The Good Governance Dialogues is taking over
Davao City this week as part of the Aquino administration’s campaign for
improved governance and deeper citizen engagement, even as the Philippines’
‘Doing Business’ ranking moved higher this year as proof of sustainability of
the government’s reform efforts.
The disclosure of the World Bank’s “Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency” report last week can be seen as a precursor of the theme “Sustainability of Good Governance Reforms” for the next Good Governance Dialogues.
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad, who spearheaded the good governance discussion in Davao City, said, “The World Bank report shows that we have been able to create a sustained push for government reforms as part of President Aquino’s policy of Tuwid na Daan. Now the importance of how to sustain our reforms from year to year and beyond 2016 will be part of the discussion in the upcoming Good Governance Dialogues.”
In its yearly report, the World Bank surveyed different countries to see how easy or difficult it is to open and run a business in the country given their existing regulations. The Philippines ranked 138 out of 185 when the country first came up with its Gameplan for Competitiveness to improve its ranking in the survey in 2013. In its latest report, however, the Philippines shot up to 95 out of 189 economies from 108 last year.
“We’re happy that the World Bank has recognized our efforts in setting up an atmosphere conducive to business and investments in the country. But we also want to ensure that our open government reforms are sustainable from this juncture onwards. This is to guarantee that our reform successes become a permanent feature of Philippine governance. We believe the Good Governance Dialogues will help pave the way in that aspect,” said Abad.
The Good Governance Dialogues held on November 6-7 at The Pinnacle Hotel and Suites in Davao City. Previous legs of the Dialogues were conducted in Manila, Cagayan de Oro and Cebu City. The Dialogues are led by the Cabinet Cluster on Good Governance and Anti-Corruption, of which the DBM is Secretariat,
The forum covers Regions XI, XII and ARMM, with around 150 stakeholders invited from national government agencies, local governments (provincial governors, city mayors, and officers of the regional/provincial chapters of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines), civil society organizations (non-governmental and people’s organizations), business groups, international development partners, academe, and the media.
The event is organized by the DBM in partnership with the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) and civil society members of the Philippine Open Government Partnership (OGP), with support from the United States Agency for International Development-Facilitating Public Investment (USAID-FPI). (DBM)
The disclosure of the World Bank’s “Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency” report last week can be seen as a precursor of the theme “Sustainability of Good Governance Reforms” for the next Good Governance Dialogues.
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad, who spearheaded the good governance discussion in Davao City, said, “The World Bank report shows that we have been able to create a sustained push for government reforms as part of President Aquino’s policy of Tuwid na Daan. Now the importance of how to sustain our reforms from year to year and beyond 2016 will be part of the discussion in the upcoming Good Governance Dialogues.”
In its yearly report, the World Bank surveyed different countries to see how easy or difficult it is to open and run a business in the country given their existing regulations. The Philippines ranked 138 out of 185 when the country first came up with its Gameplan for Competitiveness to improve its ranking in the survey in 2013. In its latest report, however, the Philippines shot up to 95 out of 189 economies from 108 last year.
“We’re happy that the World Bank has recognized our efforts in setting up an atmosphere conducive to business and investments in the country. But we also want to ensure that our open government reforms are sustainable from this juncture onwards. This is to guarantee that our reform successes become a permanent feature of Philippine governance. We believe the Good Governance Dialogues will help pave the way in that aspect,” said Abad.
The Good Governance Dialogues held on November 6-7 at The Pinnacle Hotel and Suites in Davao City. Previous legs of the Dialogues were conducted in Manila, Cagayan de Oro and Cebu City. The Dialogues are led by the Cabinet Cluster on Good Governance and Anti-Corruption, of which the DBM is Secretariat,
The forum covers Regions XI, XII and ARMM, with around 150 stakeholders invited from national government agencies, local governments (provincial governors, city mayors, and officers of the regional/provincial chapters of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines), civil society organizations (non-governmental and people’s organizations), business groups, international development partners, academe, and the media.
The event is organized by the DBM in partnership with the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) and civil society members of the Philippine Open Government Partnership (OGP), with support from the United States Agency for International Development-Facilitating Public Investment (USAID-FPI). (DBM)
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