Building Regional Competitiveness

RUY Y. MORENO PRIVATE SECTOR DIRECTOR NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL

Building blocks
National Competitiveness Plan Local Competitiveness Councils Industry Roadmaps

Working Groups

Proposed Structure/ Activities

Regional Competitiveness Council

(Public and Private sectors)

Data Collection / Competitive ness Indicators (Academe)

Capability Building and Training

Monitoring and Evaluation

Other Productivity/ Competitiveness Programs (PGS for LGUs, Among others)

BUILDING REGIONAL / LOCAL COMPETITIVENESS

Project Goal Creation of regional or local competitiveness councils whose objectives are to strategically map out how to make their respective regions or communities more competitive vis--vis selected ASEAN cities. Specific Objectives To encourage Regional Development Councils (RDCs) to organize their own Local Competitiveness Committees and work on the metrics to serve as a diagnostic tool for assessing their regional/local competitiveness. To tap reputable universities per region/province for competitiveness data collection (research) and conduct of surveys. To establish linkages with the various public and private key stakeholders and development partners in the regions/provinces for research, monitoring and evaluation.

RDC
Competitiveness Committee 50% Private 50% Public

Collect Data
Give to NCC

PROPOSED INDICATORS
Assessing Local Economic Development/ Competitiveness Broad Indicator I: dynamism of local economy II: responsiveness of LGU to business needs III: Infrastructure IV: quality of life V: cost of doing business VI: human resources and training

RDC - University Partner ( data collection)

OVERALL RANKING & COMPETITIVENESS DRIVERS

CITY OVERALL RANK DYNAMISM OF LOCAL ECONOMY COST OF DOING BUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE HUMAN RESOURCES TRAINING RESPONSIVENESS OF LGU QUALITY OF LIFE

METROPOLITAN GROWTH CENTERS

Cebu City Davao City 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1

GROWTH CENTERS

Cagayan de Oro City

Bacolod City Zamboanga City

1
2 3

1
5 7

3
6 1

2
7 4

3
3 3

3
1 6

3
2 5

Olongapo City
General Santos City Iloilo City Mandaue City Baguio City Batangas City

4
5 6 7 8 9

10
9 4 2 6 8

4
7 9 5 10 2

3
1 8 6 10 9

3
7 1 7 2 7

8
9 4 7 2 5

1
3 7 9 6 8

Lapu-Lapu City

10

10

10

OVERALL RANKING & COMPETITIVENESS DRIVERS

CITY OVERALL RANK DYNAMISM OF LOCAL ECONOMY COST OF DOING BUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE HUMAN RESOURCES TRAINING RESPONSIVENESS OF LGU QUALITY OF LIFE

EMERGENT CITIES Dagupan City Tacloban City San Fernando City Ormoc City Puerto Princesa City 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 5 2 5 13 2 3 17 1 10 3 4 6 11 1 6 11 11 2 1 3 6 9 5 5 1 5 3

Naga City
Pagadian City

6
7

3
17

13
1

10
8

2
6

4
7

16
13

Legaspi City
Tuguegarao City

8
9

10
4

11
7

7
13

6
6

10
5

8
11

Surigao City
Tagum City Angeles City Lucena City Cotabato City Iligan City Butuan City

10
11 12 13 14 15 16

15
11 1 6 14 13 16

9
8 15 6 11 4 16

9
2 12 17 5 15 14

11
11 11 2 2 6 2

8
12 15 11 16 13 14

9
17 14 9 15 3 1

Santiago City

17

12

10

16

11

17

11

Proposed Indicators
1. Dynamism of Local Economy Total Population Total Income Per capita income Regional GDP Regional GDP per capita Regional GDP Growth Rate

 PEZA Approval, number of PEZA-approved facilities in the city or municipality Travel advisory, presence of travel warnings from other countries ICT Council, presence of ICT council (by city or municipality) Vulnerability to natural disturbances, presence of ICT council (by city or municipality) Number of crimes solved per capita by city or municipality

Geophysical - Number of typhoons in the past 3 years - Number of earthquakes in the past 3 years - Flood prone areas

Geopolitical Per capita Internal Revenue Allotment Prevalence rate of diseases (provincial data), morbidity rate of disease Number of tuberculosis cases Number of pneumonia cases Number of election related violence crimes (provincial data) Number of terrorist acts

