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RD Florida Dijan presides over the RMCC-3 meeting

     The Regional Management Coordinating Council (RMCC) III, presided by DILG Regional Director Florida M. Dijan convened on July 18, 2012 at Maharajah Hotel, Angeles City.  The activity was attended by all the members of the council composed of the PNP, BJMP, BFP, NAPOLCOM and RTS-PPSC.

    Highlights of the meeting include the presentation of accomplishments and updates of each member.  LGOO VI Lerrie Hernandez, OIC-MED Chief of DILG R-3, also discussed the 2011 LGPMS Result particularly the service area on Peace, Security and Disaster Risk Management.

    Areas of cooperation identified to further strengthen linkage of the council are serving of suspension, cease and desist orders, election protests, demolition activities, disaster operations, conduct of training of barangay tanods, and inclusion and publication of DILG Family (Interior Sector) activities through submission of articles for the “Insights”, the official quarterly newsletter of DILG R-3.

    The Council also agreed to engage on other proposed activities such as the conduct of Regional Peace and Order Council (POC) meeting and fora, Tree Planting activity, Barangay Assembly Day and Interfacing with Provincial POCs and Provincial Management Coordinating Councils (PMCs).

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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) brings good governance to communities on the ground aiming to transform lives through efficient client delivery of basic services.  It champions programs on good governance that cultivate transparency and accountability among local government units.  It tries to create an empowered citizenry that is the bedrock of democracy and a progressive nation.

   The DILG R-3’s ABCD of Good Governance are Accountable and Empowered LGUs, Business Friendly and Competitive LGUs, Conflict-Free and Safe Communities and Disaster Resilient LGUs which constitute the four (4) major program outcomes of the Department.  

   To attain empowered and accountable LGUs, DILG uses performance-based tools like the Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS), Full Disclosure Policy (FDP), Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) and Performance Challenge Fund (PCF), to build transparent, accountable and self-reliant local governments for the benefit of every Filipino.  

   To prepare disaster resilient LGUs, it develops the capabilities of LGUs to prepare against disaster and to finance their own projects that help ensure the safety of communities.  One big leap to this outcome is its implementation of the Seal of Disaster Preparedness (SDP) to assess the state of readiness of LGUs during disasters as well as their compliance to the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Act of 2010.

   To develop competitive and business friendly LGUs, it implements the Business Permit Licensing System (BPLS) to create a business-friendly environment that will attract and sustain investors, create jobs, and improve the quality of life for its residents.  

   To establish conflict-free and safe communities, the Department strengthens the functionality of Local Peace and Order Councils (POCs), Barangay Based Institutions (BBIs) and Lupong Tagapamayapa (LT) and monitor policy compliance of special laws such as Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) Act, Anti-Human Trafficking Act, and others to protect the rights of women and children.

   These are the main DILG core programs that Secretary Jesse Robredo wants the grassroots to know and be a part of.  These are the Department’s contribution in treading the path of good governance and in realizing the “daang matuwid” at work. 

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DILG Region III has completed the administration of the Anti-Red Tape Act – Report Card (ARTA-RCS) Survey in all the 7 provinces, 13 cities and 117 municipalities in the region.  

The ARTA-RCS project was implemented pursuant to Republic Act 9485, otherwise known as the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007, which requires all government offices to draw up their Citizen’s Charters.  Section X of the Republic Act states that all offices and agencies providing frontline services shall be subjected to a Report Card Survey which shall be used to obtain feedback on how provisions in the Citizen’s Charter are being followed and how the LGUs are performing insofar as frontline services are concerned.  It shall also be used to obtain information and/or estimates of hidden costs incurred by clients to access frontline services which may include, but is not limited to, bribes and payment to fixers.   

The Citizen’s Charter is an official document that communicates, in simple terms, the service standards or pledge on frontline services provided by a local government to citizens as it describes the step-by-step procedure for availing a particular service, the person responsible for each step, and the guaranteed performance level that may be expected from that service.  Frontline service, on the other hand, refers to a process or transaction between a customer and a local government involving an application for any privilege, right, permit, reward, license, concession, or for any modification, renewal or extension of the enumerated application or a request which is acted upon in the ordinary course of business of a local government. 

The ARTA-RCS rating of an LGU, as a result of the survey administered, is one of the criteria in the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) Silver and Gold Awards which will be implemented by DILG in 2012 and 2013, respectively.