DILG Caraga leads Regional Partnership Forum for LGU CapDev Harmonization
BUTUAN CITY -- Spearheaded by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga, the Support to Upscaling Organizational Grit of Local Government Units Program (SULONG) Program: Regional Partnership Forum was conducted on February 28, 2023 at the Watergate Boutique Hotel, this city.
It was well
attended by representatives from Caraga's five provincial governments and the
highly urbanized City of Butuan, national government agencies (NGAs), Local
Resource Institutes (LRIs), and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).
In her
rationale, DILG Caraga Local Government Capability Development Division Chief
LGOO VII Annabel F. Yangson, highlighted that the Support to Upscaling
Organizational Grit of Local Government Units Program is a response to the
organization’s role as the overseer of capacity development interventions for
LGUs. It is geared toward developing an appropriate mechanism to harmonize all
CapDev intervention of regional line agencies and other third-party service
providers.
The activity
was an offshoot of the Kakadiaoan Hong Caraga Capdev Expo last
November 28, 2023 where the different partners earnestly committed to journey
with the DILG in shaping the capacities of the LGUs by enhancing the capacity
development framework of the region.
Fruitful
discussions between and among the Capdev Market - NGAs, LRIs and CSOs, and the
LGUs in relation to the priority CapDev requirements of LGUs, took place during
the Regional Partnership Forum.
DILG Caraga
also acknowledged the vital role of partners in establishing a harmonized
platform in the provision of capacity development interventions for the LGUs.
Moreover, all stakeholders present were enjoined to continue working together
for the goal of excellence in local governance especially in the light of Full
Devolution. (LGOO II Dorothy Jill D. Peros, DILG XIII –
Caraga/PIA-Caraga)