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Philippine Development Forum
Working Group on
Decentralization and Local Government
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DECENTRALIZATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Philippine Development Forum
 primary mechanism of the Government for facilitating substantive
policy dialogue among stakeholders on the country’s
development agenda
 serves as a process for developing consensus and generating
commitments among different stakeholders toward critical
actionable items of the Government’s reform agenda
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Working Group
on Mindanao
Working Group
on Economic &
Fiscal Reforms
Working
Group on MDGs
and
Social Progress
Working Group
on Governance
& Anti-Corruption
Working Group
on Growth &
Investment
Climate
Working Group
on Sustainable
Rural
Development
Working Group
on Infrastructure
Working Group on
Decentralization &
Local Government
Each WG facilitates wide consultations across a broad range of stakeholders on these specific
themes; each is led by a Government agency as lead convener with a development partner as
co-lead convener.
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PDF Working Group on Decentralization and Local
Government (WG- DLG)
 serves as a venue for discussing substantive policy
issues related to governance at the local government
unit (LGU) level
 an important forum for achieving consensus on a
policy agenda and set of priorities actions identified by
it’s members
DILG acts as the Lead Convener
World Bank acts as a Co-Convener
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PDF WG Composition and Structure
DILG - Convener
WB- Co-convener
TechnicalSecretariat
(DILG, GTZ, WB)
National Oversight
Agencies
----------------------------(DILG, NEDA, DOF,
DBM)
Development partners
--------------------------------------(WB, ADB, GTZ, CIDA, EU,
AusAID, USAid, Spanish
Embassy, JICA)
LGU leagues
---------------------------(ULAP, LPP, LCP,
LMP, Lnb)
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Development Agenda per Thematic Areas
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CAPACITY
BUILDING
Harmonize capacity building programs for LGUs and
other key institutions to improve capacity of LGUs in core
governance functions
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
FINANCE
Accelerate revenue mobilization, improve expenditure
management and increase access to financing by LGUs
for better service delivery and growth promotion
PERFORMANCE
BENCHMARKING
Increase use of local government performance
measurement systems to benchmark performance and
create incentives for better performance
POLICY REFORMS ON
DEVOLUTION
Improve decentralization policy framework reflected in
updated legal and institutional arrangements to
strengthen local governance
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Major Accomplishments
Theme : Capacity Building
Harmonized capacity building programs for LGUs and other key
institutions to strengthen capacity in core governance
functions.
Outputs:
 Harmonized and integrated capacity building initiatives of the national
agencies, the leagues of LGUs, and the private sector through the Newly
Elected Officials (NEO) Orientation Program
 2 rounds of NEO (2007 & 2010)
 Integrated multi-agency initiative to harmonize core LGU operations on
planning, investment programming, revenue administration, and budgeting
through t Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1 of 2007 and its roll-out at the
local level
 improved coordination among oversight agencies (NEDA, DOF, DBM) with
development partners, and LGU Leagues
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Theme: Local Government Finance
Accelerated revenue mobilization, improved expenditure
management, and increased access to finance for better
service delivery and growth promotion.
Outputs:
Policy on automatic appropriation of the IRA and NG-LGU Cost Sharing policy
 Simplification of procedures for the release of LGU shares in national wealth
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Mining (DBM-DILG-DENR JMC 2009-1)
 Mineral reservations (DBM-DILG-DENR JMC 2010-1)
 Tobacco excise tax (DBM-DILG-DENR JMC 2009-1A)
 Franchise tax (DOF-DBM JMC 2008-1)
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Enabling information sharing between BIR and LGUs (Executive Order 646)
Issuance of Philippine Valuation Standards on RPT in conformity with the international
standards (DOF DO 37-09)
Allowing 1st tier LGUs to secure loan from International Financing Institutions (ADB, IFC,
WB) without sub-sovereign guarantee (EO 809)
Clarification on SITUS of tax on banks and other financial institutions(DOF FC No. 2-07)
Harmonization/integration of reporting system for financial, fiscal and budgetary
requirements from LGUs by NG Oversight Agencies (DOF-DBM JC No. 2, s. 2008)
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Theme: Performance Benchmarking
Increased utilization of local government performance
measurement systems to benchmark performance and create
incentives for better service delivery.
