Briefing on AmBisyon Natin 2040,

Philippine and Caraga Regional

Development Plans 2017-2022

GLADYS C. GIBERSON, EnP

Senior Economic Development Specialist
National Economic and Development Authority-Caraga
February 26-27, 2018
Industry Cluster Valuing Workshop
Province of Dinagat Islands
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Outline of Presentation

• AmBisyon Natin 2040

• Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022
• Caraga Regional Development Plan 2017-2022
• Economic Situationer
• Development Directions

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• Represents the collective long-term vision and aspirations
of the Filipino people for themselves and country in the
next 25 years
• Describes the kind of life that Filipinos want to live
• Based on a nationally representative survey and series of
FGDs
An overwhelming majority of 3.9%
Filipinos aspire for a simple and Life of the rich

comfortable life… 16.9%

Affluent life

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 What is a simple & comfortable life?

73%
Earning enough

62% 30%
Own one car
73% Relax with family
and friends
All children are
college-educated

61% 30%
Have enough money
Business
for day-to-day needs
owner

61% 21%
Own a medium-sized Able to take occasional
home trips around the country

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 What is a simple & comfortable life?

P 120,000
Gross Monthly Income

5,000 25,000
Own one car
10,000 Income Tax
All children are
college-educated

40,000 4,000
Have enough money Relax with family
for day-to-day needs and friends

30,000 6,000
Own a medium-sized Able to take occasional
home trips around the country

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OCCUPATION: Many want to be entrepreneurs
but want stable and regular source of income
and insurance
Desired Occupation
Secure income
from a decent job
Good salary (enough
47% 22% 20% wages, paid
regularly), having a
Employer in own Self-employed Work for private business with good
family-operated farm or without any paid establishment revenue
business employee

Benefits and
incentives
(insurance,
20% 18% 13% retirement)
Work for government Work with pay in Work for private
or government own family-operated household Job stability or
corporation farm or business
security
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Filipinos want to be mobile.
• Mobility in day-to-day living and for leisure is important to Filipinos
• Ordinary people’s measure of their own success is the degree to which they
are able to afford travel for themselves and their families
• Traveling within the country and to other countries is the most-frequently cited
leisure activity.
• Car ownership is part of many families’ vision of their future

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Majority of Filipinos prefer to use own car to go to places.
Question: In the year 2040, would you prefer to
have your own car to go to places you need to go
to or use a good public transportation system?

77% 23%
Own car/vehicle Good public transportation

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• Filipinos are strongly rooted: matatag

• Filipinos are comfortable: maginhawa

• Filipinos are secure: panatag

 The life we want
Matatag Maginhawa Panatag
•Family is together •Free from hunger and •Enough resources for
•Time with friends poverty day-to-day needs and
•Work-life balance •Secure home ownership unexpected expenses
•Strong sense of •Good transport •Peace and security
community •Travel and vacation •Long and healthy life
•Comfortable retirement
“In 2040, the Philippines shall be a prosperous, predominantly
middle-class society where no one is poor; our people shall live
long and healthy lives, be smart and innovative, and shall live
in a high-trust society.”
• These aspirations have been translated into a long-term
development agenda
• President Duterte issued Executive Order No. 5 series of 2016
adopting this agenda as basis for development planning over the
next three administrations, including the PDP 2017-2022
• Each plan must build on the previous plan
• Needs and preferences may change over time
• Unexpected developments may arise (e.g. climate,
science & technology)

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Philippine
Development Plan
2017-2022

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Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022
• Executive Order No. 5, Series of 2016- Approving and Adopting the
Twenty-Five-Year Long Term Vision entitled AmBisyon Natin 2040
as Guide for Development Planning
• Memorandum Circular No. 12, Series of 2016- Directing the
formulation of the Philippine Development Plan and the Public
Investment Program for the period 2017-2022
• Executive Order No. 27, Series of 2017- Directing all Government
Agencies and Instrumentalities, Including Local Government Units,
to implement the Philippine Development Plan and Public
Investment Program for the period 2017-2022

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 MATATAG, MAGINHAWA AT PANATAG NA
2040
BUHAY
TO LAY DOWN THE FOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH, A HIGH-TRUST AND
2022 RESILIENT SOCIETY, AND A GLOBALLY-COMPETITIVE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

“MALASAKIT” “PAGBABAGO” “PATULOY NA PAG-UNLAD”

ENHANCING THE SOCIAL FABRIC INEQUALITY-REDUCING TRANSFORMATION INCREASING GROWTH POTENTIAL
Ensure people-
Expand Increase access Advance
centered, clean, and Stimulate
economic to economic technology
efficient governance opportunities opportunities innovation
adoption

