The Bureau of Local Government Finance, in connection with the ongoing implementation of the Bureau’s Quality Management System (QMS) certification, conducted a Strategic Planning Workshop on 16-18 January 2019 held in Bamban, Tarlac. The 3-day workshop participated by BLGF top management aimed to develop and capacitate its employees for the improvement of the Bureau’s public […]
The Bureau of Local Government Finance, through Executive Director Niño Raymond B. Alvina, Acting Deputy Executive Director Jose Arnold M. Tan and OIC Director Geriebeth G. Dela Torre, participated in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) on 22-24 October 2018 in Dubai, UAE. As a new institutional member of […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of Malaysia, through the Malaysian Technological Cooperation Program (MTCP), conducted a three-week International Certificate Course on Property Valuation from July 09 to 27 2018 at the National Institute of Valuation (INSPEN), Sengalar, Malaysia. Mr. Don Rommel D. Dais, Local Assessment Operations Officer IV, of the BLGF Local Assessment Operations […]
The Bureau of Local Government Finance held its year-end activity last 17 December 2018 at the Philippine International Convention Center, acknowledging some remarkable milestones. As part of a three-level competency certification under the Standardized Examination and Assessment for Local Treasury (SEAL) Program, the top passers of the Basic Competency on Local Treasury Examination (BCLTE) 2017 […]
(DED Jose Arnold M. Tan, CESO V) Acting Deputy Executive Director Jose Arnold M. Tan, CESO V formally took his oath as a new board member of the Professional Regulatory Board of Real Estate Service (PRBRES) representing the government sector in the Philippines. The oath-taking ceremony took place at the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) on […]
The Bureau of Local Government Finance signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Rare, an International Conservation Organization on 28 November 2018. The BLGF-Rare partnership aims to establish ways on working together to further understand the profiles of the fishing sector of the coastal LGUs and to identify ways on how to enhance greater financial […]
As part of instituting professional development and capacity build-up on local treasury service for the year 2018, the Bureau of Local Government Finance conducted a total of five (5) batches of trainings on Data Management and Analysis (DAMA) to local treasury officials of different local government units (LGUs) and BLGF personnel throughout the year. […]
The Bureau of Local Government Finance, through Executive Director Niño Raymond B. Alvina, was invited to be a panel discussant on the lessons and opportunities relative to the work carried out under the Philippine Poverty-Environment Initiative (PPEI), particularly the Environment and Natural Resources Data Management Tool (ENRDMT) and subnational finance issues. The meeting was held […]
On 14 January 2019, the Bureau of Local Government Finance joined and assisted the Philippine-Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (PH-EITI) Multi-stakeholders Group (MSG) and pertinent government agencies in mainstreaming Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) implementation in the country. EITI has been used as a platform for dialogue by stakeholders, and as a source of credible information to inform […]
The Bureau of Local Government Finance through Executive Director Niño Raymond B. Alvina and Director Ma. Pamela P. Quizon, participated in the Exchange of Good Practices on Decentralization (EGPD) in Paris and Bordeaux, France held from 08-12 October 2018. EGPD is a study tour hosted by the Agence Française de Développement’s (AFD) devised to allow […]
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