“Despite the circumstances, recognition and appreciation must continue.”
This is how DILG RD Josephine Cabrido-Leysa, CESO III summed it all when he extended congratulations to two Local Government Units (LGUs) of Sarangani Province and Magpet, Cotabato.
“While we battle with this pandemic, we still would like to acknowledge and congratulate our LGUs who did well in implementing our DILG-funded projects. We hope that they will remain as model LGUs and inspire others to do the same,” RD Leysa continued.
DILG – Office of Project Development Services (OPDS) confirmed that both LGUs are among the 12 model LGUs awarded for 2019 Sharing of Good Practices on LFPs under DILG-OPDS.
A total of 56 LGUs and model projects across the country were nominated. Out of these, 24 LGUs were from Luzon, 12 from Visayas, and 20 from Mindanao.
Sarangani was awarded for the implementation of its 2018 road project in Barangay Lun Padidu, Malapatan under the Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP), while Magpet was awarded for its 2016 Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB)-Water project in Barangay Kinarum under the Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) sector. Short documentaries about the projects may be accessed here, and here, respectively.
Representatives from DILG Central Office – Office of the Project Development Services, DILG XII – Regional Project Development Management Unit and Civil Society Organizations conducted the site visit to validate and verify the projects’ implementation last year.
They were judged in accordance with the following criteria: implementation (40%), sustainability (20%), impact/outcome (35%), and innovation (5%).
DILG was primarily prepared to formally recognize the 12 awardees through a series of clustered fora (Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao) early this year, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Region XII was supposed to host the forum for the Mindanao Cluster.
“Proyektong Goodyerno: Good Governance, Sustainable Projects, Empowered Communities” is the theme of this year’s Sharing of Good Practices on LFPs under DILG-OPDS.
Formerly known as Knowledge Forum, Sharing of Good Practices on LFPs under DILG-OPDS is a medium of the DILG that recognizes the efforts and highlights the best practices of LGUs in implementing their respective DILG funded projects including the Bottom-up Budgeting (BuB), Assistance to Disadvantaged Municipalities/Assistance to Municipalities (ADM/AM), Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig para sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG), and Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP) projects.
The projects are divided in four sectors including WSS, Local Access Roads (LAR), Disaster Risk Reduction and Other Infrastructures (DRROI), and CMGP for Road and Bridge Repair, Rehabilitation and Improvement.
