The document summarizes major projects being implemented in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) as of March 2012. It lists the name, description, location, cost, funding source, implementing entity, and status of each project. The largest and most advanced projects include the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, which provides cash grants to families for education and health needs, and the Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project, which involves rural infrastructure development. Road projects in Apayao province are also listed.

1. Summary of Major Projects, CAR
As of March 2012
Name of Description Location Cost (P) Fund Imp Status/
Project/Sector Source Entity Remarks
As of March
2012
Second Cordillera The project has five Abra, 3.081 M IFAD, DA 18%
Highland Agricultural components: Apayao, ADB.
Resource (1) Community mobilization, Benguet, OFID
Management participatory planning of Ifugao,
(CHARM 2) Project investments, and land titling; Kalinga, Mt.
(2) community watershed Province
conservation (including forest
management and agro
forestry development); (3)
agricultural and agribusiness
development, and promotion
of income-generating
activities; (4) rural
infrastructure development;
and (5) project management
and coordination.
Pantawid Pamilyang The program addresses the Regionwide 706.332 M World DSWD *Educ. &
Pilipino Program (4Ps) Millennium Development Bank & Health: 97.17%
Goals such as reducing of ADB
extreme poverty and hunger, *Family
achieving universal primary Development
education, reducing child Session:
mortality, improving maternal 91.87%
health, and promoting gender
equality and empowerment of
women. The beneficiaries
must meet the conditions of
the program to avail cash
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2. Summary of Major Projects, CAR
As of March 2012
Name of Description Location Cost (P) Fund Imp Status/
Project/Sector Source Entity Remarks
As of March
2012
grants and each household
beneficiary will receive cash
grants for at most five years.
Agrarian Reform The project involves Abra, 903.863 M Loan DAR 33.37%
Infrastructure Support collaboration among the Apayao, GOP
Project Phase III implementing agencies (DAR, Benguet,
DPWH, LGU, and NIA) and Ifugao,
Irrigators Associations. It Kalinga,
involves Mt. Province
construction/rehabilitation of
rural infrastructure such as
irrigation facilities, farm-to-
market roads, post-harvest
facilities, and rural water
supply systems, agrarian
reform information and
marketing center building,
development of coop
managed agri-business/rural
enterprise/ livelihood farmers’
organizations in the ARCs
through appropriate training
and capacity building
approaches.
Kabugao- Solsona The road is a major Kabugao, 100 M GOP DPWH Not yet started
(Apayao- Ilocos Norte component of the Cordillera Apayao due to failure
Road) Roads Improvement Project to bidding.
(CRIP) as lateral road; it There were no
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3. Summary of Major Projects, CAR
As of March 2012
Name of Description Location Cost (P) Fund Imp Status/
Project/Sector Source Entity Remarks
As of March
2012
connects Ilocos Region and takers due to
the Northern Cordilleras. It relatively low
traverses the municipalities of estimated unit
Kabugao and Calanasan in cost. Project is
Apayao and turns west to for rebidding.
Solsona in Ilocos Norte.
Kabugao-Pudtol-Luna- The road is a major Apayao 58.827 M GOP DPWH 5% Memo
Cagayan Boundary component of the Cordillera (Nov. 3, 2011)
Road Roads Improvement Project from Secretary
K0661+000 - (CRIP) as the northern tip of Singson:
K0661+321, the regional backbone. It Approved for
K0643+646 - traverses the municipalities of upgrading
K0645+825 Gravel to Kabugao, Pudtol and Luna in from
Concrete Apayao and turns east to Secondary to
Abulog in Cagayan. Arterial Road
Cordillera-wide The project aims to enhance Abra, 43 M JBIC DOH & The project is
Strengthening of the citizen’s condition health Apayao, LGUs on its early
Local Health System condition particularly of Benguet Abra stage since it
for Effective and women and children through Apayao was only
Efficient Delivery of the delivery of effective and Benguet launched on
Maternal and Child efficient Maternal and Child March 13,2012
Health Services Health (MCH) services.
The project seeks to: (a)
strengthen the local health
systems in all the CAR
Provinces; and (b) improve
the quality of health services.
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4. Summary of Major Projects, CAR
As of March 2012
Name of Description Location Cost (P) Fund Imp Status/
Project/Sector Source Entity Remarks
As of March
2012
National Greening An administration priority Regionwide 100.527 M GOP DENR 19%
Program (NGP) program (Executive Order No.
26) that seeks to attain a
sustainable human
development, economic and
ecological security through the
planting of 1.5 billion trees in
around 1.5 million hectares of
public land within six years
from year 2011 to 2016.
The NGP also aims to ensure
food security, biodiversity
conservation and address
climate change.
In the Cordillera, the target for
CY 2012 is 7.5 million trees
covering 15,000 hectares.
Red and Black School The Regular School Building Regionwide 146.54 M GOP DepEd 88.44 %
Building Program Program specifically targets (CY 2011)
schools which are categorized
under the Red Zone or those
which have a ratio of 56 or
more students to one
classroom: and the Black
Zone, or schools which make
use of makeshift classrooms
and facilities.
The standard DepEd design is
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5. Summary of Major Projects, CAR
As of March 2012
Name of Description Location Cost (P) Fund Imp Status/
Project/Sector Source Entity Remarks
As of March
2012
7m x 9m classroom for rural
areas with a classroom-
student ratio of 1:45. This
standard also applies to all
public secondary schools,
regardless of location and
class size.
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