Philippines : Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in the Road Subsector
The TA will facilitate ADB's re-entry into the Philippines road subsector by addressing governance issues. The TA will play a key role in mitigating corruption risks for planned ADB-financed road subsector activities and in strengthening governance and capacity to achieve improved transparency and accountability in the road subsector. The impact of the TA will be that economic growth and investment increase as a result of increased efficiency in the road subsector. The outcome of the TA will be increased transparency and accountability of road subsector budgets and investments, including those covered under planned ADB-financed road subsector activities. The outcome of the TA will be achieved through three ouputs: mitigation of corruption risks for planned ADB-financed road subsector activities, strengthened internal accountability mechanisms, and strengthened external accountability mechanisms.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Miller, Jeffrey M.
Southeast Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Philippines -
Modality
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Sector
- Transport
Project Name | Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in the Road Subsector | ||||
Project Number | 41076-022 | ||||
Country / Economy | Philippines |
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Project Status | Closed | ||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development |
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Sector / Subsector |
Public sector management / Public administration Transport / Road transport (non-urban) |
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Description | The TA will facilitate ADB's re-entry into the Philippines road subsector by addressing governance issues. The TA will play a key role in mitigating corruption risks for planned ADB-financed road subsector activities and in strengthening governance and capacity to achieve improved transparency and accountability in the road subsector. The impact of the TA will be that economic growth and investment increase as a result of increased efficiency in the road subsector. The outcome of the TA will be increased transparency and accountability of road subsector budgets and investments, including those covered under planned ADB-financed road subsector activities. The outcome of the TA will be achieved through three ouputs: mitigation of corruption risks for planned ADB-financed road subsector activities, strengthened internal accountability mechanisms, and strengthened external accountability mechanisms. The TA will build on the ongoing activities of the government, CSOs, and other development partners to improve subsector governance by combating corruption and strengthening institutional capacity. The TA will deepen reforms in procurement, participatory auditing, and internal auditing; and will strengthen organizational and network capacities of the DPWH internal audit service, CSOs, and COA. |
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Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Governance issues are prevalent in the transport sector due to the nature of the civil works, which are usually capital intensive and difficult to inspect and evaluate for reasonableness of costs, the size and structure of DPWH, which makes monitoring difficult; and the vulnerability of the subsector's resources to vested interests. The government, including DPWH, recognizes governance as a constraint to sustained economic growth and poverty reduction in general, and development of the country's of road infrastructure in particular. DPWH has taken a number of steps to assess and mitigate governance risks. The initiatives to address governance in the road subsector have strengthened financial controls and management and improved the efficiency of financial management processes and procurement. However, much remains to be done to improve governance in the subsector. The TA supports the goals and objectives of the Philippines MTPDP 2004-2010. The TA is consitent with ADB's long-term strategic framework 2008-2020 (Strategy 2020) under which ADB will increase support for good governance and the building of development capacities. |
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Impact | Economic growth increase in the Philippines. |
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Description of Outcome | Increased transparency and accountability of road subsector budgets and investments |
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Description of Project Outputs | Mitigation of procurement risks for planned ADB financed road subsector activities Strengthened DWPH internal accountability capacity Strengthened DWPH external accountability capacity |
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | A minor change in scope was approved in April 2015 to support the Government's openness agenda to strengthen governance and transparency. The revised scope consists of four activities: (i) data governance, (ii) open roads platform, (iii) visualization training and knowledge sharing, and (iv) third-party engagement. Data governance encompasses development of (i) spatial data standards and protocols for sharing data throughout DPWH, and (ii) a system architecture to be used throughout the government for road projects and contracts (based on the protocols and mechanisms established by DPWH) for sharing in an open roads internet platform. The open roads platform involves (i) technical development of a geo-enabled mapping platform specific to the roads subsector that will consolidate information on all stages of the planning, contracting, and implementation of road projects and make it available to the public, and (ii) prototyping it in one or two pilot regions. Visualization training and knowledge sharing comprises development of a collaborative visualization and analytical course on converting DPWH data on projects and contracts to information readily accessible to DPWH management and the public. Third-party engagement involves designing and implementing a training program on online mapping and leading online mapping of municipalities. |
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Consulting Services | Consultants have been recruited. |
Responsible ADB Officer | Miller, Jeffrey M. |
Responsible ADB Department | Southeast Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | Transport and Communications Division, SERD |
Executing Agencies |
Dept. of Public Works & Highways |
Timetable | |
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Concept Clearance | 17 Nov 2009 |
Fact Finding | 09 Jul 2009 to 17 Jul 2009 |
MRM | - |
Approval | 10 Dec 2009 |
Last Review Mission | - |
PDS Creation Date | 14 Oct 2009 |
Last PDS Update | 25 Sep 2015 |
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
10 Dec 2009 | 15 Jan 2010 | 15 Jan 2010 | 31 Mar 2012 | 31 Dec 2015 | 31 May 2016 |
Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 467,836.41 |
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Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in the Road Subsector: Technical Assistance Completion Report | TA Completion Reports | Jun 2016 |
Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in the Road Subsector | Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2009 |
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