2022 Seal of Good Local Governance Report
2022 Seal of Good Local Governance Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11292 OR “THE SEAL OF GOOD LOCAL GOVERNANCE ACT OF 2019”
“An
II. II. Act
THE Establishing
SEAL OF GOODand Institutionalizing
LOCAL GOVERNANCE theINCENTIVE
Seal of Good Local(SGLGIF)
FUND Governance for Local
PROGRAM OF THE
Government Units,
DEPARTMENT OF THEandINTERIOR
Allocating for LOCAL
AND this Purpose the Seal of
GOVERNMENT Good Local Governance
(DILG)REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11292
Fund” OR “THE SEAL OF GOOD LOCAL GOVERNANCE ACT OF 2019”
Utilization of such shall be administered by the policies governing the utilization of the
twenty percent (20%) of the annual Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) for local
development projects, the Annual Investment Program (AIP), and the Local Development
Investment Program (LDIP). The fund shall be managed and administered by the DILG
with the supervision of the Council.
Essential Features of the SGLG Act and its Implementing Rules and Regulations relevant
to the Bureau of Local Government Development (BLGD):
• There is hereby created a special account under the General Appropriations Act
(GAA) called the "SGLG Fund". (RA 11292, Section 11)
• The SGLG Fund established under Section 11 of this Act shall be managed and
administered by the DILG with the supervision of the Council. Appropriation to
replenish the amount paid out from the Fund during the year and/or to augment
the Fund shall be proposed by and included in the budget of the DILG under the
GAA. (RA 11292, Section 14)
• The activities and operational expenses, other than the incentive payouts, related to
the implementation of this Act shall be initially funded from the DILG’s
Performance Challenge Fund. Thereafter, the DILG shall include in its annual
budget to be incorporated in the GAA, the item for the SGLG operating fund in the
amount equivalent to two percent (2%) of the SGLG Fund. (RA 11292, Section 16)
• The BLGD is one of the Secretariat members of the Council of Good Local
Governance. (Rule IV, Section 3)
• The BLGD shall assist the SILG in managing and administering the SGLG Incentive
Fund, provided for in Section 11 of the Act, with the supervision of the Council.
(Rule V, Section 2)
• The BLGD shall craft a resource mobilization plan to help finance operations, and
expand monetary and non-monetary incentives of SGLG by promoting partnerships
and linkages with non-government entities. (Rule V, Section 3)
Before the institutionalization of the Seal of Good Local Governance program under RA
11292, the DILG already had an existing incentive program for LGUs which qualify for the
said Seal, namely, the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF). Identical to the purpose of the
SGLG Fund under the law, the PCF was utilized only to pay out the incentives granted to
LGUs which qualify for the SGLG. Hence, not only did the SGLG Act institutionalize the
SGLG program but also the PCF which paved the way to its transition into the SGLG Fund.
The SGLGIF is an incentive package provided to Local Government Units (LGUs) in the
form of a grant to finance local development projects included in their Annual Investment
Program (AIP)/ Local Development Investment Program (LDIP). The SGLG Fund aims to
recognize good governance performance particularly in the areas of transparency,
accountability, participation, and service delivery.
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Figure 1:1: PCF
PCF Subsidies
Subsidies from
from 2010
2010 - 2020III. THE PCVIII. SGLGIF Completed Projects
- 2022
by Category for 3 Quarter 2021F/SGLGIF SUBSIDIES THROUGH THE YEARS
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However, as the effects of the pandemic has lessened, the Council decided to continue the
implementation of the SGLG and the SGLG IF. Thus, a total of 352 LGUs were conferred
with the SGLG 2022. Further, in accordance to CGLG Resolution No 4., October 19, 2022,
the undistributed CY 2021 SGLG IF Subsidy will be added to the total 2022 SGLG IF
subsidy, effectively doubling the subsidy amount awarded this year. Thus, this year’s
awardees are eligible to access subsidies amounting to P9.5M for Provinces, P7M for Cities,
and P5M for Municipalities.
