Abstract: Local government units (LGUs) are the closest unit of government to the grassroots. And in the performance and execution of their devolved powers, duties and functions, the local human resources play a vital role. The underlying assumption here is that the quality of service delivered by LGUs lies on the competence of its personnel. However, since the local setting is highly influenced by culture of political patronage system, the system of merit and fitness is hardly observed. Thus, the competence of our local civil servants is at risk. The intent of the policy is to address the need to improve the competence of civil servants in the local bureaucracy, especially those in the low income LGUs. The methods used as basis for policy recommendation are interview of key informants and review of related literature. Furthermore, stakeholders are carefully analyzed to better understand their perspective on the problem together with their motivations and available resources. The goals of the policy are to instill competence among local civil servants and to ensure high quality of service delivery. Moreover, there are criteria set as basis for the most preferred policy recommendation. There are four alternatives considered and among them, the most preferred policy recommendation was to upgrade the minimum qualifications for permanent positions in the local bureaucracy. This was chosen based on the criteria listed and analyzed in this paper. But still, this policy paper provides for rooms of improvement for better resolution of the problem at hand.
Keywords: Local Government units, competence of civil servants, Local Bureaucracy.
Title: How to Improve the Competence of Civil Servants in the Local Bureaucracy?
Author: Aina Mari M. Sisante
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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