FUNCTIONS OF THE MULTISECORAL COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS (MC-IHDC)

The functions of the Multisectoral Committee on International Human Development Commitments (MC-IHDC) will be focused on the monitoring, reporting, review and evaluation of the Philippine compliance to commitments made during the major international conferences on human/social development.  Specifically, the functions of the MC-IHDC are as follows:

i.             To prepare mechanisms for monitoring Philippine compliance to international human development commitments which include, among others, commitments made during the following conferences:  Millennium Summit; International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD); World Summit for Social Development (WSSD); Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW); and Second International Conference on Shelter and Human Settlements (Habitat II); 

ii.            To review reports of the lead agencies tasked to coordinate and monitor compliance to international human development commitments before submission to concerned UN bodies; 

iii.           To recommend policies, strategies, programs and projects to the SDC-Technical Board drawn out from the reports of the lead agencies; and 

iv.           To serve as the venue for coordinating the activities designed to monitor compliance to said commitments of government agencies, non-government organizations, and people’s organizations.