Philippines: Promoting Partnerships and Innovation in Poor and Underserved

Communities
Project Name

Promoting Partnerships and Innovation in Poor and Underserved Communities

Project Number

45320-001

Country

Philippines

Project Status

Approved

Project Type / Modality of

Assistance

Grant

Source of Funding /
Amount

Grant 9162-PHI: Promoting Partnerships and Innovations in Poor and Underserved

Communities
Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction

Strategic Agendas

Environmentally sustainable growth

Inclusive economic growth

Drivers of Change

Governance and capacity development

Partnerships

Sector / Subsector

Multisector - Multisector

US$ 1.50 million

Gender Equity and

Mainstreaming
Description

The grant development objective is to pilot a viable model for strengthening strategic multisectoral
partnerships to support the sustainable development of poor and underserved communities that can be
replicated in the Philippines and other developing member countries of ADB. Through a focused partnership
framework, the grant aims to improve the living conditions of about 5,896 poor families in Southville 7, a lowcost housing project of the National Housing Authority (NHA) in the Municipality of Calauan, Province of
Laguna. The development objective will be achieved by: (i) piloting a program for expanding multisectoral
partnerships;(ii) improving access to basic services, including economic and livelihood opportunities; (iii)
enhancing capacities of residents in community development and social entrepreneurship; and (iv)
establishing an eective project management, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting system.

Project Rationale and

Linkage to
Country/Regional
Strategy

Examples of public-private sector-civil society partnerships for making services accessible to the poor are
evolving and generating positive results in a socialized housing project/resettlement site administered by the
National Housing Authority (NHA) in the Municipality of Calauan (Province of Laguna). The partnership
initiatives have been directed at helping 5,896 families in Sites 1, 2, and 3 of the NHA housing project,
collectively referred to as Southville 7. Since it was given by NHA the operation and management
responsibilities of Southville 7 in 2009, the ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. (AFI), a media-based NGO, has
successfully mobilized resources for the residents of Southville 7 from 52 partner organizations and
individuals. AFI's eorts have resulted in the construction and rehabilitation of 1,500 housing units,
recreational facilities, and public market; installation of 14 shallow wells; development and upgrading of Sites
2 and 3; construction of a livelihood and training center; provision of livelihood and training programs to
residents; donations of sewing machines, power tools, computers; provision of health facilities and health
professionals; and installation of 132 solar street lights. AFI has also been involved in improving educational
outcomes in Southville 7 by upgrading school facilities, teacher training, curriculum development, school
feeding program, and reading program. Total contributions and donations mobilized by AFI for Southville 7
since 2009 amounted to more than $5.25 million. The magnitude of multisectoral partnerships initiated by
AFI in Southville 7 easily stands out among the low-cost housing projects and resettlement sites of NHA in the
country.
While signicant gains in improving the community and social infrastructure of Southville 7 have been
achieved, major challenges remain. According to a recent survey of AFI, 50% of the labor force is
unemployed and majority of those who are employed work in Metro Manila. Only 507 or 8.6% of the total
families in Southville 7 have electricity in their houses. The residents are exposed to re and health hazards
as kerosene, candles, and rewood are commonly used. Without electricity, the productivity of residents is
signicantly diminished and economic activities are stied. Children nd it dicult to study at night. Potable
water is provided in six water stations in the community and the costs range from $3.30 to $1.09 per cubic
meter. On the average, this is 457 % higher than anywhere in the province of Laguna ($0.48 per cubic meter)
and 757% higher than Metro Manila ($0.29 per cubic meter). Residents, mostly women, queue for long hours
to get water from the existing communal shallow wells, which have been found to be contaminated. Frequent
incidences of gastrointestinal and water-borne diseases have been reported. The limited access to clean
water has adversely aected the hygiene and sanitation in the community.
The NHA and the Calauan LGU are nding it dicult to cope with meeting the development needs of the
Southville 7. Insofar as the 5,896 families in Southville 7 represent a 41% increase in Calauan's population of
14,249 families based on the 2008 census, the total income (which is 81% dependent on national subsidy) of
the Calauan LGU has not even been adequate to support the service delivery requirements of its original
population.
Another key challenge to Southville 7 residents is the lack of livelihood opportunities in Calauan and
neighboring areas. About 45% of the employed residents in Southville 7 work and stay in Metro Manila during
weekdays and return to Southville 7 only on weekends. Mothers who are usually left behind in Southville 7
throughout the week have to perform most of the household chores, including getting water from communal
sources. While struggling to secure stable sources of income, the poor residents of Southville 7 have to
contend with higher costs of basic services spending about 70% of their monthly income on water, energy or
fuel requirements for cooking and lighting, and transportation. While some of the Southville 7 residents were
beneciaries of the Government's Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) or conditional cash transfer (CCT)
program in communities where they used to live, their transfer to Calauan excluded them from the program
despite still being among the poorest members of the population.
Amidst challenges, the activities and experiences in Southville 7 highlight the benets and huge potentials of
private sector and civil society participation in building communities and improving living conditions. AFI's
initiatives in Southville 7 present an innovative and thriving approach for expanding multisectoral
partnerships to better respond to the needs of the poor and provide strategic support to sustainable
development of many similarly situated communities in the country. Characterized by an integrated and
people-centered approach to community building, AFI's work promotes social responsibility, volunteerism,
and participatory governance. As AFI expands its resource base and development assistance to Southville 7,
the NHA and Calauan LGU does not only want AFI's work scaled up and replicated, but also enhance their
capacities as development managers. It is in this context that a demonstration project is proposed to
strengthen and sustain public-private sector-civil society partnerships initiated by AFI for empowering
communities, enhancing service delivery, and improving the lives of the poor.
The project is consistent with the priorities of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP), 2011 2016. The PDP
emphasizes equitable access to basic social services, particularly for poor and vulnerable groups, and gives
priority to proper resettlement of informal settlers. It calls for the integration of basic infrastructure support,
such as adequate provision of safe drinking water and electricity to resettlement sites. Key PDP strategies are
reected in the project design. First, the PDP recommends the adoption of community-driven development
(CDD) approaches in social development programs and projects, in which local communities take control in
planning, implementation, and resource investments. Second, the PDP aims for the convergence of social
protection programs in terms of targeting poor beneciaries and geographic areas, to fully maximize
resources and create more impact on beneciaries. Third, the PDP recognizes the essential role of the private
sector as the main engine for economic growth and national development; thus, the government has
committed to use private investment for key infrastructure and social services. This demonstration project
will pilot a model for partnership building and innovative interventions such as CDD in improving access to
basic services in Southville 7.
The project is aligned with the Philippines country assistance program evaluation of ADB which recommends
encouraging greater private sector participation in the provision of key infrastructure and basic services
through public private partnership (PPPs). The project objectives also sit well with ADB's Strategy 2020, which
emphasizes partnership building as a driver of change in reducing poverty and improving living conditions
and quality of life. The project's focus on enhancing access by the poor to basic services is consistent with
ADB's Country Partnership Strategy 2011 2016 for the Philippines that includes improved and equitable
delivery of basic services as a key development outcome.

