Project 5. Development and Implementation of an Urban Management Statistical and Information System

Intended Outcomes

Outcome No. 1: Efficient and Effective Urban Development Management

Key Result Areas

KRA NO. 2: Institutions Development
KRA NO. 3: Capacity Building

Rationale

The formulation of an integrated urban management information system is key to improved planning and performance management. The National Statistics Office (NSO) is carrying out an urban observatory initiative that will generate urban statistics useful in tracking urbanization in the Philippines. However, more organized and comprehensive effort at addressing the entire urban statistical system is needed. At present there is no coherent system of generating, processing, utilizing and updating demographic, physical and economic data to support a sound urban management system particularly at city levels. Urban management information systems will require the generation of small area statistics that will be useful to cities in the development and assessment of the implementation of their plans, programs and policies.

Capacities for generating and processing small area statistics to support urban development management needs to be put in place.

National government agencies and local government units themselves need to build capacities in the sound use of urban statistics to support urban planning, monitoring, and evaluation.

Objectives

1. To establish the appropriate information system network that will support sound planning and evaluation of urban development plans, policies and programs of the national government and cities.
2. To build the capacities of the National Statistics Office as lead agency for the generation, management and provision of urban development statistics.
3. To build capacities of HUDCC and the cities for the appropriate use of urban development statistics and other information in planning, policy formulation, and monitoring/performance evaluation.

Project Components/Scope of Work

1. Formulation of Urban Development Indicators
2. Review and Improvement of NSO Capacities for the Generation, Management, and Provision of Urban Development Statistics
3. Design and Pilot Implementation of Small Area Statistical System in Selected Cities
4. Capacity Building of HUDCC and Pilot Cities in the Use of Urban Development Statistics
5. Development and Installation of Urban Development Statistical, GIS-based, and Decision-Support Information System in HUDCC (Component of NSO System)

A. Formulation of Urban Development Indicators

This component involves the conduct of inventory of current indicators, and integrating them into a coherent indicators system on urban development. The indicators system will be subsequently used by the NSO in reviewing its current statistics and in determining how their surveys can be enhanced to capture urban development data. ↑

B. Review and Improvement of NSO Capacities for the Generation, Management, and Provision of Urban Development Statistics

The NSO currently undertakes periodic census and sectoral surveys. However, statistical data vary considerably in their level of geographic and subject detail such that it is difficult to obtain adequate a statistical basis for city level planning and performance evaluation.

This component reviews how the NSO can integrate urban development indicators into its various survey and census activities and determines the capacity requirement for the building and maintenance of small area statistics. Such review will involve an examination of the institutional and resource requirements for the added functions and activities and the operating methodologies particularly at the city level.↑

C. Design and Pilot Implementation of Small Area Statistical System in Selected Cities

The generation and management of a comprehensive set of statistics, which are Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based, to support city development strategies would require tremendous amounts of resources and institutional capacity. This component will test implement the system in selected pilot cities, particularly those that will be targets for city development strategy assistance.

In piloting the system the NSO may adopt a combined approach of integrating data collection with the design of the current census and sectoral surveys and design new surveys for new indicators. NSO will take the lead in coordinating with other agencies (DENR, DPWH, DOTC, DILG, DBM, private entities, and local governments) in the provision of statistics on indicators that are within their functional responsibilities or regular activities.

The result of the system implementation will be reviewed and methodologies for replication will be designed and implemented. ↑

D. Capacity Building of HUDCC and Pilot Cities in the Use of Urban Development Statistics

The policy and planning office of the prospective DHUD or the planning group in HUDCC will be provided training on the use of statistical information in urban development policy formulation and urban development monitoring and evaluation. Coordinated with the overall capacity building of the DHUD or interim HUDCC the use of statistical information will form part of the regular methodologies of HUDCC offices.

Pilot cities, particularly their planning departments will be trained on the use of urban statistics in planning, in designing programs and interventions and in monitoring and performance assessment. ↑

E. Development and Installation of Urban Development Statistical, GIS-based, and Decision-Support Information System in HUDCC (Component of NSO System)

HUDCC on its own will develop its technological capacity to operate an integrated information systems network on urban development. This component involves the design of the overall system architecture of an urban management information system, linked with departments and the NSO, that will be the basis for its subsequent automation. In particular it will involve the following:

• Definition of the role and uses of urban development information
• Development data standards and specifications linked with the indicators system
• Design of the overall information systems concepts and functions
• Design of the overall systems internal and external network flows
• Development of the data sourcing/generation and update methodology
• Definition of institutional linkages and inter-agency system function flows
• Definition of the information system management requirements ↑

Expected Outputs

1. Urban development indicators
2. Assessment and capacity building program for NSO on the generation, management and provision of urban development statistics
3. Designed and implemented pilot small area statistics in selected five cities
4. Completed capacity building of DHUD/HUDCC
5. Completed capacity building in pilot cities
6. Developed and operational of urban development statistical and decision-support information system in HUDCC (component of NSO system)

Project Management Arrangements

HUDCC will be the executing agency of the project. It will establish an interagency committee, which will comprise of members from the National Statistics Office, National Statistical Coordination Board and NEDA and a representative from the DBM and Presidential Committee on Reengineering the Bureaucracy. The Committee will be responsible for providing direction for the project. The HUDCC will constitute a project management team to be responsible for the technical and administrative management of the project.

Project Duration

Component A: 6 months
Component B: 6 months (assessment and capacity building program design only). Implementation estimated optimistically at 2 years to stabilization status
Component C: 8 months (design), implementation reckons with current schedules of census and surveys
Component D: 4 months (design), 1 year implementation for each agency
Component E: 6 months (design of functional specifications requirements) 12 months (application systems design, testing and installation, including user training), 12 months (handholding and systems stabilization)

Estimated Cost

US$ 340,000

NOTE: Cost estimates do not include investments which may be required to upgrade nso technological capacities, or to finance new and expanded surveys. these should be shouldered by the national budget. cost estimates also do not include investments in hardware, software, application system development, telecommunications facilities, and system management/ maintenance. again these items are proposed for funding in the national budget or, in the case of the pilot city system funding should be sourced by the lgus. options for loan financing of investment items should be considered subject to government policy.