Department of Agrarian Reform. December 4, 2. 00. DAR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. SUBJECT : Guidelines in the Implementation of an Enhanced Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) System of DAR in Accordance with Republic Act No. RA 6. 65. 7, provides an opportunity for DAR and the CARP implementing agencies to serve the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) for another five years. To make CARP more meaningful and more responsive to the needs of its clientele, the new law introduced various reforms in the acquisition and distribution of agricultural lands, provision of support services and delivery of agrarian justice. It also included a new provision giving the agrarian reform law a gender and development (GAD) perspective. Specifically, this PME system enhancement is a response to the critical data requirements of the Congressional Oversight Committee on Agrarian Reform (COCAR) which is tasked to oversee the CARP implementation in the next five years. This is also in line with the Public Expenditure Management (PEM) principles introduced by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), in collaboration with the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) in 1. The PEM was introduced to the oversight and selected line agencies to achieve the common goal of a more effective and efficient allocation and utilization of limited government resources. This Memorandum Circular is being issued to guide all DAR concerned offices/units and personnel in the implementation of an integrated, gender- responsive and evidence- based planning, monitoring and evaluation system with the end- in- view of continuously achieving the objectives of the PEM reforms and in accordance with the data and report requirements of RA 9. II. The PME system outlined in this MC shall be adopted starting CY 2. It is a framework designed specifically to link planning, which has a medium- term (3 to 5 years) outlook, with budgeting which has a one year horizon. Organizational Performance Indicator Framework (OPIF) — is an approach to expenditure management that enables agency to focus its resources to core and vital functions and measures agency performance by key quality and quantity indicators. It is an avenue to install results- based management in the bureaucracy. Major Final Outputs (MFOs) — are goods and services produced/provided by the agency to its external clients in the performance of its priority programs, activities and projects (P/A/Ps) for the attainment of organizational outcome. For DAR, there are three (3) sectoral groupings which correspond to the DBM- approved agency MFOs, namely: (1) Land Tenure Improvement (LTI), (2) Agrarian Justice Delivery (AJD), and (3) Program Beneficiaries Development (PBD). Impact Evaluation — is a type of evaluation undertaken after project implementation to determine more broadly whether the program (or project) had the desired effects on individuals, households and institutions and whether those effects are attributable to the program intervention. It can also explore unintended consequences, whether positive or negative, on beneficiaries. Some of the questions addressed in impact evaluation include the following: ? Department is mandated to adopt an enhanced PME System that is integrated, gender- responsive and evidenced- based. For purposes of this set of guidelines, an integrated PME harmonizes the diverse settings of the various sectors (LTI, PBD and AJD) and establishes links/relationships between and among PME components. The gender- responsive component incorporates sensitivity to gender differences in planning, budgeting and monitoring in order to overcome inequalities between men and women. The evidenced- based feature of the PME system utilizes accurate, organized, updated and socially- relevant information in a transparent, objective and client- responsive manner to all the stages of planning cycle. This includes, but not limited to, the establishment of baseline information, target setting, monitoring and reporting, and impact evaluation. Sex- disaggregated data, gender- sensitive indicators and gender- based analysis shall be adopted to measure the level of participation, access and control of CARP resources and benefits by the male and female ARBs. The enhanced PME system of DAR shall have the following features: a. It is an avenue to install the results- based management strategy in the bureaucracy. The outcome- oriented outputs guide the determination of budget details. To contextualize the hierarchy/level of performance that DAR wants to measure, the following terms in the RB- OPIF have been defined: 1. A more detailed presentation of the framework is attached as Annex A. Figure 1 — The Summarized Version of RB- OPIF The framework mandates the inclusion of sex- disaggregated data and gender- responsive program and projects in all levels of CARP implementation. The performance indicators (PIs) which capture the Major Final Outputs (MFOs) of LTI, PBD and AJD sectors shall be the contents of the Annual Work and Financial Plan and shall be the basis for the funding allocation. Each output shall have a corresponding approved cost parameter. These gender- sensitive performance indicators shall be monitored on a quarterly basis. The ARC Level of Development Assessment (ALDA) used by the Department to measure the outcomes in the agrarian reform communities (ARCs) shall be applied to all agrarian areas — ARCs and non- ARCs. The DAR, in collaboration with NEDA, shall formulate the appropriate tools to measure the desired indicators. MEANING OF AGRARIAN REFORM. Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program listed as CARP. CARP: Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Philippines) CARP: Common Address Redundancy Protocol: CARP. Full Definition of agrarian. 1: of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure. 2 a: of, relating to. How is Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. What does CARP stand for? Suggest new definition. Comparison Between the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB) and the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) BY ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST.Delineation of Tasks and Responsibilities among Various Units of the Department. The following offices are designated as accountability centers for the following areas of concern in the implementation of the integrated, gender- responsive and evidenced- based PME. It should be emphasized that the performance indicators in the RB- OPIF shall be the basis for physical targeting and funding allocation. The Planning Service shall conduct consultations with the LTI, PBD, AJD sectors and other Support to Operations offices/units in the formulation of the guidelines and in the conduct of national planning and budgeting conferences. The planning guidelines shall be disseminated to the RPDs and the PMEUs for their compliance. However, with regard to the preparation of the Medium- Term Development Plan and Annual Operational Plans (Indicative, and Work and Financial Plans), the responsible office shall be PMEU at the provincial level, RPD at the regional level and Planning Service at DAR- CO. These plans shall be prepared in collaboration with their respective Budget Divisions. To ensure that the targets and budget allocations were discussed and approved by the respective sectors, the Provincial Medium- Term Development Plan and Annual Operational Plans (Indicative and Work and Financial Plans) shall be certified by the PARO, CARPO- Operations, CARPO- BDCD, CARPO- Legal, PMEU Head, and Budget Officer. In the same manner, the Regional Medium- Term Development Plan and Annual Operational Plans (Indicative and Work and Financial Plans) shall also be certified by the Regional Director, CARPO- Planning, CARPO- Operations, CARPO- RSSD, CARPO- Legal and Budget Officer. The Regional CARPO- Planning shall be responsible for the submission of the Regional Medium- Term Development Plan and Annual Operational Plans (Indicative and Work and Financial Plans) with provincial breakdown to the Planning Service which in turn shall come up with the Department- wide plans in coordination with the Budget Division of the FIMAS. This document is usually prepared in May shall cover the indicative targets and budget for the following year. After the approval of the Budget by the President and the enactment of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) by the Congress, the Department- wide Work and Financial Plan (WFP) shall be prepared. This is usually undertaken in February of the incoming year. The WFP shall be disseminated to the LTI, PBD, AJD sectors and other Support to Operations offices/units as guide for program implementation and serve as basis for the quarterly, semi- annual and annual monitoring of funded targets. Planning Guidelines. A. Fiscal discipline, allocative efficiency, and operational efficiency shall be the primordial considerations/governing principles in planning and budgeting; 2. Unlinked or non- strategic/low priority activities shall be reallocated to enhance the core mandates and to achieve greater efficiency and value for money in spending government resources; 5. The budget shall provide the available resources to carry out the activities required to accomplish the targets. Such issuance usually happens immediately after the assumption to office of the new President of the Republic as a prelude to the launching of his/her blueprint for development of the country during his/her term of office. Approval of the top management is sought through the Office of the Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and External Affairs. These documents shall be disseminated to the concerned sectoral program management offices at the Central Office as well as at the field implementing level (DARROs and DARPOs) through the RPDs and PMEUs. The PPD shall convene a National Orientation Conference to discuss the framework, procedures and processes, and other features of the guidelines. The PPD technical staff shall handle the regional assignment/s while the sectoral units shall manage the concerns of their respective sectors. After the regional plans have been evaluated and suggestions are incorporated, the PPD sectoral units shall consolidate the targets and budgetary estimates under their respective sectors. Each sectoral consolidation is compared with the plan submitted by the counterpart sectoral program management office to identify discrepancies and ensure consistency of targets with its thrusts and priorities. The Division Chief thereafter reviews the national consolidation before proceeding to the preparation of the agency medium- term plan.
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