Saturday, November 4, 2017

Hierarchy and Linkage of Plans





MAJOR TYPES OF PLAN

Based on the illustration, there are two major types of plans. These include the following:

1.    Physical Framework and  Comprehensive Land Use Plans
This is a long term Framework Plan, the purpose of which is to manage territory based on the four policy areas which include: Protection, Production, Settlement, and Infrastructure. At the national level, we have the National Physical Framework; at the regional level, the Regional Physical Framework Plan; at Provincial Level, the Provincial Physical Framework Plan, and; at the city/municipal level, the city/municipal Comprehensive Land Use. These plans are interlinked both through top-down and bottom-up manner.

2.    Socio-Economic Development Plan
This type of plan is a multi-year multi-sectoral development plan that encompasses the following sectors: Social, Economic, Infrastructures, Environmental, and Institutional. Its main purpose is to promote the general welfare. At the national level, we have the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan; at the regional level, the Regional Development Plan; at the provincial level the Provincial Development Plan and at city/municipal level, the city/municipal Comprehensive Development Plan. These plans are interlinked also on a top-down and bottom-up manner.

CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANS PER PLANNING AREA

National Level

1.    National Physical Framework Plan

“The NPFP was formulated as an integrated national land use policy agenda that would guide the allocation, utilization, development and management of the country's physical resources. It was approved in 1992 and had a planning horizon of 1993-2022. In 1997, however, it was replaced by the National Framework for Physical Planning 2001-2030, with a vision of national development anchored on sustainable development and growth with social equity. Again, the key word in all these plans is “physical” as against “economic”; with physical planning having a longer planning horizon (30-50 years) than the usual 5 years for economic plans.”

“The other key term is “framework,” which suggest a generalized concept rather than a detailed blueprint for development. It is a physical plan upon which the shorter (and more detailed) “medium-term” socio-economic plans are based. The “physical framework” also suggests connectivity, and that's why systems of urban settlements and transportation networks are more often than not included here rather than in the economic plans. Rightly so because the development of transport networks and other infrastructure also requires longer periods not available in medium-term plans (Villarete 2014).”

“The NFPP lays out policies and initiatives related to the distribution, utilization, management, and development of land and material resources. The ultimate purpose of the plan is to raise land productivity, protect and ensure the sustainability of resources, facilitate the coherent development of housing, and build an infrastructure that helps promote or assist in development. Similar to NPFP, NFPP was established through the office of NEDA by NLUC (National Land Use Committees), which consists of related ministries and is in close connection with NEDA. Today NLUC is positioned as one of the subordinate committee of NEDA committee (its position was changed by Executive Order No.770 in 2008.)”

“There was a reason behind the name change from NPFP to NFPP. The previous plan restricted the actions of the lower-tiered administrative authorities. The new framework, in contrast, is designed to relieve such restrictions and give local authorities more say in policy decisions (i.e. consistent with local autonomy policy enshrined in the constitution).”

“Although there are reports that the current NFPP is planned for review just 15-years after its beginning year, as of this writing (2016) the current NFPP 2001-2030 is still the current national physical framework plan espoused by the Philippine national government.”
-       An Overview of Spatial of Spatial Policy of Asian and European Countries retrieved at https://www.mlit.go.jp/kokudokeikaku/international/spw/general/philippines/index_e.html. Accessed on October 19, 2017


a.    Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP)
“A Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) remains in force for six years, corresponding to the term of office of the country's president (however, the recent plan is a five-year plan, “Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016”, starting from the second year of the presidency). It is a national program that outlines the policies the president wishes to institute during his or her term. MTPDPs corresponding to presidential terms came into being in 1986; replacing the four-year and five-year plans that had continued since the 1970s. The next MTPDP is expected after the presidential elections scheduled in the month of May in 2016.”

“MTPDPs lay out major policy initiatives, socioeconomic strategies, and major national programs. Regional development plans, meanwhile, stipulate strategies, programs and projects that facilitate the goals of the national plans.”

“The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), charged with drafting the MTPDPs, coordinates with related agencies in formulating the plan. The final product is subject to the approval by a NEDA committee made up of government cabinet members (the “Cabinet Committee”) and chaired by the president.”

“The NEDA's drafts for the national development plan and its policies serve as the basis for drafting, reviewing, and deliberating the regional development plans.”

-       An Overview of Spatial of Spatial Policy of Asian and European Countries retrieved at https://www.mlit.go.jp/kokudokeikaku/international/spw/general/philippines/index_e.html. Accessed on October 19, 2017



2.      Regional Level
a.       Regional Physical Framework  Plan

“In a development that paralleled the creation of the NFPP, at the regional level, Regional Physical Framework Plans (RPFPs) came to be drafted. Just as with the NFPP, the RPFPs presented local authorities with choices and directions for policy. The national and regional NEDA offices direct the creation of RPFPs (except for NCR and ARMM), while each RPFP is approved by the concerned Regional Development Council (this also excludes NCR and ARMM, and also CAR). Except for two regions (NCR and CAR), target year of current RPFPs of all the regions including ARMM is 2030.”

-       An Overview of Spatial of Spatial Policy of Asian and European Countries retrieved at https://www.mlit.go.jp/kokudokeikaku/international/spw/general/philippines/index_e.html. Accessed on October 19, 2017



a.    Regional Development Plan

“Regional development plans, meanwhile, stipulate strategies, programs and projects that facilitate the goals of the national plans.”

“Regional Development Council (RDC) organized in each region is the counterpart of the NEDA regional office established in each region (except for NCR, as well as ARMM) in deciding how plans should be implemented at the regional and local levels. Each RDC is made up of regional/local representatives, representatives from government arms in the region, and members of the private sector.”

