Scaling Up CBMS

to Achieve the MDGs

Rene RayaSWP Co-Convenor

Presentation Outline

1. About Social Watch (SWP)

2. SWP–CBMS Partnership

3. Options for Scaling Up

What is Social Watch?

Global movement of NGOs

Monitors commitments made by Gov’ts

(Basic mandate Mainstream MDGs)

Formed in 1995 during a World Summit in Copenhagen

Cooperates with UN, the Donor Community, National Agencies and Local Governments on varied development issues

Social Watch is present in 83 countriesMembers are mostly National CoalitionsIn Asia, it is present in 13 Countries

Social Watch Members

Philippines (SWP)

CLUSTER NETWORKNorth & Central Luzon Southern Luzon

Central/Western Visayas Central/Southern Mindanao

In the Philippines, the social watch network was organized in 1997

SWP Convenors and a

Network of Development NGOs

Social Watch also does monitoring work ---

The BCI or the Quality of Life Index

Acceptable BCI level to be achieved: East/Central Asia, Pacific - 2030 South Asia - 2047 Sub Saharan Africa - 2108

Monitoring Initiatives - BCI

Social Watch generates the BCI for all countries…

Very LOW to LOW

Quality of Life Index

0.479 - 0.600

0.601 - 0.700

0.701 - 0.800

0.801 - 0.908

Missing data

In the Philippines

Monitoring Initiatives - QLI

Partnership between SWP and CBMS

Formally started in Nov 2005

SWP-CBMS Cooperation

Cotabato (Kidapawan,

Mlang & Magpet)

Will be started

Tabaco City, Albay

Negros Or.(Dumaguete, Dauin & La Libertad)

Starting

Starting

Kiangan, Ifugao

Orion, Bataan

Completed

For Completion

Next Steps… Options and Opportunities for

Scaling Up

1. Data Packaging

2. Partnership with Civil Society/NGOs

Packaging CBMS Data … into Knowledge Bases and Advocacy Tools

Data Packaging

Producing the Local MDG Reports

Preparing Local Development and MDG Plans

Data Packaging

Book Publication on the MDG Monitoring Experience

Interfacing with other Monitoring Systems (the UN DevInfo)

Jagna, Bohol

Brochures, Scoreboards, Website, Info/ fundraising campaigns are also effective Advocacy Tools

Developing local Knowledge Emporium (Best Practices)

Partnership with Civil Society/NGOs

Working with Academe

Sectoral Consultations & Peoples assemblies

Covenant Against Poverty (LGU-NGO-Private-Community-Donor)

Partnership with Civil Society/NGOs

Building Local MDG Coalitions

Anti poverty campaigns (GCAP or White Band)

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