38 DILG officials witness Mandaue’s best practices
Thirty-eight senior officers of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) from the different regions were introduced to Mandaue’s best practices, especially with the public and private partnership.
City Administrator James Abadia presented to the visitors the city’s best practices at the Mandaue session hall on Thursday afternoon. Before the discussion, Abadia told them about the history of the 75-year-old Presidencia Building.
Abadia first presented the city’s projects under the public-private partnership (PPP), such as the socialized housing and the construction of school buildings.
Abadia said they helped the urban poor association in the city acquire lots through the community mortgage program (CMP) and partners Homeless People’s Federation and the Philippine Action for Community-led Shelter Initiatives Inc.
The DILG officials were in Cebu City since Monday for a four-day leadership training. Part of the training was to visit (Mandaue) the local government unit that has the best practices, said DILG Mandaue director Jhoaden Lucero.
Abadia also introduced the horror booth, which is organized by the Kaabag Mandaue Inc. and the Mandaue City government every Nov. 1 and 2 or All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day to raise funds for the Christmas party for indigent children.
The other best practices of the city are the Performance Governance System (PGS), which is implemented in partnership with the Institute Solidarity Asia; the Barangay Disaster Brigade and the Bantay Mandaue Command Center; strengthening of cooperatives; and the automation project.
PGS is a scientific management tool used to study, plan and implement strategies for the city’s governance and development.
Each barangay in Mandaue has formed a volunteer-based first-response group dubbed as the Barangay Disaster Brigade, whose members underwent a training by the Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation.
The Bantay Mandaue Command Center is equipped with communications equipment needed during emergencies. It will also control the soon-to-be installed traffic lights in the city.
The city also implements an automation project to improve the tax and revenue collection. /REPORTER JUCELL MARIE P. CUYOS
