Report of the Regional Workshop - Escap

Country project proposals and actions plans
7. Implementation arrangement
As per government procedures the project has been approved by the
Central Developmental Working Party (CDWP), chaired by the Deputy Chairperson
of the Planning Commission. For all projects whose value is above Rs.
200 million, additional approval is required from the ECNEC. The ECNEC is
chaired by the Finance Minister. The project is awaiting approval from
ECNEC before work can be initiated. Funding has been made available in the
PSDP 2004-05.
8. Benefits of the project
It will improve the internal efficiency, effectiveness and productivity
of the government operations. Presently significant time is spent on retrieving
information from paper files and documents. Electronic search and retrieval
will not only result in enhancing productivity of government employees’ but
will also contribute significantly towards expenditure containment.
The project is expected to help reduce the cost of stationary and printing
in the government as well as reduce the expenditure on telephone calls.
More time and resources will be available for citizen demands of services.
The project will aid the development of an IT culture in the Government.
It is also expected that after its implementation, the technical capacity
of ministries and divisions will be enhanced in the area of IT, and they will be
able to implement more complex IT projects.
The adoption of information technology by government generally
spurs the domestic IT industry, resulting in an exponential growth of the IT
industry and adding economic wealth to the national economy.
The project will also result in direct employment of about 91 qualified
IT professionals who will be absorbed within the government as a result of this
project.
L. Philippines
Local government financing in the Philippines is underdeveloped, particularly
the capital market for local government units (LGUs). The local capacity
for developing services and managing sustainable projects is weak,
there is limited local resource mobilization, and information on available financial
resources is poorly organized and unsystematic. The Municipal Devel-
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