STEP 1.

GENERATING PLANNING DATA BASE:

(Quick Facts about the LGU)
a. Brief Historical Background
b. Geo-physical Characteristics
 Location and Total Land Area
 Topography
 Climate
c. Population and Demographic Profile
 Total population – male and female; urban – rural; school-age population by level,
by sex; dependent population, male and female; labor force, male and female
 Population density
 Ethnicity
 Religion
 Languages/dialects
 Poverty incidence
d. Social Services
 Number of schools, hospitals, daycare centers
e. Economy
 Major economic activities
 Number of business establishments by industry sectors
f. Infrastructure
 Transport and Utilities (major circulation network, sources of water and power
supply and communication facilities)
 Administrative infrastructures (number of national government offices situated and
operating in the LGU)
g. Environment
 Solid waste management
 General air quality
 General water quality
h. Institutional Machinery
 Political subdivisions (Number of Districts, Barangays)
 Organizational Structure
STEP 2. SETTING / RE-VISITING THE VISION and GOAL SETTING

STEP 3. PREPARATION OF THE MULTI-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE

DEVELOPMENT PLAN

I. Vision/Goal Formulation
DESCRIPTORS
SOCIAL ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL

II. Determining Success Indicators

SECTORS DESCRIPTORS INDICATORS
SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
INFRASTRUCTURE / PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
INSTITUTIONAL

III. Vision – Reality Gap Analysis

SUCCESS DEGREE OF VRG Explanations Implications Policy
INDICATORS ATTAINMENT (Observed (Why?) when Options
(Current Condition) unresolved
Reality /
Rating Scale)
 CURRENT REALITY SCALE
RATING INTERPRETATION
0 Absolutely Nothing has been done yet about the goal
1
2 Something is already being done to achieve the goal but the level of attainment is
3 still on the low side
4
5 The goal is half accomplished
6
7
Goal is more than half-fulfilled but still short of full attainment
8
9
10 The goal is completely attained and no further effort is needed
STEP 4. PREPARATION OF THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT PROGRAM (LDIP)
I. Elaborate each strategy by identifying its program components, each
program its project and activity components.

PROGRAM
NO. PROGRAM ACTIONS/INTERVENTIONS
COMPONENTS

II. From the various policy interventions, identify the solutions to the issues
that surfaced from the problem and solution-finding exercise. This involves
the following steps:

a. Determining projects from “Non-projects” or services and legislations

Source: GUIDE TO COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN (CDP) PREPARATION FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT (DILG,
2009)
 1. For “Non-projects” or Services.
Service / Activity or Department Capacity of Recommended
“Non- Task / Office Responsible Actions
Project” Components Responsible Department
Proposed / Office

2. For Legislations
Suggested format for processing Legislations:
Status Sanggunian
Ordinance Subject Possible
Committee
Needed New Amendment Replacement Classification Sponsorship
for Referral

Sample subject classification of legislations

Subject Classification Ordinances Resolutions

b. For Projects
1. Determining Ownership
Local
Private /
Project National City /
Province Barangay NGO
Municipality

2. Consolidating redundant or Repetitive Programs and Projects

3. Classifying programs and projects by level of urgency
RANKING OF PROJECTS USING GAM

GENERAL Sector PROJECTS

WELFARE Assigned
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
GOALS Weight:

Rating Scale:
3 - Project contributes greatly to the fulfillment of the goal.
2 - Project contributes moderately to the fulfillment of the goal
1 - Project contributes slightly to the fulfillment of the goal.
0 - Project does not contribute to the fulfillment of the goal.
-1 - Project slightly inconsistent with the goal.
-2 - Project moderately inconsistent with the goal.
-3 - Project greatly contradicts the goal.

SECTOR RATING
PROJECT
Grand
NAME /
Business Academe Women Government Total Rank
NO.
Score

RANKED LIST OF PROJECTS

PROJECT CUMMULATIVE
PROJECT NAME ESTIMATED COST
RANK COST
III. Preparation of project briefs for project classified as “Urgent”

Project Brief Layout:

PROJECT BRIEF
Name and Type of Project:
Activity Components:
Estimated cost of resource inputs
per activity component:
Justification for the Project:
Target Beneficiaries:
Target output of Success Indicators:
Possible Risks or External Factors
that could frustrate the project:
Expected private sector response:

STEP 5. PLAN IMPLEMENTATION