CMCI Info Session

CMCI INFO SESSION
April 22, 2024

1. Open DTI MOR TRAILBLAZER

2. CLICK THE LINK

Q & A

WEF’s Annual Global
Competitiveness Report:

…an economy’s productivity and
the effectiveness of its institutions
and policies.

IMD’s World Competitiveness Ranking:

…a field of economic knowledge,
which analyzes the facts and policies
that shape the ability of a nation to
create and maintain an environment
that sustains more value creation for
its enterprises and ultimately for its
people.

Michael Porter, Harvard Business
School:

…the productivity that companies in
a locality can achieve, and the
locality's ability to improve the
socio-economic status of every
person living in the area.

COMPETITIVENESS

PRESIDENT FERDINAND R. MARCOS JR.
President of the Republic of the Philippines

…key economic reforms made to increase
the country’s appeal to foreign investors.

COMPETITIVENESS

SECRETARY ALFREDO E. PASCUAL
Department of Trade and Industry

…develop globally competitive and innovative
industries that support inclusive and sustainable
growth. For this, we’re also integrating trade,
investment promotion and industry development
policies.

Q & A

Multiple Choice

What does CMCI stand for?

• Centralized Municipalities Competitiveness Index

• Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Industry

• Centralized Municipalities Competitiveness Industry

• Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index

The Cities and Municipalities
Competitiveness Index (CMCI):
Tool for Data-Driven

and Evidence-Based

Local Governance

Q & A

Multiple Choice

CMCI is the most comprehensive annual performance benchmarking for Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Philippines, based on

how many Competitiveness Pillars?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

5 Competitiveness

Pillars 10 Indicators Each
Pillars

50Total Indicators

226 Sub -
Indicators

CMC
I

is the most comprehensive annual performance benchmarking of
Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Philippines, at the provincial, city,
and municipal levels, based on 5 Competitiveness Pillars
data gathered and processed by the DTI to determine
the levels of competitiveness.

Building Local Competitiveness is critical

to

Long-term National Competitiveness.

THE CMCI RECOGNITION

ECONOMIC
DYNAMISM

GOVERNMENT

EFFICIENCY

INFRASTRUCTURE

INNOVATION

RESILIENCY

OVERALL MOST

COMPETITIVE

MOST COMPETITIVE

PROVINCE

MOST IMPROVED

CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
COMPETITIVENESS INDEX
(CMCI)
PORTAL
WALKTHROUGH

CMCI:

Visit cmci.dti.gov.ph

CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
COMPETITIVENESS INDEX (CMCI)
VALIDATION
PROCESS

VALIDATION PROCESS

on the level of Provincial, Regional, and National Focal Persons

Attached Transmittal Certificate
A document (in .pdf format) certified by a recognized authority in the LGU, either
Mayor or City Administrator, that the data encoded on the platform
is true and correct.

1.1 Gross Sales of Registered Firms

1.4 Number of Occupancy
Permits Approved

Transmittal Certificate

1.1 Gross Sales of
Registered Firms

Correctness of the data submitted
All other data entered must be updated only until December 2023
(regardless of theavailable data this year).

Integrity of the data submitted
A supporting document per indicator must be uploaded in the attachments bar.

CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
COMPETITIVENESS INDEX (CMCI)
LOCAL DATA
CAPTURE SHEET

Q & A

Multiple Choice

The first pillar  is  associated  with  activities  that  create  the  stable  expansion  of businesses and industries and higher employment.

• GOVERN-MENT EFFICIENCY

• INNOVATION

• INFRA-STRUCTURE

• ECONOMIC DYNAMISM

• RESILIENCY

ECONOMIC DYNAMISM

This pillar is associated with activities that create the stable expansion of
businesses and industries and higher employment.
The pillar matches the output and productivity of the local economy
with the local resources. Localities are centers of economic activities,
and because of this, business expansion and job creation are
easily observable in local settings.

1. Size of the Local Economy

2. Growth of the Local Economy

3. Active Establishments in

the locality

4. Safety Compliant Business*

5. Employment Generation

6. Cost of Living

7. Cost of Doing Business

8. Financial Deepening

9. Productivity

10.

