The document discusses the current state of local development planning in the Philippines and initiatives by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to address issues. Key issues include inactive local development councils, lack of linkages between plans, weak plan-budget linkages, and lack of resources and competency for planning. The DILG is working to mainstream themes like disaster risk reduction and gender into local plans through new policies and knowledge products. It is also promoting rationalized planning processes and indicators to improve plan formulation, budgeting, implementation and monitoring.