Department of the Interior and Local Government
SGLG Technical Notes CY 2023
For National Orientation Only
Indicator
1a. Finalist of the PCCI's
Most Business-Friendly
LGUs Award
1b. Ranked among the
Top 20 (Top 20
Provinces, Top 20
Cities, and Top 20
Municipalities) of the
2022 Competitiveness
Index
2. Presence of Local
Economic Development
and Investment
Promotions Office/ Unit
3. Presence of citizen’s
BUSINESS-FRIENDLINESS and COMPETITIVENESS
Enable pro-competitive policies and interventions, and facilitate ease of doing business
Relevance/ Description
Recognition of the LGU’s exceptional and
substantial efforts and practices in promoting
and enticing business, investment and
employment through its services,
facilities or infrastructures and innovations
as assessed by the Philippine Chamber of
Commerce (PCCI).
Recognition of the LGU’s exceptional and
substantial efforts and practices in promoting
and enticing business, investment and
employment through its services, facilities or
infrastructures and innovations as assessed
by the Department of Trade and Industry –
Competitiveness Bureau (DTI-CB)
Demonstrates that the LGU values
promotion of efforts to ensure local
economic growth and attract investments
with the establishment of an office or
designation of personnel intended for it
pursuant to DILG MC 2010-113 and/or DILG
MC No. 2020-167.
LGU efforts to encourage businesses and
Data Source
● Recognition received from
PCCI
● List of LGU Finalists of Most
Business-Friendly LGUs Award
from PCCI
● Recognition received from DTI-
CB
● List of Top 20 Provinces, Top
20 Cities, and Top 20
Municipalities in the 2022
Competitiveness Index from
DTI-CB
● Ordinance creating LEDIP
Office/Unit
● Executive order or similar
issuance designating a Local
Economic Development and
Investment Promotions Officer
(LEDIPO) with listed functions,
duties and responsibilities
● Actual posted Citizen’s
SGLG Minimum Requirement
Provinces, cities and municipalities:
2022 Finalist of the PCCI’s Most
Business-Friendly LGUs Award; OR
met item 1b; OR met items #2 to #6
Provinces, cities and municipalities:
Belongs to the Top 20 provinces, Top
20 cities or Top 20 municipalities of the
2022 Competitiveness Index; OR met
item 1a; OR met items #2 to #6
Provinces and cities: Established LEDIP
Office/Unit i.e., has structure,
organization and staff (An equivalent
office may not necessarily carry the
exact name, as long as it performs all
the functions a LEDIP office/unit is
created for)
Municipalities: Designated LEDIPO (An
equivalent position may not necessarily
carry the exact name, as long as it
performs all the functions a LEDIPO is
created for)
Cities and municipalities: Citizen’s
 Department of the Interior and Local Government
SGLG Technical Notes CY 2023
For National Orientation Only

Indicator Relevance/ Description Data Source SGLG Minimum Requirement

charter for securing
permits for new
business and business
renewal
investments by simplifying business
processing and licensing with the
establishment of a Citizen’s Charter
pursuant to the ARTA Law, DILG MC No.
2010-113, DILG-DTI JMC No. 01, s. 2010,
DILG MC No. 2016-104, and DILG-DTI-
DICT JMC No. 2016-01, ARTA-DTI-DILG-
DICT JMC No. 2021-01 and Republic Act
11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and
Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of
2018.
Charter (Form 2E: Photo
Documentation)
● Updated Citizen’s Charter
● Ordinance or similar
issuance adopting citizen’s
charter
Charter that:
1. Is Visible within Business Permit
and Licensing Office (BPLO),
2. Reflects current fees,
3. Reflects the processing time of
three (3) days for new business
permit applications, and
4. Reflects the processing time of
three (3) days for business
permit renewals.

A citizen’s charter is an official document, a

service standard, or a pledge, that
communicates, in simple terms, information
on the services provided by the government
to its citizens pursuant to Section 6 of
Republic Act 11032. It describes in detail the
comprehensive and uniform checklist of
requirements for each type of application or
request; procedure to obtain a particular
service; person/s responsible for each step;
maximum time to conclude the process;
document/s to be presented by the applicant
or requesting party, if necessary; amount of
fees, if necessary; and procedure for filing
complaints.

