Update on GTZ Activities: Streamlining Business Registration and Licensing, PCCRP and Matching NCCTC

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Update on GTZ ActivitiesStreamlining Business
Registration and Licensing, PCCRPand Matching
NCC/TCF agenda with global indicators
Presented by Anja Gomm
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Streamlining Business Registration in
LGUsExperiences and Tools

• The Handbook version 1
• A handbook on good practices in Streamlining
  Business Registration in LGUs
• Includes good practices found in 16 LGUs all over
  the country, supported by various devt. partners
• Intended as a sourcebook for local chief
  executives and LGU officers in charge of issuing
  business permits and licenses
• Intend to publish a new version of a handbook,
  together with DILG
• To satisfy the high demand for it from LGUs
  specific needs are still to be determined
• To include new experiences and to update
  existing ones to ensure accuracy
• To include guidelines for implementation (tools
  and templates)
• Complimentary activities to the handbook ,
  together with DILG
• Monitoring system set in place to gauge the use
  and impact of the handbook
• New advocacy approach to spreading Best Practices
  in LGUs e.g. Roadshow
• Organize capacity building for LGUs

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Next Steps

• Revive the Consultative Body that was involved in
  the development of first handbook BSMED,
  DILG-BLGS, GTZ,CIDA, IFC, The Asia Foundation,
  League of Cities and League of Municipalities
• To discuss content, selection criteria and
  possible complimentary activities
• GTZ Research Fellow, to start on the Monitoring
  of the use and impact of the handbook version 1
• Contract a company for content gathering
• Contract another company for editing work
• Re-print a second version by July 2008 (SME week)

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Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking
Project (PCCRP)

• The Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking
  Project, a biennial research project of the AIM
  Policy Center, measures the competitiveness of 90
  cities all over the country, based on
  quantitative and qualitative surveys
• Cities are classified into three urban
  categories Highly Urbanized (Metro Cities), Mid-
  Sized Cities and Small- Sized Cities
• It highlights the strengths and weaknesses of
  cities and makes policy recommendations
• Data Gathering commenced last July and is
  expected to conclude on January 2008.
• Conduct of Focus Group Discussions of the
  findings to be implemented per city assignment.
• DBSR survey of 20 cities is being conducted
• Joint GTZ IFC advocacy of final PCCRP and DBSR
  results to be made around April 2008

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Process Flow PCCRP / DBSR
2007 Research
2008 Communication/Advocacy
2008 onwards Capacity Building
2009 Evaluation
Visayas - GTZ Luzon/ Mindanao ILO, Others?
Visayas - GTZ DBSR Cities - IFC ILO, Others?
ALL
IFC GTZ Others
IFC GTZ Others
A I M
PCCRP 65 Cities
Training Program
National Event
Regional Events
PCCRP DBSR
DBSR 20 Cities
Simplification Certification (BPL)
IFC
National Plan on Simplification
Natl.-Local Public-Private Dialogue
PBR Link

• Possible (common) Outputs
• Individual City Assessments
• Technical Report for Donors
• Document in Website
• Publication for the General Public

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Thank You!