BAGUIO CITY – The city government copped an award in the 2018 Digital Cities Philippines Awards for Best Practices in eGovernance during the awards program held last Oct. 12 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila.
The city was adjudged third Best in eGov Customer Empowerment (G2C) through the Online Public Assistance and Complaint Desk (PACD).
The city’s Registry of Allotment and Obligations System also gained nomination in the Best in Data-Driven Governance Award or the D2G category.
Both were programs of the Management Information Technology Division of the City Budget Office under Budget Officer Leticia Clemente.
A total of 36 local government units joined and fielded 65 entries in the honors program jointly undertaken by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP).
The City DILG Office headed by Evelyn Trinidad on Monday presented the award to city officials led by Mayor Mauricio Domogan, the city budget office represented by Asst. Budget Officer Severina De Leon and the MITD personnel headed by Mario Rosendo Diaz Jr.
Started in 2012 in honor of the late DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo, the awards program aims “to highlight and encourage the effective delivery of services by LGUs and to replicate their innovative practices to serve as example and benchmarks to other LGUs.”
It also aims to improve the business development, social services and the ecosystem of the LGUs and motivate the private and business sector to actively participate and invest in the growth of the LGUs.
For this year, the six awards categories are the Best In Customer Empowerment (G2C) Award recognizes the measurable effect of an LGU’s outstanding practices using ICT solutions in the education and engagement of the public and in the use of electronic facilities towards providing improved timely and relevant delivery of public services;
Best in Business Empowerment (G2B) Award cites the significant effect of an LGU’s laudable practices in integrating ICT solutions and the LGUs responsiveness to the needs of business enterprises, thereby creating business opportunities;
Best in Government Inter-operability Empowerment (G2G) Award cites the valuable impact of an LGU’s initiative to connect data and systems with other government offices, both national and local for the convenience of their constituents and to improve its public service delivery;
Best in Digital Finance Empowerment (P2G) Award commends the initiative of an LGU to promote e-commerce or electronic payment facilities and systems to ensure effective revenue generation and improving the financial management of the LGU as well as giving convenience to the public;
Best in Data-Driven Governance (D2G) Award cites the efforts of local governments in recognizing that good governance through ICT goes hand in hand with the fair and responsible processing and use of data; and
Best in Systems for Global Competitiveness (G2W) Award cites the efforts of an LGU in developing world class systems in using ICT that are at par with international or internationally –recognized standards, thus making the LGU globally competitive, recognized, and virtually accessible and interactive.
One city, one province, and one municipality were declared champion per category based on four major criteria: Innovative management, Impact, Relevance (25 points) and Replication potential and sustainability. ** Aileen P. Refuerzo