Pursue swift and fair

administration of
IMPLEMENT STRATEGIC TRADE AND FISCAL POLICY, MAINTAIN
justice MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, AND PROMOTE COMPETITION

Promote Philippine
Accelerate Reduce Reach for demographic
culture and
human capital vulnerability dividend
awareness
development of individuals

Accelerate strategic Ensure safety and Ensure ecological

Ensure peace and integrity, clean and
infrastructure build resilience
security development healthy environment
Caraga Regional
Development Plan
2017-2022
Caraga RDP 2017-2022
“By 2022, the Caraga Region
will become the
Fishery, Agro-Forestry,
Mineral and Ecotourism
(FAME) Center
of the Country”
Gross Regional Domestic Product: AFF Value and Growth
Rate, 2015-2017
In PhP Billion

In Percent
Source: PSA 2018
FAME: Fishery

Caraga’s blue lobster Tilapia

Seaweed Farming

Frigate Tuna

Skipjack Tuna
Yellow Fin Tuna
Fishery Production, Caraga Region, 2016-2017 (in MT)
In Metric Tons

Source: PSA 2018

 FAME: Agro-Forestry
 Vast tracts of land and good
soil and climate condition
suitable for agricultural
development
Estimated Agricultural Lands
– 582,351 hectares
Potential irrigable areas –
173,391 hectares
Presence of Economic Zones
1) Tubay Agri-Processing Center
(TAPCEN)
2) Nasipit Agusan del Norte
Industrial Estate (NANIE)
FAME: Agro-Forestry
Tagged as the Timber
Corridor of the Philippines
642,174 hectares of
tenured forestlands
5,216 hectares of private
tree plantations
33 Wood Processing
Plants
Shannalyn Techland
Ecopark (STEP)
Palay Production, Caraga Region, 2016-2017 (in MT)
Rice Production and Sufficiency Level, in MT
REGION/ PRODUCTION (MT) AREA RICE UTILIZATION SUFFICIENCY
PROVINCE PALAY RICE POPULATION HRVSTD SEED FEEDS/ NET FOOD DISPOSITION CONSUMPTION LEVEL
mt mt a/ has. USED (mt) WASTES (mt) TOTAL (mt) PER CAPITA (kg)b/ mt (%)

Caraga 482,675 313,739 2,667,193 155,203 6,796 20,095 286,550 118.16 315,378 90.86
Agusan del Norte 80,952 52,619 712,382 23,090 1,126 3,420 48,073 116.71 83,141 57.82
Agusan del Sur 247,353 160,779 719,171 80,049 3,642 10,451 146,687 116.18 83,550 175.57
Surigao del Norte 52,559 34,163 503,210 17,592 572 2,221 31,371 121.07 60,921 51.49
Surigao del Sur 94,752 61,589 605,138 31,241 1,320 4,003 56,266 120.93 73,176 76.89
Dinagat Islands 7,059 4,588 127,292 3,231 137 298 4,154 114.61 14,589 28.47
a/ 2016 projected population based on NEDA Computation * seeding rate (palay): ADN - 75 kg/ha; ADS - 70 kg/ha; SDN - 50 kg/ha; SDS - 65 kg/ha
b/ per capita (kg/yr) based on 2012 Survey on Food Demand & Consumption * other losses (palay) - 6.5 % of prod'n
* milling recovery- 65%
Corn Production, Caraga Region, 2016-2017 (in MT)

Corn Production, By Province, in MT

In Metric Tons

Source: PSA 2018

Other Crops Production, Caraga Region, 2016-2017 (in MT)
In Metric Tons

Source: PSA 2018

Livestock Production in Caraga, 2016-2017 (in MT)
In Metric Tons

Source: PSA 2018

Poultry Production, Caraga Region, 2016-2017 (in MT)
In Metric Tons

Source: PSA 2018

FAME: Mineral

Considered as the New

Mining Capital of the
Philippines

Nickel Ore Production Value-

PhP 26.33 billion (2016)

Total Value of Gold-

PhP 8.38 billion (2016)

Total production of Silver-

PhP 72 million (2016)
FAME: Mineral
• Declared as the mineral reservation of the country through Proclamation
No. 295, Series of 1993
– the Province of Dinagat Islands houses eleven (11) of these companies;
– six (6) in Surigao del Norte;
– four (4) in Surigao del Sur;
– two (2) in Agusan del Norte; and
– two (2) in Agusan del Sur.
– Twenty (20) of these companies are into nickel production; three (3) for gold;
one (1) for chromite; and one (1) for mixed sulfite (nickel and cobalt).
FAME: Mineral
2016 2017
Commodity
Volume Value Volume Value
Gold (oz.) 141,359.34 8,383,044,463.20 72,030.26 2,463,982,441.26
Silver (oz.) 89,105.36 72,282,700.54 19,938.56 7,591,787.83
Nickel Ore (WMT) 37,846,075.69 26,325,924,545.63 35,416,431.61 27,685,733,967.51
Chromite (DMT) 2,620.00 23,855,376.49 no production no production
Mixed Sulfide (DMT) 54,053.28 11,237,393,034.33 no data no data
Total 46,042,500,120.19 30,157,308,196.60
FAME: Ecotourism
 Rich in biodiversity
and natural
attractions potential Eastern
for tourism Mindanao
development Biodiversity
 General Corridor
Leisure
 Cultural/ Northeastern
Historical Mindanao
 Ecotourism Tourism Circuit
 Mixed Use

