The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) called on the local government units (LGUs) to come up with ingenious strategies amid adversities to gain the 2022 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) Awards. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said a total of 81 provinces, 146 cities and 1,488 mu
December 16, 2020 THE Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index continuously hammers on the need for local government units (LGUs) to enhance, harness and leverage data for data-driven policy directions and business decisions. This was the overarching message of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine Competitiveness Council this year. The awards ceremony ran virtually last December 16.
Local government units may ignore the call aside as one of those usual awards programs of government but if they read closely the last part of the message, LGUs need to think twice. Data is the new fuel of both local and national economies. Without disaggregated, intelligently processed and interactive datasets, LGUs output and performance will be heavily affected and perceived to be always a “hit and miss process”. Their inefficiency and ineffectiveness as leaders and managers of their respective l