Robredo institutionalizes LGU-NGO partnerships at local level
MANILA,
July 30 (PNA) – Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo
said the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is
institutionalizing partnerships among local government units (LGUs) and
non-government organizations (NGOs) at the local level in undertaking
development projects.
It is in line with President Benigno C. Aquino III’s call
for partnerships with the private sector to pursue government’s
development efforts.
Robredo said that one of his top priorities as DILG
Secretary is to tap the active involvement and participation of NGOs and
the private sector in order to effect responsive development projects
at the local level.
“We should continuously harness the role that the people and
the different sectors can play in governance,” he stressed during a
speech at a conference on leadership development held at the Asian
Institute of Management (AIM) in Makati City.
Saying that leadership is a shared responsibility, the DILG
Chief cited his experience as mayor in Naga City where there is a strong
public-private partnership with the establishment of the Naga City
People’s Council.
He also said that under his leadership, the Naga City
Governance Institute was also created to share the city’s experiences in
leadership and governance and to sustain excellent local government
innovations. (PNA)
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