Why the need for IDMS?

Overview of the IDMS

“Without accurate data, the sector cannot be recognized, counted, and accounted for.”

Collecting accurate data of persons with disabilities is an important step towards more inclusive projects and programs especially in local government units. Undertaking steps for the sector to be seen, heard, included, and empowered such as generating disaggregated data was one of the highlights of the National Conference on Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction and Management or NatCon in Cebu City in 2017.

The IDMS or Inclusive Data Management System for Persons with Disabilities is a system for collecting and analyzing data of persons with disabilities to involve them in the planning, budgeting, and other development processes of local governments and agencies, specifically, in the Local or Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan. It was supported by Voice Philippines and fully launched in September 2018.

The Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) piloted the IDMS Project in the cities of Las Pinas and Bislig from September 2018 - March 2021.

Why the need for IDMS?

All plans — local and national — should adhere to fundamental laws of the land. In particular, the 1987 Constitution provides important mandates from which these plans, public policies, and actions must be based on:

• The State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health, and other social services available to all the people at affordable cost. There shall be priority for the needs of the underprivileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women, and children.

The State shall endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers (Sec. 11, Art XIII, 1987 Constitution) • The State shall establish a special agency for disabled persons for their rehabilitation, self-development, and self-reliance, and their integration into the mainstream of society (Sec 13, Art. XIII, 1987 Constitution)