Presence of Business, Professional and
Civil Society Organizations

First Pillar

ECONOMIC DYNAMISM |

GUIDE TO

Annexes A & B

Annex A

List of the approved business permit registration in 2023

Annex B

List of the approved business permit registration on the first quarter (January-March) of
2024

*

Highly Urbanized City, Component

City 1st /2nd /3rd /4th /5th /6th Class
Municipality

**

City or Municipality

***

First Name M.I., Surname

Column A
Column B
Column C
Column D
Column E
Column F

BU
SIN
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DR
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CO
LU
MN
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G
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Column J

LGU
Province
Region
Classification*
LGU Type**
Business Name
House/Building No./Name
Street Name, Barangay
Subdivision, District
Owners Name***

****

*

Industry Classification based on 2019 PSIC

**

Single Proprietorship, Partnership, Corporation, or Cooperative

***

Asset Size: Micro (3M & below), Small (3M-15M),
Medium (15M-100M), Large (100M & above), regardless of business
type Entries must be exactly “New” or “Renewal”
and not “Renew”, “Renewed”, “Newest”, “Renewals”, etc.

Column K
Column L
Column M
Column N
Column O
Column P

Industry/ Nature of Business*
Business Type**
Capitalization Size***
New or Renewal****
Year of Registration
Permit Number

-Annex guidelines will be uploaded in the CMCI Portal under Library Tab

ANNEX A & B REGISTER

SUB-INDICATOR

MEAS. TYPE/ DATA REQUIRED

SOURCE

DEFINITION

4.1. Number of
Occupancy Permits
Approved
Number of
approved/issued
occupancy permits
Number / Actual
Count
(0 - "Zero" if none,
NDA for No Data
Available)

Office of Building
Official (OBO) and
City or
Municipal
Engineer's Office

This indicator is a proxy for
measuring construction activities
in a locality, which
in turn, also approximates
investment activities.

4.2. Number of approved fire
safety inspection

Local Bureau of Fire
Protection

Actual number of Fire Safety
Inspection Certificates (FSIC)
released by local BFP in the LGU
representing Safety compliant
businesses

Indicator # 4:Safety Compliant Business

ECONOMIC DYNAMISM

INDICATORS
MEAS. TYPE/

DATA
REQUIRED

SOURCE

DEFINITION

NOTE

7.4. Daily
Minimum
Wage Rate

7.4.1.
Agricultural

7.4.1.1. Plantation

PhP per day
(ex. 416.50)

-Regional Minimum
Wages: National
Wages and
Productivity
Council (NWPC)
website

-This indicator is a
proxy for the cost
of labor in the
locality.
-The

minimum

wage

rate

prevailing in the
region where the
LGU is located will
be the relevant
data for this
indicator.

Minimum Wage
Rate should be
same/within the
range across
the region.

7.4.1.2. Non-Plantation

7.4.2. Non-
Agricultural

7.4.2.1. Establishments with
more than 10 workers

7.4.2.2. Establishments with
10 workers or below

Indicator # 7:Cost of Doing Business (slide 2 of 3)

ECONOMIC DYNAMISM

Q & A

INDICATORS
MEAS. TYPE/

DATA
REQUIRED

SOURCE

DEFINITION

City Planning Office or LGU Engineer's

Rental Rate of largest commercial

space

7.5. Cost of Land in a Central
Business District (CBD)

PhP per square meter

Office or Municipal Assessor’s Office

*office/s charge of LGUs’ appraisal and
assessment services of Real
Properties (Land, Building and
Machinery) as well as

in the Poblacion/CBD. This is where
the
economic activity is centralized such
as the Poblacion if there are no
CBDs

Tax Mapping and Land Identification

Services.

7.6. Cost of Rent of the
Largest Commercial Space in
the Locality

PhP per square meter per
month. If rent is in pesos
monthly, must divide by sq
m

(ex. 496.50)

Indicator # 7:Cost of Doing Business (slide 3 of 3)

ECONOMIC DYNAMISM

Multiple Choice

This pillar deals with the quality and reliability of government services
and support for effective and sustainable productive expansion.

• RESILIENCY

• ECONOMIC DYNAMISM

• GOVERN-MENT EFFICIENCY

• INFRA-STRUCTURE

• INNOVATION

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY

This pillar deals with the quality and reliability of government services
and support for effective and sustainable productive expansion. This
factor looks at the government as an institution that is not corrupt; able to
protect and enforce contracts; applies moderate and reasonable taxation
and can regulate proactively.

