SIMPLE Briefer

SIMPLE

SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT & PLANNING FOR LGU ECOSYSTEMS

Local governments prepare and implement a comprehensive plan to achieve balanced development Innovative elements l An integrated ecosystems management and planning approach empowers the barangay and creates wider consensus among the communities from ridge-to-reef l Barangay consultations supply more accurate data to inform municipal and provincial plans l Reduces illegal use of land, conversion and destruction of land and resources l Increases legal security for investors and land users on public and private land l Improves resilience to natural disasters and climate change l Determines best investment options for land use with a framework that includes zoning enforcement, revenue generation, investment programming, budgeting and expenditure management Expected main costs and contribution Provincial Government l Initial investment to establish and train a pool of provincial trainers in land use planning and management ; Geographic Information System training and purchase of hardware - Cost: PhP1.7 million

Municipality or City l Barangay consultations, Barangay Development Plan formulation and Comprehensive Land Use Plan formulation Local Government Unit to assign staff to form the implementing teams that will be trained; conduct land use planning processes and tools; purchase of hardware for GIS and trainings - Cost: PhP1.1 million (1 LGU with 30 barangays) External / Third Party l Technical advisory and capacity-building (i.e. trainings or learning materials) What has been achieved so far by this innovation of the EnRD Program: l Two provincial plans (PDPFP) and three Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUP) approved, six municipalities and one city finalized their draft plans; 330 barangays covered with barangay plans l 30 LGUs currently implement SIMPLE in Region 6 and 8 with 1,100,000 beneficiaries l 3,000 households benefited from priority projects supported in 2010 with rural development funds l Real Property Taxes (RPT) are now collected electronically in 18 municipalities in Leyte with an average increase of 33%; 7 municipalities have integrated RPT into land use planning For more information Dr. Walter Salzer Director and Principal Advisor Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Phone +63 2 892 9051 local 101 Fax +62 2 892 3374 Email walter.salzer@giz.de Website www.enrdph.org