by James Gamao, Mayor from Panabo City, Davao del Norte, Philippines

1. LOCALIZING THE AGENDA
FROM NATIONAL TO SUB
NATIONAL AND VICE VERSA
Experience of LGU – Panabo City and the
UNDP Project Initiative using CBMS & local Data

2. Panabo City Profile
• Third class city with 184,599 population
• 25,123 Has. of Land Area w/ 40 Barangays
• Founded on July 19, 1949
• Created into a city in March 31, 2001
• Mayor: Engr. James G. Gamao
• Governance Theme:
“Public Service as a Public Trust”

3. Localizing the
Agenda:
Experience of
LGU –
Panabo City
Prioritization of SDGs in local planning & budgeting:
• Stakeholder engagement and use of CBMS & local data
in needs analysis and identification of interventions
(policies, programs, projects, activities and services)

4. Localizing the
Agenda:
Experience of
LGU –
Panabo City
SDG 6: clean water as one
of the top concerns
Barangay water system
projects w/ DIDP & JICA
Linking private sector investor
with local water district

5. Localizing the
Agenda:
Experience of
LGU –
Panabo City
Prioritization of SDGs in local planning & budgeting:
• Compliance to laws, memorandum circulars, etc. (GAD,
Peace and Order, education, children, PWD, etc.)
• Preparation and review of project designs by
proponents and CPDO respectively (DRR-CC, gender
sensitivity, conflict sensitivity, & SDG)
There are 5 maternal
deaths in 2015. With Maternal &
Child Health Program, maternal
deaths are expected to lower if not
eliminated.

6. Localizing the
Agenda:
Experience of
LGU –
Panabo City
Outsourcing Funds:
• Submit project proposals to National Agencies (DA,
DPWH, DTI, DOLE, etc.)
• Lobby local plans to be included in provincial,
regional and national plans through Provincial and
Regional Development Council, PLGU and National
Agencies (NEDA, MINDA, etc.)
• Lobby proposed projects to congressmen and
senators for the prioritization and inclusion to the
general appropriations act
• Engage in Public Private Partnership for the People

7. Localizing the
Agenda:
Experience of
LGU –
Panabo City
Tracking of SDGs in monitoring and evaluation:
• National Agency reviews, such as Seal of Good Local
Governance, provided a means of tracking SDG targets

8. Localizing the
Agenda:
Experience of
LGU –
Panabo City
“Despite the compliance to mandates, local
initiatives and national agency reviews, there is a
need to better integrate the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda in local planning, investment
programming, budgeting, monitoring and
evaluation.”

9. LOCALIZING THE AGENDA USING LOCAL
GOVERNANCE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL:
The SDG Dashboard
A UNDP project initiative using CBMS & local data

10. Localizing the
Agenda using the
SDG Dashboard
Results from the Dashboard will be used for:
“monitoring the condition of the city and the people in it;
and quality of public services”

11. Localizing the
Agenda using the
SDG Dashboard

12. Localizing the
Agenda using the
SDG Dashboard
Results from the Dashboard will be used for:
“planning, investment programming and budgeting”

13. Results from the Dashboard will be used for:
“enhanced transparency and accountability in the
implementation of programs, projects and activities”
Localizing the
Agenda using the
SDG Dashboard

14. Localizing the
Agenda: the
Summary and
Recommendations
Final Notes:
• Our local initiatives considered some of the Sustainable
Development Goals in planning, investment programming,
budgeting, monitoring and evaluation through the use of
CBMS and local data;
• SDG implementation can be better cascaded to local
government units by embedding more goals and targets in
national agency reviews like Seal of Good Local Governance
(SGLG), into literacy, red orchid, city competitiveness, etc.
• The SDG Dashboard of the UNDP provided an excellent tool
in visualizing the needs of the community and knowing the
areas to address concerns in SDGs, making it very useful in
planning, investment programming and budgeting; and
• Upon completion of the SDG dashboard, we recommend it
to be shared with other LGUs.

15. THANK YOU