SAN JOSE, Antique—The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) convened the Municipal Community-Based Monitoring System Coordinating Board (MCCB) of Patnongon, Bugasong, and Valderrama on 20-22 May 2024 in preparation for the 2024 POPCEN-CBMS.

Municipal CBMS Coordinating Board of Valderrama during the 2^nd MCCB Convening

The second convening provided more information regarding the Census of Population (POPCEN) including the updated objectives of this year’s operations such as the updating of the inventory of the total population in the Philippines.

Simultaneously, the POPCEN will be conducted alongside the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) wherein the census of households and generation of data at the local level will serve as a basis for targeting beneficiaries of government programs geared towards poverty alleviation and economic development.

Municipal CBMS Coordinating Boards of Patnongon (top) and Bugasong (bottom) during the 2^nd MCCB Convening

Furthermore, aside from updating the social registries of the national government, the 2024 POPCEN-CBMS will enable the LGUs to capture several factors that can be used for multi-dimensional poverty analysis, policy formulation, and economic development in cities and municipalities, 

The 2024 POPCEN-CBMS will cover all barangays nationwide in every city and municipality with the enumeration set to begin on 15 July 2024 until 16 September 2024.