1. Compliance to National

Directives

2. Presence of Investment

Promotion Unit

3. Compliance to ARTA Citizens

Charter

4. Capacity to Generate Local
Resource

P

5. Capacity of Health
Services

6. Capacity of School

Services

7. Recognition of

Performance

8. Getting Business

Permits

9. Peace and

Order

10.

Social
Protection

Second Pillar

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY |

Indicator # 16. Capacity of Schools Services (slide 3 of 3)

INDICATORS

MEAS.
TYPE/
DATA

REQUIRE

D

SOURCE

DEFINITION

NOTE

16.4.
Technical
Vocationa
l
Education
and
Training
Schools

16.4.1. Number of PUBLIC School
Teachers

Number

National

/

Regional

and

Division Office
of TESDA

The number of teachers per
type of
educational service, ie,
secondary, tech-voc and
tertiary in the public and
private sector is compared to
the number of students in
the same category to enable
us to see the education.
service capacities of the
locality. The total number of
graduates represent the
ready number of skilled
human resources at the
tertiary and at the technical
levels.

Numbers are
collected but
must be
computed as a
ratio to students
in each segment
to determine the
capacity for
quality
education.

*Auto-computed

16.4.2. Number of PUBLIC School
Students
16.4.3. Number of PRIVATE School
Teachers
16.4.4. Number of PRIVATE School
Students
16.5.5. Ratio of Teachers to
Students in
Public and Private Technical
Vocational Education and
Training Schools

16.5.
Technical
Vocationa
l
Education
and
Training
Schools
Graduate
s

16.5.1. Number of PUBLIC School
Graduates

16.5.2. Number of PRIVATE School
Graduates

16.5.3. Total No. of Tertiary
Graduates from
Public and Private Schools

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY

Indicator # 20. Social Protection

INDICATORS

MEAS. TYPE/

DATA
REQUIRED

SOURCE

DEFINITION

20.1. Philsys Registered Members of
Locality to population Ratio

Ratio: Number of local
citizens registered for
National ID over the
total population of

locality

Local Philippine
Statistics
Authority (PSA)

Refers to the overall reach of National ID
registration
which allows citizens to formally avail of
social protection services such as social
pension, 4Ps, PWDs, unemployment
benefits, among others.

Provide attachments/supporting documents

*From the Number of Local citizens with PhilHealth
registration

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY

Q & A

Multiple Choice

This pillar refers to the physical assets that connect, expand and sustain a locality and its surroundings to enable the provision of goods and services.

• INFRA-STRUCTURE

• RESILIENCY

• ECONOMIC DYNAMISM

• GOVERN-MENT EFFICIENCY

• INNOVATION

INFRASTRUCTURE

This pillar refers to the physical assets that connect, expand and sustain a locality and its surroundings to enable the provision of goods and services. It involves basic inputs of production, such as energy and water; interconnection of production, such as transportation, roads, and communications; sustenance of production such as waste, and disaster preparedness, and environmental sustainability; and human capital formation infrastructure.

Third Pillar

INFRASTRUCTURE |

1. Basic Infrastructure: Roads

2. Basic Infrastructure: Ports

3. Basic Infrastructure:

Availability of Basic Utilities

4. Number of Public Transportation

Vehicles

5. Education Infrastructure

6. Health Infrastructure

7. LGU Investment in

Infrastructure

8. Accommodation Capacity

9. Information Technology

Capacity

10.

Financial Technology
Capacity

INFRASTRUCTURE PILLAR

Indicator # 21: Basic Infrastructure:
Roads
INDICATORS
MEAS. TYPE/

DATA
REQUIRED

SOURCE

DEFINITION

21.1. Existing
Road Network

21.1. Asphalt (in km.)
Kilometers

e.g. 25km, Final
Input: 25 ;
2000m, Final Input: 2

Comprehensive
Land Use Plan
(CLUP) of LGU, City
or Municipal
Engineering office,
DPWH.

This indicator measures interconnectivity and
the level of mobility in the locality. The road
network is estimated by getting the total length of
roads in the locality (including bridges) as a
proportion of the LGU’s total land area.

21.1.2. Concrete (in km.)

21.1.3. Gravel (in km.)

21.1.4. Unpaved (in km.)

21.1.5. Total Land Area

Measures the total land area of the locality.

