OVERVIEW OF SDG

IMPLEMENTATION IN THE
PHILIPPINES
REVERIE PURE G. SAPAEN
OIC-Director IV, Governance Staff
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 PRESENTATION OUTLINE
I. Sustainable Development Goals
II. National Efforts on SDGs
III. Means of Implementation
IV. Progress on the SDGs and Other Initiatives
V. Next Steps

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I. Sustainable Development Goals
15 YEARS 17 GOALS 169 TARGETS 232 INDICATORS • "A blueprint to achieve a better
and more sustainable future for
all people and the world by
2030"
• A universal call to action to end
poverty, protect the planet and
ensure that all people enjoy
peace and prosperity through
partnerships.
• Government, private sector, civil
society and citizens are
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS enjoined to achieve these goals.

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I. Sustainable Development Goals

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 LESSONS LEARNED FROM MILLENNIUM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS IMPLEMENTATION
RESILIENCY-BUILDING

CLEAR ASSIGNMENT OF
RESPONSIBILITIES

EFFECTIVE MONITORING

FINANCING PLAN

MULTI-STAKEHOLDER
COMMITMENT SPANNING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
LONG-TERM

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
WHOLE-OF-NATION APPROACH

Integration of Monitoring of Institutional Ownership Stakeholder Voluntary

the SDGs the SDGs Mechanism on and Engagement National
through the the SDGs Localization Review and
SDG Watch Reporting

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
Integration of the SDGs: Long Term Vision

The Life We Want

By 2040, the Philippines will be a prosperous, predominantly middle-class society where no one is poor, our people will live long
and healthy lives, be smart and innovative, and will live in a high-trust society.

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
Integration of the SDGs: Philippine Development Plan
The Philippine Development
Plan (PDP) is the blueprint of
the government where
priorities of the political
leadership are translated into
policy and strategy
framework and, then, into
programs and projects. From
policy to action, the PDP
After SDGs were incorporated in the PDP, the President signed Executive
reflects all of the 17 SDGs. Order No. 27, s. 2017 which directs all government instrumentalities to
align their budgets, programs, and activities with the PDP

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
Monitoring the SDGs: SDG Watch

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
Monitoring the SDGs: SDG Watch
PSA Resolution No. 04, PSA Board Resolution
Series of 2016: No. 09-2017:

Enjoining Government Approving and

Agencies to Provide Adopting the Initial List
Data Support to the of Sustainable
Sustainable Development Goals for
Development Goals Monitoring in the
Philippines

Dated 12 May 2016. Dated 18 May 2017.

PHILIPPINE SDG INDICATORS

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
Institutional Mechanism: Committees on the SDGs

Senate Committee on SDGs,

Innovations, and Futures Thinking

House Committee on SDGs

DBCC Subcommittee on SDGs and

Technical Working Groups
• Social • Environment • Economic
• Peace, Security, and Governance

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
DBCC Sub-Committee on SDGs
• Provide support, guidance, and oversight on the integration of
the SDGs into the PDP and related sectoral plans;
• Identify and address gaps of current policies and programs
needed to drive progress on the SDGs and coordinate with
DBM on the funding of these programs;
• Monitor the implementation and effectiveness of the programs
identified in the SDG Annex in meeting the 2030 targets;
• Propose to Congress and Senate SDG-relevant policies and
communicate needed budget for the SDG-related programs
and projects; and
• Review and approve SDG-related policy, program,
partnerships, and budget recommendations proposed by the
TWGs
Created through SDC Resolution No. 02, series of 2019, as adopted by the DBCC

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
Ownership and Localization of the SDGs
SDGs are LGU Mandates
• In general, achieving the SDGs is a
fulfillment of the mandate of the
LGUs, specifically of the Local
Government Code, in Sections 16 and
17
• Likewise, the performance and
devolution of functions and services
will also lead to the realization of
SDG targets

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
Localization of the SDGs through Issuances
DILG MC No. 2017-84: DILG-NEDA JMC No. EO No. 138, s. 2021:
Guidelines for 2018-01: Full Devolution of Certain
Strengthening Linkage of Guidelines on the Functions of the
National/Regional/Provin Localization of the Executive Branch to
cial Development Philippine Development Local Governments,
Strategies, Programs, Plan (PDP) 2017-2022 Creation of a Committee
Projects and Activities Results Matrices and the on Devolution, and for
(PPAs) with the Sustainable Development Other Purposes – LGU
Comprehensive Goals (SDGs) Devolution Transition
Development Plan Plans (DTPs)

