REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROVINCE/MUNICIPALITY/CITY OF _______________

ACTIVITY DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING WRITE/WORKSHOP SEMINARS AND MENTORING SUPPORT
FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE PROVINCIAL/MUNICIPAL/CITY

______________________________________________
Insert type of plan (e.g. LCCAP, DRRM, GAD, TDP, etc)

RATIONALE/BACKGROUND

Corresponding to the substantial increase in Internal Revenue Allotments (IRA) beginning 2022 as
mandated by the Supreme Court ruling on the joint Mandanas-Garcia petitions (G.R. Nos. 199802 and
208488, July 3, 2018) is the impending full devolution of government functions to LGUs. To prepare
for these, LGUs across the Philippines are being called upon by the Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG) as well as the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to strengthen
planning, investment programming, budget linkage, and monitoring and evaluation systems in
order to absorb more responsibilities and functions across all sectors and dimensions of public
service.

Capacity development to assume the responsibilities of the devolved services is seen as an essential
step towards this direction.

A persistent gap in the local development process of the Province/Municipality/City of _____________

is the preparation of annual and multi-year plans that require technical expertise, rigorous research,
and updated data analytics to truly reflect the local government's baseline situation and to be more
fully integrated into the local government's overall development goals and objectives.

In light of the often overwhelming tasks of the local government and limitations in staff, manpower,
and technical capacities, the preparation, documentation, and mainstreaming into the public
consciousness of these plans is a perennial challenge.

In response to this, the Province/Municipality/City of __________________ sees the need for a more
organized and guided system as well as supporting mechanisms to assist the relevant departments
and staff mandated to prepare the plans and disseminate its outputs to stakeholders and the public.

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

Pursuant to this need and in the exigence of the service, the Province/Municipality/City of __________
has deemed it necessary to organize a series of Online Write/Workshop Mentoring Sessions with the
goal of preparing the various parts leading towards the production of the ____________________
(insert type of plan here). The activity shall be undertaken under the following provisions:

1. Participants. Staff of the relevant departments primarily involved in the preparation of the plan
together with the staff and officers of the Provincial/Municipal/City Planning and Development
Office shall be required to attend the online mentoring sessions. During sessions that involve the
participation of key stakeholders, they shall likewise be invited and provided access to the said
sessions.
2. Facilitators. The Province/Municipality/City of ______________ shall invite facilitators and resource
persons from the Balikatan sa Kaunlaran (BSK) National Foundation - a duly-registered non-
stock, non-profit foundation and accredited training provider of the Department of Labor and
Employment, Department of Science and Technology, and Department of Trade and Industry
who shall serve as resource persons, documentors, and mentors with the responsibility of
capacitating the participants and realizing the objectives of the activity.
 3. Mentorship Platform. BSK National Foundation shall set-up a Facebook and/or Viber group
which shall serve as an online platform for the various support mechanisms towards the
preparation of the plan.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ACTIVITY

The primary purpose of the Online Write/Workshop Sessions shall be the production of the entire
plan and the capacitation of the participants towards producing or updating the same plan in the
next years or in the next submission periods. To attain these objectives, the following indicators shall
be used:

participants should be able to learn the various components of the plan

participants should be familiarized with the data gathering techniques and methodologies
needed for the various stages of the planning exercise
participants should learn how to interpret data and information and translate these into
strategies and other outputs as required by the planning exercise
participants should be able to establish links with key stakeholders and other relevant actors
or entities that would make the plan more collaborative and participatory
participants should be able to learn how to develop information education materials that will
mainstream the plan across their target and relevant audiences

ACTIVITY MENTORSHIP TOPIC OUTPUT TO BE RESOURCE MENTORSHIP &

TIMELINE & FOR THE WEEK WORKSHOPPED PERSON OUTPUTS TECHNICAL SUPPORT
DELIVERABLES

The online write/ WEEK ONE

Thematic outline of
the plan
Templates of charts,
tables, and suggested
Strategies for data
gathering and data
workshop sessions Building the Plan's Plan overview data/information interpretation
Information Data gathering or Literature review and Writing data description
shall run for a period Database updating plan discussion on the types and other narratives
of SIX SESSIONS Demographics needed of data relevant to the needed in the plan
for the plan planning topic supported by data
(ideally across six
weeks) with each
session constituting WEEK TWO
Sectoral and thematic
situation analysis
Participatory planning
tools and discussion
IEC on the various
concerns of the sectors
of at least three Engaging based on participatory guide and stakeholders
hours each. Stakeholders dialogue Integration of dialogue involved in the plan
Participation Participatory planning outcomes into the Conduct of the dialogue
framework plan
Each session will
involve a writeshop First draft of all the Working draft of the
Writing exercises and
WEEK THREE
and discussion Writing and
narratives contained in
the plan
plan
Templates for visuals
prompts to help
workshop of a part Visualizing Data & Analytical discussions and graphics for the
participants in
technical writing
and descriptions of the plan's layout and
of the plan involved Analysis
themes and sectors in presentation
involving the topic
and the the plan Powerpoint of the plan
presentation of the
resource persons of
Writing local Final draft of the Organizational
a draft. WEEK FOUR experiences into the narratives to be development support
Writing and plan included in the plan and skill enhancing
Visualizing Data & Governance and Information design behavioral nudges for
There shall be four Analysis institutional linkages in and online media continuing professional
resource persons for the planning
instrument
narratives or posts to
mainstream the plan
development in
planning
each session (who
may also be the
Maps and other visuals
same resource WEEK FIVE
Demographic and
geo-physical to be included in the
Guidance on using
softwares and other
persons in the Mapping and other representations in plan involving
alternatives for map
Geo-Spatial the plan locations, places, and
succeeding sessions) Representations Sectoral and spaces
production or
mapping exercises
with the following situation mapping
roles:
Tools for investment Assessment and
WEEK SIX Investment,
RP1: Topic Specialist management,
planning and program suggestions for
Identifying PAPs designing improvement of
RP2: Writing Specialist and other
procurement plans
Program benchmarks existing or proposed
arising from the over-
RP3: Information Programmatic all strategy in the plan
and performance programs and activities
indicators for related to the themes in
Design Specialist Interventions Program designs
investment decisions the plan
RP4: Communications
Specialist
BUDGET AND EXPENSE COSTS
The Province/Municipality/City of ______________________ shall appropriate the amount of
____________________ pesos per session or a total of _____________________ as honoraria for the
each resource person (four resource persons x six sessions).

The honoraria shall be inclusive of a) three-hour mentoring session for the week; b) a one-hour
mentoring session per day of the mentoring week (five days); c) all materials to be developed
pursuant to the mentorship needs.

*the rate offered by BSK National Foundation is at PHP20,000.00 per session (for each resource person)
**PHP20,000 x 4 resource persons x 6 sessions = PHP480,000.00
***the rates and its inclusions may be subject to further discussion between parties

Prepared by:

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Provincial/Municipal/City Planning and Development Officer