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December 10, 2007

NSCB, NEDA AND CHR UNDERTAKE MDG LOCALIZATION PROJECT

The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) are currently undertaking the project “Program Monitoring, Database and Rights-based Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)” in Region 1. The project is part of the approved 2007 Annual Work Program of the Achieving the MDGs and Reducing Human Poverty Programme under the Government of the Philippines (GOP) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Programme Action Plan 2005-2009. The NEDA - Social Development Staff (NEDA – SDS) acts as the Implementing Partner (IP) while the NEDA Regional Office 1 (NRO 1) serves as the Responsible Partner (RP) for the project. The NSCB and CHR are co-partners of NRO 1.

The project is composed of three major components, namely: 1) Establishment of a Localized MDG Database (by NSCB); 2) Development of a Rights-based MDG Indicator System and a Model Human Rights City (by CHR), and 3) Monitoring Local Government Unit (LGU) Action Plans and Continuing Technical Assistance (by NEDA Regional Office 1).

The NSCB project component, which will be implemented by the NSCB Regional Division 1 under the supervision of the NSCB MDG Project Management Committee, includes the following sub-components: 1) preparation of manual on standard concepts and definitions on MDG indicators; 2) conduct of training for LGUs on the use of the Devinfo software; and 3) establishment of MDG database.

The NSCB will establish a regional database containing 1990-2006 data with provincial/city disaggregation. The NSCB will be requesting the data requirements for the database from concerned data sources in the region.

The establishment of a provincial database containing data with municipal disaggregation will also be piloted in La Union in collaboration with the Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) of the Provincial Government of La Union.

The outputs of the NSCB project component are expected to be released by the 1^st quarter of 2008.