WHEREAS, the Jaime V. Ongpin Foundation, Inc. (JVOFI), a non-government organization, implemented a one-year project entitled “Mobilizing Investments and Community Participation in SDGs through GeoMapping in the Philippines” funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) of Germany;
WHEREAS, the project was conceptualized to mobilize stakeholders to address the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by facilitating clear targeting and directing government spending and investments where they are needed most, and the recipient was the Province of Benguet;
WHEREAS, the project was undertaken with the support of the Technical Working Group (TWG) composed of the Benguet Provincial Government, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Department of the Interior Local Government (DILG), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Benguet State University and the University of the Philippines Baguio, and in partnership with the thirteen (13) municipalities of Benguet;
WHEREAS, the project ended last November 15, 2019 with the outputs presented to the Benguet Sangguniang Panlalawigan and to RSC-CAR on November 21, 2019;
WHEREAS, the main output of the project was the establishment of a website featuring the available SDG indicators of the Province of Benguet with municipal disaggregation plotted on maps, referred to as SDG GeoMapping;
WHEREAS, the SDG GeoMapping involved gathering and organizing all available local-level statistics, collaborated and corroborated with all concerned data source agencies;
WHEREAS, the Committee is mandated to institute measures for well-coordinated local statistical system that is responsive to planning and monitoring requirements at the local levels;
WHEREAS, the Committee recognizes the project as an exemplary statistical activity, a partnership of the private and government sectors, that addresses the statistical requirements of the local government units, the policymakers and the private sector for development planning at the local levels;
NOW, THEREFORE, on motion duly seconded, BE IT:
RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Committee endorses the SDG GeoMapping of the Province of Benguet to the other provinces of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) for possible replication;
RESOLVED FURTHER, that the JVOFI and the Benguet Provincial Government shall share the documented processes on implementing the SDG GeoMapping activity to interested CAR LGUs as their guide;
RESOLVED FURTHERMORE, that the same support shall be extended by the TWG on SDG GeoMapping to other CAR provinces who will embark on the same statistical endeavor;
RESOLVED FINALLY, that the JVOFI, as the original convener of the project, shall share advices to interested LGUs in sourcing project funding for their SDG GeoMapping from donor institutions.
APPROVED this 21st day of November 2019 in Baguio City, Philippines.
Certified True and Correct:
(SGD) ALDRIN FEDERICO R. BAHIT, JR.
RSC-CAR Head of Secretariat
(Chief, Statistical Operations and Coordination Division, PSA-CAR)
Attested:
(SGD) VILLAFE P. ALIBUYOG
RSC-CAR Vice-Chair
(Regional Director, PSA-CAR)
Approved:
(SGD) MILAGROS A. RIMANDO, CESO II
RSC-CAR Chairperson
(Regional Director, NEDA-CAR)
