The Local Governance Policy Forum (LGPF) is a network of non-governmental
organizations, people's organizations and members of the academe
whose concern is furthering the democratic gains of decentralization
and local autonomy mandated by the 1987 Constitution and legislated
by the local government Code of 1991. Its work centers on the continuing
monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of local government
structures. Through research, advocacy, and lobbying efforts both
with lawmakers and the national and local governments, as well as
the general public and among the basic sectors, the network has
worked to ensure that genuine local autonomy and its promise of
greater development and democratization are fulfilled. Among the
many issues it focuses its efforts on are the review of the 1991
Local Government Code and its amendment, the implementation of the
local sectoral representation system, and research on genuine fiscal
autonomy including the Internal Revenue Allotment issue. Among its
network, the LGPF counts a wide network of local government executives
as well as NGOs and POs throughout the country.
This
LGPF Policy Page contains policy papers, updates on campaigns, and
fora documentation in order to bring to public discourse the issues
of local governance and local autonomy. We hope that with this page,
the resources for thinking through these issues are made available
to policy makers, local government executives, and civil society
advocates.
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