FY 2015 Caraga RDC Endorsed Budget

The Caraga RDC In Numbers

4 - Full Council Meetings 1 - Special Council Meeting

2 - Executive Committee Meeting 4 - Development Administration Committee Meetings

4 - Economic Development Committee Meetings 4 - Infrastructure Development Committee Meetings

4 - Social Development Committee Meetings

related concerns of the

region which need the

action of the Secretary were

also presented to during the

meeting.

During the 78th RDC

Full Council Meeting on

March 20, 2014, the Council

endorsed the Fiscal Year

2015 proposed budgets of

regional line agencies

(RLAs) and state

universities and colleges

(SUCs) amounting to PhP

55.9 billion. The RDC

endorsed proposed budget is

for the 23 RLAs, 12

attached agencies/bureaus

and four SUCs. The budgets

underwent a rigorous

process of consultation with

different stakeholders

including civil society

before securing the

The Caraga Regional

Development Council

(RDC) started the year 2014

with the launching of the

Revised Caraga Regional

Development Plan (RDP)

2013-2016 on January 15,

2014 in Butuan City. It was

followed by the ASEAN

Economic Community 2015

Integration Forum on

January 24, 2014 also in

Butuan City.

A Special RDC Meeting

with Sec. Florencio Abad of

the Department of Budget

and Management was held

on February 28, 2014 in

Butuan City. In the said

meeting, the RDC apprised

the Secretary on the recent

developments in Caraga

three years after his first

visit to the region. Budget

endorsement of the RDC.

The selection of Mayor

Dale Corvera (Cabadbaran

City) as the new RDC-

Development

Administration Committee

(DAC) Chairperson and

Mayor Shiela Mae Cebedo

as the new Local Chief

Executives’ (LCE)

representative to the RDC-

Executive Committee

(ExeCom) were confirmed

by the Council.

To chart the direction

and priorities of the Council

in the next three years, the

RDC’s Direction for 2014-

2016 was formulated.

During the 3rd quarter RDC

Meeting, the Council shifted

from paper to digital agenda

kits as an initiative to

further improve the

Caraga Regional Development Council reports 2014 accomplishments by Michelle P. Dela Calzada, NEDA-Caraga

Launching of the Revised Caraga Regional Development Plan 2013-2016

ASEAN Economic Community 2015 Integration Forum

• Endorsing the Regional Ecotourism Committee Resolution No. 2013-20, “A Resolution Requesting the Regional Development Council to Pass a Resolution Requesting the Department of Education to Develop a Specialized Information, Education and Communication Module Integrating Tourism Concepts and Highlighting Local Ecotourism Destinations in Caraga Region, in Order to Promote a Culture of Tourism Especially Among the Youth

• Endorsing to the RDC the Results Matrices of the Good Governance and the Rule of Law and Peace and Security Chapters of the Revised RDP 2013-2016

• Endorsing to the RDC the Communication Plan for the Revised Caraga Regional Development Plan 2013-2016

• Endorsing to the RDC the Election of Mayor Dale B. Corvera of Cabadbaran City as the New RDC-DAC Chairperson

• Endorsing to the RDC the Request for the Philippine National Police (PNP) to Equip the Surigao City PNP with Additional Three Mobile Vehicle for Operations

• Endorsing to the RDC the Request for the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to Disaggregate Data of Province of Dinagat Islands from Surigao del Norte

• Endorsing to the RDC the Proposed Institutionalization of the Regional Development Budgeting Process Framework to the Office of the President, DBM, NEDA Board – Regional Development Committee (RDCom), and other RDCs

• Requesting the RDC to request the Office of the President through the Permanent Committee (DOF, DFA, DBM) to adopt the Constitutional Fiscal Autonomy Group (CFAG) and Commission on Audit (COA) Resolutions Providing for the Increase of Government Personnel Daily Travel Allowance for Local Travels from P800 to P1,500

Development Administration Committee

Economic Development Committee

Resolutions passed

region. This document

serves as a reference of the

Council in evaluating the

FY 2015 proposed budgets

of the RLAs and SUCs.

