After two years of being held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pagdayaw of the Department of the Interior and Local Government Region 6 (DILG R6) was back this year with a face-to-face celebration on December 5, 2022 at the Diversion 21 Hotel, Iloilo City. This year-end tradition brings together all DILG personnel and various partners to recognize the commendable performance of the Local Government Units and the Department’s employees and organizational teams towards excellence in local governance.
With the theme, “Charting our New Future with Inspired Excellence” this year’s Padayaw was comprised of a series of events, namely: Project RISE simultaneously conducted with Continuous Legal Education, Excellence in Local Governance Awards (EXCELL), and PRAISE- Program on Awards and Incentives for Service and Novelty (PISAN) with the Fellowship of the DILG Region 6 employees.
Pagdayaw, an Ilonggo term which means “giving appreciation,” was highlighted with two award-giving programs of the DILG Region 6 maintained through the years – the EXCELL Awards and the or the PRAISE-PISAN Awards.
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EXCELL Awards
This year, the EXCELL Awards adopted the Department’s Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) focus indicators as it continues to recognize the commendable performances of shortlisted Local Government Units (LGUs) in the SGLG regional assessment, national calibration and validation.
With the foregoing, the EXCELL Awards continue to search for the exemplars of outstanding public service in the areas of administrative governance, social services, economic development, environmental management, local legislation, and the new assessment area under social protection – public safety, peace and order. It has remained as a potent vehicle in advocating and promoting participatory, accountable, responsive, transparent and effective local governance.
Through the synergy of the EXCELL Awards and the SGLG, it is desired that the program will continue to benefit a wide support from LGUs, national government agencies, civil society organizations and other governance stakeholders. By recognizing the good performance of the LGUs, all LGUs in the region and in the country will continue to champion the tenets of EXCELLence in local governance. This year there are 12 LGU winners of the EXCELL Awards.
Regional Director Juan Jovian E. Ingeniero of the DILG Region 6 expressed his gratitude to the great efforts of the LGUs.
“It is worthy to mention that the dedication and hardwork of the local government units have been instrumental in helping us achieve numerous and notable accomplishments in the region. Thank you for going beyond and above to ensure the success of all our projects and programs of the department,”Ingeniero said.
PRAISE-PISAN Awards
The PRAISE-PISAN Awards on the other hand, recognizes the industrious and considered model personnel of the Department and the outstanding performance of the field offices as evidenced by documented best practices and innovations they have done in the course of their work, thus, “Pisan” in hiligaynon means industrious.
Over the years, DILG Region 6 has received various awards, recognition and words of praise through PRAISE-PISAN Awards. Notably, it has produced regional and national finalists, and five national winners of the Dangal ng Bayan and Pag-Asa awards of the Civil Service Commission. DILG Region 6 is also a recipient of various awards of the CapDev Face Awards of the Local Government Academy.
Atty. Lord A. Villanueva, Undersecretary for Operations of the DILG said in his inspirational message, “The feat to produce five national winners of the Dangal ng Bayan and Pag-Asa Awards of the Civil Service Commission mark a milestone not only for the region but it also showcases the culture of Excellence that we move our employees into the Department.”
“Conceived in 2003, the ceremony was named after the name “Pisan” which means industriousness and diligence. These are the two traits we want to inspire from all of our employees,” Usec. Villanueva further said.
He added that this year’s theme emphasizes that in order to move forward as a department, excellence should not only be in passion to serve but also inspire excellence in our acts, the way we relate to each other, and occasionally look back and acknowledge those who contributed to the future we are aiming for.
This year, there are 18 winners of PRAISE-PISAN Awards under the following categories: Best Performing Technical Personnel (CLGOO, MLGOO, LGOOs II to V, Focal Person-Regional Office, Program Manager); Best Performing Administrative Personnel (1st level-Field and Regional Office and 2nd level-Regional Office); Best Performing Organizational Team (Province, City-Highly Urbanized, City-Component City, and Cluster); and Special Awards (Malasakit Award, Best Performing Contract of Service Personnel, Best Sub-LGRC, and Best Innovation)
Project RISE
DILG Region 6 has developed a new award program this year under the Project Development Management Unit (PDMU) and this is the Project RISE. This effort is an abbreviation for Redefining Impact through Structural Empowerment. Structural empowerment refers to the ability to mobilize resources and achieve goals through access to information, support, resources, and opportunities.
The DILG Region VI through Project RISE identified the 15 qualified LGU winners based on the guidelines provided and recognized the best practices and accomplishments of LGUs in three (3) performance criteria namely: (a) Physical Status based on submitted SWA and Certificate of Completion for for FY 2016 – 2020 (excluding FY 2015, 2016 LGSF projects); (b) Financial Status based on submitted Report of Disbursement for FY 2016 – 2020 (excluding FY 2015 and 2016 LGSF projects); and (c) Rating in the SubayBAYAN encoding for FY 2016-2020 (BuB, SALINTUBIG, ADM-AM, RAY3).
It is significantly desired that Project RISE will encourage, support, motivate and impact LGUs in the region not just for compliance, but it will eventually affect all LGUs to pursue timely and best performance in the implementation of DILG-Administered Projects.
“Today’s Project RISE awarding ceremony serves as another testament in this endeavor and commitment. The partnership we foster with our counterparts at our local government units creates a ripple effect of positive changes which eventually lead to a greater impact for our beneficiaries – uplifting or improving their socio economic conditions, much more bringing luster to democratic institutions particularly their engagements and increase in public trust,” said Atty. Odilon L. Pasaraba, Assistant Secretary for Local Government.
“I commend this initiative of PDMU of the DILG Region 6 as it will surely encourage more local offices not only to comply with what is prescribed or required of them but to execute, actualize and accomplish and even sustain the ownership of these projects they have committed to implement for the betterment of the citizenry and of course, for public trust,” Asec. Pasaraba added.
Pagdayaw has once again presented another milestone of the DILG Region 6 that has always been full of innovations and initiatives in providing services to the Filipino people. Indeed, DILG lived up to its adage “matino, mahusay at maasahang kawani ng gobyerno.”