A Users' Guide to Measuring Local Governance

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Local Governance Performance Management System
(LGPMS) (Philippines)
Producer
Department of the Interior and Local Government
(DILG), through the Bureau of Local Government
Supervision and DILG Regional Offices, Philippines.
History
The LGPMS follows on from several previous
initiatives in the Philippines aimed at measuring
and evaluating local development (the Local
Productivity and Performance Measurement
System (LPPMS – 1982), the Citizens’ Satisfaction
Index System (CSIS – 2000) and the Local
Development Watch (DevWatch – 2001). The
LGPMS tries to address two specific shortcomings
of these previous initiatives. First, information was
basically limited to service delivery capabilities
and limitations, without providing information
on overall administrative capabilities and
development conditions obtained in a local
government. Second, they did not address
the imperatives of effectively managing the
information for development and change at the
local level. Considering the lessons learned, and
aware of the evolving notion of governance, the
Local Governance Performance Management
System was developed.
Objectives
The LGPMS is a self-assessment, management and
development tool that enables provincial, city
and municipal governments to determine their
capabilities and limitations in the delivery of
essential public services. The LGPMS serves three
primary purposes:
• Supporting the development of a local
government through the improved use of
financial and human resources;
• Benchmarking local government performance
against established standards; and
• Informing national policy-makers on the state
of development in local governments.
Applicability
LGPMS results can be applied at both the national
and local levels. At the national level, they can be
used in a capacity-building perspective, as a base
for the delivery of recognitions, awards and
strategic funding to local governments, to identify
best practices, to re-classify local governments, to
develop a forum concerning local governance
amongst stakeholders.
At the local level, LGPMS results can help to
identify priority performance areas, determining
priority service areas and taking action.
Types and sources of data used
There are two sets of Data Capture Forms (DCF),
one for the provincial government and another
one for the municipal government. Both forms
collect two types of information. The first part of
these forms is related to general Information about
the local government, its major income source(s),
income and applicable service areas, as well as
other basic data. The second part concerns LGPMS
indicators and their corresponding performance
elements.There are four types of indicators, namely
• List indicators: descriptive attributes; data is
provided simply by making a check mark ( ̌ )
• Percentage indicators: two numeric values, one
serving as numerator and the other as
denominator. The formula to compute the
percentage is provided, the result of which
becomes the basis for the LGU performance
level for that indicator.
• Value indicators: exact numeric values as data
input
• Exclusive List indicators: descriptive attributes
that are mutually exclusive, i.e., only one of the
attributes can be true for a local government at
any given time
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