The Executive AND Legislative Agenda: A Powerful Vehicle For Effective Local Governance

 

 THE EXECUTI EXECUTIVE VE AND LEGISLATIVE A powerful vehicle for AGENDA effective local governance

 

What is the Executive and Legislative Agenda (ELA)? A planning document covering the 3 year period mutually agreed by the executive and legislative

 

What is the Executive and Legislative Agenda (ELA)? An integrated plan that contains ma!or development thrust and priorities of both executive and legislative branches towards achieving common goal of the locality

 

What is the Executive and Legislative Agenda (ELA)? An instrument that prioriti"e responses to multi#sta$eholder needs (program% pro!ects% activities% legislations and capacity development agenda)

 

Current State of Local Planning in the Philippines

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Inactive Local Development Council

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Indifferent or unsupportive Sanggunian

Lack or total absence of vertical linkages

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&mportant uses of an ELA' Lead the executive and the legislative branches towards a unified vision% mission% goals and ob!ectives Enable the executive and legislative branches to agree on priority problems and issues elp the L* focus on a set of interventions towards the attainment of a common set of ob!ectives and goals

 

&mportant uses for of &ncrease the chances implementation implement ation of priority programs of the executive department% if the legislative branch formulates ordinances in support of the L+E program of government ,peed up the implementation implement ation of priority pro!ects

an ELA'

 

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-elationship of ELA to .ther L* /lans Long Term Framework Plan

Comprehensive Land Use Plan Zoning Plan !rdinance

Medium-Term Framework Plan

Local Development Investment Program

Comprehensive Development Plan Capacit" Development Agenda

Legislative Requirements

Executive - Legislative Agenda

Annual Investment Plan

 

,teps involved in the ELA process

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11 /opulari"ing the ELA 10 0oving the ELA to Action

 

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0anaging and ,ustaining ELA &mplementation

,ecuring Endorsement and Approval

1uilding +ommitment etermining Legislative -e5uirements

&dentifying and /rioriti"ing /rograms and /ro!ects 2ormulating oals and .b!ectives

efining the L* 4ision and 0ission +onsulting with 0ulti#sta$eholders

/rioriti"ing &ssues /lanning to /lan

The 12 Steps in ELA Formulation

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Issues to be Addressed  •

L*s should have a solid grasp of the national government agenda and its relationship to local governance6

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L*s need to build#up the competitiveness and economic capacity of their local area to improve its economic future6

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L*s need to enhance its capacity for climate adaptability and disaster resiliency

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Local economic development strategy should be an integral part of the broader strategic planning process that promotes sustainable inclusive growth in the local communities

 

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4.  Just and lasting peace and the 4. rules of law !ntegrity of the environment and . climate change adaptation and mitigation

 

7. *#(i#- t# Co+"r##nsi(# D#(#lo"+#nt Plan o5 t# LGU

• Vision • Goals • Priority Pro8#cts • Ca"'#( A,#n'a

 

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9ualities of be a ood ELA 1.Objective 1.Objective 8  8 must grounded on an ob!ective research and a good analysis of the local situation 2.Integrated  8  8 must be a product of a thorough review and validation of existing L* plans% and consolidation of insights shared by sta$eholders

 

9ualities of a ood ELA 3. Ne Need edss-ba base sed  d  8  8 must be anchored on the real needs of the local community by using the minimum basic needs (01:) surveys 4. Foc ocus use ed  8  8 it should channel L* efforts and resources towards interventions that are anticipated to contribute to the reali"ation of long#term developmentt goals while developmen bringing immediate benefits to its constituency

 

9ualities of a ood ELA 5.Widely-shared and artici!atory  8  8 must be widely#shared% crossing widely#shared% party lines and sectors ".#i$e-bound  8  8 must be implemented by elected officials during their term of office

 

9ualities of a ood ELA %. I$! I$!le$ le$ent entabl able e 8 must be owned and used by $ey decision#ma$ers such as the L+Es and the legislative leaders as they ma$e policy and program decisions &. 'njoy 'njoys s #o! #o! (ana (anage$ent ge$ent )u!!ort 8 )u!!ort  8 it must en!oy strong support and commitment from L* officials% particularly the L+Es

 

,ample 2ormat of an ELA /rovisional ELA -eport .utline 0essage from the L+E ,anggunian -esolution Adopting the ELA &

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 A transpa transparency rency and and accountability tool 3 A social social mobili"ation mobili"ation tool  A perfor performance mance measurement tool @ A commun communicati ication on tool  A conve convergenc rgence e tool

 

,uccess 2actors of an Effective ELA Effective 0ocal 1overnance is a continuing challenge to local government Effective units. 1ood governance does not happen overnight. !t is a result of thorough and systematic planning and efficient and effective effective e7ecution of plans involving various sta9eholders in the locality. %ence the following should be considered in formulating an E0+: . ,ull support support and commit commitment ment of the 0-E 0-E "( and the E0+ E0+ /eam. 5. + compe competent tent and dedicated dedicated /e /eam to formulate formulate and implement implement the E0+. E0+. 3. +doption +doption of appropria appropriate te planning planning and participat participatory ory tools tools and techni6ues techni6ues in the E0+ formulation process. 4. (uilding (uilding on e7ist e7isting ing 01) 01) plans and converge convergence nce of e7isti e7isting ng sectoral8thematic plans into a single planning document. . !ntegrati !nte ng the process proce ss into the regular8 regular8manda mandated ted local structures structu res andgrating systems forE0+ planning and investment programming and not as a

stand alone planning activity activity..  

,uccess 2actors of an Effective ELA ;. !nvolv !nvolving ing the the mand mandate ated d planni planning ng bodies especially the 0#- and the "(s in the various stages of the E0+ process. . /apping the servi services ces of e7te e7ternal rnal facilitators or coaches for appropriate technical assistance. ?.!nstituting twoway feedbac9 mechanisms on E0+ implementation implementation

on a sustained basis.

 

LET US NOT LOOK AT THE POLITICAL DIFFERENCES THAT DIVIDE US.

BUT AT THE COMMON  ASPIRAT  ASPIRA TION OF OUR PEOPLE THAT BINDS US.

 

"/EP" !@ E0+ ,'R)0+/!'@ $"implified and Practical*  )tili2ation -onference on "01R $0-E "( and #ept. %eads* o

 !dentification of Performance 1+P"8Recommendations  Presentation of the 0-EAs #evelopment  +genda that Jive with the three three Be Bear /e /erm $0-E "( and 0ocal ,unctionaries* o

 

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 ,ormulation of 01) Cision for the @e7t /hree

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Bears $0-E "( and #ept. %eads*  "ta9eholders ,orum $#ept. %eads with their -ounterpart in the (arangays* o

 ,ocus on the (asic "ervice #elivery "ectors:  D %ealth D Education  D "ocial "ervices D Economic  D Peace and Public "afety and #isaster anagement  D Environmental Protection and -limate -hange +daptation

 

 Problem !dentificati !dentification on  Prioriti2ed Proposed !nterventions  -onsolidation of Proposed !ntervention  ,inali2ation in ,orm of Program Proects and +ctivities o

 Presentation of Proposed !nterventions to the "anggunian for the Re6uired 0egislation o

"anggunian For9shop

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 ,inali2ation of the E7ecutive +ction and the "anggunian easures for 0egislation o

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by the 0-E and "( to be Fitnessed by the P# and 01''  Populari2ation of the E0+ to the

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(arangays