Dated 20 June 2017 Dated 26 November 2018 Dated 01 June 2021

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
Localization of the SDGs: Other Initiatives

Creation of Special
Regional Sub- SDG Best Practices and
Regional Progress and
/Committees on the other studies
Planning Workshops
SDGs (SRC-SDGs or
RSC-SDGs)

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
Example of SDG Best Practices
Programs, Activities, or Projects
• Region 9 – Micronutrient Supplementation
Program
• Region 10 – Provincial Livelihood Program –
Corns Seeds and Fertilizer Distribution
Program
• Region 3 – Development of Groundwater
Management Plan and Establishment of
Groundwater Monitoring Wells in Water
Constrained Areas
• Region 10, 11 – National Greening Program
SDG-related Studies
Development of a Manual
for Urban Carrying
Capacity Assessments
(UCCA)
An initiative geared towards
developing a reference guide
that national and local
planners and policymakers
may use to inform proper
planning and management of
cities and urban areas.
The Longitudinal Cohort
Study on the Filipino Child
A 15-year study in partnership
with UNFPA, UNICEF and
Australian Aid. The study
started when its respondents
were 10 years old and will
continue to follow them
throughout the
implementation of SDGs in
2030 (when they become 24).

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
Stakeholder Engagement

Establishment of the Stakeholders’ Chamber on SDGs

This serves as a platform of engagement between
government and non-government actors such as the
private sector, non-government organizations (NGOs),
civil society organizations (CSOs), youth organizations,
and representatives from basic and vulnerable sectors,
among others.

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Stakeholders’ Chamber:
Mapping of
SDG Initiatives
Programs and projects of the
current 49 Members of the
Chamber on the SDGs across
regions in the Philippines

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II. National Efforts on SDGs
Voluntary National Review and Reporting
Inclusive, participatory, and thorough review process at the national and
sub-national levels, where stakeholders share their experiences,
successes, challenges, and lessons learned while implementing the
SDGs.

Every three years, the Philippines presents its VNR at the High-Level
Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development.

Voluntary Subnational Review Voluntary Local Review

City Database Project
Case studies of local best practices on
SDG implementation of cities and
identifying policies that can further
contribute in localization
SDG as framework as performance
monitoring mechanism and
framework in their comprehensive
development plans

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New York, 12 July 2022

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III. Means of Implementation
Effective Public
Financial Management
The Philippines is cognizant that
sustainable fiscal management needs to
go hand-in-hand with efforts to revitalize
the economy and ensure long-term
growth.
Boosting domestic capital markets and the
continued leveraging of foreign direct
investments have therefore been the bulk
of the Philippine strategy to sustaining
growth in the country and in financing
initiatives for the SDGs.
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Overseas Remittances
Enjoining Overseas Filipinos to make them
more productive and active partners in
attaining the SDGs has been a focus of the
Philippine government.
The Overseas Filipinos Bank continues to
promote savings and quality investment of
remittances. Diaspora bonds, remittance
bonds, and provident fund provide
Overseas Filipinos with different options
for further investment in the country.
III. Means of Implementation
Official Development
Assistance (ODA)
ODA continues to be a vital component in
development and in SDG financing for the
Philippines. It also became an important
source of funds for the COVID-19
response.
The top three SDGs supported by ODA
loans and grants were SDG 9 (Industry,
Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG 1 (No
Poverty), and SDG 4 (Quality Education),
with 51, 27, and 26 ODA programs and
projects, respectively.
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Results-based Budgeting
System and Expenditure
Tagging
Under a well-functioning medium-term and
annual budgeting framework and process,
the government was better able to trace
programs, activities, and projects (PAPs) to
higher-level development outcomes.
This promotes a financing and
implementation practice that is informed by
a performance-based budgeting system for
more effective mobilization of revenues and
resources
Example: Climate Change Expenditure
Tagging (CCET)
Official
Development
Assistance
ODA-SDG Monitoring Initiative

Source: NEDA ODA Portfolio Review

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III. Means of Implementation
PARTNERSHIPS DURING COVID-19
Partnerships • ADB-WB-AIIB Trilateral Vaccine Financing
Facility
• WHO Technical Expertise
• COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX)
Partnerships is one of the key
• Budgetary Support Financing from Partners
thrusts of the 2030 Agenda.
Bearing this in mind, the • Knowledge Sharing Services and
Technological Experience (e.g. Google,
Philippines invested heavily in Oxford Institute)
forging and enabling more
strategic and mutually beneficial CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND DISASTER RISK
partnerships that complement the REDUCTION
implementation of the SDGs in the • Making Resilient Cities 2030 (MCR2030)
country. initiative.

