Overview on

Community-Based
Monitoring System
(CBMS)
DILG- Officers Convention
Subic-Bay Travellers Hotel & Convention Center

Bureau of Local Government Development (BLGD)/

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
CBMS International Coordinating Network Team of the Angelo
King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)
of De La Salle University, Manila

What is CBMS?
An organized way of collecting information at
the local level for use of local government units,
national government agencies, non-government
organizations, and civil society organizations for
.planning, program implementation and
monitoring.
A tool intended for improved governance and
greater transparency and accountability in
resource allocation.

It involves
households.

the

complete

enumeration

of

all

LGUs take the lead in the data collection and

processing, serve as the repository of the database
and use the data in the formulation of local
development plans and investment programs.
Members of the community are likewise involved in
the whole CBMS process.
Data are submitted to the next higher geopolitical
level, allowing for the establishment of databanks at
each geopolitical level.

There are 14 core indicators that are being

measured to determine the welfare status of the
population. These indicators capture the
multidimensional aspects of poverty.

Rationale for CBMS Work

Lack of necessary disaggregated data for:
Diagnosing extent of poverty at the local level
Determining the causes of poverty
Formulating appropriate policies and program
Identifying eligible beneficiaries
Assessing impact of policies and programs

Need for support mechanisms for the

implementation of the decentralization
policy

Key Features of CBMS

LGU-based while promoting community
participation
Taps existing LGU-personnel/community
members as monitors
Has a core set of indicators but system is flexible
enough to accommodate additional indicators
Involves complete enumerators of households
Database established at each geopolitical level

13+1 core indicators

CBMS
Indicators

Dimensions of Poverty
Indicators

Core

Survival

Health
Food & Nutrition
Water & Sanitation

1. Child deaths (0-5 yrs. old)

2. Women deaths due to pregnancy
-related causes
3. Malnourished children (0-5 yrs. old)
4. HHs w/o access to safe water
5. HHs w/o access to sanitary toilet

Security

Shelter
Peace & Order

6. HHs who are informal settlers

7. HHs living in makeshift housing
8. HHs victimized by crimes

Income
Employment
Education

9. HHs w/income below poverty thresho

10. HHs w/income below food threshold
11. HHs who experienced food shortage
12. Unemployment
13. Elementary school participation
14. High school participation

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CBMS
StatSimPro

CBMS
NRDB Pro

CBMS-NRDB Pro
CBMS Software are provided to LGU
partners implementing CBMS for Free

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Coverage of CBMS Implementation in the Philippines

as of August 31, 2015

76
76provinces,
provinces,32
32of
ofwhich
whichisisprovince-wide,
province-wide,
879
879municipalities
municipalities
69
69cities
cities
covering
covering23,697
23,697barangays
barangays

CBMS APP track

CBMS PAPER track

Thank you.