4. Streamlined process
in doing business
LGU's compliance with the standards in
processing business permits and licenses
pursuant to DILG MC No. 2010-113, DILG-
DTI JMC No. 1, s. 2010 and DILG MC No.
2016-104, DILG-DTI-DICT JMC No. 2016-
01, ARTA-DTI-DILG-DICT JMC No. 2021-
01, and RA 11032:
a) One (1) step for fully implemented
● Certified Form 2B (BPLO)
● Citizen’s Charter
● Sample transactions for
renewal and new businesses
for 2022
● Memorandum of Agreement
or any document that proves
the establishment of BOSS
Cities: Must meet the Items 1 to 3 below
Municipalities: Must meet the Items 1 to
2 below
1. Business or mayor's permit released
in:
(a) one step for fully implemented
 Department of the Interior and Local Government
SGLG Technical Notes CY 2023
For National Orientation Only

Indicator Relevance/ Description Data Source SGLG Minimum Requirement

eBOSS or four (4) steps or less for
transition to fully automated
b) Not more than 3 days processing
both for new and renewal of business
c) Presence of Business One-Stop-
Shop (BOSS)
d) Fully implemented eBOSS
e) Integration of barangay clearance
(seasonal or all-year round)
or eBOSS
● Ordinance or similar
issuance on the integration
of barangay clearance to
the business permitting
process
eBOSS; 4 steps or less for
eBOSS in transition to fully
automated (per Citizen’s
Charter)
● 1 step - Online application,
Online payment, Online
Release of permit/thru courier
service
● 2 steps - Online application,
Online payment, Manual
release of permit (Face to face)
● 3 steps - Computerized Setting
an appointment/Submission,
Receipt of Order Payment, and
Pay and Claim)
● 4 steps - Computerized Setting
an appointment, Submission,
Receipt of Order Payment, and
Pay and Claim)

(b) Not more than 3 days

processing both for new and
renewal of business (per
Certified Form 2B)

2. Presence of Business One Stop

Shop (BOSS):
● Must be established all-year
round BOSS for cities
● Established seasonal BOSS at
least for municipalities

3. Presence of Integration of Barangay

 Department of the Interior and Local Government
SGLG Technical Notes CY 2023
For National Orientation Only
Indicator
5. Updated Local
Economic Development
(LED) data
6. Local Investment
Incentive Code (LIIC)
Relevance/ Description
LGU measure to systematize economic
database for the optimal use and reference
of the LGU in support of DILG MC No. 2010-
113 and DILG MC No. 2016-104. Required
economic data: (a) no. of new businesses in
2021 and 2022; (b) no. of business renewals
in 2021 and 2022; (c) amount of capital
investment derived from registered new
businesses in 2021 and 2022; and d) no. of
employees derived from registered new
businesses and business renewals in 2021
and 2022.
Computerized refers to online processed
database or software-enabled, while
computer-aided means using Excel, Word or
other program for recording and/or
processing of data.
Legislative measure to strengthen initiatives
to draw local and foreign investments
through appropriate policies pursuant to
DILG-DTI JMC No. 2011-01.
Updated LIIC may be in the form of:
adopting a new Code, amending or revising
particular section(s) of existing Code,
formulation of equivalent other investment
Codes, as applicable:
(1) Public-private Partnership (PPP)
Code or Joint Venture (JV) Code
pursuant to DILG MC 2016-120 and
DILG-PPP JMC 2019-01.
(2) PEZA Code
Data Source
● Certified Form 2B (BPLO) for
the summarized data
● Actual Database or
electronically generated
report where business
application forms are tracked
and summarized
● Ordinance adopting the LIIC
● Ordinance amending/
revising particular section(s)
of existing LIIC
● PPP Code/JV Code/PEZA
Code (as applicable)
SGLG Minimum Requirement
Clearance on Business permit process
for Cities
HUCs: Computerized or computer-
aided tracking system and must be able
to provide all four economic data
required
ICCs/CCs and municipalities:
Computerized or computer-aided
tracking system and must be able to
provide at least three of the four
economic data required
Provinces and cities: Code must be
updated not earlier than CY 2018, or
the existing Code has been amended
or revised by a new ordinance enacted
not earlier than CY 2016.
Consideration may be given to a
province or city with: (a) existing Code
that is adopted not earlier than CY
2011, or (b) old Code that has been
amended or revised by a new
ordinance enacted not earlier than CY
2011.
 Department of the Interior and Local Government
SGLG Technical Notes CY 2023
For National Orientation Only

Indicator Relevance/ Description Data Source SGLG Minimum Requirement

Updating of Code entails setting aside

existing ordinances and resolutions on
investments and resolutions because these:
have already been repealed or amended;
duplicate(s) other ordinances; contrary to
national laws and policies; and generally,
requires modification to remain responsive
to demands of current realities.