Mayor Evelio Leonardia signed an Integrity Pledge as a symbol of commitment to advance integrity and good local governance at the Bacolod City Government Center last Friday, November 22.

The City Government of Bacolod has recently earned a Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) national award from the Department of Interior and Local Government and was among the 57 out of 145 cities in the country to receive such award.

On Wednesday, the Local Government Integrity Circle (LoGIC) Network will conduct an Integrity Circle Orientation and Assessment to the department and office heads of the Bacolod City government. Afterwards, they are expected to sign the Integrity Pledge.

LoGIC Network project manager PatrickAsiñero said the objective of the seminar is to improve the competitiveness of City Hall executives and help them in the local implementation of the Ease of Doing Business Law (RA 11032) and the new Seal of Good Local Governance Law (RA 11292).

The LoGIC Project—or the “Developing Countrywide a Culture of Integrity Through Multi-Sectoral Local Government Integrity Circles” Project—is a European Union co-funded project, with the Konrad-Adenauer- Stiftung as the lead project implementer.

It is co-implemented with the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Centrist Democracy Political Institute, League of Provinces of the Philippines, League of Cities of the Philippines, and League of Municipalities of the Philippines, and supports a network of LGUs advancing integrity and good local governance.

The LoGIC Project has identified 13 provinces in the country as partners, including Negros Occidental and its cities and municipalities./WDJ