Impact

Strengthened multisectoral partnerships for sustainable development of poor and underserved communities

Project Outcome
Description of Outcome

Tested an innovative and replicable model of multistakeholder partnerships for improving access of
the poor to basic services

Progress Toward Outcome

A one year extension was requested by the EA/IA and approved by ADB. It is expected that the
target outcome will be achieved.

Implementation Progress
Description of Project Outputs

Piloted a program for expanding multisectoral partnership

Implemented a community development and innovation program
Enhanced capacities of residents in community development and social entrepreneurship
Established a project management, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting system

Status of Implementation
Progress (Outputs, Activities,
and Issues)

Southville 7 is included in the MDP

The Level II Communal Potable Water Supply System has been identied as the PPP project for
Southville 7. It will target 2,306 relocated families.
The Level II Communal Potable Water Supply System is 100% complete as of March 2015. The
community-based project team, the BNJ Water Consortium, has started operations in May 2015. The
team is composed of ve Homeowners Associations in Southville 7. The system is now servince
about 2,300 HHs.
AFI is harnessing the support, resources and expertise of various public and private organizations to
provide basic social services in the community, in the form of liveable housing units and community
facilities, skills development and entrepreneurship programs, progressive and integrative basic
education, accessible health care, clean and safe environment. AFI signed MOAs with TESDA,
Entrepinoy Volunteers Foundation Inc., Simulaing Gabay sa Entrepinoy (SIGE) Foundation, Inc. ,
Armed Forces of the Philippines to conrm commitments and contributions in-kind to Southville 7.
Contributions provided to Southville 7 Q2 2015 Target: P59.77 million
As of Q4 2014 (Cumulative from 2012 to 2014):
P111.1 million
As of 19 August 2015, 3,349 of 5,655 houses have
been energized or 58.9% of total
houses in Southville 7.
Conduct of baseline survey delayed, completed in December 2013.
Residents' net satisfaction rating of delivery of basic services:
Very Satised = 25%
Satised = 26%
Fair = 32%
Dissatised = 12%
Very Dissatised = 5%
Satisfaction rating = 51%
4,167 out of 5,655 households, or 73.32%, currently have access to at least Level II Water System.
Level I: 1,516 households (rainwater harvesters or shallow wells)
Level II: 2,881 households
Level III: 1,286 households
1,439 individuals (representing the same number of households), or 25% of 5,655 total number of
households, have received livelihood assistance. In the 2012 baseline survey, 10% of respondents
said they received training during the 2012-2013 period.
Of the 1,439 individuals who received livelihood assistance, 71% are women..
CBO ocers underwent SWOT and Vision-Mission-Goals workshops held from August to September
2012. As a follow-up to these activities, CBOs consolidated their organization-level outputs to come
up with Southville 7-level goals and development projects.
These abilities are reected in the submission of community proposals under the CAF. These
proposals undergo screening and validation by the BMC. Approved CAF projects include solar street
lights, playground sets, shallow wells, cleaning equipment and village gates.
The CIF management and utilization are guided by BNJPA's CDP 2013-2015.
73.3% of 3,098 attendees in capacity development activities are women (as of 31 Mar 2015).
Completed. PIU established and operational; M&E and reporting systems established and operational
- Regular weekly reporting by IA, PIU
- Weekly meeting by LAC/BMC
- Monthly meeting by PSC
- Monthly meeting by HOAs and BNJPA
Ongoing. KMS submitted a draft case study HomeownersAssociations as Partners in Community
Development: Case Study of Bayanijuan sa Southville7, Calauan, Laguna".

