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THE LGA MERIT





                                         MILESTONES




             LGRC CORNER                                       The Local Governance Resource Center (LGRC) has

                                                               been established as a dynamic and interactive Capacity
                                                               Development (CapDev) platform for an improved
        Looking back:                                          access to local governance knowledge in response to
                                                               the identified gaps in the capacity-building programs’
        History of LGRC                                        implementation.

                                                               As the national coordinator of the LGRC, the LGA
                                                               continues its dedication in managing and guiding
                                                               the Local Governance Regional Resource Centers
                                                               (LGRRCs) in strengthening their capacities since their
                                For the past three (3) decades,   institutionalization in 2005 with the support of the
                                the Local Government           Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
                                Academy (LGA) has proven       Initially, the LGRRCs were established only in selected
                                its constant commitment in     regions until its expansion to all seventeen (17) regions
                                providing quality services to   in the country year 2009 with the help of the European
                                local government officials,    Union (EU).
                                functionaries and the
                                Department of Interior and     The LGRRCs continue to aid the local officials in their skills
                                Local Government’s (DILG) local   enhancement and to foster partnerships in promoting
                                government sector.             sustainable development in local governance.





        Moving forward:
        LGA as national coordinator,

        role of LGRRCs in Full
        Devolution





         “      Together, let us continue


                #ChangingMindsets and
                #InfluencingBehavior as we move
                towards full devolution in local
                governance.

                         - LGA Asst. Dir. Daphne Purnell



        The LGA serves as the coordinating center of a network   With the full devolution coming closer, the LGRRCs are
        of Local Governance Regional Resource Centers (LGRRCs).   expected to be at the forefront of the Department’s
        Hence, it facilitates exchanges of knowledge among local   implementation of various CapDev initiatives in order
        governance sector partners and stakeholders at the national   to ensure that LGUs will provide their constituents with
        level as well as with the local level. For the first quarter of   what is expected of them. Hence, the LGA continues to
        2021, LGA was able to conduct four (4) activities that were   capacitate and prepare them for the transitioning, with
        intended to support the various LGRRCs.                full support to their innovations and efforts.






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