The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is the primary institution that

bridges the National Government Agencies (NGAs) and Local Government Units (LGUs).
Through various statutes the DILG is mandated to support the development of LGUs into self-
reliant government entities that have local autonomy and accountability over its constituents and
resources. Its program and projects promotes peace and order, ensure public safety, and
strengthen the capacity of local government units to effectively deliver basic services to the
citizenry. The LGRC is a dynamic and interactive convergence platform that contributes to
building the DILG as a knowledge-centric organization and builds learning communities that
pursues local governance excellence through knowledge management, convergence, and multi-
stakeholdership. The LGRC also serves as a delivery mechanism of the DILG in implementing
programs align to its outline framework. The establishment of the LGRC is founded on three key
principles: knowledge management, multi stakeholdership participation and convergence in local
governance.
Knowledge management is the overarching principle of the LGRC that involves acquisition,
storage, retrieval, and creation, sharing, use, application, and evaluation of an organization
explicit and antacids knowledge in a systematic manner to achieve organizational goals. KM
integrates the DILG and the community’s knowledge, tools, resources, and business processes
towards local governance.
Multi-stakeholdership participation in the LGRC is based on the principle that is no monopoly of
knowledge and that knowledge sharing and use promote efficiency, effectiveness, learning and
innovation in local governance. There is a need to foster community to relationships and
strengthen networks and partnerships in local governance towards building a culture of learning
and knowledge sharing
Convergence in Local Governance refers to the harmonization of various initiatives in local
governance within and out sight of the DILG. The LGRC provides the mechanisms and
processes that promotes linkages, synergy, and convergence of different programs of DILG
across regions.
The LGRC provides but not limited to the following services: capacity development,
multimedia, knowledge and information, public education on good governance and citizenship
development, and linkages and/or networking services.
Capacity development. The LGRC serves as a venue to facilitate efficient delivery of quality,
strategic, and responsive capdev and harmonizes the initiatives of capdev service providers
within the region. It likewise harmonizes the initiatives of capdev service providers within the
region and helps ensure the quality of interventions access by or delivered to the LGUs.
Multimedia, knowledge and information. The LGRC serves as a repository of local governance
knowledge products and information with multimedia service and ICT utilization. This includes
both physical and electronic libraries, more importantly the LGRC develops more knowledge
and information relevant to its stakeholders.
Public education and citizenship development serves a promoter and champion of good local
governance practices and innovations in order to build and harness citizens awareness.
Linkages facilitates partnerships and networking of local governance stakeholders including the
LGUs. The LGRC may also offer other services such as research innovations, assisting LGUs in
knowledge management, and academic collaborations to advance its social and economic
contributions.
The LGRCs overall structure is linear starting with national level LGRC or the local governance
national resource center which provides guidance and support for all regional level LGRCs
referred to as the local governance regional resources centers. If available the sub-regional
LGRCs will follow a linear chain of command from the province down to the municipality and
component cities. However, independent component cities and highly urbanized city, sub-
regional LGRCs shall report directly to the LGRRC.