Local Legislators' Toolkit - The Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng ...

the LA team conducts its own planning and advocacy for the LA. 13 Tool 1Step 1: Organizing the LA Team<strong>The</strong> first step in the LA process is to organize an LA team to work on the details of the LA. Inorganizing the team, the sanggunian has to decide whether the LA team will work jointly withthe executive through the ELA team or separately but parallel to the ELA team.As illustrated in Tool 1, Steps 1 to 7 of the LA process can be undertaken jointly withthe executive through the ELA team or parallel to the ELA team. <strong>The</strong> LA process andELA process converges at Step 7 at which stage priority legislative measures are identifiedand mutually agreed upon by the executive and legislative branches to support prioritydevelopment thrusts. <strong>The</strong> LA process departs from the ELA process at Step 7 at which pointLA Process vis-à-vis ELA ProcessLA PROCESSELA PROCESSStep 1 Organizing the LA Team Step 1 Planning to PlanStep 2 Identifying and Prioritizing Issues Step 2 Prioritizing IssuesStep 3 Consulting with Stakeholders Step 3 Consulting with StakeholdersStep 4 Formulating or Revisiting the Vision &MissionStep 4 Defining/Revisiting the Vision &MissionStep 5 Formulating Goals and Objectives Step 5 Formulating Goals and ObjectivesStep 6 Prioritizing Programs and Projects Step 6 Prioritizing Programs and Projectsand Capacity Development NeedsStep 7 Determining Legislative Requirements Step 7 Determining Legislative RequirementsStep 8 Identifying Legislative Capacity Step 8 Building CommitmentDevelopment NeedsStep 9 Building Commitment Step 9 Securing Endorsement and ApprovalStep 10 Adopting the LA and Preparing Action Step 10 Moving the ELA to ActionPlansStep 11 Popularizing the LA Step 11 Popularizing the ELAStep 12 Managing the LA Step 12 Managing and Sustaining ELA13 LGSP and LGA, How to Formulate an Executive-Legislative Agenda for <strong>Local</strong> Governance andDevelopment, 2004.89