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Paganninawan: The Ofﬁ cial Newsletter of DILG Region 1 2011

Across the Region...
DILG’s BNEO
DILG LU, PCL, PLEASES nears completion

CONDUCTS Roadmap to
In its quest to fulﬁ ll its mandate, capacitate
Dev’t Legislation local ofﬁ cials to effectively and efﬁ ciently deliver
basic services, the Department of the Interior and
Local Government (DILG) extensively
implemented, ﬁ rst quarter of this year, Component 2:
Laying the Foundation of the Department’s
Barangay Newly – Elected Ofﬁ cials (BNEO) Program.
It is expected that all elected Punong
Barangays, Sangguniang Barangay Members and
Sangguniang Kabataan Chairmen of the 3,265
barangays all over Region 1 will participate and be
educated on their roles and functions, the nature of
barangay governance and the barangay – based
institutions. They will also prepare
their respective Barangay Agenda and
Barangay Capacity Development Agenda.
Component 1 of the BNEO Program is
Provincial Director Trigidia R. Colisao of DILG LU discusses the ensuring smooth transition, which is the turn – over of
results of PGLU’s SCALOG with their formulated CapDev Agenda. pertinent documents from the former to the newly –
City of San Fernando, La Union - The La elected barangay ofﬁ cials. The DILG Memorandum
Union Chapters of Philippine Councilors League Circular No. 2010 – 127 spelled out the documents
that needed to be handed – over to the ofﬁ cials like
(PCL) and the Provincial League of Secretaries,
Inc., in coordination with DILG La Union, Barangay Financial Status, Accomplishment
concluded a two-day seminar workshop dubbed Reports, Barangay Proﬁ le and Development
“Roadmap to Development Legislation.“ The Plans. This was implemented noon of November
activity was held on March 14-15 (1st Batch, 30, 2010 the start of the term of
ofﬁ ce of the newly – elected ofﬁ cials.
2nd District) and March 16-17 (2nd Batch, 1st The BNEO Program is a term – based
District) at the Diego Silang Hall, Provincial Capitol.
capacity development program of the DILG through
The said training is in line with the the Local Government Academy (LGA). The other
NEO Component 4: Sharpening the Saw and components of BNEO are: Component 3: Alliance
aims to develop the skills of the participants in
Building, which aims to enhance
assessing areas for development which would capacity of barangay ofﬁ cials to
enable them to pass/enact responsive local partner, collaborate and build alliance
legislation and formulate strategies/procedures/ with different stakeholders; and Component 4:
processes necessary in carrying out effective Sharpening the Saw is the
local governance. upgrading of the skills of barangay
Provincial Director Trigidia R. Colisao and ofﬁ cials through provision of tools and tech-
DILG Regional Planning Ofﬁ cer Sharwyn M. Sangel niques to achieve accountable, transparent and
presented a Provincial Situationer based on participatory barangay governance.
the State of Local Governance Report (SLGR) As of press time, DILG Ilocos Norte and La Union
and System on Competency Assessment for reported that all of their respective
Local Governance (SCALOG) which served barangays have completed the BNEO
as rational bases in their development efforts. Component 2, with more than 10,000
Mr. James Calisin, the Executive barangay ofﬁ cials participating. Implementation
Director of the LEADERS Consultancy, Inc., in the other two Provinces of the Region are in full
Center for Experts and former Vice- swing, with almost 98% of the total barangays of
Governor of Albay, served as the the region already concluded. (Lily Ann O. Colisao
Resource Speaker. (Rhodora G. Soriano) with contributions from Charis O. Garma – DILG Ilocos Norte)

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