PGLU passes LGU audit readiness assessment

September 17, 2019 Provincial

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, La Union — The Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU) successfully passed the pre-audit assessment or the LGU Audit Readiness Assessment (LARA) conducted by the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA) on September 3-5, 2019.
The three-day pre-audit assessment was comprised of an online self-assessment survey answered by employees of all PGLU offices; a spot audit which checks the progress of the offices with regard to their strategic commitments; and documents review to validate the maturity of governance elements and gauge the performance of PGLU in specific areas.
ISA also conducted focus group discussions and interviews involving the PGLU staff, Office for Provincial Strategy (OPS), Multi-Sectoral Governance Council, Performance Governance System (PGS) Core Team members, and other PGS players to assess the organization as it seeks to institutionalize the PGS.
The province received a 96% rating that translates to an excellent performance using the metrics set by the ISA.
Some of the strong points that were identified during the exit meeting were the deep understanding and appreciation of the offices’ strategic contributions as well as the presence of breakthrough national government.
The validation is initially intended to identify and address the said issues and concerns. The validation of roads and bridges inventory aimed primarily at establishing an accurate and updated data from national roads down to barangay roads.
The validation will be a big help in providing a comprehensive situation of local roads and bridges which will eventually be used in formulating TMS, to improve transport flow in the province by optimizing the use of existing capacities that would reduce the worsening traffic conditions especially on the identified bottle necks in the province.
 
Mariel Mina, GPC-PPDO