The CMGP Team conducted the follow-through activity regarding the Provision of Technical Assistance and Finalization of the Provincial Governance Reform Roadmap (PGRR) headed by LGOO V Ronnel Ubungen, PCDO III Jasper JC Bugay and UNDP Governance Specialist Pamela Christine Clavio-Galenzoga on November 26-27, 2018 at Sierra Madre Suites, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija.

 

The objective of the activity is to assist the Provincial Local Road Management Team (LRMT) in the finalization of their PGRR that will serve as guidance for achieving the goals and vision of the Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP) program in improving the quality of the local road network across the country. The LRMT is composed of the Department Heads and other functionaries from the Provincial Government of Nueva Ecija. Their final PGRR will be forwarded to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for adoption after its endorsement by the Provincial Development Council (PDC).

The program, however, is not only a road engineering intervention, it is also a governance reform program in local roads management and public financial management. In partnership with DILG, the UNDP has launched “Paving the Roads to SDGs through Good Governance (Roads2SDGs)” which aims to provide support to the governance reform and quality assurance components of CMGP through the ‘Road to SDGs’ framework.

This framework will anchor the prioritization, planning, design, implementation, and maintenance of infrastructure projects to the achievement of the SDGs, incorporating the elements of partnership building, climate change and disaster risk reduction, gender mainstreaming, and citizen participation for transparency and accountability.