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CHANGING THE GAME IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Fortifying Partnerships to Transform the
Future of LG CapDev
The LGA leads the capacity development strengthening its partnerships as one of
of local governments in pursuit of its key strategies to achieve its goals. In
strengthened local governance in the fact, 2019 witnessed how LGA invested in
Philippines. As a leader, it carries the opportunities allowing LGA to introduce
responsibility and leads innovations to and reintroduce itself to larger audiences
harmonize interventions and pursue an and more established partners increasing
environment of collaborative engagement its influence by strategically positioning its
among LG stakeholders. relevance in the field.
To transform the future of LG CapDev, The year 2019 established the LGA’s
the LGA sees the potential of partners in stance on enhancing partnership,
pursuing the direction. Understanding collaboration, and cooperation towards
that it cannot cater to every CapDev excellence in local governance. It invested
needs of local governments, the LGA in network expansion (and management)
triggers changes as knowledge manager, within the nation and across the globe.
knowledge broker, and knowledge It held various knowledge exchange
innovator to drive the continuous activities to support opportunities for
transformation of collaboration and knowledge sharing and networking. It
partnership for capacitating local enhanced its services both for its partners
governments. and clientele and promoted collaboration
and co-operation of LG stakeholders.
Strategically, partnerships with various
international and domestic institutions The LGA also participated in international
provide two major benefits to LGA: forums and conferences which exposed
1) it helps increase LGA’s influence in itself to several best practices and
the LG capacity development arena innovative techniques that affect the
and 2) it allows LGA to improve its development and enhancement of its
competencies in providing effective LG program delivery mechanisms.
capacity development. It also provides
opportunities to expand resources and Transforming the future of LG CapDev
to improve access to financing, tools does not happen overnight. Achieving
and technical assistance supporting the it requires well-defined goals, strategic
development of results-oriented and planning, strict implementation, and
high-quality CapDev programs. reliable partners. The LGA as the premier
capacity development institution for
The LGA has high regard for its partners local governance continuously commits
and values their contributions in to strengthening its partnership towards
implementing CapDev programs for a sustainable and better future in local
effective local governance. Thus, LGA sees governance.
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