4TH PHASE - GOVERGENCE
The 4th Thematic Phase is GOVERGENCE – Institutionalize good governance through the convergent delivery of peace, development and livelihood programs and projects identified, planned, budgeted and implemented through Bayanihan – the pro-active involvement and collective participation of the people – at the Barangay / community level.
This Thematic Phase is summarized in Figure No. 16:
Figure No. 16 – 4th Thematic Phase: GOVERGENCE
This phase shall mobilize a “whole-of-nation” or “whole-of-society” approach to peace and development where government agencies, civil society organizations, and local communities work in concert towards shared goals.
Communities shall identify their own development priorities to ensure that government projects and services are relevant and truly address the needs of the people to replace the predominantly siloed and top-down governance, promoting people-centric and mass-based courses of action. This can effectively shield plans, actions and programs from irrelevant budgetary insertions and manipulations that breed corruption at all levels.
The advocacy for a “bottom-up” approach to identifying, planning, budgeting and implementing programs and projects for directly supports the principle of responsiveness in good governance by institutionalizing the coordination and integration in the delivery of services and programs.
People participation at the grassroots level shall strengthen the Program Convergence Budgeting laid down in Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2025-1 of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) issued on March 5, 2025.
The collaborating institutions whose respective heads have committed their participation in the campaign are:
- Department of Education
- Department of the Interior and Local Government
- Department of Budget and Management
- Department of Justice
- Department of National Defense
- Department of Agrarian Reform
- Department of Social Welfare and Development
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Department of Energy
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Trade and Industry
- Department of Public Works and Highways
- Department of Science and Technology
- Department of Tourism
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Labor and Employment
- Department of Information and Communications Technology
- Department of Health
- Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development
- Department of Migrant Workers
- Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity
- National Security Council
- Commission on Higher Education
- Philippine Information Agency
- National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict
- Presidential Human Rights Committee Secretariat
- National Youth Commission
- Philippine Postal Corporation
- National Food Authority
- Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority
- Agricultural Training Institute
- Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
- Bureau of Animal Industry
- Philippine Coconut Authority
- Bureau of Plant Industry
- Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation
- Mines and Geosciences Bureau
- Forest Management Bureau
- Environmental Management Bureau
- Land Management Bureau
- Cooperative Development Authority
- Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
- Armed Forces of the Philippines
- Philippine National Police
- Department of Education – National Employees Union
The proposed people-centric responsive governance cycle is illustrated in Figure 17:
Figure No. 17 – 4th Thematic Phase: GOVERGENCE
This collaborative model is a direct challenge and alternative to the current siloed and top-down governance. It shall promote coordination and integration of services and programs.
The Key Result Area (KRA); Key Performance Indicator (KPI); and SMART Objective of this phase are shown Figure No. 18
Figure No. 18 – Key Result Area (KRA); Key Performance Indicator (KPI); and SMART Objective of 4th Thematic Phase
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