Miagao vies for Excell Awards
MIAGAO, Iloilo – The Municipality of Miagao is one of the five municipalities vying for the Excellence in Local Governance Awards (Excell Awards) Outstanding 1st – 3rd Class Municipality provincial level.
Initiated by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Excell Awards aims to recognize and showcase the outstanding achievements of local governments in the areas of administrative governance, social services, economic development, and environmental management for the period July 1, 2007 to June 20, 2008.
Other categories are Outstanding Province, Outstanding City, and Outstanding 4th – 6th Class Municipality and with specials awards on Excellence in Administrative Governance, Excellence in Social Services, Excellence in Economic Development and Excellence in Environmental Management.
Other municipalities evaluated for the Outstanding 1st – 3rd Class Municipality are: Pavia, Sta. Barbara, Cabatuan,
On a very short notice, the team of provincial evaluators from the DILG, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, Provincial Health Office, Department of Education, Provincial Police Office, and other private groups conducted an on – site evaluation and validation of the initial assessment of Municipal Local Government Operations Officer Aida Dideles on November 18, 2008.
Among the areas evaluated are: administrative governance – local legislation, transparency, participation, development planning, revenue collection, resource allocation and utilization, financial accountability, costumer service and human resource management and development; social services – health and nutrition, education, housing and basic utilities and peace and security and disaster risk management; economic development - agriculture and fisheries, entrepreneurship and business and industry promotion; and environmental management – natural resources management and pollution control.
Winners in the category shall represent the province in the regional contest.
"We warmly welcome evaluators who come to our municipality and evaluate our performance. Being among the contender in this award is an additional honor to the municipality which means that our efforts on governance have been once again recognized," said Mayor Julieta N. Flores before members of the evaluation team. (abm)