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Local Governance Training and Research Institutes
(LoGoTRI-PhilNet) is the country’s response
to rationalize and direct the capacity development
efforts in local governance and to institute mechanisms
towards a sustained, responsive, appropriate,
transparent, accountable, and quality capacity
building interventions to the local governments.
Patterned after the Local Government Training
and Research Institutes (LoGoTRI) in the Asia-Pacific,
the Local Government Academy of the Department
of the Interior and Local Government (LGA-DILG)
has facilitated its establishment on September
12, 2003 during the National Convention on Local
Resource Institutions (LRIs) held in Los Baños,
Laguna. A total of forty LRIs from all over the
Philippines took part in organizing the Network.
An eleven-member Board of Directors composed
of two representatives each from the National
Capital Region, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao and
three members who will be elected at large during
the regular General Assembly govern the Network.
An interim Secretariat is located at the Local
Government Academy (LGA) for the first two years.
Vision
The premier network of empowered and responsive
local resource institutions promoting excellence
in governance.
Principles
The LoGoTRI-PhilNet in pursuit of its vision,
adheres to the following principles :
- Synergy through partnership and teamwork
- Collegiality in diversity
- Participation of stakeholders
- Respect for individual members' autonomy
- Excellence in governance
- Professionalism
- Integrity
Mission
The LoGoTRI-PhilNet acts as a catalyst of change
for local government unit (LGU) institutional
development by providing relevant programs and
services to empower the participation of the civil
society and the private sector for good governance.
As LRIs endeavor to act as catalysts of change
in an environment to sustainable partnership,
it promotes and practices good governance through
integrated and concerted action.
Goals
To adopt a holistic institutional development
or reform framework for integrated and concerted
action by installing functional systems and mechanisms
including but not limited to the sharing of best
practices, innovations and resources;
To ensure institutional development of member
LRIs and the network through the establishment
of quality standards, accreditation schemes, and
academic consortia;
To espouse good governance principles and values
by strengthening grassroots democracy and promoting
transparency and accountability;
To develop and implement relevant programs and
services that would enhance the LGUs’ technical,
ethical, and leadership capacities as well as
those of the CSOs and the private sector for good
governance; and
To establish and strengthen partnership between
and among the network, LGUs, and other stakeholders/organizations.
Proposed Activities
In order to achieve its goals, the Network shall:
- Organize Programs such as:
- Technical Advisory Services
- Training
- Study Tours
- Research Studies
- Documentation
- Knowledge Management
- Staff Exchange
- Develop and maintain
- Resource Center
- Website
- Electronic Discussion Group
- Newsletter
- Organize other activities for purposes
for attaining its goals.
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