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Open Legislation

Establishment of Online Channels to Broaden Civic Engagement in and Increase Relevance of Local Legislations

Policies affect how localities grow and develop. To reduce poverty, ordinances needs to be relevant and effective. The general public must also engage for this to happen. Unfortunately, not all legislative measures are open for public hearing and most people have limited knowledge that they can participate on these measures. How can the government improve in providing input and propose new legislative measures when the citizen could not express their necessity?

 

Through this commitment, legislative information, processes and measures will be made more public through both online and offline channels. Citizens will be consulted on pieces of legislation over these platforms. This will ensure that the government will pass legislative measures and processes that are relevant and will make more sense and impact towards the people.

 Thematic Area

MILESTONE ACTIVITY

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

STATUS

Draft and pass ordinance institutionalizing the open legislation mechanism.

November, 2018 – December, 2018

On-Track

Establish the Official Facebook Account of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of SOuth Cotabato as an online platform for Open Legislation.

January 2019 onwards

On-Track

Form and designate a committee that will review and act on the feedbacks from citizens on proposed legislative actions and ensure online publication of status report of actins taken on the citizens' feedback through the SP Official Facebook Page.

November, 2018 – December, 2018

On-Track

Establish the Legislative Information Technology System (LITS), an automated database for the legislative records and processes of the Office of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan that will be linked to the Provincial Online Database for easy access of the public. A desktop computer will also be set up at the Office of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for walk-in researchers and clients.

November, 2018 - March 2019

On-Track

Live streaming of the regular sessions of the SP through the Official FB Page of the SP

January, 2019 onwards

Started

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