Republic of the Philippines

Department of the Interior and Local Government

PROGRAM BRIEFER | Enhancing LGU Capacity on Disaster Risks Reduction

and Management and Climate Change Adaptation
WHAT IS OUR MANDATE?
Our mandate per RA 9729 (Climate Change Act) and RA 10121 (DRRM Act) is to provide for
capacity development programs for CCA and disaster preparedness. Our efforts lean towards
enhancing the capacity of Local Government Units (LGUs) to be at the forefront of the
governments initiative to adapt, mitigate and prepare for climate change and disasters.
WHAT IS THE PROGRAM?
The Department has a three-component framework to achieve CCA and DRRM compliant LGUs
leading to more resilient and safe communities. The cycle framework is as follow:

Figure 1. DILG CCA-DRRM Intervention Framework

Assessment tells us whether or not our LGUs are institutionally prepared, what
are gaps into becoming resilient.
Capacity enhancement aims to share knowledge, promote tools and
methodologies in mainstreaming to CLUPs and CDPs, and develop capabilities of
LGUs and communities to be safe and resilient.
Enabling access to financing shall provide avenues for resource generation and
project development for the various CCA-DRRM initiatives to materialize.

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WHAT ARE THE TARGETS? (Pls. refer to the Annex on the last page for Barangay targets and the 27 Vulnerable provinces targets)
The 18 Major River Basins per the River Basin Control Office (RBCO) of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are:
Rank

River Basin Name

Provinces Covered

Cagayan

Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya,

Quirino, Aurora, Apayao, Ifugao,
Kalinga, Mt. Province

Mindanao-Cotabato

Bukidnon, North Cotabato, South

Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Lanao del
Sur, Maguindanao

Agusan

Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental,

Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur

Pampanga

Nueva Vizcaya, Bataan, Bulacan,

Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac,
Zambales, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija

Agno

Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya, Tarlac,

Benguet, Nueva Ecija

Abra

Ilocos Sur, Abra, Benguet, Mt.

Province

Pasig-MarikinaLaguna de Bay

Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon,

Rizal,
Metro Manila Area

Bicol

Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines

Sur

Abulog

Cagayan, Apayao

10

Tagum-Libuganon

Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte

11

Ilog-Hilabangan

Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental

12

Panay

Capiz, Iloilo

13

Tagoloan

Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental

14

Agus

Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur

15

Davao

Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte,

Bukidnon

16

Cagayan de Oro

Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental, Lanao

del Norte

17

Jaluar

Iloilo

18

Bauyan-Malungan

Davao del Sur, Sarangani, South

Cotabato

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WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY?

The five (5) point strategy of the Department to achieve disaster resilient and climate adaptive
LGUs are:
1. Strengthening of Institutional Capacity for Disaster Preparedness
2. Integration of Disaster Risk Management in Local Government Systems and Processes
3. Enhancing Compliance and Enforcement Systems to Policies impacting on Disaster Risk
Management
4. Facilitating Access to Financing
5. Institutionalize Information, Education and Communication Systems

WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE WE DOING?

The activities of the DILG for the LGUs in the 18 major river basins are as follows:

Figure 2. DILG DRRM-CCA Activities

WHAT PACKAGES ARE WE OFFERING TO LGUS?

And to achieve the goal, the Department shall strive to be giving the total DRRM-CCA LGU
package comprising of:
1. Assessment to [scientifically] assess their risk
2. Planning guidance in mainstreaming DRRM and CCA in their local plans
3. Equipage support
4. Enhancing community-preparedness
With this package and the strategies, we shall hope to strengthen LGUs to: 1) increase
community resiliency, 2) reduce risk, 3) manage consequences of disasters and climate change
and 4) have 0 or no casualties.
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WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR?

KEY PROGRAMS
ASSESSMENT
Seal of Disaster Preparedness

THROUGHPUT

OUTPUT

Data Gathering

First Verification

OUTCOME

168 LGUs with

documents processed
on the Seal of Disaster
Preparedness (41
LGUS passed the Level
1 Assessment)

Increase in LGU
operational readiness

17 'Tapatan' on all
Regions conducted

Increase in LGU
institutional readiness
and strengthened
internal organizational
capacity

Preparation and Submission

of Scorecards
First Pass Table Assessment of
SDP Data to come up with
Initial List of Passers
Random Second Verification
for Passers
Second Pass Table
Assessment
CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT
Tapatan on Disaster
Preparedness
Collaboration Workshop

Trainer's Training on the

Formulation of LCCAP

Conduct of 17 Regional
dialogues with LCEs and
DRRMOs
Conduct of 18 Collaboration
Workshops in the major river
basins with 3,000
participating LGUs, NGOs,
CSOs, Academe and 19
principal river basins
Conduct of 1 Trainer's
Training

Training on Barangay Tanods

Role as Responders on DRR
Coaching and Mentoring on
Risk Assessment

Conduct of 1 Training

IEC

Developemnt and/or repriting of IEC materials

Training on Community-Based
Disaster Risk Reduction
Management

Conduct of 1 training in the

identified vulnerable
barangays per 1 major river
basin
Conduct of 5 trainings

Training on Infrastructure
Audit

Conduct of coaching and

mentoring

527 LGUs in the Major

River Basins trained

55 Trainers trained to
be tapped for the rollout
882 Barangay Tanods
trained
6 Regional and 7
Provincial Focal
Persons, 20 MLGOOs,
17 MPDCs and 3
CPDCs
15,149 barangays
provided with IEC
materials on disaster
preparedness
10, 175 barangays
trained

20 Provinces, 36 Cities
and 40 Municipalities
trained on Infra Audit
(65 LGUs with actual
Infra Audit Reports)

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WHAT ARE OUR URGENT NEEDS?

Emergency response facilities and equipment

Setting-up of evacuation centers and standardizing facilities

Training for community responders

ANNEX
Barangay Targets
Region

No. of Covered
Barangays

I
II
III
IV-A
V
VI
VII
X
XI
XII
XIII
NCR
CAR

871
1602
2588
1185
1041
884
221
704
626
946
434
1669
1103

ARMM
TOTAL

1275
15149

27 Vulnerable Province
Province Covered in the 27 Vulnerable Provinces
1.
3.
5.
7.
9.
11.
13.
15.
17.
19.
21.
23.
25.
27.

Cagayan
Maguindanao,
Davao Oriental
Pampanga
Bulacan
Laguna
Quezon
Albay,
Camarines Sur
Leyte
Sorsogon
Bataan
La Union
Bohol

2.
4.
6.
8.
10.
12.
14.
16.
18.
20.
22.
24.
26.

Isabela
North Cotabato
Nueva Ecija
Pangasinan
Tarlac
Zambales
Negros Oriental
Capiz
Bukidnon
Zamboanga del Sur
Southern Leyte
Surigao del Sur
Surigao del Norte

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