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Background of the Policy Agenda

2011-12 Policy Agenda of the Philippine Development Forum Working Group on Decentralization and Local Government. Background of the Policy Agenda.

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Background of the Policy Agenda

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  1. 2011-12 Policy Agenda of the Philippine Development Forum Working Group on Decentralization and Local Government

  2. Background of the Policy Agenda • Theme of the 2013 Philippine Development Forum (PDF): “President Aquino’s Social Contract: Progress and Challenges in Achieving Inclusive Growth” • All PDF working groups (WG) were requested to draft a 3-5 page progress report to: • show the policy agenda pursued since the 2012 PDF; • be used as inputs for discussing policy issues at the cluster level (i.e. for the breakout sessions) at the 2013 PDF.

  3. President Aquino’s Social Contract & the Philippine Development Plan 2011-16 • Emphasizes the role of the Filipino People as • contributors to economic growth; and, • the foundation of strong public institutions and policy • To propel the Philippines to a path of inclusive growth it is important to • Invest in human capital; and, • Create an environment conducive to business and investment

  4. President Aquino’s Social Contract and the Development Policy Agenda of WG-DLG

  5. WG-DLG Development Agenda: Promoting Good Governance • Promote transparency by helping the DILG institutionalize the Full Disclosure Policy (FDP): • development of an FDP Portal; • capacity building of civil society organizations to utilize the FDP reports and to engage in local special bodies; • Promote accountability through policy that links incentives to performance such as: • Seal of Good Housekeeping • Performance Challenge Fund • Local Government Performance Management System

  6. WG-DLG Development Agenda: Promoting Good Governance • Policy reforms to improve service delivery in water and sanitation, local roads; • Reforms in local government public financial management including efforts to integrate participatory mechanisms in local planning and budgeting through the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB) process.

  7. WG-DLG Development Agenda:Improve Fiscal Autonomy for Local Development • Efforts in: • increasing own-source LGU revenues by strengthening capacity for tax and revenue administration; • improved utilization of funds. • Provide technical assistance and capacity building to national government (NG) oversight bodies to reform sub-national fiscal policies and systems for LGU fiscal reporting, analysis and oversight.

  8. WG-DLG Development Agenda:Accelerate Local Economic and Sustainable Development Technical assistance to encourage investments has been provided • to streamline business registration through a scale-up of business permit and licensing systems with the DTI and the WG on Growth and Investment Climate (GIC); • through capacity building for inter-local cooperation; local investment promotion; and, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

  9. Thank you

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