Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Planning Workshop
Cotabato City / Nov. 21-25, 2016
Thematic Area: Recovery and Rehabilitation (RnR)
Workshop 2.1: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Challenges (SWOC) Analysis
Internal Environment
Strengths
Livelihood
 city agriculture office has regular
programs (e.g. small animal dispersal,
vegetable seeds, provision of fishing gears
and bangus fry) for farmers’ and
fisherfolks’ organizations (FFAs)
 City has existing system for provision
of assistance based on needs
assessment; City agriculture conducts
post-disaster needs assessment
(PDNA)
 Existing opportunities and trained
persons for alternative livelihood (e.g.
water hyacinth, shrimp kropeck, bangus
relyeno, deboning)
 Some fisherfolks and fishpond
operators have own initiative to
rehabilitate their own dikes
Social
 Psychosocial debriefing / support a
regular program of OSWD (with
trained personnel)
 For health, CHO conducts post-
disaster health assessment for all
barangays affected (to confirm
outbreaks if any and deaths; gives go
signal for evacuees returning home)
 OSWD has “pabaon food pack” for
evacuees returning home (e.g. noodles,
sardinas, bigas)
 City has trained personnel for water
rescue ( for response group )
Weakness
Livelihood
 For agriculture, there are existing
programs for RnR. However, it is
currently reactive in mode (e.g.
mitigation for drought comes after
drought period)
 City provides drought tolerant plant
species but could not survive on
extreme heat conditions
 Non-affected residents claim for
assistance
 Market for alternative livelihood; lack
of equipment; currently low-quality of
products
 Rehabilitation of dikes too costly for
fishpond operators to shoulder;
(*conduct of dredging activities to combat flood and
lessen incidence of dike collapse identified in LCCAP)
Social
 Influx of internally displaced persons
(IDPs) from neighboring municipalities
(due to human-induced hazards)
depletes resources of the City (e.g.
medicines, basic services, proliferation of
informal settlers etc.)
 City needs more staff/personnel
trained for SAR ( for response
group )
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Environment Environment
 Existing mangrove rehabilitation efforts  Mangrove rehabilitation efforts not
(local & DENR) yet sufficient to cover target (inner)
areas
 Mangroves depleted in the coastal
areas; cutting of mangroves

Infrastructure, Utilities & Equipage Infrastructure, Utilities & Equipage

 City has existing equipment for  Need to acquire emergency
recovery during earthquake events equipment
 Provision of communal toilet bowls  maintain inventory / MOU (e.g.
after flooding (for all affected puroks) cutter) of available equipment from
nearby municipalities and available
private contractors [heavy equipment
(e.g. hydraulic jack, concrete breaker /
jackhammer)]
 There are identified evacuation centers  Need for additional resource
[city-owned and schools with open mobilization for acquisition and
spaces] (also) for long-term development of resettlement areas
displacement (too costly);
 Identified areas for resettlement for  City needs additional (mobile) water
development (Kalanganan MB) (with tanks (*already programmed in
existing access roads already) LCCAP to procure 3 units)
 Residential houses are adapted to high  Identified areas for resettlement lacks
levels of water (high tide, flooding) basic utilities (e.g. water)

 100% of barangays are covered by  No streetlights for far-flung barangays

Cotabato Light
 Cotabato Light adopted initiative from
DOE to replace incandescent bulbs
with LED bulbs
 MCWD has emergency plan
 98% of the barangays (36 out of 37
have water connections
(need for city and barangay councils
to pass resolution)
 Some barangays have insufficient
water supply (about 25%) pending
completion of ongoing projects

Institutional [City & barangay] Institutional [City & barangay]

 presence of ALERT which may be tapped
for gender-sensitive initiatives (on RnR)