To ensure that there is

horizontal and vertical

linkage of targets, the

Results Matrices (RM), one

of the companion

documents of the Revised

Caraga RDP 2013-2016 was

adopted. The RM

establishes the desired

development results that the

region intends to achieve by

the end of the plan

implementation period. To

ensure that the targets set in

the RM are realistic,

attainable and vertically

linked to the programs and

projects of various

stakeholders, the RDC

Secretariat validated with

the stakeholders the

indicators and targets

identified in the RM then

these were presented and

endorsed by the concerned

Sectoral Committees. The

adoption of the RMs by the

Council is a concrete move

to ensure that government

deliver results.

The Caraga RDC

conducted four Full Council

efficiency of RDC meetings.

This initiative is the first

among RDCs nationwide.

As part of the region’s

effort to fast track the

rehabilitation of Tropical

Depression Agaton affected

areas, the RDC endorsed the

Reconstruction Intervention

for Socioeconomic

Enhancement (RISE) for

Tropical Depression Agaton

-Affected Areas. This paved

the way for securing the

budget for the

implementation of the

needed rehabilitation and

reconstruction projects.

Moreover, the inclusion of

rehabilitation and

reconstruction projects in

the RLAs’ proposed budgets

was a requirement in

securing RDC endorsement.

The Revalidated

Regional Development

Investment Program 2013-

2016 which contains the

priority programs, projects

and activities (PPAs) of the

agencies, LGUs, state

colleges and universities

and the private sector was

also updated. This is to

ensure that the priority

PPAs are responsive to the

needs and priorities of the

meetings and passed 68

resolutions. During these

meetings, a total of 40

projects/programs were

endorsed by the Council to

the appropriate agencies/

funding institutions. A

number of these projects

have been funded for

implementation.

Endorsement of projects

that support tourism

development, improve

access to tourism

destinations and production

areas and mainstream DRR-

CCA measures in the region

has been a key agenda of the

Council in 2014. The

Council also supported 13

policy reforms including the

proposal to institutionalize

the regional development

budgeting process

framework into the existing

Philippine budgeting

process. Another policy

reform endorsed by the

Council is the adoption of

the Constitutional Fiscal

Autonomy Group (CFAG)

and COA Resolutions

Providing for the Increase of

Government Personnel

Daily Travel Allowance for

Local Travels from Php

800.00 to Php 1,500.00.

Special Caraga RDC Meeting with Sec. Florencio Abad

Second Quarter 2014 Caraga RDC Meeting and Oath Taking Ceremony of Gov. Sol Matugas as Caraga RDC Chair

• Endorsing to the Caraga RDC the Proposed Strategic Road Links of Surigao Del Norte

• Endorsing to the Caraga RDC the projects for Feasibility Studies and Detailed Engineering Proposals for NEDA Funding

• Endorsing to the Caraga RDC the Unfunded Tourism-Related Road projects of Agusan Del Norte, Butuan City and Agusan Del Sur

• Endorsing to the Caraga RDC the Proposed Butuan City Flood Control Project and Construction of Drainage System Along national Roads

• Resolution Endorsing to the Caraga RDC the Three FSDE Proposals of Surigao Del Sue namely; Sedimentation and Flooding Control of Cantilan Irrigation System, Completion of Tago River Irrigation System and Flood Protection Works, Slope Stabilization of Tandag Riverbank and Diversion Dam of Sta. Felomina CIS

Infrastructure Development Committee

Resolutions passed

• Endorsing to the RDC the Proposed Priority Courses Representing 3% of the Total Number of Scholarships for Caraga Region

• Endorsing to the Regional Development Council the request to strongly urge the Local Government Units (LGUs) to Create Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) in the provincial, municipal and city levels of Caraga Region

