by MEGS S. LUNN
The Municipalities of Balete, Malinao, Tangalan and Lezo, Aklan received the Seal of Good Housekeeping from Sec. Jess Robredo of the Department of Interior and Local Government. The four municipalities are among the 42 cities and municipalities which were conferred the Certificate of Eligibility. These LGUs are qualified to avail of the PCFund. The distribution took place during the recent Local Governance Forum CHANGING GEARS TOWARDS GREATER PRODUCTIVITY with DILG Sec. Jessie Robredo in Iloilo City last July 5, 2011.
The Seal of Good Housekeeping for LGUs is in line with the DILG’s commitment to scale up interventions to promote and institutionalize the practice of governance that values transparency, accountability, participation and performance.
It aims to recognize LGUs with good performance in internal housekeeping focusing in four areas which are: (1) Good Planning; (2) Sound Fiscal Management; (3) Transparency and Accountability; and (4) Valuing of Performance Information.
LGU with the Seal of Good Housekeeping is entitled to the Performance Challenge Fund for LGUs. It is open only to LGUs belonging to 4th-6th class municipalities like Malinao. Lezo, Tangalan and Balete among the 17 municipalities in Aklan.
The Philippine Challenge Fund is worth P1 million each to finance projects aligned to the Millennium development Goals (MDGs).
The Performance Challenge Fund for Local Government Units is an incentive fund to LGUs funded by the 20 percent Development Fund. It rationalizes national govern-ment inter-governmental transfers to LGUs, and encourages alignment of local development initiatives with national government development agenda and priorities. /MP
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