Outputs:
 Refinement and restructuring system software of DILG’s Local
Government Performance Management System (LGPMS)
 Integration of DOF’s Local Government Fiscal Monitoring System
(LGFPMS) with LGPMS
 Development of Performance Based Incentive Policy which was
adopted by DBCC in February 2009
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Theme: Policy Reforms on Devolution
Improved decentralization policy framework through updated
legal and institutional arrangements to strengthen local
governance
Outputs:
 Proposed amendments to the Local Government Code with respect to IRA,
taxation, and fiscal matters for consideration of Congress
 Draft administrative issuances towards improving local government financial
management (under consultation with concerned agencies):
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Utilization of the Special Education Fund
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Dealing with surpluses and deficits in LGUs
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LGU personal services expenditure policy
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Improving financial management of local economic enterprises
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Maximizing the exercise of corporate powers of LGUs
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Streamlining procedures on the release of shares of national wealth
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Improving LGU access to and monitoring of ODA
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Cross-Cutting Theme:
Strengthened alignment, coordination, and harmonization of
development partner and national government support for
decentralization.
Outputs/Outcomes:
 Sub-Working Group on Inter-Local Cooperation provides a forum for knowledge
sharing, coordination of actions, identification and discussion of policy issues
specifically relating to inter-local cooperation mechanisms among LGUs
 Organization of the Coordinating Committee on Decentralization (CCD) led to
common positions and recommendations of NGAs and LGU Leagues
 Establishment of Decentralization and Local Government (DIALOG) Trust Fund
synchronizes delivery of PDF WG-DLG priority agenda
 Proposed Sub-Working Group on Local Investment Reform (LIR) with WG on
Growth and Investment to promote local growth and investment (subject to
approval of WG-DLG)
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Benefits and other Outcomes
 Strengthened coordination among development
partners
 Promoted common positions and recommendations
among NGAs and LGU Leagues
 Complementation of efforts among donors and
government
 Greater alignment of ODA to the government’s reform
agenda
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PDF WG-DLG WorkPlan
for 2010-2011
WG-DLG Work Plan for 2010
Thematic Area
Cross-cutting efforts
Project/Activity
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Local Government
Finance
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Pilot-testing of performance based incentive policy (on-going –
Performance Challenge Fund)
National streamlining of BLPS (on-going)
Develop a program for enhancing LGU competitiveness (on-going)
Develop of an e-system for LGU fiscal and financial management (done –
e-SRE)
• Develop mechanism for more strategic for use of ODA (study
completed)
• Streamlining procedures in the release of LGU shares in forest charges,
energy resources and mining royalties (on-going)
• Development of an improved Personnel Expenditure Policy (study
completed)
• Improvement on the policy on the utilization of Special Education Fund
(policy drafted)
• Address problems of LGU in Updating Schedule of Market Values (SMVs)
• Develop
recommendations to refine parameters for IRA computation
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(Study completed)
DECENTRALIZATION
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
WG-DLG Work Plan for 2010
Capacity-Building
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Performance
Benchmarking
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Policy Reforms on
Decentralization
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Develop capacity-building programs on special topics (e.g. financing
options available for LGUs, management and coordination of ODA,
DRRM and climate change adaption, Amended Fire Code)
Continue implementation of JMC 1, 2007 (on-going)
Capacity-building for the utilization of LGPMS by LGUs (done)
Advocacy on the utilization of LGPMS by NGAs, and Donors (ongoing)
Improving integrity and quality of local statistical data
Definition of policy and legal framework on the extent of LGUs
corporate powers (study completed)
Review of decentralization-laws and policies specially those affecting
fiscal operations of LGUs (draft Amendments to LGC submitted)
Action Plan for further devolution
Review of the policies for the creation, abolition and merging of
LGUs
Promote inter-local governance reforms (on-going)
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