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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 284, October 25, 1993 ]

DECLARING THE ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTEGRATED CAPABILITY BUILDING PROGRAM (ICBP) FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

WHEREAS, the Local Government Code of 1991 provided for the granting of broader powers, authority, responsibilities, and resources for speedy development in order to transform the countryside into vibrant and productive communities;

WHEREAS, the local government units, in order to be able to respond to the imperatives of the Local Government Code, should be supported in the development of their capabilities to manage available resources and to assume greater responsibilities;

WHEREAS, the Department of the Interior and Local Government, through the Local Government Academy (LGA), is mandated to strengthen the capability of local government units to attain peaceful, self-reliant, and progressive communities;

WHEREAS, the DILG through the LGA and in coordination with NGAs and NGOs engaged in LGU capability building, has developed a three-year Integrated Capability Building Program (ICBP);

WHEREAS, the Integrated Capability Building Program is a multi-disciplinary approach to enhancing local government competencies in governance, peoples participation, and service delivery;

WHEREAS, the ICBP has been reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees of LGA and the Executive Committee of DILG;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim the adoption and implementation of the Integrated Capability Building Program for local governments.

I hereby call upon the Leagues of local governments, NGAs, NGOs, and local institutions engaged in LGU capability building program to support the ICBP.ℒαwρhi৷

I hereby direct the Department of the Interior and Local Government, through the Local Government Academy, to undertake the operationalization of the ICBP.

I also hereby direct all agencies to coordinate LGU capability building activities with the Department of the Interior and Local Government, through the Local Government Academy.

IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of October in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety three.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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