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Welcome to the Philippines !
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The Philippines & its Basic Facts…………
Republika ng PilipinasRepublic of the Philippines
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Filipino: For God, People, Nature & CountryAnthem: Luoang Hinirang (Chosen Land)Capital: ManilaLargest City: Quezon CityOfficial Language: Filipino and English
Government: Unitary-Presidential Republic President: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Vice President: Noli de CastroIndependence: from Spain and US Declared: June 12, 1898 Recognized: July 4, 1946 Current Constitution: March 25, 1986Area: Total: 300,000 km2 115,831 sq mi Water: 0.6%Population: July 2005 est.: 83,054,000 (13th) 2000 census: 76,504,077 Density: 276/km2 715/sq miGDP (PPP) : 2005 estimate Total: $ 453 billion (25th) Per Capita: $ 4,923 (102nd)HDI (2203): 0.758 (84TH) – MediumCurrency: Philippine peso (piso) (PHP)Time Zone: PST (UTC+8)Internet: .phCalling Code: +63
Brief Introduction to my organization
My organization is part of an agency of the government
which is called the Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG). It is the Local Government Sector. We
are task to undertake the delegated supervisory function of
the President over local government units, as embodied in
Executive Order 339 and RA 7160 or the Local Government
Code of the Philippines.
The head of the organization is the Secretary of the Interior
& Local Government, ably supported by Undersecretaries
and Assistant Secretaries.
There is an extensive organizational field operation as there
are established Regional Offices under which we have
Provincial Offices which subsequently supervises the
Municipal Offices. All these level of operation are manned
by Regional as well as field officers and organic personnel.
So it is assured the our function is saturated in all levels of
local government clientele.
The DILG organizational structure and tasks focus on
seeing to it the local government administration is carried
out in accordance with government rules, laws and
regulations to render better government service.
Present status & future prospects of the urban & regional development & management in home country
• Government policy and legal framework regarding urban and regional development
The Philippine Government observes the democratic
approach to development, whether urban or regional.
Being a democratic country, development planning is
done through consultation. There is the hierarchy of
Development Councils created at all levels, namely:
•The National Development Council
•The Regional Development Council
•The Provincial Development Council
•The Municipal Development Council
•The Barangay Development Council
Development plans are brainstormed at the Barangay
Development Council, in the context that development needs
should be best determined by the people themselves in the
barangays. Hence development efforts to answer these needs
should also emanate from them.
These development plans are then consolidated and
crystallized at the next level of hierarchy of Municipal
Development Council and so forth until the highest level of the
council.
There are a lot of existing laws, legal frameworks and policies
(e.g. Environmental Law, Zoning Laws and Ordinances,
Housing and Land Use Laws, etc.) that supposedly support the
development strategy of the government, however, there
seemed to be the lack of political will to implement these
policies and laws that development efforts of both the national
and local governments are hindered.
• Issues & countermeasures relevant to the topic
There are a lot of issues that affect urban and regional
development policy in the Philippines. These, if not addressed,
will surely affect the future development of the
country, as a whole. General assessment would bear the
following concerns/issues:
• Bloated government red-tape, too much hierarchy of
councils to handle planning and decision making;
• Too much politics in the government, both national and
local;
• Graft and corruption in the government system.
Countermeasures:
• Cut down the hierarchy of councils, reduce red tape.
Create practical levels of Councils to handle
development. Organize and capacitate fewer but
dedicated people to take the responsibility of urban and
regional development
• Politicians, political leaders should not get involved in
urban and regional development policy formulation,
because as always, the politics of patronage will prevail
which is very curtailing to coming up with sound
development policies.
• Graft and corruption should be eradicated, if not,
minimized, in the government system. This is really a
hindrance to any development effort and objective.
Problems that hinder development of work, project, organization and necessary countermeasures against them, and future aspects of organization or vision
There are identified problems and felt needs that hinder
development in the work/project/organization. These
include a). lack of capacity of organic personnel in charge
of urban and regional policy formulation; b). Absence of
professional drive to improve; c). Organic personnel do not
cope up with global competitiveness; d). Politics in the
organization; e). Deficient support or incentives to
workforce.
As it is, necessary countermeasures should be undertaken
to address these problems/issues, viz: a). Capacitate
technical personnel in the aspect of urban and regional
development policy formulation and other related function of
the organization focused on; b). Update professional
environment and technologies, provide career exposures to
technical personnel; c). Eradicate politics in the
organization, this is affecting professionalism and
performance; d). Create and implement a program that
would provide appropriate incentives to organic personnel.