Indicators
4. Responsiveness of LGU to Business Needs
Length of time to renew business permits (days) Cost of renewing business permits (% of annual revenue) Length of time to register property (days) Cost of registering property (% of value) Length of time to secure utility connection (days) Total time spent on administrative matters (i.e., tax and other payments), days per year Availability of investment incentives, local investment code Presence of Local Investment Promotion Office Presence of Business One-Stop Shop

Indicators
5. Infrastructure Availability of 24 hr electricity Availability of 24 hr water service Quality of road network Number of telephone service providers Number of internet providers Quality of internet connections Total number of cars for hire Travel time to airport Travel time, access to nearest international airport

Indicators
5. Infrastructure Travel time to seaport Travel time to nearest international seaport Frequency of flights per day

Indicators
6. Quality of Life Police to population ratio Monthly crime rate Doctor to population ratio Number of hospitals Number of hospital beds Number of high schools Number of colleges/universities Number of commercial banks Number of historical, tourism sites

Indicators
6. Quality of Life Number of hotel rooms (4-star, 5-star) Number of daily domestic flights (to Manila to Cebu) Number of daily international flights

Indicators
7. Cost of Doing Business
Electricity cost (P/kwh) Water rate (P/cu.m.) Fuel cost (premium, P/liter) Minimum wage (per day) Commercial space rental/lease rate, central business district (P/sqm/month) Commercial lot value (P/sqm) Industrial space rental / lease (P/sqm/month) Industrial lot value (P/sqm)

Indicators
8. Human Resources
Total number of high school and college students Number of high school graduates per year Number of college, university graduates per year Number of graduates who earn Licenses, Certification Percentage of population with college degrees Number of technical-vocational schools Number of graduate schools Total number of employees Unemployment rate

8. Human Resources Percentage of Professionals, By Region - Number of working age population (ages 15-29, NSO) less number of graduates from all tertiary education institutions within a city's or municipality's boundaries (over total working age population)

CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING

Customer Service Excellence for the LGUs/ BPLOs (c/o CIC)
Aims to enhance LGUs/BPLOs technical knowledge, professional attitude, and customer-orientation

Local Investment Promotion (c/o BOI)

Appreciation seminar for local executives, line-agencies and private sector organization representatives on their roles in investment promotion. It highlights the different investment promotion tools and strategies that can be used by the different localities to promote their area as an investment destination

Urban Planning
With populations growing and resources limited, it is important for LGUs and regions to properly undertake urban planning for optimal resource management

MONITORING & EVALUATION

Customer Feedback Surveys
Quick-response, self-administered surveys covering one specific topic at a time. First survey covered BPLS and was conducted from Jan 10 Feb 10.

Field Monitoring
In-depth studies to validate survey results and ask follow-up questions

Baseline Data Collection

Collection of basic data before and after programs are conducted in order to measure progress over time

Enterprise Surveys
Large-scale public opinion surveys conducted through face-to-face interviews

Created on August 26, 2011 (RDC No. 25) Tasked to improve competitiveness in the public and private sectors in the region. Aims to - improve competitiveness of the LGUs - ensure complementation of productivity and competitiveness programs of the government and private sectors.

Functions a. To monitor the LGUs on selected competitiveness indicators, b. To assess productivity enhancing programs of various agencies, c. To advocate the enrolment of LGUs and key line agencies on different competitiveness systems, and d. To propose policy and administrative reforms

Chaired by NEDA Membership: 7 RLAs 6 PPDCs 7 CPDCs 7 private sector representatives (PCCI Bicol and 6 local chamber of commerce and industry) 27

Common of objectives, functions and membership; To have more focused activities on: improving competitiveness of the LGUs and government agencies, increasing productivity level of private enterprises, and promoting investments that will create jobs for the Bicolanos.

BCC-NCC BPLS-Field Monitoring Project (Bicol, pilot run)

Objectives: Validate results of the recently conducted BPLS in Bicol areas (Daraga, Tabaco, Guinobatan, Legaspi, Naga and Iriga) Establish baseline data on BPLS and gather relevant information Prepare completion report Implementation Date: March 12-23, 2012 Partners: NCC, academe, BCC, DTI-Bicol, RDC, development partner Project Mechanics: NCC and partner universities/colleges conduct field monitoring interview with mayor, BPLO head of LGU and 3 businessmen from each identified LGU; Preparation of reports for submission to NCC

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