The SGLGIF/PCF was able to conduct operational activities based on the Annual
Operations Plan and Budget for the 4th Quarter of FY 2022, to wit:
I. Management and Operations of SGLG Incentive Fund (managed by the Bureau of
Local Government Development (Current Fund))
A. Sub-allotment of funds for the Monitoring and Evaluation of PCF/SGLGIF Projects
amounting to Php 462,000.00;
B. Sub-allotment of funds for the Regional Quarterly On-Site Inspection and Monitoring
of SGLG Projects amounting to Php 285,400.00;
C. Sub-Allotment of funds for the Provision of IT Equipment to Regional and Provincial
Focal Persons amounting to Php 1,290,000.00;
D. Consultation meeting for the future plans on the SGLG Incentive Fund Advocacy held
last June 27, 2022 via Zoom Platform.
E. Purchase of various supplies and equipment for operations amounting to Php 74, 233.20;
F. Sub-allotment of funds to Regional Offices for the conduct of Capacity Building for the
SGLG Incentive Fund Advocacy and DILG Strategic Communication Plan amounting to
Php 2,011,800.00;
G. Consultation meeting with Resource Persons and nearby Regional Offices for the
conduct of the Capacity Building for the SGLG Incentive Fund Advocacy and DILG
Strategic Communication Plan conducted last September 12, 2022;
H. Face-to-face conduct of the Capacity Building for the SGLG Incentive Fund Advocacy
and DILG Strategic Communication Plan last September 19-23, 2022 at Widus Hotel,
Clark, Pampanga;
I. Consultation meetings conducted last August 3, 5 and 18, 2022, as well as November 18,
2022 for the planning of activities;
J. Sub-allotment of subsidy to Regional Offices as incentives for the eligible LGUs
amounting to Php 981,000,000.00 from Current fund, augmented by an additional Php
980,000,000.00 from the Continuing fund, with a total of Php 1,961,000,000.00;
K. Face-to-face conduct of the Training of Trainers on the New SGLG Incentive Fund Web-
Based Project Monitoring System last December 5-7, 2022 at Hive Hotel, Quezon City;
L. Conduct of the 2022 PCF National Expo last December 14-15, 2022 at the Manila Hotel,
Manila;
M. Online Monitoring and Evaluation of All PCF Projects;
N. Salary of six (6) Staff Support for 4th quarter of FY 2022 obligated.
II. SGLG Assessment and SGLG for Barangay (managed by the Bureau of Local
Government Supervision and National Barangay Operations Office, Continuing
Fund)
A. 1653 LGUs calibrated for the Regional Calibration and first shortlisting with funds
downloaded to ROs amounting to Php 992,000.00;
B. Funds downloaded to Regional Offices for the conduct of SGLG Regional Orientation
and Assessment amounting to Php 7,894,600.00;
C. Database extraction and normalization workshop last June 28 to July 1, 2022;
D. Two (2) consultation meetings conducted online;
E. Five (5) LGPMD staff have undergone enhancement training via online platform from
the First Pacific Leadership Academy last June 8-9, 2022;
F. Salary of two (2) SGLG for Barangay Staff for 1st and 2nd quarter of FY 2022 obligated.
G. Conduct of the National Field Validation to four hundred forty-one (441) potential LGU
passers;
H. Sub-Allotment of funds for the expenses incurred during the National Field Validation;
I. Conduct of the SGLG National Awarding last December 14-15, 2022 at the Manila Hotel,
Manila;
J. Conduct of the two-day presentation of National Validation Result to the CGLG last
October 12, 2022 at BSA Twin Towers, Mandaluyong City;
K. Conduct of the Year-end Review, Recognition and Planning Workshop last November
30 to December 3, 2022 at Sequoia Hotel, Quezon City;
L. Consultation meeting conducted last November 18, 2022 for planning of activities;
M. Salary of four (4) Staff Support for the 4th quarter of FY 2022 obligated.
Continuing Fund: An estimated amount of Php 1B was utilized from the total allocation of
Php 1.006B, Php 980M of which was downloaded as augmentation to the SGLGIF 2022
subsidy, while around Php 20M of which was utilized for operations.
