ADCL chairman Rene Romero announced that the project, dubbed e-BPLS LGU (Electronic Business Permit Licensing System for LGUs), aims to encourage all local governments to implement e-Governance and uses a software product that would enable them to process business applications electronically.
Romero believed that the project could standardize the business process flow in the application of business permit and licenses and provide a faster turnover time in the processing of business applications.
He added that the e-BPLS opens up and expands an LGU's capability in the administration of business licensing in five key areas, namely, application, assessment, payment, releasing and reports.
The project is now in its first phase with the town of Lubao as its pilot LGU.
The CICT, which is providing technical support to the e-BPLS LGU, is being funded by the Canadian Executive Service Office (Ceso), an international non-government organization helping developing nations cope with the trends of globalization.
In a recent briefing to its local partners, Ceso e-Government municipal development project officer Robert Sagun announced that Ceso has approved 12 municipalities in Pampanga that have qualified for e-Governance training and software installation.
Sagun said their goal is to improve governance among LGUs using various systems application software like e-Real Property Tax System, e-BPLS and e-Treasury Operations Management System.
However, the DTI, CICT and ADCL's project is only limited to the e-BPLS in the meantime as many municipalities have yet to secure infrastructure for IT, as well as education and training for information and communication technology.
Meanwhile, Romero said ADCL will play a very crucial role in advocating e-BPLS among LGUs.
"We have to encourage the LGUs to grab this opportunity. Our National Government agencies and foreign support teams are very enthusiastic to share the technology in order to improve our local governments' administration systems. This is part of ADCL's advocacy for good governance. We are campaigning to empower the LGUs by helping them improve their systems and services. In the long run, businessmen and all constituents of Pampanga would benefit from this project. The process of doing business in Pampanga will soon be as easy as it is being done in the corporate world," he said.
Autor(en)/Author(s): Albert B. Lacanlale
Quelle/Source: Sun Star, 13.07.2007