-       An Overview of Spatial of Spatial Policy of Asian and European Countries retrieved at https://www.mlit.go.jp/kokudokeikaku/international/spw/general/philippines/index_e.html. Accessed on October 19, 2017


3.    Provincial
a.    Provincial Physical Framework Plan
The PPDFP is the plan that manages the territories of the province consistent with the National Physical Framework Plan and the Regional Physical Framework Plan and reflective of the CLUPs of its covered cities and municipalities.

b.    Provincial Development Plan
The Provincial Development Plan is the plan that promotes general welfare of the inhabitants in the province consistent with the Philippine Development Plan and the Regional Development Plan as well as its PPDFP and reflective of the CDPs of its covered cities and municipalities.


4.    Municipal/City
a.    Comprehensive Land Use Plan
“The CLUP is the plan for the management of local territories. Planning as
management of local territories is a function of the LGU pursuant to its status as
a political unit. Hence, the body principally responsible for the CLUP is no less
than the highest policy-making body, the legislative council or Sanggunian.
In a word, the CLUP is the long-term guide for the physical development of the
local area, the framework for the management and co-management of the local
territory. At the city and municipal levels, the CLUP serves more than a
framework plan. It is at this level where the CLUP is enacted into a zoning
ordinance(RA 7160, Sec. 20c) hence, it becomes a statutory plan whose
provisions are not merely indicative but are legally enforceable.”

-       Rationalizing the Planning System, First Edition, DILG, 2008  p. 6

b.    CDP
The CDP is the plan with which the LGU promotes the general welfare of its inhabitants in its capacity as a corporate body. The responsibility for the CDP is given to the LDC (RA 7160, Sec. 106 and 109). It must cover all the development sectors to be comprehensive. (See Chapter 2 below.) Its time frame may by multi-year but a short-term slice must be taken off which is coterminous with the term of the elective local officials so that it can serve as an input to their executive-legislative agenda (ELA).

The CDP consolidates the programs and projects necessary to carry out the
objectives of the different development sectors. Some of these programs and projects are incorporated in the local development investment program (LDIP) and are implemented through the annual investment program (AIP) and the annual budget. Other programs may be picked up by the national government and still others by the private sector for implementation.


-       Rationalizing the Planning System, First Edition, DILG, 2008  p. 6-7


Regarding the hierarchy and Linkage of Plan, the CLUP Guidebook Volume 1, 2013, has the best explanation for this, as follows:

 Hierarchy and Linkage of Plans

One of the critical elements of a successful land use policy will be to establish the primacy of the National Physical Framework Plan (NPFP) over all other types of plans being made for the country, including the Philippine Medium-Term Development Plan.
The national land use policy and physical planning process shall be formulated following a combined bottom-up and top-down approach. The NPFP, guides the planning and management of the country’s land and other physical resources at the national and sub-national levels It indicates broad spatial directions and development guidelines on the four major land use policy areas, namely, settlements development, production land use, protection land use, and infrastructure development.

The National Physical Framework Plan should be the reference point by which subsequent national and local sectoral or development plans are directly linked and aligned. In this way, all plans and programs prepared by national and local government agencies should be seen as contributing and supportive of the physical development objectives and goals of the adopted national, regional, and local physical plans.

The Regional Physical Framework Plans (RPFPs), Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plans (PDPFPs), and Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPs), shall cover the physical development of their respective territories, and shall be consistent with the National Physical Framework Plan. The integration and harmonization of the physical framework plans at all levels shall be iterative to ensure that the concerns of both top and bottom levels of government are considered. The physical and land use plans prepared at all levels shall have internal consistency specifically on, but not limited to, the development, management and conservation of critical watersheds and forest re-serves, key biodiversity areas and national parks, protected areas, coastal and inland waters, cultural and heritage sites and ancestral lands found within a given territory. These plans shall likewise be consistent and linked with the identified policy guidelines and options of the four major land use policy areas to ensure their complementation in the protection, conservation, development and management of these resources.

The PPFP shall determine the physical development of the entire provincial territory, consolidate and harmonize the comprehensive land use plans of component cities and municipalities. It shall reflect the indica-tive land use management and physical development direction of the province consistent with the RPFP.

The PPFP shall serve as basis for other sectoral and development plans related to land, natural resources, and infrastructure facilities, including the development plan of the province. It shall serve as the basis for the preparation of the Provincial Development Plan (PDP) and Provincial Development Investment Program (PDIP). The PPFP, PDP, PDIP and/or Provincial Physical Development and Framework Plan (PDPFP) shall serve as the basis for the formulation of sectoral action plans of national government agencies in the province and all LGUs within its jurisdiction.

The Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) shall determine the specific uses of land and other physical and natural resources, both private and public, within their territorial jurisdiction including areas co-managed with the national government and, as appropriate, management plans for ancestral domains, critical watersheds, river basins, and protected areas. The CLUP shall delineate actual boundaries on the ground within the territorial jurisdiction, embody the desired land use patterns of the barangay, city or municipality, translate and integrate sectoral plans, and provide appropriate policies for each of the four land use planning categories. The spatial directions prescribed in the CLUP shall serve as the basis for the preparation and formulation of the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) and Local Development Investment Programs (LDIP) of the LGUs.

At the local level, barangay development and physical plans shall serve as the foundation in the preparation and formulation of an LGU’s CLUP. This shall ensure not only the bottom-up and participatory aspect of the land use policy but more importantly integrating local and community land use priorities with the national and regional priorities.

-       CLUP Guidebook Vol. 1, The Planning Process, 2013, p.18-19




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