DILG TRAINS NEWLY ELECTED BARANGAY OFFICIALS MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 14 (PIA) -- Around 5,OOO newly elected barangay officials in Southern Leyte for the term 2013-2016 underwent the Barangay Newly Elected Officials (BNEO) Program to be conducted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), in coordination with the local chapters of the Liga Ng Mga Barangay (LnB). DILG Local Government Operations Officer II Rafunzel Bero in a press release said that the activity kicked off since the last week of February 2014 with 60 barangay officials trained in the municipality of Limasawa. ”The Laying the Foundation component of the BNEO program is a three-day orientation-seminar on the basics in barangay governance and administration in all 500 barangays in the province,” he reported. He added that an-going training of other barangay officials from the different municipalities in Southern Leyte. “It is expected to end for the month of April,” Acting DILG Information Officer Bero added. “DILG Provincial Director Juan M. Badocdoc conveyed that the 2013 Barangay Elections ushered in the new set of barangay officials, thus the need to equip them with the necessary knowledge and skills to collectively govern their respective communities,” he quoted. This term’s BNEO focuses on the improved participation for the community in local governance through citizenship building by strengthening the barangay-based institutions, greater transparency through the implementation of the Full Disclosure Policy of the Department, and performance management through the use of Barangay Governance Performance Management System (BGPMS). (rgc)
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 04:25:09 +0000
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