WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 11315 otherwise known as Community-Based Monitoring System Act (CBMS Act) was enacted on 17 April 2019, institutionalizing the conduct of the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) in every city and municipality in the country;
WHEREAS, Section 14 of the Act provides for the creation of the CBMS Council composed of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), to be headed by the PSA, for purposes of achieving secure and efficient data sharing arrangements between and among concerned cities and municipalities and national government agencies to be used for their particular social protection and welfare programs and projects;
WHEREAS, the CBMS Council, in its Resolution No. 06, Series of 2021, approved the establishment of the Provincial and City/Municipal CBMS Coordinating Boards;
WHEREAS, the Committee deemed it necessary to establish a technical committee that shall be responsible for overseeing and ensuring the smooth flow of CBMS operations in the region;
WHEREAS, through RSC-CAR Resolution No. 05, series of 2022, signed on 18 March 2022, the CBMS Technical Committee was created with the following composition and terms of reference;
COMPOSITION
Chair: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Co-Chairs: Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)
Members:
1. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
2. Commission on Population (POPCOM)
3. Department of Education (DepEd)
4. Department of Health (DOH)
5. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
6. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
7. Department of Agriculture (DA)
8. Department of Tourism (DOT)
9. Benguet State University (BSU)
10. Jaime V. Ongpin Foundation, Inc. (JVOFI)
11. City Government of Baguio
12. State Universities and Colleges of CAR
TERMS OF REFERENCE:
1. Monitor the implementation of the CBMS in the region;
2. Provide technical support to logistics and other requirements of the CBMS operations;
3. Prepare recommendations in aid of resolving issues and concerns encountered in the conduct of CBMS escalated by the Provincial/Municipal CBMS Coordinating Boards; and
4. Submit recommendations and reports to the RSC-CAR thru the Secretariat for appropriate action.
WHEREAS, the CBMS Council issued on 08 November 2022 its Resolution No. 02, series of 2022, requesting the creation of a TWG for CBMS under the RSC to serve as the CBMS coordinating board at the regional level, and providing its composition and terms of reference;
NOW, THEREFORE, on motion duly seconded, BE IT:
RESOLVED, as it hereby resolved, that the Regional Statistics Committee-Cordillera Administrative Region (RSC-CAR) approves the conversion of the CBMS Technical Committee into Technical Working Group (TWG) for CBMS with the following updated composition and terms of reference pursuant to CBMS Council Resolution No. 02, series of 2022:
COMPOSITION
Chair: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Co-Chairs: Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)
Members:
1. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
2. Commission on Population (POPCOM)
3. Department of Education (DepEd)
4. Department of Health (DOH)
5. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
6. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
7. Department of Agriculture (DA)
8. Department of Tourism (DOT)
9. Benguet State University (BSU)
10. Jaime V. Ongpin, Inc. (JVOFI)
11. City Planning and Development Office of Baguio City
12. Provincial Planning and Development Offices of the six (6) provinces of CAR
TERMS OF REFERENCE:
1. Oversee the implementation of the CBMS in the region;
2. Resolve issues and concerns encountered in the conduct of CBMS in the region;
3. Issue communications, directives, instructions, and/or circulars to cooperate, mobilize, and provide support/assistance to the CBMS operations; and
4. Take up other matters as necessary for the successful conduct of the CBMS.
RESOLVED FINALLY, that the concerned agencies be given a copy of the resolution.
Approved this 3rd day of March 2022 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)
