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Pandan, First to Launch eBPLS in the Province of Antique

Details: Written by LGOO II Judy Mae T. Magdato-Sajo; Category: News and Updates; Published: 08 August 2019; Hits: 139

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) - Antique Provincial Office lauded the Municipality of Pandan for being the first Local Government Unit (LGU) to launch the electronic Business Permit Licensing System (eBPLS) in the Province of Antique.
“The automation of the BPLS using the eBPLS software is one of the efforts of the DILG in guiding the LGUs to be more business-friendly and competitive. This is in compliance to RA 11032 or Ease of Doing Business Law which will be strictly implemented, so we are encouraging all the LGUs to streamline BPLS,” said Hennesey Gasataya, DILG Antique BPLS Focal Person during Pandan’s eBPLS Launching Ceremony on July 24 at Liberman Sports Complex, Centro Norte, Pandan, Antique.
During the launching, Gasataya briefed the participants on the eBPLS, focusing on the provisions of RA 11032 in implementing faster business permits processing time using the eBPLS software developed by the Department Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
Mr. Jimuel Espanola, DICT eBPLS Focal Person noted that Pandan is the most ICT-ready LGU in the province, having implemented several internet-based programs including the provision of free public wifi. Next to the Municipality of Mina of the Province of Iloilo, Pandan is the second municipality to launch the program in Western Visayas.
The launching was attended by representatives from the business sector, barangay and municipal officials and functionaries who were oriented on the revised BPLS standards in processing business permits and licenses as reflected in DILG-DTI-DICT JMC 01 series of 2016 and guidelines in streamlining the processes for the issuance of building permits and certificates of occupancy stated in DILG-DTI-DICT JMC 01 series of 2018.
Following the steps of Pandan, the Municipality of Laua-an will also hold their eBPLS launching in August 2019. DILG Antique Provincial Director Cherryl P. Tacda hopes that more LGUS in the province will become more business friendly by streamlining their BPLS.

DILG6 capacitates provinces on CDP review guide

Details: Written by LGOO II Freda Mae L. Sorsano; Category: News and Updates; Published: 12 July 2019; Hits: 100

Recognizing the important role of Provincial Governments in development planning as oversight partner of the national government over its component cities and municipalities, the DILG Region 6 recently conducted the "Capacitating the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP-Technical Assessment Committees (TAC) on the CDP Review Guide” at the Seda Atria Hotel, Mandurriao, Iloilo.
Attending the activity held on July 5, 2019 are CDP-TAC members from the six provinces in the region, and representatives from the partner line agencies for the program such as the Office of the Civil Defense, Department of Budget and Management, Department of Social Welfare and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. A total of 95 participants were present in the orientation which aimed to further orient them on the CDP Review Guide and the processes involved in its use.

The CDP Guide was developed by the DILG, together with the European Union, and serves as a valuable tool for the promotion of provincial oversight functions. It allows the Provinces to monitor the compliance of its component cities and municipalities with the prescribed forms, processes, and content of the CDP formulation.
It also serves as a tool to check and inform the component cities and municipalities of the vertical alignment of the Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan (PDPFP) with the CDPs to facilitate plan augmentation and complementation.
The DILG highlighted the roles of the CDP-TAC in leading local development planning, encouraging multi-stakeholder participation, and facilitating the vertical alignment of National and Regional development thrusts and strategies with local development priorities.
“As members of the CDP-TAC, you are expected to perform important functions for the quality of the LGUs’ CDP. We hope that your involvement shall further strengthen the capability of your LGUs in producing quality CDPs as basis for development in your area of jurisdiction,” urged Maria Calpiza J. Sardua, CESO V, DILG 6 Assistant Regional Director.
Discussed during the activity were the Legal Bases, Parameters for Assessment, Structure for Assessment, Prescribed Roles of the CDP-TAC Team, Mechanism of the Assessment Process, Monitoring and Evaluation and CDP Checklists.
The activity also served as a venue for the CDP-TACs to come up with Critical Next Steps in the Review of CDPs in their localities.

Management Information System for CDP Formulation Takes Off in Region 6

Details: Written by LGOO II Judy Mae T. Magdato; Category: News and Updates; Published: 02 April 2019; Hits: 1011

A signing of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on the Management Information System (MIS) for the Comprehensive Development Plans (CDP) and MIS Workshop were held on March 19, 2019 at Smallville 21 Hotel, Iloilo City. The said activities signify the MIS for CDP Formulation takes off in Region 6.
Considering the low number of approved Comprehensive Development Plans (CDPs) in Region 6, DILG in partnership with University of the Philippines – Visayas (UPV) developed the “SUC-Assisted Approach in the formulation of the Comprehensive Development Plan”. The launching of the Management Information System (MIS) for CDP Formulation is one of the components of the program.
This is a software developed to respond to the challenges in the generation, management and updating of data of the Local Government Units (LGUs). This software shall serve as management and data storage tool for LGUs in the collection of primary and secondary data and will be utilized for the Ecological Profile (EP) of the target LGUs.
The program targets LGUs that have not yet formulated their CDPs and Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPs); LGUs revising or updating their CDPs; and LGUs without CDPs but with updated CLUP and/or for SP review.
“The only counterpart that DILG is asking from you is the commitment to finish your Comprehensive Development Plans through the series of workshops and writeshops. With the partnership of the University of the Philippines-Visayas (UPV) and DILG, we hope na maubos ang LGUs na walang CDPs sa Region 6.” said DILG R6 OIC-RD Engr. Ariel O. Iglesia during the MIS Workshop.
Representatives from the first batch of target LGUs which came from Province of Antique (Barbaza, Bugasong, Culasi, Tibiao, Hamtic and Pandan), Iloilo (Anilao, Banate, Carles, San Enrique and Sara) and Capiz (Pres. Roxas) gathered to join the MOA signing.
The program is supported by the Local Government Support Fund-Assistance to the Disadvantaged Municipalities (LGSF-ADM) Program which is designed to equitably assist all municipalities in the delivery of basic services by providing financial subsidy to municipalities for the implementation of their priority programs and projects. Support to Local Government Programs – Oversight Project Management Office (SLGP-OPMO) provided the funds amounting to Php 25M through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed last March 23, 2018.
With the MIS, the LGUs now have a specific system in place to observe proper data generation, management and updating in compliance to the demand of latest policies and guidelines.#