With the newly elected barangay officials set to assume
their post on July 1, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
officer-in-charge (OIC) Eduardo M. Año stressed their training should be held
strictly “onsite” to ensure a judicious use of the resources of the local
government.
Año noted in the event that there are no appropriate
facilities in the municipality, the training can be done within the province or
within the region to ensure cost-effective utilization of funds, promote
efficiency and value-for-money in the government.
He said the Grassroots Renewal and Empowerment for
Accountable and Transparent (GREAT) barangays program will cover “newly
elected” barangay officials for 2018-2020.
The DILG chief noted that newly elected officials are not
only officials elected for the first time but those that have been reelected
for either the second or the third time.
He stressed GREAT intends to let the barangay newly elected
officials (BNEOs) gain appreciation of their mandated tasks and
responsibilities; show improvement in their personal, managerial and leadership
skills and manifest the tenets of good local governance.
DILG Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya
said the GREAT program also seeks for barangay governments to show measurable
positive performance toward good governance.
The program also aims to inculcate among the barangay
officials to demonstrate and contribute to the desired public administration
values such as transparency, accountability, integrity and citizen
participation.
He said the program takes into account contemporary
conditions which impacts barangay roles and contribution to development such as
its role in contributing to the achievement of both local and national
objectives for development in relation to Ambisyon Natin 2040 and the
Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022.
Malaya emphasized the role of barangays in the fight against
illegal drugs and in the promotion of public safety and societal law and order;
improving barangay’s capacity for adaptation to and mitigation risks brought by
climate change; and the role of barangays in deepening decentralization and
participatory government, and a renewed emphasis on the importance of barangays
in democratic governance at the community level, among others, are also key
principles guiding the GREAT program.
The GREAT components
GREAT is a “term-based” capacity development program that
will allow BNEOs to be trained within their two-year term starting June 2018
completing all five components of the GREAT program depending on the component
participants.
Component A or Ensuring Smooth Transition prepares BNEOs in
assuming their positions after elections promoting transparency and
accountability right at the start of the term, through a smooth turnover of
barangay documents, properties, and accountabilities and will be participated
by all barangay officials.
Jumpstarting Local Governance or Component B has two
subcomponents dealing with laying the foundations for GREAT barangays, and the
planning and preparation of the Barangay Development Plan and the Barangay
Capacity Development Agenda with all barangay officials and members of the
barangay-based institutions (BBIs) as participants.
Component C or Sharpening the Saw is the “deepening”
component of the program in which barangay officials are enabled to select and
deepen their knowledge and skills on barangays governance with four broad
outcome expectations for local governments namely Business-Friendly and Competitive
LGUs, Environment Protective and Disaster Resilient LGUs, Socially Protective
and Safe LGUs, and Transparent, Accountable, Participative and Effective LGUs
to be participated in by all barangay officials, BBIs, and other organizations.
Component D or Looking Forward to Better Governance through
Citizenship Building which focuses on the process of engaging with the citizens
and members of the community where qualified barangay officials are expected to
participate.
Enhancing Barangay Performance or Component E focuses on the
institutionalization of a performance measurement and awards system for all
barangays.
The DILG through the Local Government Academy, the National
Barangay Operations Office, the DILG Regional and Field offices, and the city/municipal
governments shall implement the program in partnership with Liga ng mga
Barangay, local resource institution, and select national government agencies.
(Reposted from the Manila Bulletin under the title: Año: Training of newly elected barangay officials should be
held strictly ‘onsite’)
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