DILG girds for all-out CBMS implementation in 2009

November 11, 2008 · Filed Under Events, News 

A set of DILG trainors from all over the Philippines were capacitated recently in preparation for the full-scale implementation of the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) in the whole country.

In Western Visayas, LGOO V Anna Carolina Jardiolin and Admin. Aide Leonard Ryan Panelo underwent Trainers Training on CBMS Module I (Data Collection and Field Editing) and Module II (Data Encoding and Map Digitizing) conducted by the Bureau of Local Government Development.on October 20-24, 2008.

Also, DILG Regional Director Evelyn A. Trompeta led the Region 6 contingent in the Regional Forum on CBMS conducted in Cebu City on November 6, 2008 for DILG regional and provincial directors, governors and provincial planning and development coordinators. The activity sought to thoroughly explain the program to the participants and solicit their commitment to cooperate for the implementation of CBMS in their respective areas.

The CBMS is a diagnostic tool to assess poverty in the barangay, municipal, city, and provincial level. It provides policymakers and program implementers with a good information base for tracking the impacts of macroeconomic reforms and various policy shocks.

It is an organized way of collecting information at the local level for use of LGUs, national government agencies, NGOs, and civil society for planning, program implementation and monitoring. CBMS is a tool intended for a more improved governance and greater transparency and accountability in resource allocation.

The CBMS addresses the lack of necessary disaggregated data for diagnosing extent of poverty at the local level, determines the causes of poverty, serves as guide for formulating appropriate policies and programs, identifies eligible beneficiaries, and assesses the impact of policies and programs.

Benefits to be derived from the CBMS include building up of the capacity of the members of the community to participate in the development planning and monitoring process, enrichment of existing LGU databases, enhancement of the preparation of socioeconomic profiles, development and investment plans, aids in diagnosing poverty at the local level and in formulating appropriate interventions, identifying resource allocations and eligible beneficiaries./adjardiolin

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