Pursuant to Republic Act No. 11315, regular and synchronized data collection shall be conducted by every city and municipality every three (3) years. The law also states that local government units in the cities and municipalities may collect data through the CBMS at shorter intervals at their own expense for purposes peculiarly useful to them.
The Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) is a diagnostic tool to assess poverty in the barangay, municipal, city, and provincial level. It provides policymakers and program implementers with a good information base for tracking the impacts of macroeconomic reforms and various policy shocks.
It is an organized way of collecting information at the local level for use of LGUs, national government agencies, NGOs, and civil society for planning, program implementation and monitoring. CBMS is a tool intended for a more improved governance and greater transparency and accountability in resource allocation.
LGU-Santa Elena conducted CBMS every three years since 2003 in coordination with NAPC. This year (2022) PSA lead the said activity in every city and municipality. In this regard, Santa Elena will join to CBMS-PSA led Survey this year to update and see the progress of its people.
