By Mizpah Grace G. Castro
PGIN-CMO
After
a nationwide assessment of local government
units (LGUs) nationwide, the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN)
qualified for the 2016 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) by the Department
of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
The evaluation period was
from March to September of this year, targeting the three core components of
the SGLG: financial administration, social protection, and disaster
preparedness.
PGIN also met the measures
for all three essential areas of the SGLG: business friendliness and
competitiveness, peace and order, and environmental management.
This surpassed the minimum
requirement of one essential area and all three core areas in order to qualify
for the SGLG.
Bearing the SGLG entitles
PGIN to access the Performance Challenge Fund (PC Fund), an incentive to LGUs
in the form of counterpart funding to selected high-impact capital investment
projects.
The PC Fund seeks "to
rationalize national government intergovernmental transfers to LGUs, and
encourage alignment of local development initiatives with national government
development agenda and priorities."
In addition, PGIN will be
entitled to the facilitation of loan approval through the issuance of the Good
Financial Housekeeping Certification, and other program windows subject to
respective guidelines.
A conferment ceremony for all
SGLG recipients was held in Pasay City on October 27.
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