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Region-VI Profile
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LGRC6 webmail with voice and video chat
Now, regardless of where you are — whether in your office, working from home, or traveling — You can connect with your coworkers instantly by starting a voice chat, or better yet, a video chat. By video chatting, you can hear and see each other in real time. And since voice and videochat is integrated with the LGRC6 web-based email system interface, you can have a productive conversation with colleagues without ever leaving your browser. Read more
DILG retools personnel
Field and regional office personnel of the DILG underwent a series of orientation-workshops as part of the retooling process.
Module I, conducted on November 17-19, 2008 with Prof. Jigger Latoza of the University of San Agustin as resource person, centered on program packaging and project proposal writing. Module II (November 20-21) tackled Local Legislation and was lectured by Assistant Secretary for Administrative, Legal and Human Resource Development Atty. Genaro Jose Emeterio S. Moreno, OSD Chief Ma. Calpiza Sardua, and regional legal officer Atty. Ferdinand Panes.
A third module on Continuing Legal Education shall be conducted on December 15-17, 2008./adj
DILG girds for all-out CBMS implementation in 2009
A set of DILG trainors from all over the Philippines were capacitated recently in preparation for the full-scale implementation of the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) in the whole country.
In Western Visayas, LGOO V Anna Carolina Jardiolin and Admin. Aide Leonard Ryan Panelo underwent Trainers Training on CBMS Module I (Data Collection and Field Editing) and Module II (Data Encoding and Map Digitizing) conducted by the Bureau of Local Government Development.on October 20-24, 2008.
Also, DILG Regional Director Evelyn A. Trompeta led the Region 6 contingent in the Regional Forum on CBMS conducted in Cebu City on November 6, 2008 for DILG regional and provincial directors, governors and provincial planning and development coordinators. The activity sought to thoroughly explain the program to the participants and solicit their commitment to cooperate for the implementation of CBMS in their respective areas. Read more
Leadership Series: Urban Partnerships Program-Philippines (UPP-Philippines)
Download UPPP’s Leadership Series, a learning tool for policy makers to promote understanding of pressing urban issues and encourage policy actions for urban sustainability.
Leadership Series No. 10: Bioregional planning
Leadership Series No. 9: Furnishing the Streets
Leadership Series No. 8: When Public Becomes Private
Leadership Series No. 7: Spokes in the City
Leadership Series No. 6: Urban Waterfronts: The Wave of the Future
Leadership Series No. 5: Breaking Free From the Concrete Prison
Leadership Series No. 4: Walking into a Greener Future
Leadership Series No. 3: The Gospel of Bioregionalism
Leadership Series No. 2: The Evolution of the Jeepney and Transit in Metro Iloilo
Leadership Series No. 1: The New Public Realm and the Sustainable City Read more
Bioregional planning
PLANNING offices are regular features of provinces, cities and municipalities in the Philippines. These offices are mandated to chart the growth of their respective local governments and at the same time provide contingencies during crisis. But there are development issues that straddle across boundaries, giving birth to regional planning to effectively address concerns that are not exclusive to one local government. Regional planning has thus become a venue for sharing ideas, resources and actions so common problems can be attended to collectively.
However, recent environmental phenomena caused by climate change – like the flood that hit Iloilo City and neighboring municipalities – showed that regional planning may not just be enough to manage growth. In this era where the environment directs what development path communities should take, there is a need to look beyond political regions and start acknowledging that we don’t just live in cities, municipalities and provinces but also in watersheds, ecosystems and ecoregions.
(Leadership Series No. 10: Bioregional planning)
DILG conducts CICL seminar to officials
The DILG, in partnership with the National Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (NJJWC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), conducted a two-day Orientation Seminar on Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act (RA 9344) on October 28-29, 2008, Crown Regency Hotel, Guadalupe, Cebu City. The Visayas Cluster Orientation Seminar was attended by Regional Directors, Focal Persons on Children’s Concerns, Provincial and HUC Directors from Regions VI, VII and VIII.
In his opening message DILG ASec. Joselito R. Ruiz stressed the crucial role of the department in addressing issues concerning Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL) particularly at the local levels. This orientation-seminar aims to orient participants with the salient features of Republic Act 9344 and develop and define the roles of DILG officers in providing technical assistance to LGUs in the implementation of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Intervention and Diversion programs for CICLs.
Photo at right shows DILG-6 Bacolod City director Vic Pagapulan (2nd from right) together with (left to right) Provincial Directors Eliseo Orendez (Iloilo), Helen Mestidio (Capiz), Chay Maza (Antique) and Jenny Destua (Aklan) during the role-playing session. /jjv
