Our warmest congratulations for this well-deserved achievement, RD Ariel O. Iglesia! You are an inspiration to all of us! Mahusay!
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.
With the aim of influencing more LGUs to embrace the drive for good governance in pursuit of improving local administration and service delivery, DILG Region VI conducted various activities from March to June 2019 in implementing the 2019 Seal of Good Local Government (SGLG) Program. These activities included orientations, data gathering and certification, assessment, quality check/finalization, calibration, data encoding and uploading.
ORIENTATIONS
SGLG Provincial Orientations were conducted on April 3 to 10, 2019. Here Regional Assessment Teams (RATs) composed of cross-posted DILG Provincial and City Directors, Cluster Leaders (CLs), Program Managers (PMs) with partners from CSOs/LRIs, City/Municipal Local Government Operations Officer (C/MLGOOs), LGU SGLG focal persons and Disaster Risk Reduction Management – Climate Change Adaptation (DRRM-CCA) focal persons, were oriented on the salient features of DILG Memorandum Circular (MC) 2019 – 44 or the 2019 SGLG: Pagkilala sa Katapatan at Kahusayan ng Pamahalaang Lokal, indicators, its technical notes and forms.
Such orientations were spearheaded by the SGLG Provincial Focal Persons (PFPs): Local Government Operations Officer (LGOO) V Debra Lynn Romero (Aklan), LGOO V Rubina Jane Garces of (Antique), LGOO V Marecor Diaz (Capiz), LGOO V Josephus Deysolong of (Iloilo Province), LGOO V Charmine Galvez, LGOO V April Gem Nerpiol of (Negros Occidental), and SGLG Regional Focal Person LGOO V Meryl T. Baraquia.
The activities were conducted in the Provinces and City of Western Visayas on the following dates and venues:
Moreover, an Orientation-Workshop for the RAT Members on the 2019 SGLG Assessment was held on April 15 to 16, 2019. Presentations and discussions on the salient features of DILG MC 2019 – 44 were tackled and discussed with the Regional Assessment Team (RAT) leaders, CSOs/LRIs, and DRRM-CCA RFP in Smallville 21 Hotel, Iloilo City. The open forum was helpful in the conduct of the activity to gather insights and ideas from RATs about their deployment plan and schedules.
The activity was attended by the RATs and joined by OIC-Regional Director (OIC-RD) Engr. Ariel O. Iglesia, CESO IV, Assistant Regional Director (ARD) Maria Calpiza J. Sardua, CESO V, Local Government Monitoring and Evaluation Division (LGMED) Chief Maricel M. Bechayda and the SGLG PFPs, RFP and alternate RFP. This was also participated in by LGOO VI Ildefonso M. Orquejo, Jr., former SGLG RFP, who provided technical assistance to the RATs.
ASSESSMENT
On April 22, 2019 to May 22, 2019 the Regional Assessment was conducted. It was composed of two parts: (1) Regional Validation & Certification / Onsite Assessment; and (2) Quality Check cum Finalization of RAT Documents/Findings, and Regional Calibration. These activities were all mandated per DILG MC 2019 – 44.
Cross-posted assessments were conducted region-wide by RATs on April 22 to May 10, 2019. Here, LGU evidences were validated and certified through on-site visits, interviews and documentary reviews. After which, duly accomplished and signed assessment tools and necessary documents were submitted to the SGLG RFP for Provinces and Highly-Urbanized Cities (HUCs), and to SGLG PFPs for component cities and municipalities for checking and review.
The 2019 SGLG Quality Check cum Finalization of RAT Documents/Findings and Regional Calibration was conducted last May 21 – 22, 2019 in Iloilo City by DILG Regional Office VI, for quality checking of documents submitted by the RATs. This involved the verification of completeness of data and documentary requirements, finalization of RAT findings and shortlisting of the region’s potential passers for the 2019 SGLG.
During the activity, RAT leaders with the SGLG FPs were present in the Local Governance Resource Center Conference Room, DILG Regional Office VI to finalize RAT documents/findings, as well as to process administrative requirements. LGOO VI Orquejo rendered technical assistance on SGLG. Partner CSOs/LRIs were recognized for their untiring service and partnership with DILG Region VI in the 2019 SGLG Implementation.
After the orientations and assessment and validation activities, documents were encoded and uploaded to Google Drive. This was spearheaded by the DILG SGLG RFP and PFPs on May 23 to June 11, 2019.
Through the SGLG program, the LGUs became aware and were reminded of the compliances they need to secure, duties they need to perform, and services they need to provide in compliance with the minimum requirements of the law. With the implementation of this program, DILG Region VI foresees good local governance across the Region for the years to come and the attainment of “Gobyernong may Malasakit Tungo sa Pagbabago at Patuloy na Pag-unlad.”
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.#
