This document outlines an open legislation commitment for the Philippine Open Government Partnership (OGP) at the subnational level. The commitment aims to institutionalize open local legislative processes in Bohol province and select municipalities. It seeks to increase citizen participation in local legislation through public awareness, online platforms, and engagement spaces. The commitment will launch official Facebook accounts for legislative bodies, post proposed ordinances online for comment, and engage civil society partners. It has activities and milestones scheduled from July 2017 to June 2019. The overall goal is to create a more accessible and transparent local government through open legislative processes.

1. OPEN LEGISLATION:
OGP SUBNATIONAL COMMITMENT
August 14, 2017

2. • Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines
• Formed in 1998, Executive Order No. 351
• The umbrella organization of all the leagues of
local government units and locally elected
officials.
• Composed of ten (10) member leagues
What is ULAP?

3. Project Team: ULAP, ANSA-EAP, INCITEGov
Partner LGUs: Province of Bohol, Municipalities of Alicia,
Tubigon, and Trinidad, and Brgy. Maca-as of Tubigon
Strengthening Influence of Local Stakeholders in the
Philippine Open Government Partnership (OGP)

4. The Project
Strengthening Influence of Local Stakeholders in
the Philippine OGP

5. OBJECTIVE: To address the problem of limited influence of local stakeholders in
shaping the Philippine OGP Commitments in the National Action Plan
• In order to achieve the objective, the project has the following components
Development of
a local action
plan
Local policy
advocacy
National
policy
advocacy
Development
of policy
proposals
from lessons
learned

6. • Capacity Development Workshop conducted on December 2016
DEVELOPMENT OF A
LOCALACTION PLAN
• Implementation of the local action plan
• Online and Offline Mentoring Platforms
• Open Legislation Training conducted on May 2017
LOCAL POLICY
ADVOCACY
• Present the crafted Bohol Local Action Plan to other LGUs
• Work with the national OGP to adopt the Open Legislation as one of the
national commitments
NATIONAL POLICY
ADVOCACY
• Documentation of the project’s overall outcome and impact specifically
on the influence of the local stakeholders on OGP
POLICY
RECOMMENDATION
Project Components

9. The OGP Subna-onal
Commitment
Ins%tu%onalize Open Local Legisla%ve Processes

10. Period/Effectivity
- June 2017 – June 2019
Lead Implementing Agency
- Provincial Government of Bohol through its Sangguniang
Panlalawigan
Key Information

11. • Low citizen participation
• Lack of interest and/or
information on local
legislation
The Problem
• More spaces for
engagement
• Improve the local
legislative process
The Commitment
• Increase citizen
participation through
public awareness & spaces
• A highly accesible and
transparent local
government
The Goal

12. How? Current
Offline
Legislative
Platforms
Alternative
Platform
Commi8ee Hearings
and Public Assemblies
Online pla=orm –
social media

13. Milestone/Activity Start Date End Date
Province of Bohol & Municipality of Trinidad
• Sanggunian Resolution: mechanisms for Open
Legislation
• Guidelines to be approved by the Sanggunian and the
LCE
July 2017 June 2019
Municipality of Alicia & Tubigon
• Endorsement of the LCE for a Resolution
• Designation of an administrator/person-in-charge for
the online platform
July 2017 June 2019
Timetable

14. Milestone/Activity Start Date End Date
• Launch of the official Facebook account of the
Sanggunian
September
2017
June 2019
Province & Municipalities
• Post proposed and draft ordinances for information
and comments – polls, comments
September
2017
June 2019
• Identify & engage CSO counterparts for the
verification of participating citizens
September
2017
June 2019
Timetable

15. Milestone/Activity Start Date End Date
• Designation of a committee to review October
2017
June 2019
• Reporting and Assessment June 2018 June 2019
Timetable

16. Albay
Bohol
Surigao del Norte

17. MSG Interest Points

19. __________ is very important along the way,
at the start, at the end and in every step there
is.

22. Levels of Buy-in
1. Passion (“What you ask is the #1 thing in my life.”)
2. Engagement (“I want to do what you ask.”)
3. Agreement (“I will do what you ask.”)
4. Compliance (”Okay” but where are the loopholes?)
5. Apathy (“I just don’t care”)
6. Passive Resistance (“Oops.”)
7. Ac%ve Resistance (“No way in hell.”)

23. • BUY-IN IS THE GREAT
EQUALIZER (OR IT SHOULD BE).
ALL PARTIES TAKE A RISK ON
EACH OTHER, OR THE NEW
THING DOES NOT MOVE
FORWARD.

24. OGP Subna-onal is a __________ that we
take together.

28. It is important to put ourselves in others
____________.

31. Do you know how many plans
and reports are required from
your local government units?

32. OGP is offering something on the
__________.

37. Other Insights
1. Execu%ve-Legisla%ve Partnership
2. Mutual Accountability and Responsibility
3. Demand and Supply

38. Moving Forward…

42. Let’s bet on each other. Let’s take a risk on
each other.
Let’s believe and trust in each other.

43. Who is Government?
Government OF the people, FOR the people
and BY the people.
Who are Accountable?
At the end of the day, it’s all of ____.

44. Daghang Salamat!
Muchas Gracias!
Maraming salamat po!