Eastern
Seaboard
Tourism Circuit

Central Visayas
Tourism Cluster
FAME: Ecotourism
FAME Center of the Country
Siargao

Hinatuan
Enchanted River https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siargao

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinatuan_Enchanted_River
Tourism
18.12%

2016: 1.138 million

2017: 1.345 million

Average
Occupancy Rate:
33.64%
 MAJOR
BOTTLENECKS
LOW PRODUCTIVITY
 Low productivity particularly in the agriculture, fishery and forestry (AFF)
sector
 Lack of product diversification and value adding activities
CONFLICTING
LAND RIGHTS
AND CLAIMS

Overlapping of tenure
instruments/agreements
issued by different
issuing agencies
HIGH VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL
HAZARDS
HIGH POVERTY
PEACE AND SECURITY
Potential Investment
Areas are within the
Identified Conflict-
Affected Areas
DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTIONS
THE REGION’S DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION
Vision Statement Long-Term Goal

The region’s development is banking

on the optimal utilization of its natural
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THE REGION’S
SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT
FRAMEWORK
Adopts polycentric network of development
anchored on the provinces and cities’ functional
roles
Involves deconcentration of functions and
develops areas of cooperation and coordination
Integrates DRR/CCA concerns

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FUNCTIONAL ROLES OF THE PROVINCES
Agusan del Norte: The agri-processing and industrial estates zone.
 

Agusan del Sur: The agri-forestry center and food basket of the
region.
 

Surigao del Norte: The major ecotourism destination, fishery producer

and mineral- based processing industrial center of
the region.
 

Surigao del Sur: The agro-industrial, fishery, forestry and tourism

zone. 
Dinagat Islands: The ecotourism and fishery center of the region.

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FUNCTIONAL ROLES OF THE CITIES
Butuan City - The regional center and the major trading, processing, Commercial
and service center of Caraga. The show window of history and culture
in Mindanao.
Cabadbaran City - The agri-production and processing zone for high value crops
and aquaculture products.
Bayugan City - The agro-industrial and processing zone.
Surigao City - The commercial and trading center in the north eastern seaboard
and the major processing center for minerals and fishery.
 Bislig City - The center of organic high value crops and aquamarine products.
Tandag City - The institutional, tourism and trading hub.

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DEVELOPMENT DIRECTIONS

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Development Directions- Mindanao Railway Project
Typical Passenger Train

Typical Freight Train

Development Directions- MRP with Spur Lines
Proposed Davao Terminal
 Development Directions- MLIN
1.

a.1.

a.1
a. Road Opening
1. a.2 Road Concreting
a.1 Road Opening

Connectivity with Region X

a.3 Bridge Construction
a.1. a.2 Road Concreting

b. a.3 Bridge Construction

a. Road Opening
a.1
a.1
b. Road Opening
a.1 Road
a.2 Road Opening
Concreting
a.2 Road Concreting
a.1 Road Opening
a.2 Road
a.3 Bridge Concreting
Construction ROADS BRIDGE
Total Project Cost