• Endorsing to the RDC the request for LGUs to include a Person with Disability as a regular member of the City/Municipal Building Inspectorate Team in monitoring the compliance of government and business establishments with Accessibility Law

• Endorsing to the RDC the request for the inclusion of Municipal Population Officers (MPOs) in the Municipal Development Councils (MDC)’s Sectoral Committees

• Endorsing to the RDC the request for the Department of Education to Develop a Specialized IEC Module Integrating Tourism Concepts and Highlighting Local Eco-Tourism Destinations in Caraga Region to Promote a Culture of Tourism Especially Among the Youth

• Endorsing to the RDC the request to encourage the LGUs to pass an ordinance requiring boarding house operators to secure business permits

• Endorsing to the RDC the request to encourage the LGUs to pass an ordinance regulating access of teenagers to motels, hotels and beach cottages

Social Development Committee

of the International Men’s

Day in Caraga Region.”

Thus, on November 19, the

region celebrated for the

first time International

Men’s Day making Caraga

Region the first to celebrate

the event. The celebration is

aimed at improving gender

relations, highlighting

positive male role models

and celebrating men’s

achievement and

contributions, particularly to

the community, family and

child care.

The Multi-Sectoral

Forest Protection

Committee met twice in

2014. A milestone

resolution passed by the

Committee is the resolution

supporting the reactivation

and strengthening of the

Ports Integrated Clearance

Office (PICO) at Nasipit

Port which resulted in the

activation of PICO and

allocation of budget for its

Office. With the

enforcement of EO 23, the

Committee participated in

the conduct of anti-illegal

logging operations and

apprehended/seized/

confiscated a total of

1931303.84 board feet of

The Regional Project

Monitoring Committee

conducted a total of six

monitoring activities

including two special

monitoring activities of

rehabilitation and

reconstruction projects in

areas affected by Tropical

Depression Pablo and

Agaton. The Committee was

able to monitor a total of

262 projects. The monitored

projects include roads and

bridges, slope and river

bank protection, irrigation,

school building projects,

and health facilities

enhancement.

Since the organization

of the Caraga RPMC, the

region hosted for the first

time a National Project

Monitoring Committee

(NPMC) Meeting on May

14-15, 2014 in Tandag City.

All the RPMCs all over the

country were represented

during the said meeting.

The RDC Executive

Committee (ExeCom)

conducted two meetings and

passed 11 resolutions. A

milestone resolution passed

by the RDC ExeCom is

Resolution No. 6, S. 2014

“Supporting the Celebration

forest products.

The Council also closely

monitored the advance

implementation of the

Senior High School in the

region and provided

avenues such as Technical

Working Group (TWG)

meeting on April 8, 2014

and a Forum on Senior High

School Advance

Implementation to discuss

operational issues and gaps

and come up with

appropriate actions.

The Regional Land Use

Committee geared up for the

updating of the Regional

Physical Framework Plan.

Thus, series of training-

workshops were conducted

to capacitate the RLUC and

the technical working group

members in physical

planning. Among these

training-workshops are:

1. Orientation on Land

Administration and

Management Policies in

the Physical Framework

Planning Process (July

17-18, 2014);

2. Integrating Conflict

Sensitivity in the

Regional Physical

Framework Planning

Process (Aug 4-6);

Simulation of the Digital Caraga RDC Meeting during the Second Quarter Caraga RDC-Social Development Committee Meeting

Agent of Change Forum

Major outputs and activities of RDC Sectoral Committees

The Sectoral Committees updated the Results Matrices of the Revised Caraga Regional Development Plan (RDP) 2013-2016 and was approved by the Council. Endorsed to the Caraga RDC the Mindanao Spatial Strategy/Development Framework. Endorsed to the Caraga RDC the Communication Plan (ComPlan) of the Revised Caraga RDP 2013-2016 was approved. Endorsed to the Caraga RDC the Reconstruction Intervention for Socioeconomic Enhancement (RISE) for Tropical Depression Agaton-Affected Areas.

