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DPWH adopts blockchain platform for transparency in flood control projects

Published Sep 30, 2025 02:37 pm  |  Updated Oct 1, 2025 11:27 am

At A Glance

  • DPWH adopts blockchain platform to ensure transparency in flood control projects.
  • Integrity Chain pilot gains support from development partners and civil society.
DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon (right) and Blockchain Council of the Philippines President Donald Patrick Lim (left) sign a Memorandum of Agreement launching Integrity Chain, a blockchain platform to promote transparency in flood control projects, at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City on September 30, 2025. (Photo: DPWH)
DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon (right) and Blockchain Council of the Philippines President Donald Patrick Lim (left) sign a Memorandum of Agreement launching Integrity Chain, a blockchain platform to promote transparency in flood control projects, at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City on September 30, 2025. (Photo: DPWH)
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has adopted a blockchain platform to promote transparency and curb corruption in its multibillion-peso flood control projects.
DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon and Blockchain Council of the Philippines (BCP) President Donald Patrick Lim signed a Memorandum of Agreement to launch Integrity Chain that will digitize and secure budgets, procurement records, construction milestones, and payments on an immutable public ledger accessible to citizens.
It also features a real-time dashboard that tracks spending and progress, enables citizen feedback, and flags anomalies to deter wrongdoing.
“By placing our foreign-assisted projects—those funded by Official Development Assistance (ODA)—on the Integrity Chain, we welcome the scrutiny of the private sector, academe, and civil society,” Dizon said, adding that the initiative responds to the President’s directive for stricter transparency and accountability.
As part of the pilot, BCP has agreed to provide DPWH a one-year complimentary subscription to Integrity Chain, including technical support, training, and cybersecurity measures aligned with the Data Privacy Act of 2012.
“For the first time, the private sector isn’t just demanding integrity—we’re building the infrastructure to deliver it,” Lim said.
More than 50 business, academic, civil society, and faith-based groups signed a Statement of Support for the initiative.
The launch at the Asian Institute of Management also drew participation from international development partners, including the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Korean Eximbank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the World Bank—key funders of DPWH’s foreign-assisted flagship projects under the Build Better More program.
In a statement of support, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)Secretary Henry Aguda urged stakeholders to unite behind the reform.
“Let’s rally behind technology, let’s rally behind doing a new way of governance in the country,” Aguda said.

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