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substance of draft ordinances cannot be enhanced by NGOs without sangguniancommittees to get their views and perspectives.Figure 1. Framework for Effective <strong>Local</strong> Legislation 3Legislation CycleConstituentsEvaluation ofImplementation ofOrdinancesLegislative AgendaFormulationExecutive-LegislativeAgenda *LGU Vision &MissionCSOs,NGOs, POsCrafting ofOrdinances &ResolutionsOrdinancesResolutionsCodes ofOrdinancesDevelopmentPovertyReductionGender EqualityEnvironmentalProtectionPeace/UnityAccountability/TransparencyLCE,GovernmentAgenciesEnactment ofOrdinances andCodificationPrivateSectorCitizenParticipationInstitutionalEfficiency* <strong>The</strong> Executive-Legislative Agenda (ELA) is an integrated plan that contains the majordevelopment thrusts and priorities of the executive and legislative branches towards a commonvision for the locality. <strong>The</strong> ELA serves as a basis for identifying the legislative measures neededto implement LGU development priorities or what is referred to as the Legislative Agenda (LA).Thus the initial steps of the LA process may be undertaken as a joint activity with the ELA team oras a distinct but parallel activity to the ELA process. In either case, the ELA and LA processconverges at the point where legislative requirements are identified to ensure support for theimplementation of LGU priorities. See also LGSP, How to Formulate an Executive andLegislative Agenda for <strong>Local</strong> Governance and Development: A Manual, 2004 (Cited fromhereon as the ELA Manual).3 Adapted from the project framework of the LGSP VI and Development Academy of the PhilippinesProject on Enhancing LGU Effectiveness in Policy Formulation and <strong>Local</strong> Legislation. Source: DAP,Terminal Report, Enhancing LGU Effectiveness in <strong>Local</strong> Legislation, March 2003.9