Note that data available on PSA website are in
Hectares, Please convert data to

(O - "Zero " if none,
NDA for No Data
Available)

square Kilometers

INDICATORS

MEAS.

TYPE/ DATA
REQUIRED

SOURCE

DEFINITION

NOTE

25.3.
Tertiary
Schools and
Classrooms

25.3.1. PUBLIC Tertiary
Schools and
Classrooms

25.3.1.1. Schools

Number/Actual

Count

(O - "Zero " if
none, NDA for

No Data
Available)

Engineer's Office,
DepEd Division Office,
DepEd Regional
Office.

-Indicate availability of
facilities for basic
education

Note that number of
classrooms must be
greater than the number
of schools

25.3.1.2.
Classrooms

25.3.2. PRIVATE
Tertiary Schools and
Classrooms

25.3.2.1. Schools
25.3.2.2.
Classrooms

25.4.
Tertiary
Schools and
Classrooms

25.4.1. PUBLIC
Technical Vocational
Education and Training
Schools and
Classrooms

25.4.1.1. Schools
25.4.1.2.
Classrooms

LGU Education Office,
TESDA Regional
Office.

Indicate availability of
facilities for Tech. Voc.
education

25.4.2. PRIVATE
Technical Vocational
Education and Training
Schools and
Classrooms

25.4.2.1. Schools

25.4.2.2.
Classrooms

Indicator # 25: Education Infrastructure (slide 2 of 2)

INFRASTRUCTURE PILLAR

INDICATO
RS

MEAS. TYPE/ DATA
REQUIRED

SOUR
CE

DEFINITI
ON

29.1. Number of
cellsites in the
locality

Number/Act
ualCou
nt
(0 - "Zero" if none,
NDA for No Data
Available)

All mobile
services providers;
NTC
(https://ntc.gov.ph)

This indicator provides the
foundation of the sustainability
of information technology
activities which are now
requiring basic internet speed
for business, logistics, health
and education
Provide
attachment/photo
documentation

Indicator # 29: Information

Technology

Capacity

*From the Number of Cable, Internet, and Telephone Companies / Mobile
Service Providers

INFRASTRUCTURE PILLAR

Q & A

Indicator # 30: Financial Technology Capacity

MEAS. TYPE/ DATA REQUIRED

MEAS. TYPE/ DATA

REQUIRED

MEAS. TYPE/

DATA

REQUIRED

MEAS. TYPE/ DATA

REQUIRED

30.1. Financial Technology
Capacity

30.1. Number
of ATMs in
locality

Number/Actual Count

(0 - "Zero" if none,
NDA for No Data
Available)

Engineer's
Office,
C/MPDO, Local
Bank Branches,
BSP, physical
counting

This indicator represents both
the ICT capacity and financial
liquidity/development in the
locality. ATMs also represent
stable electronic connection
in the LGU. The number of
transactions of LGU using e-
payment facilities
approximates the use of fin-
tech in the locality.

*Added in 2023

30.2 Number of
LGU transactions
using e-payment
facilities

INFRASTRUCTURE PILLAR

Multiple Choice

This pillar involves the capacity of a locality to build systems that can absorb change  and  disturbance  and  be  able  to  adapt  to  such  changes. 

• ECONOMIC DYNAMISM

• INFRA-STRUCTURE

• INNOVATION

• GOVERN-MENT EFFICIENCY

• RESILIENCY

RESILIENCY

This pillar involves the capacity of a locality to build systems that can absorb change and disturbance and be able to adapt to such changes. It spans frameworks that bind LGUs and their constituents to prepare for shocks and stresses; budgeting for disaster risk reduction; hazard/risk identification mechanisms; resilience-related infrastructure; and resilience-related mechanisms. Indicators raising consciousness on sustainability, such as recycling and alternative sources of energy, are also indicated.

Fourth Pillar

RESILIENCY |

1. Organization and

Coordination:
Land Use Plan

2. Organization and

Coordination:
Disaster Risk Reduction
Plan

3. Organization and

Coordination:
Annual Disaster Drill

4.

Organization and

Coordination: Early
Warning System

5.

Resiliency

Financing:
Budget for
DRRMP

6. Resiliency Reports:

Local Risk Assessments

7. Resiliency

Infrastructure:

Emergency

Infrastructure

8. Resiliency Infrastructure: Utilities

9.

