WHEREAS, the Republic Act (RA) No. 11315 or the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) Act was signed into law on 17 April 2019 establishing CBMS in all cities and municipalities as an economic and social tool for the formulation and implementation of poverty alleviation and development programs that are specific, targeted, and responsive to the basic needs of each sector of the community;

WHEREAS, Section 5 of the CBMS Act mandates that the CBMS shall be a regular and synchronized data collection to be conducted by every city and municipality every three (3) years, but all cities and municipalities are enjoined to collect data at shorter intervals for purposes peculiarly useful to them;

WHEREAS, Section 11 of the CBMS Act provides for prioritization of financial assistance wherein the fourth, fifth and sixth class cities and municipalities shall be given assistance in the first three (3) years of implementation of the CBMS Act;

WHEREAS, relative to the Mandanas-Garcia ruling, Section 2.7 of National Budget Memorandum No. 138 issued by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), dated 06 January 2021, requires the concerned agencies to refrain from including in their proposals, funding for devolved local projects for LGUs belonging to the first to fourth income classifications, and limit subsidies for local projects of LGUs to LGUs belonging to the fifth and sixth income classes, the Geographically Isolated and Depressed Areas (GIDA) as well as those with highest poverty incidences;

WHEREAS, the DBM consistently requires the concerned LGUs in its Local Budget Memorandums (LBMs) Nos. 82, 85, and 87 (Indicative Fiscal Years (FY) 2022, 2023 & 2024 National Tax Allotment (NTA) Shares of LGUs and Guidelines on the Preparation of the FY Annual Budget of the LGUs) to provide the needed funds for the implementation of their respective mandates and functions relative to the CBMS established under RA No. 11315;

NOW, THEREFORE, on motion duly seconded, BE IT:

RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the RSC-CAR, duly assembled, enjoins all LGUs in CAR to allocate funds for the implementation of CBMS in their locality;

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the attached four-page discussion paper on the CBMS Financial and Resource Requirements, as well as key recommendations from the RSC-CAR, serve as guide and reference of LGUs in allocating fund for the successful implementation of the CBMS in their locality;

RESOLVED FINALLY, that all Provincial Statistics Committees (PSCs) under RSC-CAR shall be responsible in disseminating and endorsing this resolution and its attachment to concerned LGUs in their corresponding jurisdiction.

APPROVED this 22nd day of February 2024 in Baguio City, Philippines.

Certified true and correct:

(SGD)
ALDRIN FEDERICO R. BAHIT, JR.
Secretary, RSC-CAR
(Chief Statistical Specialist, PSA-CAR)

Attested by:

(SGD)
VILLAFE P. ALIBUYOG
Vice-Chair, RSC-CAR
(Regional Director, PSA-CAR)

Approved by:

(SGD)
SUSAN A. SUMBELING
Chairperson, RSC-CAR
(Regional Director, NEDA-CAR)