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 CDRRMO mobilizes inter-department  CDRRMO has insufficient number of
pool of human resources for DRRM permanent staff (e.g. trained on post-
 City has policies to ensure structural disaster needs assessment, etc.)
soundness of buildings (NBC)
 Standby funds for recovery and
rehabilitation available at both city and
barangay levels
 Barangay has mechanisms against
human-induced hazards (e.g. basketball
programs against drug use; presence of
barangay tanods)  Not all barangays have BDRRM plans
 City bridges are stable and designed to (which could also indicate barangay-
withstand disaster impacts (except for level programs on recovery &
Quirino bridge) rehabilitation)
External Environment
Opportunities Challenges
Partnerships with national government
agencies

 For agriculture, DA also extends 

assistance on livelihood rehabilitation
(e.g. palay seeds) thru City Agriculture
 National DSWD

Partnerships with non-government

organizations (NGOs) and faith-based
organizations

 Presence of various NGOs (e.g. PRC,

USAID) for [musketero, sabon,
planggana, water jug, family kits, kaldero]

Partnerships with other utility companies

 Presence of nearby utility companies

which can be tapped even if Cotabato
Light exceeds threshold levels (e.g.
Davao Light, PILMICO)

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 Presence of nearby water districts
which can be tapped (e.g. Midsayap
WD)

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Thematic Area: Recovery and Rehabilitation (RnR)
Workshop 2.2: Strategy Formulation

Internal Environment
Strengths
Livelihood
 city agriculture office has
regular programs (e.g.
small animal dispersal,
vegetable seeds, provision
of fishing gears and bangus
fry) for farmers’ and
fisherfolks’ organizations
(FFAs)
 City has existing system
for provision of
assistance based on
needs assessment; City
agriculture conducts
post-disaster needs
assessment (PDNA)
 Existing opportunities
and trained persons for
alternative livelihood (e.g.
water hyacinth, shrimp
kropeck, bangus relyeno,
deboning)
Weakness Strategies
Livelihood
 For agriculture, there
are existing programs
Intensify proactive..
for RnR. However, it is  Consider “drought” as one of the
currently reactive in hazards in the DRRM plan  mas
mode (e.g. mitigation for
proactive
drought comes after
drought period) 
 City provides drought
tolerant plant species
but could not survive on
extreme heat conditions
 Non-affected residents Reinforce and expand existing
claim for assistance agricultural (fishery), and
 Market for alternative
livelihood; lack of
environmental rehabilitation
equipment; currently programs
low-quality of products  Introduce other sources of agri &
 Rehabilitation of dikes
non-agri-based livelihood; reduce
too costly for fishpond dependency on mono-crops
operators to shoulder;
(*conduct of dredging activities to
combat flood and lessen
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 Some fisherfolks and incidence of dike collapse
identified in LCCAP)  Conduct research on drought
fishpond operators have
own initiative to resistant agricultural crops; adjust
rehabilitate their own cropping patterns
dikes Social  Establish co-management agreement;
 Influx of internally
Social displaced persons (IDPs)
impose fines
 Psychosocial debriefing / from neighboring  Increase community awareness and
support a regular municipalities (due to appreciation of the environment
program of OSWD (with human-induced hazards)
trained personnel) depletes resources of
(mangroves) thru IEC
 For health, CHO the City (e.g. medicines,
conducts post-disaster basic services, proliferation
health assessment for all of informal settlers etc.)
barangays affected (to
confirm outbreaks if any
and deaths; gives go
signal for evacuees
returning home)
 OSWD has “pabaon 
Ensure coordination between
food pack” for evacuees neighboring LGUs and partners
returning home (e.g. for recovery and rehabilitation
noodles, sardinas, bigas) programs
Environment
 Mangrove rehabilitation  Agreement between neighboring
Environment efforts not yet sufficient LGUs (e.g. between Cotabato City
 Existing mangrove to cover target (inner) and Maguindanao) for the delivery of
rehabilitation efforts areas
(local & DENR)

