The National Competitiveness Council (NCC), during the recently concluded 4thRegional Competitiveness Summit held in the Philippine International Convention Center Reception Hall in Pasay City, names the municipality of Calape1stin terms of Government Efficiency for all towns belonging to the 3rd-6thclass municipalities.The coastal municipality gathered a score of 14.862069for government efficiency.Trailing behind are the towns of Paoay and Pasuquin both from the province of IlocosNorte.
Meanwhile, in the same category, the municipality of Jagna also landed in the 7thspot in the same category with a score of 11.406979.
For the component cities , Tagbilaran City placed 25th in the country, andimproved its overall ranking by 9 notches from its 2015 rank of 34th. Overall, the province of Bohol advanced its position and is now ranked as the 36th most competitive province in the country compared to last year’s 54th, 18 notches higher.
The award is part of the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index program of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC).Aligned with the goal to improve the country’s overall competitiveness, the program measures the competitiveness level of the different local government units (LGUs) in the country based on their performance on the three pillars anchored on global standards: Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency and Infrastructure. A number of indicators are identified in each pillar to provide more detailed view of the locality. Final scoring and ranking are based on outputs of the data submitted by the participating LGUs.
Since the program’s inception, this year’s round of the program covered 144 cities and 1,245 municipalities out of the total 1,634 or 85% national coverage. Participation of the LGUs for this year is higher compared to the 68% national coverage in the previous year (2015). According to the NCC Private Sector Cochairman Guillermo M. Luz, the grand plan for the fifth year (2017) is 100% national coverage.
Witnessed by the different delegates coming from the LGUs, national government agencies, business chambers, development partners, diplomatic community and the academe, the summit emphasized the importance of local competitiveness as the foundation of national competitiveness. Underscoring the value of the recognitions, awards were presented and conferred to the best performing LGUs.
