CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF GENERAL LUNA FOR BAGGING THREE (3) MAJOR AWARDS DURING THE 8TH REGIONAL CONVENTION ON CITY AND MUNICIPALITIES COMPETETIVENESS INDEX 2020, HELD ON DECEMBER 16, 2020 VIA ZOOM.
“The Competitiveness Index is an annual ranking of Philippine cities and municipalities developed by the National Competitiveness Council through the Regional Competitiveness Committees (RCCs) with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Developments.” – DTI Philippines
Rankings of Cities and Municipalities are based on the sum of their scores on 4 Pilars: Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, Infrastructure, and Resiliency.
Awards won by the LGU are the following:
1st Most Improved LGU Award for the 5th to 6th Class Municipalities
LGU General Luna has an improvement of 809 notches, ranked 846 in 2019 and now ranked 37.
2nd Most Competitive Infrastructure Award for the 5th to 6th Class Municipalities
Competitiveness in Infrastructure refers to the physical building blocks that connect, expand, and sustain a locality and its surroundings to enable the provision of goods and services. It involves basic inputs of production such as energy, water; interconnection of production such as transportation, roads, and communications; sustenance of production such as waste, disaster preparedness, environmental sustainability, and human capital formation infrastructure.
This represents the idea of making productivity sustainable over time. It is divided into ten indicators:
- Existing Road Network
- Distance from City/Municipality Center to Major Ports
- DOT-Accredited Accommodations
- Availability of Basic Utilities
- Annual Investments in Infrastructure
- Connection of ICT
- Number of Public Transportation Vehicles
- Health Infrastructure
- Education Infrastructure
- Number of ATMs
3rd Most Competitive in Economic Dynamism Award for the 5th to 6th Class Municipalities
Economic Dynamism is usually associated with activities that create stable expansion of business and industries and higher employment. This is the concrete representation of productivity as it matches the output of the local economy with local resources. Conceptually, it is the combination of the entrepreneurial spirit and the financial institutions that will channel dynamism (Edmund Phelps). It is recognized that localities are the centers of economic activities. Therefore, business expansion and job creation are easily observable in local settings.
- Size of the Local Economy (as measured through business registrations, capital, revenue, and permits)
- Growth of the Local Economy (as measured through business registrations, capital, revenue, and permits)
- Capacity to Generate Employment
- Cost of Living
- Cost of Doing Business
- Financial Deepening
- Productivity
- Presence of Business and Professional Organizations
Congratulations to the Local Government Unit of General Luna headed by Mayor Cecilia L. Rusillon, Vice Mayor Veronico G. Solloso, Sangguniang Bayan Members, and LGU personnel behind this excellent success.