B – BENCHMARKS Progress towards Performance Benchmarks in 2017-18 Rating Progress in 2017-18 AIP Strategic Objective 1: Enhancing the Foundations for Economic Growth Strengthen Philippine Key transport planning The new infrastructure program, Public Financial Management for Institutions and Infrastructure was Government planning for and project bottlenecks tendered in 2018. As the design incorporates both PFM and infrastructure related objectives, this program interconnectivity of are addressed falls partly under objective 1 and partly under objective 2. Partly Achieved transport infrastructure at the national and local levels Contribute to Trade and Inclusive Facility approved by Philippine Government Investment Coordination Committee Technical Board Australia’s commitment to increase Economic Growth Facility (Undersecretary level) in October 2017. Subsequently, the Philippine Government decided not to proceed Not Achieved Aid for Trade spending to ready for implementation with the Facility. 20% of the aid program Philippine Department of Strategic and foundational BEST developed 13 sets of teaching and learning materials aligned with the new national curriculum and Education (DepEd) has an capacities and published on the online Learning Resources Portal during the reporting period,; The program DepEd’s appropriate org structure, competencies built in developed and delivered a Schools Superintendents Leadership Program; trained 209 School Heads as functioning management DepEd to support trainers to deliver the School Heads Development Program (SHDP) to 28,000 School Heads (59% of the Partially systems and improved improvements in learning, national cohort); and trained educators in core English, Maths and Science competencies, reaching 2,600 Achieved staff capacity in teaching and operations, schools and 120 schools division offices. BEST also provided critical policy advice to support the leadership, planning and in at least 20,000 schools transformation of the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) into a full-service Professional decision making to deliver and 214 school divisions Development Academy for public school teachers and administrators. better education services Philippine Department of Conditional Cash Transfer Whilst there were challenges in to access resources during the reporting period, DFAT, DSWD’s inability Social Welfare and (CCT) policy dialogue is DSWD and The World Bank hosted a review of the Philippines Social Protection Framework, which will help Development (DSWD) informed by the outputs of shape the future social protection programs. country’s has improved analytical analytical research capacity to develop produced through our Partly Achieved policies and guidelines to investments effectively implement its social protection reform agenda AIP Strategic Objective 2: Building Stronger Institutions for Transparent and Accountable Governance
B – BENCHMARKS Progress towards Performance Benchmarks in 2017-18 Rating Progress in 2017-18 AIP Strategic Objective 1: Enhancing the Foundations for Economic Growth Strengthen Philippine Government planning for interconnectivity of transport infrastructure at the national and local levels Key transport planning and project bottlenecks are addressed Partly Achieved The new infrastructure program, Public Financial Management for Institutions and Infrastructure was tendered in 2018. As the design incorporates both PFM and infrastructure related objectives, this program falls partly under objective 1 and partly under objective 2. Contribute to Australia’s commitment to increase Aid for Trade spending to 20% of the aid program Trade and Inclusive Economic Growth Facility ready for implementation Not Achieved Facility approved by Philippine Government Investment Coordination Committee Technical Board (Undersecretary level) in October 2017. Subsequently, the Philippine Government decided not to proceed with the Facility. Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) has an appropriate org structure, functioning management systems and improved staff capacity in leadership, planning and decision making to deliver better education services Strategic and foundational capacities and competencies built in DepEd to support improvements in learning, teaching and operations, in at least 20,000 schools and 214 school divisions Partially Achieved BEST developed 13 sets of teaching and learning materials aligned with the new national curriculum and published on the DepEd’s online Learning Resources Portal during the reporting period,; The program developed and delivered a Schools Superintendents Leadership Program; trained 209 School Heads as trainers to deliver the School Heads Development Program (SHDP) to 28,000 School Heads (59% of the national cohort); and trained educators in core English, Maths and Science competencies, reaching 2,600 schools and 120 schools division offices. BEST also provided critical policy advice to support the transformation of the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) into a full-service Professional Development Academy for public school teachers and administrators. Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has improved analytical capacity to develop policies and guidelines to effectively implement its social protection reform agenda Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) policy dialogue is informed by the outputs of analytical research produced through our investments Partly Achieved Whilst there were challenges in DSWD’s inability to access resources during the reporting period, DFAT, DSWD and The World Bank hosted a review of the Philippines Social Protection Framework, which will help shape the country’s future social protection programs. AIP Strategic Objective 2: Building Stronger Institutions for Transparent and Accountable Governance
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