Resilience of System:

Employed Population

10.

Resilience of System: Sanitary
System

10.

Resilience of System:
Sanitary System

Indicator # 38: Resiliency
In

INDICATORS

frastructur
e:

MEAS. TYPE/

DATA

REQUIRED

Utilities

SOURCE

DEFINITION

NOTE

38.4. Redundancy

38.4.1. Power

Number/Actual
count

(0 - "Zero"
if none,
NDA for
No Data
Available)

Observation if there
are more than one
source of power (coal,
gas, solar,
geothermal, biomass,
etc.), water, telecom
(Radio, UHF, VHF,
Satellite Phones)
road, fuel (diesel, charcoal,
firewood, bioethanol, biogas)

Measure

the

availability

of

LGU’s back up
aside from the
main source

Provide attachment

38.4.2. Water

LGU data

38.4.3.Telecom

38.4.4. Alternate Route

38.4.5. Fuel

RESILIENCY PILLAR

Indicator # 34: Organization and Coordination: Early Warning
System

INDICATORS
MEAS. TYPE/

DATA
REQUIRED

SOURCE

DEFINITION

NOTE

34.1. Presence of early warning system
that integrates professional
responders and grassroots
organization

INPUT: YES or NO

LGU data

Presence of early
warning system in the
LGU (with proof)

Provide Attachment
of
actual
photos

34.2. Number of Early Warning System

Number
/Actual
Count

(0 - "Zero" if
none, NDA
for No Data
Available)

Provide Attachment
of
Physical
Record

https://www.gidrm.net/en/products/local-flood-early-warning-system
s

RESILIENCY PILLAR

Sample Clearing Equipment

RESILIENCY PILLAR

Indicator # 39: Resilience of

System: Employed Population

INDICATORS
MEAS. TYPE/

DATA
REQUIRED

SOURCE

DEFINITION

NOTE

39.1. Number
of TRAINED RESPONDERS

Number/Act

ual count

(0 - "Zero"

if none,

NDA for No

Data

Available)

LGU
data,
NDRRM
C

Number of
Trained
Responders in the
locality listed in
the NDRRMC

Provide attachment

NDRRMC: National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council

RESILIENCY PILLAR

Q & A

Example of Early Warning
System

SIRENS
either mechanical or
electric

SIGNAGE FOR
DIRECTION

(evacuation center,
medical facilities etc.)

WEATHER
SURVEILLANCE
RADAR

HYDROMET STATIONS
- Automated Rain Gauge
- Water level Monitoring Station
- Tandem or Water level

Monitoring Station w/ Rain
Gauge Sensor

- Automated Weather Station
- Flood Early Warning System

FLOOD WARNING
LEVELS
ADVISORIES

https://www.gidrm.net/en/products/local-flood-early-warning-systems
https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/learning-tools/weather-instruments

RESILIENCY PILLAR

Multiple Choice

This pillar refers to the ability of a locality to harness its creative potential

to improve or sustain current levels of productivity.

• RESILIENCY

• ECONOMIC DYNAMISM

• GOVERN-MENT EFFICIENCY

• INFRA-STRUCTURE

• INNOVATION

INNOVATION

This pillar refers to the ability of a locality to harness its creative potential to improve or sustain current levels of productivity. Innovation hinges mainly on the development of creative capital, which are human resources, research capabilities, and networking capacities. Measuring innovation initially will involve elements from other pillars, particularly governance and infrastructure mechanisms.

Indicator # 48: Availability of Basic Internet Service

INDICATORS
MEAS. TYPE/

DATA

REQUIRED

SOURCE

DEFINITION

NOTE

48.1. Number of Household with
Post-paid
Internet Service Subscription

Number/

Actual NDA
if No Data
Available

Engineers
Office,
C/MPDO,
internet service
provider in the
locality to
include
LGU-owned
service
provider, PSA
and BPLO

Business environment needs
consistency of and regularity of
internet services.
- Data of total households with
Internet Service Subscription in
locality vis-a-vis data of total
number of households per LGU
from PSA

48.2. Percentage of Household with
Internet Service Subscription

Percentage

(Maximum of
100%)

*system-generated

48.3. Number of Businesses with
Post-paid Internet Service
Subscription

Number/Actual

NDA if No

Data

Available

48.4. Percentage of Businesses with
Internet
Service Subscription

Percentage
(Maximum of

100%)

*system-generated

INNOVATION PILLAR

1. Information and Communication

Technologies Plan

2. Innovation Financing: R&D Expenditures

Allotment

3. ICT Use: E-BPLS Software

4. Online Payment Facilities

5. STEM Graduates

6. Intellectual Property (IP)

Registration

7. Internet Capability

8. Availability of Basic Internet

Service

9. Start Up and Innovation

Facilities

10.

