The Foundation for the Development of Agusanons, Inc. (FDAI) participates in the Department of Interior and Local Government’s search for good performing Local Government Units to be accorded the prestigious Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) 2017. As member of the Regional Assessment Team, FDAI was fielded in the City of Cabadbaran, Municipalities of Remedios T. Romualdez, Tubay, Jabonga, Kitcharao, Santiago, and Magallanes.
SGLG is among the DILG’s flagship programs as it symbolizes integrity and good performance of local governments through continuing governance reform and sustained local development. It is a progressive assessment system adopted by the Department to give distinction to remarkable local government performance across several areas.
For 2017, the DILG raises its overall assessment criteria from “3+1” into “4+1”. In other words, LGUs now have to pass four core assessment areas plus at least one of the three essential assessment areas in order to qualify for the SGLG. In the 2016 assessment, LGUs only had to pass three core areas plus at least one assessment area.
From being one of the essential areas in 2016, Peace and Order has now been added to the core areas together with Financial Administration, Disaster Preparedness, and Social Protection. And this year, a new essential area—Tourism, Culture and the Arts—is likewise introduced to measure LGU efforts along these concerns. It joins the other essential assessment areas of Environmental Management and Business Friendliness and Competitiveness.