BUSINESS-FRIENDLY AND

COMPETITIVE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
UNITS
Coaching Business-Friendly and
Competitive LGUs for LEIPOs
21-22 January 2015
Brentwood Suites, Quezon City

Recent Updates
The Philippines placed 52nd out of 144
economies in the prestigious rankings,
versus59th
in 2013. Since 2010, when the Aquino admin
istration took office, the country has gai
ned 33 places the largest over the perio
d among all countries studied
.
Philippines are among the most
improved in the annual survey of 189
economies

DILG PROGRAM FRAMEWORK

Poverty in multiple dimensions reduced and
massive quality employment created

Societal
Outcome

KRAs/
Sector
Outcomes

Economic
Developme
nt

DILG
Outcome
Areas

S
T
R
E
N
G
T
H
E
N
E
D

Human
Development
and Poverty
Reduction

Business-Friendly and
Competitive LGUs

Security,
Justice and
Peace

Climate
Change
Adaptation
and
Mitigation

Good
Governance
and Anticorruption

Environment-Protective,
C
Climate Change Adaptive
and
A
Disaster ResilientP LGUs

A
State of Local Governance
C
Accountable,
I
improved
Socially-Protective and
Transparent, Participative

Socially-Protective and
Safe LGUs

Transparent, Participative
T
Y
and Effective Local
Governance

INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

MFO

LG Capacity Development, Performance Oversight and Awards/Incentives

PPAs

DILG Programs/Projects/Activities (from Locally-funded and Regular funds)

BUSINESS-FRIENDLINESS AND
COMPETITIVENESS
This is a condition where LGUs spur sustainable economic and
inclusive growth by engaging the business sector by promoting
local trade/business and generating employment.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Improve capacity of LGUs in engaging business sector,
promoting local trade / businesses and generating
employment following reforms in their business environment
Enhance
LGU
competitiveness
towards
increasing
sustainable growth and ensuring that growth is inclusive

Desired Outcomes for a

Business-Friendly and Competitive
LGU

1. Updated and approved CLUP/Zoning Ordinance as well as

CDPs/sector plans to guide location and focus of investments
2. Structure leading local economic investment and incentive
promotion (eg. LGU LEIPOs w/ capacity to perform their LED roles)
3. Local policies and ordinances for business and investment
attraction and retention consistent with national investment
policies (Local Investment and Incentives Code, Local Revenue Code,
Local Tourism , etc)
4. Streamlined transactional services (BPLS, building/construction
permits, occupancy permits, sanitation and fire clearances)
5. LGU Roadmap to attract investments and generate employment
(ie LGU Business Plan)
6. Active partnership with business sector (implementation of a PPP
project)
7. Basic Infrastructure to support local businesses (roads, power, IT
support)

 DILG Outcome Area: Businessfriendly and competitive LGUs

Calls for local governments to
work with the private sector
and other stakeholders to
improve local economic
services

A successful economic development

strategy must focus on improving the
skills of the area's workforce,
reducing the cost of doing business
and making available the resources
business needs to compete and thrive
in today's global economy.
- Rod Blagojevich
Governments across the globe realize
the private sector is an important
motor of development and job
creation. And they realize its
important to have the right
regulations that enable the
development of the private
sector.
-Rita

Local Economic Development

Business Friendly and Competitive

LGUs

Enabling
Environmen
t for BFCL

Simplifying
Regulatory
Systems

Local
Infrastructu
re Support

- Cap Building
of Investment
Promotion
Office/r
(LEIPO)
- Formulation
of Business
Plan
- Updating
CDP, CLUP,
LIIC, LRC
- Information

Streamlinin
g BPLS
Streamlinin
g
Building/Occ
upancy
Permits
Automation
of BPLS and
other RS

Provincial Road
Management
Facility (PRMF)
Special Local
Road Fund
(SLRF)
Konkreto at
Ayos na
Lansangan at
Daan Tungo sa
Pangkalahatan
g Kaunlaran

Workforce
Developme
nt

Skills Training
for
Accelerated
Growth in
Local
Government
(STAG-LG)

DILGs LED Program

as a Vehicle for
Enabling Business
Friendliness and
Competitiveness:
Local Governance
Support Program
for Local Economic
Development
(LGSP-LED):

LGSP-LED is implemented through DILGs:

BLGD
Local Government Academy (LGA)
Regional and provincial offices Provincial Offices
Private Sector Partners (PCCI, NCC)

Approaches

Convergence
Capacity
development
LED
Information
Portal
(Sparkbiz)

Convergence (or Economic

Transformation Teams)
work with other national government
agencies and private sector

RETT: Mobilizing National

Government Agencies to
Support LGUs
DILG

DOT

DOLE

DA

DTI
DPWH

LGUs/Allia
nces/TDAs

DENR

Capacity Development
LED4LGUs curriculum- a capdev program for
LEIPOs and LED team to enhance LED
knowledge and skills; delivered through a
knowledge network composed of industry and
private sector partners, local resource institutions
and select LGUs
Capacity-building in other LED and BFCL
interventions

Establishment of LED
INFORMATION PORTAL
(SPARKBIZ) http://sparkbiz.ph
Bring business and LGUs together
by providing up-to-date investment information
that matters, straight from the LGUs themselves
to drive and spark economic development in
more places in the country
Facilitate generation of info requirement for
PCCIs Most Business-Friendly Awards
NCCs Most Competitive LGUs

Partnership with the Private

Sector
Working partnership with the Philippine
Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines,
and other private groups, and other those
working for the private sector such as NCC.
Constant dialogues and consultations with
private sector groups/organizations
Consider recommendations from chambers
(e.g. Arangaka Report of JFCC)

Support LED Local Projects

Creating
Business-friendly
LGUs
LGU policies,
plans and
systems
Investment
promotion
Accessing
business
support services
Destination
marketing

Building
Competitive
Tourism Sector
Tourism circuit
planning
Workforce
Development
Product and
market
enhancement

Results so far.
Since 2008, the
local projects
in 9 sites have
achieved
results in terms
of improved
local economic
conditions

Php 6 billion
New Investments

2,269 direct jobs

Employment

Increase of 50-90 %
Visitor Arrivals

 What are the roles and responsibilities

of the Local Economic and Investment
Promotion Officer (LEIPO)?

Overcoming

poverty is not a task of

charity, it is an act of justice. Like
Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not
natural. It is man-made and it can be
overcome and eradicated by the
actions
of
human
beings.
Sometimes it falls on a generation
to be great. YOU can be that great
generation.
Let
your
greatness
blossom.
Nelson Mandela

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