and List of Issues 100% of draft BDPs Development Index
BIGS submitted assessed for quality developed

100% of target 4 Barangayanihan Outstanding

barangays with Forum conducted barangays
installed BIGS incentivized

Module on 1 Program Review

Development in Conducted
Barangays 101
developed

Activities Conduct Annual Conduct Development Conduct Conduct of Conduct of Layag Conduct
BDC Functionality in Barangays 101 Community Barangay sa Barangay Documentation
Assessment Diagnosis and Development Workshop
Conduct Enhancing
Issue Identification Planning and Conduct of Layag
Capacity of CSOs in
Establishment of the BDC
Capacity Discussion Series Conduct M & E
Database Briefing with Development Plan Formulation
Conduct Training on Prospective Agenda Conduct of Layag Writeshop
Conduct BIGS and instalment Partners Formulation sa Radyo Series
Prioritization of system Workshop Issuance of a Policy
Workshop MOA Signing with Conduct of Layag Re Citizen
Module Development CSO Partners Conduct of BDP sa Teleradyo Participatory
Conduct ToT on on Development in Quality Assessment Monitoring of BDP
Barangay Barangays 101 Organisation of Monitoring of the Implementation with
Development Community Conduct of BDP Submission to Partners
Planning Diagnostic Team Barangayanihan the C/MPDC
Forum Issuance of a Policy
on the Barangay
Development of Development Index
Quality Assessment
Tool Conduct of
Awarding
Ceremonies

Conduct Program
Implementation
Review
Input Policy Modules on MOA Templates Community IT Support IT Support
Enhancing Diagnosis and List
Assessment Tool Effectiveness of Policy References of Issues Resource Persons Video Editor
CSOs
IT Support Community Data from the BIGS Hosts Videographer
Modules on BIGS Diagnosis Tools
BDP ToT Modules Training Other data sources Scripts Equipmet
Facilitators with the
Trainors on BDP Facilitators with the required skill Policy references Technical Support M&E Plan Template
required skill
BDP and CapDev Monitoring Policy References
IT Support Agenda Manual Templates and
Tools
BIGS computer Templates
program application Policy References
Final List of PPAs
References on
Module
Development

Templates on
Training Plans ,
Session Guides
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Conduct Annual BDC

Functionality Assessment

Establishment of Database

Conduct Prioritization
Workshop

Conduct ToT on Barangay

Development Planning

Conduct Development in
Barangays 101

Conduct Enhancing
Capacity of CSOs in the
BDC

Conduct Training on BIGS

and instalment of system

Module Development on
Development in Barangays
101

Conduct Community
Diagnosis and Issue
Identification

Briefing with Prospective

Partners

MOA Signing with CSO

Partners

Organization of Community
Diagnostic Team

Conduct of Barangay
Development Planning and
Capacity Development
Agenda Formulation
Workshop

Conduct of BDP Quality

Assessment

Conduct of Barangayanihan
Forum

Development of Quality
Assessment Tool

Conduct of Layag sa
Barangay

Conduct of Layag
Discussion Series

Conduct of Layag sa Radyo

Series

Monitoring of the BDP

Submission to the C/MPDC

Conduct Documentation
Workshop

Conduct M & E Plan

Formulation Workshop

Issuance of a Policy Re
Citizen Participatory
Monitoring of BDP
Implementation with
Partners

Issuance of a Policy on the

Barangay Development
Index

Conduct Program
Implementation Review

Hiring of Development
Management Officers