The Five Key Development Areas

A. Social Development Sector

This sector is concerned with improving the state of well-being of the local population and
upgrading the quality of social services such as health, education, welfare, housing and the
like.Questions of equity, social justice and gender sensitivity are also addressed by this sector’s
programs/projects. The preservation and enrichment of culture as mandated by the the LGC(Sec.16)
are also major concerns of the social sector.

B. Economic Development Sector

Although it is not the business of government to go into business in general, but it is the
responsibility of the government to ensure that the state of the health of the economy is sound.This
is because the level of family income and employment, hence the level of wewll-being of residents,
depend on sound economic development.The programs/projects in this sector help the local
government to create a favorable climate for private investments. Through a combination of policies
and public investments, the barangay government enables community-based entrepreneurial
activities to flourish and ultimately assures residents of a steady supply of goods, services,
employment and household income. A very significant component in this sector’s programs/projects
is the LGU support to agriculture and other food production activities to ensure a certain degree of
local food self-sufficiency.

C. Economic Development Sector

This sector consolidates the environmental implication of all development proposals within the
barangay and provides mitigating and preventive measures for their anticipated impacts. The
programs/projects are for maintaining cleanliness of air, water and land resources and rehabilitating
or preserving the quality of natural resources to enable t5hem to support the requirements of
economic development and ecological balance across generations.

D. Institutional Development Sector

This sector focuses on strengthening the capability of the local government bureaucracy as well as
elected officials to plan and manage the barangay’s territory and serve its constituency. Relevant
capacity building programs/projects include those of fiscal management, responsive legislation,
program and project management, and monitoring and evaluation. The development of appropriate
structures and recruitment of suitably qualified staff for the barangay government is also an
important concern of this sector. Membership in different functional and sectoral committees (and
even professional leagues, when appropriate) and participation in their planned activities is also
encouraged and supported by this sectoral area. The involvement of voluntary groups or civil society
organizations is likewise promoted in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
of the different sectoral programs, projects and activities as a vital component of this sector’s
development plan.
E. Culture and Peace Sector

This sector focuses on enhancing the peace and order situation, with appropriate consideration of
the cultural sensitivities of different ethnic and religious groups. Given the tenuous conditions of
peace in the region, it is important to integrate and mainstream peace in the various stages of local
development planning especially at the barangay level. This is to ensure that development initiatives
at the very least do not contribute to or result in aggravating conflict in any given situation in the
barangays. The establishment of local conflict resolution mechanism such as the Katarungang
Pambarangay and indigenous modes of dispute resolution are also supported by this development
sector. Programs and projects within this sector aim to promote sustainable peace and foster
respect of traditional practices of indigenous groups.