1. L OCALG OVERNMENT

2. OVERVIEW

What do we mean by local government(s)?

What is the rationale behind local governance?

3. REVIEW

Governments are eitherunitaryorfederal

• Unitary = Centralized under a national government

• Federal = Both an overriding national federal govt and autonomous local govts

4. REVIEW

The Philippines is a unitary state

• Power emanates from a central Executive, Legislature and Judiciary

• Nevertheless, there are still local governments under this national government

5. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Local governments are subordinate entities to national governments that enjoy the legal authority to exercise political power over a fixed territory

6. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Local governments aresubordinate entitiesto national governments that enjoy the legal authority to exercise political power over a fixed territory

7. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Local governments are subordinate entities to national governments that enjoy thelegal authority to exercise political powerover a fixed territory

8. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Local governments are subordinate entities to national governments that enjoy the legal authority to exercise political power over afixed territory

9. CHARACTERISTICS

Tiers of local authority

Different from field organizations

General purpose authorities

Municipal corporations

10. DECENTRALIZATION

Deconcentration

• Administrative in nature

• Transfer of function to regional/local institutions

Devolution

• Political in nature

• Transfer of power to regional/local institutions

11. RATIONALE

Debureaucratization

Subsidiarity

Stakeholdership and Participatory Governance

Identity

Accountability

12. RA7160

Decentralization in the Philippines was effected by RA7160

The local government code is the framework for local governance in the Philippines