Enabling Environment for Business-Friendly and Competitive LGUs

1. Enabling Environment for Business-Friendly and Competitive LGUs Dir. Anna Liza F. Bonagua Bureau of Local Government Development Department of the Interior and Local Government

2. LGUs are Sparkplugs for Local Economic Development • The national government has declared that a clear way to achieve robust and long-term growth needed to create jobs and reduce poverty is through the creation of a business-friendly environment. • LGUs play a pivotal role in providing the right atmosphere and business climate to encourage investors. • Improving the governance landscape of an LGU would serve as strong platform for LGUs to become Sparkplugs for local economic development.

3. PDP Goal, KRA and Strategies Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction Integrity of the Environment and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Poverty Reduction and Empowerment of the Poor and Vulnerable Transparent, Accountable and Participatory Governance Rapid, Inclusive, and Sustained Economic Growth Just and Lasting Peace and the Rule of Law Accountable, Transparent, Participative and Effective Local Governance Business-Friendly and Competitive LGs Socially-Protective and Safe LGUs Environment-Protective, Climate Change Adaptive and Disaster-Resilient LGUs

4. Business-Friendly and Competitive LGUs are vital for livelihood and employment opportunities to flourish, benefitting in the process the residents, especially the poor.

5. Desired Outcomes for a Business-Friendly and Competitive LGU • Updated and approved CLUP/Zoning Ordinance as well as CDPs/sector plans to guide location and focus of investments • Structure leading local economic investment and incentive promotion (eg. LGU LEIPOs w/ capacity to perform their LED roles) • Local policies and ordinances for business and investment attraction and retention consistent with national investment policies (Local Investment and Incentives Code, Local Revenue Code, Local Tourism , etc) • Streamlined transactional services (BPLS, building/construction permits, occupancy permits, sanitation and fire clearances) • LGU Roadmap to attract investments and generate employment (ie LGU Business Plan) • Active partnership with business sector (implementation of a PPP project) • Basic Infrastructure to support local businesses (roads, power, IT support)

7. DILG’s LED Program as a Vehicle for Enabling Environments for BFCL: Local Governance Support Program for Local Economic Development (LGSP-LED):

8. Program Coverage Batch 3: Tourism Destinations Areas Region V: Legazpi-Donsol Region VI: Northern Aklan/Antique Bacolod-Silay Northern Iloilo Legasi Region VII: Dumaguete-Manjuyod Siquijor Northern Cebu Iloilo/Kalibo Mactan Region IV-B: Northern Palawan Region XI: Samal Island Davao Target Sites: NBM 118 & Tourism Destination Areas (TDAs)

9. NETT: Mobilzing National Government Support Batch 3 TDAs

10. DILG and DOT Leading a Convergence Program for Tourism • Joint Memorandum Circular No.2014-001between DILG and DOT, on adopting a convergence program on tourism towards local economic development • National Economic Transformation Teams (NETT) for tourism as well as regional or provincial counterparts of these convergence mechanisms are necessary for the actual delivery of the program and services on the ground • Local Economic Transformation Teams • MOA between DAP-DOT-DILG on the development of the Tourism Guidebook for LGUsas one of the key areas of cooperation of the DOT-DILG JMC No.2014-001

11. Moving Forward

12. Thank you!