PROVINCE OF ISABELA - Three (3) municipalities in Isabela geared for an in-depth poverty profiling through the adoption of Community-Based Monitoring System-Accelerated Poverty Profiling (CBMS-APP) Project for the first quarter of CY 2021.

The municipal governments of Reina Mercedes, Gamu and Divilacan pushed through the conduct of the CBMS APP 1 Training on the hereunder schedule:

In order to minimize physical interaction, discussions were conducted online through Zoom application in the municipalities of Reina Mercedes and Gamu. Meanwhile, for the municipality of Divilacan, onsite technical assistance was provided.

In her message, DILG Isabela Provincial Director Engr. Corazon D. Toribio emphasized the importance of reliable disaggregated data in pursuit of more meaningful local development planning, budgeting and policy making. Also, she encouraged the participants to do their best as their efforts will help in the development of their respective municipalities.

Meanwhile, during the training, lecturers from Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) discussed primarily the Barangay Profile Questionnaire (BPQ) and Household Profile Questionnaire (HPQ) as the main instruments for data gathering in CBMS-APP 1.

CBMS is an organized process of data collection, processing, validation and integration of data in the local development planning, which generates relevant indicators that capture the multi-dimensional aspects of poverty.

The results of the CBMS can greatly help the policy makers to identify appropriate and relevant policies and programs truly responsive to the pressing needs of the community.

During the CBMS-APP 1, as initial stage of CBMS implementation, data gathering will be conducted from all the households in the municipality. After the discussions, practice interviews using the tablet form and simulated exercises were conducted to check the receptivity of the participants on the concepts presented.

Actual field practices were made in nearby barangays to give the participants a taste of the real situation in the field during their actual field enumeration. LGOO V Michael Angelo L. Benigno, LGOO IV Dyan Marie M. Tambis and LGOO III Rhonalyn P. Maquinad provided technical assistance in the conduct of the trainings. (SOURCE: LGOO V MICHAEL ANGELO L. BENIGNO)