MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Mar. 8 (PIA) -- Some 24 towns in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will be piloted to implement the Municipal Block Grant (MBG) under the additional financing of the ARMM Social Fund Project (ASFP).
Nasser G. Sinarimbo, ASFP Manager, said the identified municipalities in the region will be awarded a block grant of P1.5-million worth of sub-projects, each, that will be implemented across or will benefit several barangays.
He said the 24 town-beneficiaries will be selected based on their performance ratings of which 60 percent (60%) will depend on the Performance Information System (PIS) and the remaining 40 percent (40%) will be generated from the community development assistance (CDA) records.
However, Sinarimbo disclosed that the selected local government units (LGUs) are required to provide counterpart fund of 30 percent (30%), the 20 percent (20%) of which, will be in cash and 10 percent (10%) in kind.
The MBG is part of the institutional strengthening and governance (ISG) component of the US$30-million additional financing of the World Bank which is being implemented by the ASFP.
He also said, the additional financing, which targets to reduce poverty by providing support mechanism for the promotion of a peaceful and safe environment in the conflict-affected areas in the ARMM, started on November 5, 2010 and will end on May 31, 2013.
Meanwhile, ARMM consists of the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi including Marawi City.
He. Likewise, emphasized that the MBG will also support the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) of the Dept. of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
The PCF is a program that aims to stimulate LGUs to put premium on performance in order to avail of the financial package they could use to jumpstart and sustain local economic development initiatives for the reduction of poverty in their areas. (Apipa Bagumbaran/PIA-10 Marawi)
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