1
Road a.3 Bridge Construction
Number
Project
a.2 Road Name / Road Name
Concreting
Length (P'000)
a.3 Bridge Construction ROADSNo. Length
BRIDGE
(Lm)
Road b. a.3 Bridge Construction (Km) Total Project Cost
2.
Number
Project Name / Road Name
Length (P'000)
b. of
a.1 Road No. Length (Lm)
Completion theOpening
East - West Lateral Road connecting (Km)
Rd04 a.2. del Sur to Bukidnon
Agusan
246.226 13 936.00 15,882,560.00
a.1 of
a.2 Road
Completion Road
theOpening
Concreting
East - West Lateral Road connecting
Rd04 a.1
a. Road Opening 246.226 13 936.00 15,882,560.00
Agusan
San MigueldelProper
Sur to(Surigao
Bukidnon del Sur) - Calaitan
1. a.2 Road
a.3 Bridge Concreting
Construction 59.396 4 360.00 5,006,287.00
(Bayugan)
a.2 Road Concreting
a.1 Road Opening
San Miguel Proper (Surigao del Sur) - Calaitan
Agusan - Malaybalay
a.1. (Bayugan)
a.3 Bridge Road, Esperanza, Agusan del
Construction 59.396 4 360.00 5,006,287.00
2. a.3 Bridge Construction
a.2 Road Concreting 114.000 6 312.00 4,945,130.00
Sur
a.1
a. Road--Makilos
Agusan
Sampaguita Opening
Malaybalay Road,delEsperanza,
(Agusan Agusan del
Sur/Bukidnon
3. a.2. a.3 Bridge Construction 114.0003
72.830 6 312.00 5,931,143.00
264.00 4,945,130.00
Sur
Boundary)
a.2 Road Concreting
a.1 Road Opening(Agusan del Sur/Bukidnon
Sampaguita - Makilos
3.
a. a.1a. 72.830 3 264.00 5,931,143.00
a.3 Road
Boundary)
BridgeOpening
Construction
a.2 Road Concreting
a.1
a. Road Opening
a.1 Bridge
Road Opening
b. a.2 Road
a.3 Concreting
Construction

3.
a.2 Road
a.1
a.3 a.2
Road
b. Bridge
a.3 Bridge
Concreting
a.1 Road
Road Opening
Concreting
Opening
Construction
Construction
a.2 Road
a.2 Road Concreting
Concreting
a.1 Bridge
a.3 Road Construction
Opening
2
a.3 Bridge
a.3 Bridge Construction
Construction
LEGEND
a.2 Road Concreting
3.
a.
2. a.3 Bridge Construction

a.2.
a. Road Opening
a.1
National Primary Road
a.1 Road
a.2 Road Opening
Concreting
a.1
a. Road Opening
a.3 a.2 Road
a.2 Bridge
Road Concreting
Construction
Concreting
a.1 Road Opening
National Secondary Road
a.3
a.2 Bridge
a.3 Bridge Construction
Construction
Road Concreting National Tertiary Road
3. a.3 Bridge Construction
Rd 4:Completion of the
a.3.
East-West Lateral Road
a.1
a. Road Opening

a.2 Road Concreting

a.1 Road Opening connecting ADS-Bukidnon 3
a.3 Bridge Construction
a.2 Road Concreting
Other MLIN Projects
a.3 Bridge Construction
Development Directions- Roads and Bridges
• Construction of a Bridge connecting Hayanggabon, Claver
to Bucas Grande Islands
• Construction of Lipata- San Ricardo Bridge
• Construction of Cabadbaran- Puting Bato- Lanuza Road
• Lanuza Bypass Road, Surigao del Sur
• Construction of Cantilan- Madrid diversion road
• Construction of Carac-an Bridge, Madrid, Surigao del Sur
• Surigao- Davao Coastal Road
Development Directions - Proposed Ports 2018
Development
Directions

Address Long Standing

Conflicts
in the Region
Development Directions
Pilot-testing of Peace and
Development Zones
INITIAL CRITERIA and Target Areas:
•Areas where 3-4 conflict lines are present
• Areas that have strong presence of NPAs
and where interventions to address
insurgency are believed to be strategic.

Identified Areas:
1.Brgy. Villa Oondayon (Bayugan City, ADS)
2.Brgys. Kioya and Tag-oyango (Sibagat, ADS)
3.Brgys. Magsaysay and San Lorenzo
(Prosperidad, ADS)
4.LaSiCam (Gigaquit, SDN)
Development Directions
Address Long Standing Conflicts in the Region
• Realization of the Proposed Andap Valley Integrated Area
Development: Agri-Complex
• Full integration of the Caraga Roadmap for Peace in the
Caraga Regional Development Plan 2017-2022
• Allocation of budgets for PPAs that support the
implementation of Caraga Roadmap for Peace
• Transfer of 4th ID AFP Camp to Mayapay, Butuan City
Development Directions
EXPAND THE REGION’S PRODUCTIVE POTENTIALS
 Improve productivity of the agriculture, fishery and forestry (AFF)
sector
DIVERSIFICATION of products
and VALUE ADDING
ACTIVITES
Attractive and sustainable
FINANCING and INCENTIVE
MECHANISMS
Operationalization of existing and
proposed SPECIAL ECONOMIC
ZONES
WIDESPREAD EDUCATION and
R&D to upgrade skills of the
labor force and physical capital of
the sector
Development Directions
CAPITALIZE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION’S EXPORT
POTENTIALS

AGRO-BASED: Coconut, Banana, Pineapple,

Abaca, Rubber, Cacao, Coffee and Fishery (aqua
and marine products)

FORESTRY: MINING:
Wood-based Manufactured
Manufactured Mineral
Products Products
Economic Growth Targets for 2017-2022, Caraga
Thank you!

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