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III. Means of Implementation

Partnerships

OTHER STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS OTHER STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

• Continued Commitment to Effective • Building Partnerships through
Development Cooperation and South-South and Triangular
Development Effectiveness (e.g. Cooperation (SSC and TrC):
GPEDC)
• Finding Synergies through Regional
Efforts for the SDGs (e.g. ASEAN
and Ministerial Dialogues on SDGs)

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IV. Progress on the SDGs
SDG Scorecard
Indicators and their current status

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IV. Other Initiatives
Public Investment Tagging by the SDGs

The PIP contains the rolling list of PAPs to be

implemented by the national government (NG),
government-owned and controlled corporations
(GOCCs), government financial institutions
(GFIs), and other national government offices
and instrumentalities within the that contributes
to the achievement of the societal goal and
targets in the PDP and responsive to the
outcomes and outputs in its results matrices.

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 Public Investment tagging by Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG)
Number of projects per region
Regions Total No. of Projects
NCR 632
CAR 469
Region X 346
Region III 332
Region XI 311
Region IVA 299
Region I 296
Region VIII 259
Region XIII 257
Region VII 239
Region II 235
Region V 221
Region XII 212
Region IVB 205
Region IX 203
BARMM 86
Region VI 80
TOTAL 4,108

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 Public Investment tagging by Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG)
Budget per region
Regions Total Budget for Projects
NCR ₱3,315,484,164,188.00
Region IVA ₱2,969,772,141,246.00
Region III ₱2,713,280,682,222.00
Region X ₱1,816,026,948,249.00
Region V ₱1,674,376,210,932.00
Region XI ₱1,617,542,428,236.00
CAR ₱1,602,380,342,390.00
Region XII ₱1,601,486,329,799.00
Region VII ₱1,537,596,771,412.00
Region XIII ₱1,505,411,727,888.00
Region IX ₱1,505,174,351,336.00
Region VIII ₱1,504,056,947,717.00
Region I ₱1,501,994,325,219.00
Region II ₱1,493,750,570,111.00
Region IVB ₱1,444,024,760,731.00
Region VI ₱1,359,587,461,771.00
BARMM ₱452,918,570,899.00
TOTAL ₱17,283,906,750,163.00

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 Top SDGs Nationwide
Based on total number of projects and total amount of project costs

2,468 projects 1,615 projects 1,401 projects

PHP 15,337,459,850,264.00 PHP 5,892,384,025,663.00 PHP 3,691,625,640,037.00

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 Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved
nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

SDG 2-related investments by amount SDG 2-related investments by number of projects

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 Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and
its impacts

SDG 13-related investments by amount SDG 13-related investments by number of projects

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IV. Other Initiatives
Mainstreaming of the SDGs in the New PDP 2023-2028

As of November 15, 2022

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V. Next Steps

Using the 2030

Agenda to develop a
Health Resiliency Plan

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V. Next Steps
Financing plan and effective resource mobilization
• Development of a Program Convergence Budgeting Framework
• Implementation of tax reforms such as the Sin Tax Law which mandates
that 20 percent of the revenue goes to funding SDG programs

Robust monitoring system

• Review of SDG indicators to ensure that the country’s performance is
meaningful to Filipinos
• The SDG Watch thatCommunity-Based Monitoring System is being
compiled by the PSA will be complemented by the which will provide
more granular data at the household level

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V. Next Steps

Ownership of the SDGs at the national and local level

• Integration of the SDGs into the Philippines’ national, sub-national, and local
governance mechanisms through its Sub-Committee on Sustainable
Development Goals (SC-SDG)
• Localization of the assessment and planning of SDG indicators to better
identify the gaps in SDG implementation

Institutionalized multistakeholder engagements

• Implementation of the whole-of-society approach in sustainable
development through the Subcommittee on SDGs Stakeholders’ Chamber
which is composed of private sector and civil society

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V. Next Steps
Needs Assessment

Futures Thinking

Innovation

Digitalization

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 Ways Forward:
What’s Next for the Philippines?
8
15 YEARS 17 GOALS 169 TARGETS 232 INDICATORS

Now that we only have 8 years left,

there’s an urgent need to accelerate
actions and mobilize resources in a
multi-sectoral approach, ensuring no
local government and stakeholder, are
left behind

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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 THANK YOU

Contact Us:
NEDA SDG Website (sdg.neda.gov.ph)
NEDA Subcommittee on SDGs (sdg@neda.gov.ph)

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