The Department of the Interior and Local Government – Office of Project Development Services (OPDS) in close coordination with DILG R-3 initiated the conduct of the Special Local Roads Fund (SLRF) project monitoring and validation last May 2, 3, 6, and 7, 2013 in various Provinces and Cities of this region.

       

   The Department of the Interior and Local Government, through its Regional Office No. 3 under the stewardship of RD Florida M. Dijan in coordination with DENR-MGB 3, OCD 3 and the various attached Service Agencies of DOST, spearheaded the conduct of the Pilot Testing of the proposed Training for LGUs on Understanding Multi-Hazard Maps, their Usage and Application in Local Development Planning on May 23, 2013 at Brgy. Poblacion, Calumpit, Bulacan.

      

     DILG Region 3 initiated the conduct of a One-Day Consultation Workshop on Mainstreaming Basic Sectors in Local Governance and Bottom-Up Process in Planning and Budgeting on May 16, 2013 at Max’s Restaurant, Olongapo-Gapan Road, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.  

     Generally, the activity was aimed to foster stronger alliance among LGUs and basic sectors in the pursuit of pro-poor programs and promotion of inclusive economic growth and development.  The specific objective was to enable the participants to come up with respective provincial plan on mainstreaming basic sectors in local governance and BUB with the appreciation on the relevance of the process relative to the Department’s mandate of LGU capacity development.

      DILG  R-3 engaged in a Two-Day Workshop on the Crafting of its Operations Manual for the Local Governance Regional Resource Center (LGRRC) on May 8-9, 2013 at DILG Regional Conference Room, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.  It was participated in by the LGRRC-3 Regional Team and Provincial and City Focal Persons of 7 provinces and 2 Highly Urbanized Cities in the region.  

     DILG Region III, in partnership with HUDCC, spearheaded the conduct of the one-day Orientation on Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA) for Local Housing Board for the 94 Local Government Units within the Manila Bay Watershed Area from April 4 to 16, 2013.  Participants to the activity are the Local Planning and Development Officers, Local Engineer, Sanggunian Secretaries, Local Social Welfare and Development Officers and the DILG Officers concerned from the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Tarlac.  The activity was aimed at institutionalizing the Local Housing Boards (LHBs) in LGUs.

 

The Technical Working Group (TWG) for the LGU Database Establishment Project held its first official meeting last April 19, 2013 with the representatives from the DILG-3 regional, provincial and city field offices at the Conference Room of DILG RO3 in Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.

Under the guidance and leadership of the designated TWG Chairman Abraham A. Pascua, Ph.D., CESO III, OIC-Assistant Regional Director of DILG Region 3, the TWG convened to discuss and finalize the LGU Profile template as well as come-up with the Project framework.

In his message, ARD Pascua talked about the significance of the project and the important role of everyone present in the meeting on the given tasks.

Background on the Logical Framework Approach was briefly presented prior to the crafting of the Project Framework.

 PD CORNER EPC 2023