Planning Investment Programming

Budgeting

The Caraga RDC Sectoral Committees updated the Regional Development Investment Program 2013-2016. The Caraga RDC endorsed 40 projects/programs. These projects would help boost the tourism industry, improve access to tourism sites and production areas in the region and Disaster Risk Reduction-Climate Change Adaptation (DRR-CCA) projects.

The Caraga RDC Sectoral Committees conducted Regional Budget Consultation and consultation with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on the proposed agencies and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) budgets. The Caraga RDC endorsed the FY 2015 Agency and SUCs Budget Proposals.

Monitoring and Evaluation

The Regional Project Monitoring Committee (RPMC) conducted quarterly monitoring of programs and projects in the region. Two special monitoring activities for rehabilitation and reconstruction projects were also conducted.

Advocacy

To engender support for the implementation of the Revised Caraga RDP Plan 2013-2016, the following activities were conducted: • Agents of Change Forum; • Be the Agent of Change Photography,

Canvas Painting and Jingle Making Contests;

• Corporate Partners Forum; and • 2014 Agents of Change Awards

Other RDC Initiatives

The Caraga RDC is the first to prepare a Communication Plan for the Revised Caraga RDP 2013-2016 and the first to implement a paperless RDC meeting.

GADCC conducted a Forum

on Reproductive Health

Bill, jail visitation and

Kalandrakas X. The

region’s call to end violence

was highlighted with the

conduct of the 18 day

campaign to end violence

against women where

various activities were

conducted.

The successful

implementation of the

Revised RDP relies on the

effective communication of

the Revised RDP’s vision,

goals, objectives and targets

and the support and

participation of the regional

stakeholders. During the

79th RDC Full Council

Meeting on June 29, 2014,

the Communication Plan for

the Revised RDP 2013-2016

(ComPlan) was approved.

The ComPlan contains

communication strategies

and various activities to

communicate and advocate

the Revised Caraga

Regional Development Plan

2013-2016 (Plan) to the

different stakeholders. The

call to action message of the

Communication Plan is “Be

the agent of change” – a call

for everyone to do relevant

3. Integrating Gender and

Development Concerns

in the Regional Physical

Framework Planning

Process (Aug 18-20);

4. Training on Geographic

Information System for

Beginners (Oct 13-17);

5. Training Workshop on

the Integrated

Ecosystem Management

in the Sub-National

Physical Planning

Processes cum Training

on Map Generation

(Sept 29-Oct 3, 2014);

and

6. Training Workshop on

the Regional Physical

Framework Planning

(Dec 1-5, 2014).

As a result, the Planning

Environment Chapter of

Gender and Conflict

Sensitive, DRR-CCA-

Enhanced Caraga Regional

Physical Framework Plan

has been drawn.

The Gender and

Development Coordinating

Committee (GADCC)

continues to take the lead in

implementing gender and

development initiatives in

the region. During the

Women’s Month

Celebration, the RDC-

and strategic actions for the

region and become agents of

positive change.

As contained in the

ComPlan, the RDC

conducted the Agents of

Change Forum, Corporate

Partners Forum, Agents of

Change Photography,

Canvass Painting and Jingle

Making Competitions and

2014 Agents of Change

Awards. All these initiatives

are aimed at engendering

support for the

implementation of the RDP

and popularizing the call for

everyone to be agents of

positive change.

With these

accomplishments in 2014,

the RDC remains true to its

commitment to forge strong

partnership and be a

hallmark of unity and

cooperation. The Caraga

RDC will continue to blaze

trails that will bring into

fruition a development that

is high and sustainable,

generates mass employment

that draws the majority of

Caraganons into the

economic and social

mainstream and facilitates

the reduction of poverty.

Geographic Information System Training for Beginners