DILG to audit LGUs’ delivery of kids’ services
Roxas urges provincial governors, city and municipal mayors, including local officials in ARMM, to support audit system
STARTING this year, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) will assess the performance of local government units (LGUs) in the delivery of social services that promote the welfare of children, DILG Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II said yesterday.
According to Roxas, it will be called the Child-Friendly Local Governance Audit (CFLGA), an audit system that will measure LGUs performance in the delivery of services that would generate positive results for children.
He said that under the CFLGA, all cities and municipalities shall be assessed to gauge their level of performance in implementing child-friendly programs and instituting measures that promote children’s welfare.
He urged provincial governors, city and municipal mayors, including local officials in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), to support the CFLGA.
Roxas ordered DILG regional directors to organize and mobilize audit teams at all levels to coordinate with the LGUs in the con- duct of the CFLGA and appealed to LGUs led by provincial governors, city and municipal mayors for their support.
LGUs shall be assessed based on 12 assessment criteria.
These are 1) Percentage reduction in the deaths among children below five years old; 2) Percentage reduction in the number of children under six with below normal weights; 3) Percentage increase in the number of 3-4-year-old children attending center-based day-care services; 4) Completion rate for elementary schooling; 5) Absence of child labor; 6) Percentage reduction in the number of children victims of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation; 7) Safety measures for children in the community and schools; 8) Extent of mainstreaming of children’s rights to survival, development, protection and participation in the core development agenda of LGUs; 9) An ordinance establishing Barangay Violence Against Women and their Children Desks; 10) 2013 Philhealth accreditation in its main health facility; 11) A local school board plan for CY 2013 that is aligned with the school improvement plan; 12) Completed at least 70 percent of its LSB Plan for 2013.