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applicable in the Philippines; 6) Priority Tier 2 or 3 indicators; and 7) Level of
disaggregation need to make the indicator more relevant to the Philippines.
Further, in June 2016, a sector specific workshop was conducted to further
assess and review the indicators. A technical workshop was organized by the
PSA and the World Health Organization (WHO) to assess the WASH and
wastewater indicators in the SDG 6 framework. This workshop became a venue
to discuss possible partnerships particularly on the provision of possible
technical assistance to be able to monitor the WASH indicators in the
Philippines. It was also an opportunity for both the PSS and the WHO to
identify how the Joint Monitoring Program of WASH and national priorities
can mutually support each other.
Various consultative and bilateral meetings were held to validate and
further improve the results of the Multisectoral and technical workshops.
These were to ensure that the indicators identified as Tier 1 indicators have
clear methodology and definition and possible source/s of data were mapped
and this resulted to an expanded SDG Assessment matrix that produced more
detailed information about the indicator. These were also a good venue to get
the commitment of the data source agencies to generate and monitor these
SDG indicators.
This SDG indicators mapping initiative ensured that inclusive participation
and wide consultations were made in the development of the Philippine SDG
Indicators framework. It involved stakeholders from the national government
agencies (NGAs), NGOs, CSOs, academe, media, international organizations
and the private sector these stakeholders to ensure responsive, inclusive,
participatory and representative decision-making was done at all levels of
institutions. This was central to the goal of leaving no one behind.
B. Integration of the SDG in the National and Local Development Plans
It is well-recognized that for the implementation of the SDGs to be
successful, it is crucial that these were integrated and mainstreamed in the
national and local development plans and strategies.
In the course of the development of the Philippine SDG Indicator
Framework, the SDG indicators were matched with the Medium- and Long-
Term Vision of the Philippines recognizing that the attainment of the SDGs set
for 2030 would pave the way for the achievement of the Philippine
Development Plan (PDP) and the country’s long-term vision, the AmBisyon
Nation 2040 [2].
In the continuing effort to ensure national and local convergence to the
international commitments such as the SDGs, in 2018, the Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG) in collaboration with NEDA, PSA and
Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI) conducted
regional and provincial workshops to operationalize localization and ensure
alignment of the national and local priority thrusts to the SDGs [3]. This effort

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