BAYBAY CITY- Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo P. Aquino shared the PGS (Public Governance System) practice of his administration during the first ever Partnership Summit on human resource reforms and good governance held this city. The summit, spearheaded by the Civil Service Commission(CSC-8) held last May 26, were participated by regional directors of the different national government agencies, managers of government owned and controlled corporations and water districts in the region as well as presidents of state colleges and universities; DepEd Superintendents, mayors and their human resource officers and human resource management practitioners. The CSC conducted the summit to report to their partners and colleagues in government service their HR principles; what have they done when it comes to the delivery of their mandate and share with them their experiences in their journey to transformation thru PGS. CSC Regional Director Victoria Esber said that they started using PGS in 2010 and alongside restated their vision to becoming “Asia’s leading center of excellence for strategic Human Resource and Organization Development by 2030”. In his talk at the summit, Mayor Aquino asserted his commitment to transform Calbayog into the premiere eco-agri-tourism hub by 2020. To support this vision, he said that on September 2012, Calbayog renewed its commitment to pursue the “institutionalization” stage. A refreshed strategy map called the “Calbayog 2020 Development Strategy Map”, the city governance scorecard and 15 strategic initiatives, he further said, are now fully installed for the city to finally reach the said long overdue potential of achieving its vision. The “2020 Development Strategy Map of Calbayog” is anchored on the values of good governance, better quality of life for empowered God-loving citizens, and private-public partnership for a sustainable economic development, entrepreneurship and self-reliance. Whereas, its mission is to initiate programs with holistic approach that will promote sectorial recognition and role actualization, thus affording its citizens and tourists with quality basic services for progress and total well-being. Meanwhile, for governance scorecard, Calbayog has identified 30 quantifiable, reliable and regularly available strategic indicators, but during the summit, Mayor Aquino only discussed three – first is the increased total local income that is therefore a sign that Calbayog is now “fiscal self-reliance;”second, an investor-friendly atmosphere that is best in the region and third, a place that people will want to visit because of its beautiful waterfalls, caves, long coastal area, arts and culture, and strategic geographic position. (AIMEE A. CATALAN/PR)