Geographical Location

Safeguard Categories
Environment

Involuntary Resettlement

Indigenous Peoples

Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects

Environmental
Aspects

Potential environmental impacts (including health and safety) may be generated from groundwater abstraction
to supply drinking water to some 6,000 families. Environmental impact during construction will be limited to
the associated civil works. Electrical connection to houses and community facilities could have impact on the
safety of contractors and individuals. An initial environment examination is being prepared in accordance with
ADB social and environmental safeguard policies and guidelines.

Involuntary
Resettlement

The project seeks to improve the delivery of basic services to poor and vulnerable families in Southville 7. Of
the 5,986 families in Southville 7, 3,179 were informal settlers in Metro Manila and victims of Typhoon Ondoy;
1,985 were squatter families from the Pasig riverbanks and tributaries in Manila; and 732 families were
beneciaries of socialized housing program under the Government's Home Development Mutual Fund. No
involuntary resettlement is expected.

Indigenous Peoples

This project will not target IP communities. Its intended beneciaries are some 5,986 poor families in Southville
7. Most of the residents were informal settlers in Metro Manila and victims of Typhoon Ondoy. They do not
belong to any indigenous group.

Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation

During Project
Design

Consultations were held with the national and local government agencies, AFI, NGOs, community-based
organizations, community members and leaders of Southville 7, and Embassy of Japan during the project
appraisal and design mission in September 2011. Project stakeholders, including women community leaders,
were invited to provide inputs to the project design, scope, implementing arrangements, opportunities for
partnerships, and lessons learned from similar initiatives in the country. NHA, Calauan LGU, and AFI provided
extensive information about Southville 7 as well as the municipality and province. The views and suggestions
of the stakeholders consulted have been incorporated into the project design. Opportunities to partner with
private sector organizations and NGOs were also identied during the project preparation.

During Project
Implementation

During implementation, the project promotes stakeholder and community participation through the
partnership building and CDD approaches that have been embedded in the project design. A consultation and
participation/communication plan was prepared to further strengthen the project design's participatory process
during implementation. The plan will identify stakeholders and community participation processes that will be
actively co-managed by the project implementation unit and the community-based organizations. Participation
of women in managing community aairs and community investments are embedded in project design and
implementation.

Responsible Sta
Responsible ADB Ocer

Elaine Thomas

Responsible ADB Department

Southeast Asia Department

Responsible ADB Division

Human and Social Development Division, SERD

Executing Agencies

National Housing Authority (NHA)

Oce of the President
Quezon Memorial Elliptical Road, Diliman

Timetable
Concept Clearance

06 Sep 2011

Fact Finding

14 Aug 2011 to 19 Aug 2011

MRM

Approval

09 Apr 2012

Last Review Mission

Last PDS Update

30 Mar 2016

Grant 9162-PHI
Milestones
Approval
09 Apr 2012

Signing Date
22 May 2012

Eectivity Date
22 May 2012

Closing
Original
30 Nov 2015

Financing Plan
Total (Amount in US$ million)

Revised

Actual

30 Nov 2016

Grant Utilization
Date

ADB

Others

Net Percentage

Project Cost

6.01

Cumulative Contract Awards

ADB

0.00

09 Apr 2012

Counterpart

4.51

Cumulative Disbursements

Conancing

1.50

09 Apr 2012

0.00

0.00

Project Page

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Request for Information

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Date Generated

30 April 2016

1.25

1.30

83%

87%

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