DILG retools personnel

November 24, 2008 · Filed Under Events, News · Comment

Module II Retooling

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

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Benchmarking workshop seen to enhance provincial operations

October 2, 2008 · Filed Under Events, News · Comment

DILG conducted a “Workshop on Benchmarking for Excellence in Provincial Operations” in Iloilo City on September 23-25, 2008, Sarabia Manor Hotel, with the aim of coming up with a proposal for new structure of field operations at the provincial level including operating and administrative policies and procedures of the team/cluster approach of program and project implementation and service delivery, coming up with an Action Agenda for the proposal geared towards excellence in provincial operations, organization and management, and propose HRD programs or alternative mode of capacitating technical/field personnel pinpointing distinct specialization on the areas of local legislation, CDP preparation, SLGR diagnosis for capacity intervention, revenue generation, and others.

It aims to generate excellence and better accomplishments among regions through reconfiguring their provincial and field operations, hence, the need to consolidate and study the strategies and approaches for the Department to come up with a model one and adopt it as a policy.

There were a total of 18 participants composed of 10 Provincial Directors, 5 OIC Provincial Directors, 1 Division Chief, 1 Assistant Division Chief, and 1 Regional Information Officer.

During his keynote address, Assistant Secretary for Regional Operations and concurrent Asec. for Plans and Operations Eubert F. Gutierrez emphasized on the need to develop the competencies of field officers to the maximum level in order to ensure that the DILG performs at its peak at all times.

ASec. Gutierrez reminded that the DILG organization should be people-centered, as the quality and capacity of the personnel therein is one important capital for delivery of the department’s services. He challenged the participants to continue the dynamisn, to be human and to be liberal. Owing to his long stay in the department, ASec. Gutierrez said that he wants to assist the SILG in the implementation of plans and meeting all challenges that are being posed for the DILG. He lamented that there is a rapid turnover of experts in the Department due to retirement of personnel, therefore the current crop of leaders should be ready to meet those challenges.

He reminded the participants to come up with the structure that shall become part of the Department’s policy, as the results of the workshop shall be incorporated therein. It was important, he said, to come up with results that are dynamic and flexible, improve the structure, as well as define the standard of procedures that are applicable to all regions. /adj

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Early Childhood Care and Development

August 14, 2008 · Filed Under News · Comment

The Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) is a three-year cost-sharing program of the national and provincial governments that provides for the implementation and sustainability of the ECCD programs and projects implemented to target LGUs. In the whole Philippines, only San Carlos City, Negros Occidental and Roxas City, Capiz are self-starting LGUs that undertake the implementation of ECCD program. Read more

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