Local and Development Planning

LEGAL BASES FOR PLANNING

 THE 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 (R.A. 7160)

THE 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION ARTICLE II- DECLARATION OF

PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES WHERE THE PREPARATION OF
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS MANDATED

SECTION 10 –PROMOTION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN ALL PHASES OF

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SECTION 13 –RECOGNITION OF THE VITAL ROLE OF THE YOUTH IN

NATION- BUILDING, ENCOURAGING THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN PUBLIC
AND CIVIC AFFAIRS

SECTION 14 – RECOGNITION OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN NATION-

BUILDING

SECTION 15 – PROMOTION OF THE RIGHT TO THE HEALTH OF THE

PEOPLE

SECTION 16 – ADVANCING THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO A

BALANCED AND HEALTHFUL ECOLOGY SECTION

21 - PROMOTION OF COMPREHENSIVE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND

AGRARIAN REFORM SECTION

22 – RECOGNITION OF THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENEOUS CULTURAL

COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF NATIONAL UNITY AND
DEVELOPMENT SECTION 23 – INVOLVEMENT OF NON-
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY-BASED OR
SECTORAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 (R.A. 7160) PROVIDED

MECHANISM FOR DECENTRALIZATION AND LOCAL AUTONOMY

SECTION 106 MANDATES THAT EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT(LGU)

SHALL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE MULTI-SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT
PLAN TO BE INITIATED BY ITS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND
APPROVED BY ITS SANGGUNIAN.

SECTION 20 REQUIRES THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS SHALL,

IN CONFORMITY WITH EXISTING LAWS, CONTINUE TO PREPARE
THEIR COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLANS ENACTED THROUGH
ZONING ORDINANCES WHICH SHALL BE THE PRIMARY AND
DOMINANT BASIS FOR THE FUTURE USE OF LAND RESOURCES

SECTION 44 NUMBER 1(ii)-THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR IS MANDATED TO

DIRECT THE FORMULATION OF THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN,
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF TH MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL,
AND UPON THE APPROVAL THEREOF BY THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN,
IMPLEMENT THE SAME SECTION

468 PARAGRAPH 2 (vii)-MANDATES THE SANGGUNIANG

PANLALAWIGAN TO REVIEW THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE
PLANS(CLUPs) AND ZONING ORDINANCES OF COMPONENT CITIES
AND MUNICIPALITIES AND ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE PROVINCIAL
LAND USE PLAN(CPLUP), SUBJECT TO EXISTING LAWS

Integrated Capability Building Program

 The ICBP is designed with the principle that:

The LGUs are the primary actors of the program

with the DILG serving as a facilitator.

Thus, the success of the program rests heavily on the degree of commitment
and participation of the LGUS.

The major feature of the ICBP is that:

 It is hands-on
 On-site
 Output-oriented

 The ICBP assures:

 Maximum LGU participation

 Its outputs are specific
 Sustainability at every level of LGU

 It is demand driven which means

It is designed to respond, as much as possible, to the specific needs of our

partner local governments.

 ICBP is premised on the fundamental notion: The local governments are

the center of all local development activities.
 5 Components

1. Management Systems

2. Development Planning

3. Local Legislation

4. Local Financial Management

5. Community Mobilization

DEFINITION OF DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

Is a deliberate, rational and continuous effort of the Local Government Unit

(LGU) to accelerate the process of development of preparing a set of
decisions, optimizing use of local resources, with active participation of the
community.

It is one of the core components of the ICBP to serve as an effective delivery

tool and a strategy to provide direction for physical development and
accelerating economic growth.

It aims to capture the aspirations and desire of the citizenry on the type and
level of development they want to attain at a certain time.

OBJECTIVES OF DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

To optimize the use of resources at the right time without sacrificing the
environment;

To provide direction in the execution of development programs/projects;

To solicit and ensure citizen's participation in decision making concerning

social and economic development;

To respond to the requirements of the local government code

How it can benefit local government unit?

For the past decades, studies on local development planning have been
conducted and results show that development planning is one area of concern
which has to be strengthened among the LGUS.

Identified Needs/Problems:
Local development planners need to enhance their skills in the actual
preparation of development plans;

Policy makers need to upgrade their knowledge of how to come up with

strategies that could bring about a more systematic and coordinated approach
to development.

LGUS particularly 5th and 6th class are having difficulty in devising an
effective planning scheme because of inadequate manpower.

Other problem is the emergence of so many guidelines and textbooks on local

development planning which leads to confusions.