Table 1). Through the continuous and effective coordination between the DILG National
and Regional Offices as well in the Local Government Units and with the conduct of the
SGLGIF website hands-on training activities, there has been a visible increase in the
completion rate of projects from 2010-2022, reflecting 99.74% (4,141) of projects
completed while 0.10% (4 Projects) are currently on-going, and 0.17% or 7 Projects which
have yet to be implemented pending submission of project documents. Comparing data of
PCF Project Implementation Status for 2020 and 2021 shows an increase of 32 Completed
Projects from 4,109 in 2021 to 4,141 in 2022; a decrease of 21 on-going projects; and a
decrease of 11 not-yet-started projects.
Data also shows some adjustments to the total encoded projects from 2021 and 2022 in
response to efforts in data validation and cleansing. It goes to show that in spite of the
pandemic, PCF implementation at the Local Government Units persist and the respective
PCF teams have been proactive in updating the PCF Implementation Status in the portal.
Figure 2 indicates that majority of the completed projects during 2022 lean towards LED
with 14 Completed Projects, followed by DRR-CCA with 8; SDG/MDG with 9; ESWM
with 0; and T&A with 1 completed projects. In total, 32 projects were completed from
January 1 to December 31, 2022.
Table 2 shows that the encoding and updating of project status in the PCF/SGLGIF portal
has been constantly improving through the years, especially with the continuous provision
of hands-on training for focal persons, new features of the portal, and the balancing and
streamlining of processes in the system. As of December 31, 2022, all 3621 PCF Recipient
LGUs have encoded PCF project profiles (some of which have reverted the received PCF
Subsidy), thereby yielding an encoding rate of 100% across all regions.
IX. SGLGIF Projects per Category per Region as of December 31, 2022
With regards to the number of SGLGIF/PCF Projects, Table 2 indicates a total of 4,152
Projects were already encoded in the portal. Project data disaggregated by category yield
the following results: 1,170 for MDG/SDG; 580 under DRRM/CCA; 2,163 for LED; 224 for
ESWM; and, 15 for T&A. Analysis of the data show that most of the PCF projects were
tagged under LED, indicating LGU preference towards LED projects over the span of more
than a decade. This information serves as an input to the SGLGIF/PCF team to
conceptualize policy options or interventions to level the field for other categories for the
succeeding years.
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Completed
Projects
Figure 3 shows the comparative data of the completion rate of PCF/SGLGIF projects during
2022, as updated in the website, per quarter. Of the 32 projects which were tagged as
completed throughout the year, only 2 were updated as completed during the 1st quarter of
2022. By the 2nd quarter of 2022 however, completion rate jumped with 11 new completed
and this continued for the 3rd quarter which yielded a total 14 projects. On the other hand,
5 new projects were tagged as completed during the 4th quarter of 2022.
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2021 2022
Clearly, PCF/SGLGIF Implementation is
nearing 100% completion.
Completed Ongoing NYS
Over the course of the year, several new innovations in the design of the program
was initiated to ensure mainstreaming of GEDSI perspectives in program
implementation. This includes subtle yet meaningful adjustments to materials, and
more importantly, consideration given to said perspectives in the design and
MAINSTREAMING GEDSI PERSPECTIVES IN SGLG IF
Exhibiting the most Gender-responsive PCF projects per region effectively raises
the awareness of LGU functionaries how the program can also be an avenue to
provide for projects that are responsive to the present gender-related issues and
concerns of the LGU, while being high-impact in nature. This shows the multi-
sectoral impact that PCF projects can provide for the LGU, which can somehow
influence how leaders and planners across the country can develop a deeper
appreciation and understanding on the potential of the program.