LGSP-LED

LGU executives can be harnessed as sparkplugs of LED in their locality. They can ignite the different players involved in improving productivity and competitiveness, and steer them in the same direction as they pursue their various interests.

This two-day program will provide an overview of Local Economic Development (LED) as a sustainable and locally-driven process. It will challenge the participants to reflect on their role as leaders in creating and sustaining LED in their localities. The program stresses the importance of an entrepreneurial mindset among local officials, exercising this entrepreneurial leadership within a team setting, and harnessing the strengths of the team in actively seeking and exploiting opportunities for local economic development.

The entrepreneurial mindset, within individual local leaders and as a binding characteristic of the LED team, is characterized by a client-focused and innovative approach to seizing LED opportunities. It is about being open to trying out new ideas in order to address old needs or problems. It is being willing to take carefully-managed risks to design and implement strategic yet unique or unconventional options, or in taking advantage of opportunities and dealing with threats, while making do with limited resources, capacity and policies.

This leadership program sets the tone for understanding and appreciating the LED process, which emphasizes an entrepreneurial mindset and leadership to harness a LED-driven team, so that together, they can explore and exploit opportunities to grow and sustain an active local economy.

Did you know?

In the 2011 IMD-World Competitiveness ranking results, the Philippines dropped two notches to No. 41 out of 59 economies. The results were based on four major categories: economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency and infrastructure. In terms of economic performance, the Philippines ranks No. 40 (from No. 42 last year), where its 7.3% gross domestic product (GDP) growth and strong rebound in exports were cited as strong points, but low foreign direct investment (FDI) and attractiveness to FDI remained its weakness. In the area of government efficiency, the Philippines slipped down to No. 37 from No. 31 last year. While the government did well in fiscal policy, ranking No. 13, it did poorly in business legislation, where it was at No. 51. The Philippines gained a notch to No. 31 in the area of business efficiency: the country’s labor market ranked No. 5 but it was only No. 43 when it came to productivity and efficiency. As for infrastructure, the Philippines continued to rank poorly, settling in the bottom three.

The pressure brought about by the poor rankings in global competitiveness and high governance standards have a direct bearing on local governments, who are at the forefront in addressing these concerns. It calls for effective local governments working with multiple stakeholders, including the private sector, to improve the delivery of services in pursuing local economic development (LED).

Objectives

The two-day learning program will enable participants to examine the importance of entrepreneurial leadership, and the role of that kind of leadership in a sustainable local economic development process. The participants should be able to achieve the following objectives:

1. Embrace Entrepreneurial Leadership

1. Identify the qualities and traits of an entrepreneurial leader
2. Express an understanding of how entrepreneurial leadership can make a difference in local economic development
3. Identify action points to develop these personal qualities to effectively champion LED

2. Appreciate Sustainable Local Economic Development

1. Explain clearly the concept and process of sustainable local economic development
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the LED Framework
3. Identify ways by which local governments can promote sustainable local economic development

3. Structure a Local Economic Development Team

1. Explain the role of the Local Economic and Investment Promotions Officer (LEIPO) in the sustainable LED process
2. Discuss the composition, roles and functions of the LED Team
3. Identify challenges in making the LED Team work effectively

4. Create and Analyze LED Opportunities

1. Assess the internal and external factors that could be sources of LED opportunities
2. Express an understanding of the LED opportunities drawn from the experiences of other LGUs
3. Determine initial LED opportunities of their LGU

Target Participants

Three members of the LGU/Alliance’s LED Team, to be composed of:

1. Local Chief Executive (LCE)
2. Local Economic and Investment Promotion Officer/Alliance Executive Director
3. Private Sector Representative

The qualifications of the LED team members are:

1. Basic understanding of local economic development concepts
2. Knowledge of basic strategic planning processes
3. Good communication skills and openness to learn new ideas and actions

Day 1 participants may also include representatives of NGAs, donors, academe and financing institutions, who are important LED stakeholders and service providers

Day 2 participants will be limited to the LGU/Alliance LED team members.

Presentation Materials and Other References

Keynote Presentation by DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo (31)
Introduction and Overview of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Development Program (39)

Other reference materials
Building Entrepreneurial Communities (29)

Session Presentations
Embracing Entrepreneurial Leadership (34)
The LED Framework: A Whole-of-Government Approach to Promoting Sustainable LED (30)
The LED Process (33)
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Rediscovering the North: The Experience of the North Philippines Visitors Bureau (24)
Development Bank-LGU Collaboration: Financing the Camarines Sur Watersports Complex (24)
Promoting and Marketing Rural Industries (40)
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries LGU Business-Friendly LGU Awards (29)
IFC Doing Business in the Philippines (35)
The Job of a Local Economic Development Team - Experience of the Municipality of Carmona (33)
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Relevant Links

North Philippines Visitors Bureau
http://northphilippines.org

The North Philippines Visitor Bureau (NPVB) is a non-stock, non-profit organization created in 2006. Founded by the Manila North Tollways Corporation (MNTC), NPVB was created for the purpose of promoting tourism in North and Central Luzon, primarily through meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) and by enhancing the visitor experience in the region

Upland Marketing Foundation, Inc.
http://www.umfi.org/

As a marketing arm-distributor aiming for self-sustainability, UMFI provides the appropriate mechanism that can directly support communities’ efforts to establish livelihood projects that are in line with sustainable resource use.

Resource Persons

Mr. Mel Fonollera
Manager
Upland Marketing Foundation

Mr. Vince Araneta
Vice President
North Philippines Visitors Bureau

Hon. Virgilio de los Reyes
Secretary
Department of Agrarian Reform

Usec. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat
Undersecretary, Special Concerns
Department of Agriculture
brpuyat@da.gov.ph
specialconcerns_da@yahoo.com
spcialconcerns@da.gov.ph

Mr. Abelardo Monarquia
Senior Vice President, Regional Marketing Center – Bicol
Development Bank of the Philippines

Mr. Milo Casals
Poverty Reduction Specialist
Local Governance Support Program for Local Economic Development
milocasals@yahoo.com

Mr. Ricky Osmond
Senior Vice President, SME Sector
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries

Mr. Hans Shrader
Senior Operations Officer
International Finance Cooperation

Atty. Evelyn Jiz
Program Manager – National Enabling Environment
Local Governance Support Program for Local Economic Development
ejiz@lgsp-led.ph

Mr. Dave Penano
Executive Assistant to the Mayor and Designated LEIPO
Municipality of Carmona
dave_penano@yahoo.com

Dr. Dixon Yasay (former Mayor, Opol, Misamis Occidental)
Director
Xavier University Governance and Leadership Institute