Republic Act No.

11292 also known as SGLG Actis a

progressive assessment system that gives distinction to
remarkable local government performance across several
areas, highlights integrity and good performance to
institutionalize local governance reforms in the continuing
pursuit for meaningful local autonomy and development.
➢Seal of Good Housekeeping was introduced in 2010 – Headed by DILG Sec. Jesse Robredo
➢In 2014, it evolved into the SGLG which now includes key governance areas.
a. Upholding the practice of transparency and accountability in the use of public funds;
b. Preparing for challenges brought about by unpredictable natural calamities;
c. Demonstrating the readiness to help and sensitivity to the needs of vulnerable and marginalized
sectors of society;
d. Setting-up, implementing and sustaining health policies and programs that would strengthen and
promote the well-being, healthy lifestyle and safety of the public, ensuring that all individuals
especially the vulnerable have fair opportunities for better health;
e. Instituting education reforms and programs to improve the quality of education in the country:
f. Encouraging pro-competitive policies and government interventions that promote market efficiency
and consumer welfare:
g. Protecting constituents from threats to life and damage to property.
h. Safeguarding and preserving the integrity of the environment through adaptive social responsibility;
and
i. Conserving local culture and heritage and fostering their value and significance for tourism
opportunity.
COUNCIL OF GOOD LOCAL GOVERNANCE

➢ Department of Budget and Management

➢ Department of Finance
➢ Department of National Defense
➢ National Anti – Poverty Commission
➢ National Economic and Development Authority
➢ Department of Health
➢ Department of Education
➢ Department of Environmental and Natural Resources
➢ Department of Tourism
➢ Department of Social Welfare and Development
 The council shall act as policy-making and advisory body to ensure the proper implementation
of the SGLG. It shall perform the following powers and functions:

• Develop and promulgate the performance indicators that shall serve as standards for
evaluating the LGUs compliance and/or satisfaction of each of the criteria prescribed
above.
• Review and/or revise the performance indicators consistent with the long-term
development plans of the National Government.
• Conduct an evaluation of the impact of this Act on the performance of the LGUs for
purposes of determining the need for enhancing or continuing the SGLG, rolling out the
SGLG in barangays, and recommending any amendatory legislation.
• Create technical working groups, upon the recommendation of the Council member
concerned.
• Submit to the President of the Philippines, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, on an annual basis, copies of the performance indicators
approved by the Council.
1. Financial Administration and Sustainability
2. Disaster Preparedness
3. Social Protection and Sensitivity
4. Health Compliance and Responsiveness
5. Sustainable Education
6. Business Friendly and Competitiveness
7. Safety, Peace and Order
8. Environmental Management
9. Tourism, Culture and the Arts
10.Youth Development
 Financial Administration and Sustainability
This refers to the condition where an
LGU demonstrates positive and stable
economic performance, and maintains,
preserves and mandatorily upholds the
practice of fiscal discipline, accountability
and transparency by adhering to
budgetary rules, public financial
management, generally accepted and
recognized accounting and auditing
standards and full disclosure policy.
 Indicators shall include:

• the issuance of an unqualified or qualified opinion

on the financial statements of an LGU by the
Commission on Audit (COA) in the immediately
preceding year;
• full, strict, and exacting compliance with the Full
Disclosure Policy (FDP) of local budget and finances,
bids and public offerings; and
• posting of financial documents required to be
posted in the FDP portal in the local government’s
website.
 Disaster Preparedness
This refers to an LGU;s
preparedness for any disaster or
natural or man-made calamity, by
adopting relevant plans, taking
proactive actions, and building its
capacity to respond effectively to
emergencies when needed
 Indicators shall include:

• having structures, plans and systems in place for disaster

preparedness;
• availability of a Provincial Development and Physical Framework
Plan/Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management (DRRM) Plan, Contingency Plan, and Local Climate
Change Action Plan;
• availability of working early warning and evacuation alert systems,
evacuation centers, standard operating procedures in the event of
disaster or calamity, emergency transportation facilities, relief
operation equipment and tools, medical services, registration and
security; and
• being an awardee of the National Gawad KALASAG for Best Local
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
 Social Protection and Sensitivity
This refers to an LGU’s
sensitivity and responsiveness
to the needs of its constituents,
recognizing and upholding the
rights and privileges particularly
those belonging to the
vulnerable or disadvantaged
sectors, such as, but not limited
to, women, children, indigenous
people, elderly, persons with
disability (PWD), and informal
settlers.
 Indicators shall include:
• providing access to justice, particularly in cases of violence against women and
children;
• providing access for PWDs, senior citizens and pregnant women in frontline
services;
• enhancing mobility for PWDs in public infrastructure like local government center
and hospitals in accordance with the Accessibility Law;
• mandatory representation of indigenous people in compliance with the
Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997;
• compliance with the mandatory representation in the sanggunian with
representative accorded with regular privileges and emoluments of a sanggunian
member;
• presence of at least one (1) accredited LGU-managed residential care facility for
the vulnerable sectors; and
• representation from NGOs in the local development council and other special
bodies consistent with the pertinent provisions of the Local Government Code.
 Health Compliance and Responsiveness
This refers to the LGU‘s capability to
effectively implement and deliver health
services and information systems as well as
pursue evidenced-based health promotion
and protection policies scientifically proven
and accepted to advance population health
and individual well-being, reduce the
prevalence of non-communicable diseases
and its risk factors, lower the incidence of
new infectious diseases, address mental
health issues and improve health status
throughout the life course.
 Indicators shall include:

• ensuring access to nutritious, safe and affordable food;

• regularly conducting physical activities in communities and
schools;
• strict enforcement of laws and ordinances that regulate
tobacco sale and use, harmful alcohol consumption, and
use of illicit drugs;
• providing access to safe water and sanitation;
• implementing immunization programs;
• ensuring access to primary health care including prevention
programs for hypertension, diabetes and cancer; and
• establishing local surveillance and epidemiology systems to
monitor health service delivery.
 Sustainable Education
This refers to the initiatives of an LGU to
institute education reforms and
programs, provide equal access to
quality education, promote lifelong
learning opportunities for all, foster
sports development and instill
leadership and patriotism among the
youth, as demonstrated by positive
changes in the behavior and
performance of individual citizens and
the community as a whole.
 Indicators shall include:

1.increased participation rate of students;

2.decreased number of drop-outs as well as out-of-school
youths;
3.increase in cohort survival rates;
4.increase in achievement scores as measured by the
national tests or assessment tools; and
5.establishment of child development centers, support to
special education and the alternative learning system and
parent effectiveness service program.
 Business Friendly and Competitiveness

This refers to an LGU’s unconventional

initiative in encouraging local investment,
together with local business enterprises
and the working sector, through the
adoption of policies, programs, systems,
structures and/or local legislation that
attract and create investment
opportunities, and promote a business
climate conducive to sustainable
business growth.
 Indicators shall include:

1.adoption of simplified business processing and licensing system;

2.tracking of economic data of the locality and the sharing of the same with
investors;
3.designation of a local economic investment promotion officer or its
equivalent;
4.existence of an updated Citizen’s Charter;
5.adoption and maintenance of an updated Local Investment Incentive Code;
and
6.good performance in business promotion as shown by the result of Business
Friendliness or Competitiveness Assessment by the Philippine Chamber of
Commerce and Industry or the National Competitiveness Council.
 Safety, Peace and Order
This refers to a condition where an LGU
establishes good and respectable performance
in terms of maintaining peace and order in the
community as demonstrated by reduced crime
rate, effective anti-illegal drugs campaign, and
efficient traffic management, among others,
through the implementation of activities,
programs and policies, and the appropriate
provision of support mechanisms to ensure the
safety and protection of its constituencies from
injuries and unnecessary threats to life, security
and property.
 Indicators shall include:

1.adopting a Local Anti-Criminality Action Plan or Peace and

Order and Public Safety Plan;
2.providing logistical or financial support to the local police;
3.convening regularly the local Peace and Order Council;
4.establishing a functional local Anti-Drug Abuse Council; and
5.establishing and implementing a community-oriented policing
mechanism.
 Environmental Management
This refers to an LGU’s initiative to
institute policies and programs that
consistently and significantly preserves
and protects the integrity of the
environment with primary focus on
solid waste management and
ecological balance, as well as
mitigation and adaptation to climate
change.
 Indicators shall include:

1.advancing local policy and programs of action on Environmental Impact

Assessment;
2.promoting social awareness and social responsibility programs;
3.managing and maintaining ecological balance within their territorial jurisdiction;
4.complying with at least the minimum standards set by the provisions of the
Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000;
5.establishing a material recovery-facility or an existing partnership with an entity with
facilities that may be used for such purpose;
6.having access to a sanitary landfill or alternative technology;
7.maintaining an organized local Solid Waste Management Board; and
8.instituting policies, programs, systems, structures and/or local legislation in order to
support and promote environmental protection in all levels of human transaction.
 Tourism, Culture and the Arts
This refers to an LGU’s ability to
promote and protect Philippine
identity through local heritage and
culture, or local legacy, in terms of
preserving the cultural, historical
and indigenous significance of the
community, marketing the
characteristics which the LGU is
known or recognized for, and
attracting foreign and local visitors
and tourists to the locality.
 Indicators shall include:

1.the presence of a Local Tourism Officer or designated officer;

2.the establishment of a Tourist Information and Assistance
Center;
3. the establishment of a tracking system of tourism data;
4.the presence of a local council for the promotion of culture
and the arts;
5.the approval and implementation of a budget appropriated
for the conservation and preservation of cultural property;
and
6.existence of an updated cultural property inventory in the
LGU.
 Youth Development
This refers to an LGU’s ability to
promote and establish
adequate, effective, responsive
and enabling mechanisms and
support systems that will ensure
the meaningful participation of
the youth in local governance
and nation-building
 Indicators shall include:

1. adopting a local youth development program;

2. establishing a local youth development council;
3. providing a youth development office which shall be
headed by a youth development officer; and
4. instituting policies, programs and systems in order
to support and promote the vital role of youth in
local governance.