New Technology

INNOVATION | Fifth Pillar

Indicator # 43: ICT Use: E-BPLS Software

INDICATORS

MEAS.

TYPE/ DATA
REQUIRED

SOURCE

DEFINITION

NOTE

43.1. E-BPLS
Software

43.1.1. Adoption
of E- BPLS
Software
INPUT:

Yes or No

City or

Municipal
Business
Permits and
Licensing
Office, DICT

This indicator measures the
speed and effectiveness of
LGUs’ business registration
processes
as well as their
Compliance to Business
One-Stop-Shop and
Online e-BPLS Standards
set by
DICT from registration,
payment and release, on
the issuance of Mayor's
Permits.

The same with
indicator
18.1.1 & 18.1.2
(Getting
Business Permits

43.1.2. DICT
E-BPLS
Software

*Added in 2023

INNOVATION PILLAR

Indicator # 50: New
Technology
INDICATORS
MEAS. TYPE/ DATA

REQUIRED
SOURCE

DEFINITION

NOTE

49.1. Number Start Up Registered in the
locality

Number/ Actual
NDA if No Data

Available

Government
Agencies and
Universities that
supports Innovation

STARTUP refers to any person or
registered entity in the Philippines,
which aims to develop an innovative
product, process, or business
model.

49.2 Number of higher education institutes in
locality offering STEM courses

Percentage

(Maximum of 100%)

CHED regional
office

The number of higher education
institutions providing STEM courses is
the foundation of human resource
production for innovation in the locality

49.3 Number of research and development
centers in the locality

Number/Actual

NDA if No Data

Available

CHED regional
office, BPLO,
DOST Regional
Office

Conducting research is another
foundation element for innovation. By
counting the R&D Centers in each
tertiary institution, public and private
research centers provide a venue for
innovative development

Any R&D Centers within
the LGU (Privately and
Publicly funded)

Indicator # 49: Start Up and Innovation Facilities

INNOVATION PILLAR

CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
COMPETITIVENESS INDEX
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SCORING

Indicator # 13: Compliance to ARTA Citizens Charter Unit

INDICATORS

MEAS.
TYPE/
DATA

REQUIRED

SOURCE

DEFINITION

NOTE

2021 VERSION

13.1. Submission of
Citizens Charter to ARTA

YES or NO

Anti-Red
Tape
Authorit
y
(ARTA)

This indicator
measures the
commitment of the
LGU regarding it's
efficiency in
conducting
business
registration in the
form of speed and
effectiveness of
LGUs' business

Submission and Validation
by ARTA of LGU Citizens
Charter.
13. Business Registration
Efficiency

- No. Minutes and Steps in

Getting Building and
Business Permits

13.2 Attach Picture of Visible
Citizens Charter in the LGU Office

13.2. Visible Citizens
Charter in the LGU
Office

Picture proof of the visibility
of
CC in the LGU Office

registration

processes as well as

avoiding red tape.

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY

Scoring

CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
COMPETITIVENESS INDEX
(CMCI)
IMPACT

Improving Local Governance

CMCI encourages LGUs to focus on improving their competitiveness, leading to better governance practices and service delivery.

Economic Development

The index fosters competitiveness among cities and municipalities, spurring economic development through initiatives aimed at attracting investments, creating job opportunities, and promoting entrepreneurship.

Data-Driven Decision Making

CMCI provides valuable data and insights for policymakers, allowing them to make informed decisions on resource allocation, infrastructure development, and policy formulation to enhance competitiveness.

Enhanced Quality of Life

By prioritizing competitiveness, LGUs can enhance the quality of life for their residents by investing in infrastructure, healthcare, education, and other essential services.

Increased Transparency and Accountability

CMCI promotes transparency and accountability in local governance by publicly assessing the performance of LGUs and encouraging them to address weaknesses and inefficiencies.

Thank you!