The package includes various forms of technical assistance, particularly in crafting Information System Strategic Plan and in making electronic business permit and licensing system operational. These components were provided to the municipalities of Sta. Cruz, Bansalan, Hagonoy, and Padada.
A memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed to formalize the project which will grant each beneficiary an amount of P3.8 million. The following are covered under the eGov4MD:
- Orient the LGU's key officials about the project to ensure its successful and smooth implementation;
- Assist the LGU in the formulation of its Information Systems Strategic Plan (ISSP) or eGovernance Roadmap through a training to be conducted by CESO's Volunteer Adviser on E-Governance;
- CESO's Volunteer Adviser and a technical member of the eGov4MD to assist the LGU in setting up its eBPLS and building up its database based on the CESO-LGU workplan;
- Train designated LGU personnel on the use and operationalization of Electronic Business Permit and Licensing System (eBPLS) application; and
- Facilitate the provision to the beneficiary LGU the copy of the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) and eBPLS User's Manuals, which are developed and provided for free by the PBR and Commission on Information and Communication Technology of the National Computer Center (CICT-NCC), respectively, after the successful completion of the first two technical trainings and user's training by the LGU trainees.
To fully equip the recipients, techincal trainings were already conducted last month in Digos City.
DTI-Davao del Sur provincial director Engr. Edwin O. Banquerigo said that other support trainings shall also be conducted during the first quarter of 2010 and it is expected to run as soon as business registration starts.
"This particular software development program will help the LGUs provide better, faster, and more efficient service to their clients especially to those who are applying for business permits," he said.
Upon full implementation, Davao del Sur shall be the first province in Mindanao to have a cluster of LGUs who have implemented eBPLS. Upon completion, LGUs will also be provided the real property tax system and treasury operations management system to be covered under a separate MOA.
The eGov4MD project, which is funded by the Canadian Government through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), is a collaborative initiative among the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), Mayor's Development Center (MDC), Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO), and CICT-NCC. It is being supported by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) through its Local Government Academy and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through its Provincial Offices. The eGov4MD project started last April 2007.
"It was during the BPLS benchmarking conducted last August in Manila that we were able to avail of this project. The office of DTI here in the province organized the activity and encouraged LGUs to join us," Banquerigo ended.
LGUs which have not yet been included shall be the recipients for the Phase 2.
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Quelle/Source: Philippine Information Agency, 09.12.2009
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