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

ABOUT THE TOOLKITWho Is the <strong>Toolkit</strong> For?This toolkit is intended for the use of sanggunian or legislative bodies of local governmentunits. It is designed for local legislators or members of the sanggunian at all levels,barangay, municipal, city and province. It focuses on specific tasks and processes oflegislative work and provides local legislators with the tools to do them.What is the <strong>Toolkit</strong> For?<strong>The</strong> toolkit aims to provide a practical, step-by-step guide to making local laws or legislationeasier, simpler yet responsive to people’s needs. It aims to promote effective locallegislation as a way of enhancing local governance and attaining development for localcommunities. It contributes to building capacities of local legislators by providing them withtools to understand local legislation as a systematic, participatory process that involvesspecific, interrelated tasks and interaction with various stakeholders to address developmentgoals.What the <strong>Toolkit</strong> Contains<strong>The</strong> toolkit “breaks down” local legislation as a complex process into specific, result-orientedtasks, and offers tools to show how particular tasks may be done, and how outputs may bestandardized as appropriate, e.g. form and style of an ordinance. It contains templates,outlines, process guides, checklists and flowcharts. <strong>The</strong>se are simple, generic guides thatcan be easily adapted for use by local legislators in performing tasks necessary in locallegislation. <strong>The</strong>se include preparing a legislative agenda, drafting an ordinance, codifyingordinances, conducting a committee hearing, documenting legislative activities, problemsolving, and evaluating the implementation of ordinances, among others.1