San Jose dB is again Admin Governance Champ

San Jose de Buenavista was hailed as top performing local government unit (1st to 3rd class category)  for administrative governance in the Regional Search for Excellence in Governance Award.

Regional Search for Excellence in Governance Award is given by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) - Region VI to recognize the best managed local governments in the region that demonstrate best practices, achievements and innovations in administration, social services, economic development, environmental management and transparency.

The Municipality was also a runner-up for the Best in Environmental Management.

Aside from plaque the LGU also received P10,000.00 cash prize for Excellence in Administrative Governance.

Mayor Molina speaks in DILG DevTalk 2012

Mayor Rony L. Molina on DILG Development talk 2012. Photo by: Alan D.  Alvidera

San Jose de Buenavista Mayor Rony L. Molina shared the town's best practice on administrative governance during the Development Talk (DevTalk) organized by Department of Interior and Local Governance (DILG) VI held at the Central Philippine University, Iloilo City.


San Jose de Buenavista is a Best Performing Municipality for 1st-3rd Class Municipality Category in the DILG's Excellence in Governance (EXCELL) Award on Administrative Governance since 2010 and recently received the Seal of Good Housekeeping.

According to Mayor Molina, having a roadmap, leadership and people's participation were the key ingredients in San Jose's successful administrative governance.
  
DevTalk was a showcase of the the gains of DILGs advocacy for transparency and accountability in local governance.

This year's theme is “Strengthening the Journey of Biyaheng Pinoy: Tapat na Palakad, Bayang Maunlad."

The DevTalk was part of the celebration of the 21years of the Local Government Code organized by the DILG in partnership with Gesellschaft für Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI).

With the DevTalk were the Regional Land Use Forum, awarding ceremony for the Regional Winners of the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi and the launching of the Western Visayas Local Governance Resource Consortium (WVLGRC).

San Jose dB receives Seal of Good Housekeeping

Mayor Rony L. Molina with Municipal Administrator Florante Moscoso presenting the seal of good housekeeping to the municipal employees of the LGU during the Monday flag raising ceremony.

San Jose de Buenavista received the Seal of Good Housekeeping from the Department of Interior and Local Government.

The Department conferred the seal to the Municipality in recognition of its efforts in advancing accountability and transparency in local governance for 2011.

A glass plaque and a financial aid of P950,000.00 through the Local Government Support Fund was given to the LGU. (sjdb_mio)

San Jose dB shares DRRM best practices to LGUs in Western Visayas

 San Jose de Buenavista shared its best practices in disaster risk reduction and management in a series of orientations on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation for local government units in Western Visayas.

The activity is part of the “Strengthening LGUs Institutional Capacity in Mainstreaming DRRM and Climate Change Adaptation in Local Governance” Program of the Department of Interior and Local Government – Region VI.

The program aims to build the needed competencies among LGUs to deliver their institutional mandates and strengthen the capacity of the Local DRRM Councils and Local DRRM Offices to exercise and effectively perform their roles as overseeing and implementing bodies of LGUs DRRM and climate change adaptation program. 

The participants in the training were local chief executives, LGU department heads, Municipal/City Local Government Operations Officers, and Municipal/City DRRM Officers of 130 LGUs that were identified as high risk to disasters and located mostly in the provinces of Iloilo and Capiz.

According to Engr. Alex Crespo, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer of San Jose de Buenavista, “DRRM is wide-ranging and cross-cutting various issues thus DRRM and climate change adaptation initiatives were integrated into the various sector of development like agriculture, education and environment.“

San Jose de Buenavista is a National Gawad Kalasag awardee for two consecutive years for Best Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council for 1^st-3^rd Class Municipality Category. 

Other presenter sharing best practices on DRRM were Governor Filipe Nava of Guimaras which stressed science-based planning and decision-making and partnership-building.

The orientations were scheduled on October 17-18, October 20-21 and October 24-25 in Iloilo City.