Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon received the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) award given by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Biazon and Vice Mayor Artemio Simundac attended the SGLG awarding ceremony held on Dec. 14 that was led by DILG Sec. Benjamin Abalos Jr. and Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.
The Seal of Good Local Governance is an “award, incentive, honor, and recognition-based program aims to boost LGUs' drive to constantly progress and/or sustain their notable performance across various governance areas.”
“Congratulations, Muntinlupa City! We are an SGLG (Seal of Good Local Governance) Awardee this 2022! Thank you to all employees of the city government including Cong. Jimmy Fresnedi for his excellent leadership when he was the mayor. #MuntinlupaNakakaproud,” said Biazon.
According to the DILG, out of the 1,715 local government units that were assessed, 18 provinces, 60 cities, and 274 municipalities in the country passed the 2022 SGLG criteria.
Muntinlupa is one of the five LGUs in the National Capital Region (NCR) which passed the SGLG assessment. The other awardees are the cities of Caloocan, Mandaluyong, Navotas, and Quezon.
The SGLG, institutionalized through Republic Act 11292, is based on 10 assessment criteria. These are:
- Financial Administration and Sustainability: Uphold the practice of fiscal discipline and sustainability, and transparency and accountability in the use of public funds;
- Disaster Preparedness: Prevent and prepare for disasters, whether natural or human-induced, in order to strengthen their resilience,
- Social Protection and Sensitivity: Demonstrate responsiveness to the needs of, and facilitate meaningful engagement with the vulnerable and ma/gina/ized sectors of society;
- Health Compliance and Responsiveness: Set-up, implement, and sustain health policies and programs that would strengthen and promote the well-being, healthy lifestyle, and safety of the public, while ensuring that all individuals, especially the vulnerable, have fair opportunities for better health without causing financial hardship through the organization of an integrated healthcare delivery system;
- Sustainable Education: /mp/ement education reforms and programs to support the vision of qual“ity education for all;
- Business-Friendliness and Competitiveness: Enable pro- compet"itive policies and interventions, and facil”itate ease of doing business, in accordance with the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018 (RA 11032);
- Safety, Peace and Order: Protect constituents from threats to life and damage to property;
- Environmental Management: Safeguard and preserve the integrity of the environment through adaptive social responsibility;
- Tourism, Heritage Development, Culture and Arts: Foster the value of sustainable tourism, and nurture culture and heritage;
- Youth Development: Stimulate meaningful participation of youth in local governance and nation-building