Session 2: What have we proven/ disproven about the use of digital technologies in advancing responsive and accountable governance?

1. August 17, 2017 | Astoria Plaza
MAVC- G-Watch Forum-Workshop on Doing Citizen Engagement Differently:
What Did We Learn and How Do We Sustain it?
A CLOUD-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

2. BALANGAY FEATURES
´ ANNOUNCEMENT SYSTEM
´ HAZARD MAPS
´ D-LEARNING
(Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Survival Kit)
´ EMERGENCY HOTLINES
´ Admin Console

3. Balangay General Schematic
BALANGAY MOBILE
APP
BALANGAY WEB APP
CLOUD
DATABASE
BALANGAY ADMIN
CONSOLE
ADD / EDIT INFORMATION
ACCESS INFORMATION

4. What have we proven/ disproven about the use of
digital technologies in advancing responsive and
accountable governance?
´ Most technology developers focus on the ideal tech design/
configurations and deploy it immediately. According to our
comparative analysis with some existing tech developments
deployed in the province, which resulted to people, NOT using the
development. As tech developers we have to take into account
factors like people’s capacity, culture, infrastructure, and be
prepared to rollout the technology gradually. This way, we got higher
usage and we had better engagement with the local government.

5. ´ In your implementation strategy, do not just isolate the problem you
are trying to address. In real life, the fate and sustainability of your tech
solution most likely will lie on how well you can integrate your solution
with the entire context (existing infrastructure, local culture, other
problems the community faces, etc.) In OUR case, we hinged
Balangay’s sustainability at first with the local private sector’s need for
the city to be more attractive to investors. So we framed Balangay as a
tech solution which can help ease the investors’ worry about the city
having the Mayon Volcano and being prone to typhoons and other
risks. From there we engaged with more and more sectors, partners,
aligning our goals until eventually we got the Cloud Legazpi Smart City
contract.

6. PRE INTERVENTION POST INTERVENTION
NOTES
HAZARD CONTROL ACTUAL PERCENT ACTUAL PERCENT
TYPHOON 64 97% 66 100%
FLOODING 66 100% 66 100%
EARTHQUAKE 42 64% 52 79%
VOLCANIC
ERUPTION
32 48% 38 58%
TSUNAMI 1 2% 6 9%
STORM SURGE 8 12% 7 11%
LANDSLIDE 0 0% 2 3%
Barangay Oro Site Data

7. PRE INTERVENTION POST INTERVENTION
NOTES
WHEN do respondents
start preparing for
disasters?
TOTAL PERCENT TOTAL PERCENT
As soon as I hear about it 48 72.73% 30 45.45%
A few days after I hear
about it
4 6.06% 0 0.00%
Even if there’s no news I
prepare
12 18.18% 36 54.55%
Pro-active approach
increased!
Bahala na si batman 0 0.00% 0 0.00%

8. PROBLEMS Respondents
Encounter During
Preparation
TOTAL PERCENT TOTAL PERCENT NOTES
Money Problems 52 78.79% 39 59.09%
Manpower/helper needed 38 57.58% 32 48.48%
Not enough time 17 25.76% 26 39.39%
Not enough info or
knowledge
10 15.15% 8 12.12%
slightly decreased
problem

9. UPDATES:
1. Re-launch/Roll Out Training on Balangay for 70 Barangays of Legazpi conducted
2. Admin Accounts for CDRRMO/Barangays/ Academe created
3. Balangay is integrated in the Smart City Transformation project –Cloud Legazpi
(www.cloudlegazpi.com)
4. Continuous coordination with the ICT Council and NICP for the improvement of
the tech environment in the city.
5. Frei as the IT consultant of the City Mayor.