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 Mangroves depleted in services to cater to IDPs from area
the coastal areas;
cutting of mangroves
of origin
 Provision of psychosocial debriefing,
Infrastructure, Utilities & post-disaster health assessment, food
Equipage
packs and other basic services for
Infrastructure, Utilities &  Need to acquire
Equipage emergency equipment persons or people who suffered
 City has existing  maintain inventory / from disasters (constituents and
equipment for recovery MOU (e.g. cutter) of IDPs)
during earthquake events available equipment
 Provision of communal from nearby  partnerships with NGAs, various
toilet bowls after municipalities and NGOs, other utility companies
flooding (for all affected available private
puroks) contractors [heavy
equipment (e.g.
hydraulic jack, concrete
breaker / jackhammer)]
 Need for additional
resource mobilization
 There are identified for acquisition and
evacuation centers [city- development of
owned and schools with resettlement areas (too
open spaces] (also) for costly);
long-term displacement  City needs additional
 Identified areas for (mobile) water tanks
resettlement for (*already programmed
development in LCCAP to procure 3
(Kalanganan MB) (with units)

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existing access roads  Identified areas for
already) resettlement lacks basic
 Residential houses are utilities (e.g. water)
adapted to high levels of
water (high tide,
flooding)  No streetlights for far-
flung barangays (need
 100% of barangays are for city and barangay Ensure adequate supply and
covered by Cotabato councils to pass strengthen resiliency of critical
Light resolution) infrastructure, utilities and
 Cotabato Light adopted  Not all barangays are
equipage to aid in faster recovery
initiative from DOE to currently covered by
replace incandescent MCWD; insufficient and rehabilitation efforts
bulbs with LED bulbs water sources (pending  Augmentation of equipment
 MCWD has emergency completion of ongoing
plan projects)
 98% of the barangays (36  Some barangays have
out of 37 have water insufficient water supply
connections (about 25%) pending
completion of ongoing
projects

Institutional [City &

barangay]
Institutional [City &  CDRRMO has
barangay] insufficient number of
 presence of ALERT which permanent staff (e.g.
may be tapped for gender- trained on post-disaster
needs assessment, etc.)

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sensitive initiatives (on
RnR)
 CDRRMO mobilizes
inter-department pool of
human resources for
DRRM
 City has policies to
ensure structural  Not all barangays have
soundness of buildings BDRRM plans (which
(NBC) could also indicate
 Standby funds for barangay-level programs
recovery and on recovery &
rehabilitation available at rehabilitation)
both city and barangay
levels
 Barangay has
mechanisms against
human-induced hazards
(e.g. basketball programs
against drug use;
presence of barangay
tanods)
 City bridges are stable
and designed to
withstand disaster
impacts (except for
Quirino bridge)

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  c/o Preparedness group

 Lateral movement of personnel to
CDRRMO

External Environment
Opportunities Challenges
Partnerships with national
government agencies

 For agriculture, DA also 

extends assistance on
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livelihood rehabilitation
(e.g. palay seeds) thru
City Agriculture
 National DSWD

Partnerships with non-

government organizations
(NGOs) and faith-based
organizations

 Presence of various
NGOs (e.g. PRC,
USAID) for [musketero,
sabon, planggana, water
jug, family kits, kaldero]

Partnerships with other

utility companies

 Presence of nearby
utility companies which
can be tapped even if
Cotabato Light exceeds
threshold levels (e.g.
Davao Light, PILMICO)
 Presence of nearby
water districts and water
station providers which
can serve as alternate

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water source in case of
calamity (e.g. MOA with
Metro Midsayap WD)

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Goal for Recovery and Rehabilitation:

To restore and improve facilities and livelihood, of affected

communities and reduce disaster impacts; and strengthen
organizational capacities (for recovery and rehabilitation) in
the city.

1. Reinforce and expand existing agricultural (fishery), and

environmental rehabilitation programs

2. Ensure coordination between neighboring LGUs and

partners for recovery and rehabilitation programs

3. Ensure adequate supply and strengthen resiliency of

critical infrastructure, utilities and equipage to aid in
faster recovery and rehabilitation efforts

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