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Welcome!

Thank you for enrolling in the Local Public Policy Course for Legislators (LPPCL)—a customized capacity development program for the Philippine Councilors League – Region 1. Your registration details have been recorded.
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Complete Your Registration

To complete your registration please pay the corresponding registration fee to the PCL account stated in the invitation letter and send a copy or photo of the receipt to the PCL Region 1 email: [email protected]

Next Steps

Once you have sent the receipt to the PCL Region 1 email, you will be sent a confirmation email by the PCL secretariat on the logistical aspects of the event.

You will also be sent a copy of the Course Agenda by the UP CLRG course management team.
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For inquiries and concerns please contact our coordinators:
​​PCL Region 1 Secretariat
[email protected]

UP CLRG
[email protected]
​LOGISTICS (accommodations, meals, etc.)



​COURSE IMPLEMENTATION (facilitation, monitoring, certification)

About LPPCL 2022

The Local Public Policy Course for Legislators (LPPCL) is a four-day short course designed specifically for the capacity development needs of the members of the Philippine Councilors League – Region I which incorporates learning points on basic local governance and legislation as well as the unique concerns on confidence and context.

KEY BENEFITS

  • Build an understanding of the key role of legislation in good local governance
  • Master the local legislative process and the parameters for writing ordinances and resolutions
  • Boost confidence in Sanggunian work by mastering internal and parliamentary rules
  • Understand negotiation and stakeholder analysis
  • Appreciate the LGU budgeting process from a legislator’s unique perspective
  • Learn pointers on adaptive public speaking

METHODOLOGY

The course will be employing a mixture of learning approaches, particularly:
  • Interactive Lecture-Discussions
  • Small Group Discussions
  • Guided Workshops

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

  • Attendance in ALL sessions
  • Participation in exercises/workshops
  • Submission of module output/s (as applicable)
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Fulfilment of course requirements is done by a Compliance Committee which follows the UP and CLRG extension rules. Participants will be fully informed about these requirements through pre-training communications, course briefings and daily reminders

CERTIFICATION

Participants who fulfill the above Course Requirements will be given a Certificate of Completion.
Program Agenda
Course Schedule Download
Full Course Schedule.pdf
File Size: 192 kb
File Type: pdf
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Our Subject Matter Experts
Course Management
CLRG Director:   Asst. Prof. Alicia CELESTINO
Course Chair:     Raphael MONTES Jr.
Assistant Chair: Maricris DELOS SANTOS
Facilitators:
Xavier Venn ASUNCION                               Don Jeffery QUEBRAL
Michelle CASTILLO                                      Lourdes VILLAR-SANTOS
Eleangel Dawn CORTEL                               Gerard Martin Suarez
About UP CLRG | localgov.up.edu.ph
The Center for Local and Regional Governance is a unit of the University of the Philippines-National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG) that is specially designed to conduct research on, training for and consulting with local governments. UP CLRG conducts a ladderized Local Legislative Program (enrolment basis) as well as customized courses mainly for local government associations or particular local governments.
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For the LPPCL, CLRG shall administer the course through its professional training team and in-house and affiliate experts. CLRG training teams that are deployed for courses are made up of UP professors and CLRG affiliate experts who are mostly practitioners, incumbent or former local officials or widely recognized subject matter experts.