Interpretation Table:
LGU Performance
Revised 2008 LGPMS indicators
A. Valuing Fundamentals of Good Governance
1. Participation Index
What is measured
Participation measures the
readiness of LGU to
actively engage and involve
NGOs and community
organizations in policy
making and project/
program implementation
2. Transparency Index
Performance Description
Indicators High Performance Index Low Performance Index
• NGO representation in A high performance index A low performance index indicates
Local Special Bodies indicates an effective consultative the absence of organized
• Feedback mechanism mechanism and system for constituencies in the LGU or an
• Involvement of NGOs in constituent participation. LGU unresponsive relation between the
the implementation of maximizes opportunities for LGU and the NGOs/community
LGU development projects engaging and involving organizations which translates into
community organizations in the non-maximization of
decision-making and partnership community expertise and services
building. for local service delivery.

What is measured
Transparency measures the
basic values of the LGU for
promoting access to and
sharing of LGU information
to the general public
3. Financial Accountability Index
What is measured
Financial accountability
measures how the LGU
value the fundamentals of
public accountability by
introducing initiatives and
complying to legally
established norms in public
financial management
B. Administrative Governance
Indicators
• Presence of Public
Information Office or Desk
• LGU communication and
information to the public of
its plans, programs and
special events
• Public Accessibility of
public documents such as
transaction records and
contracts
Indicators
• Effective FMS
• Functional Bids and
Awards Committee
• Timely liquidation of cash
advances
• Availability of status report transactions recorded in accordance
on actions taken on COA
audit findings and
recommendations
Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
A high performance index reflects A low performance index reflect
the presence of effective systems indifference and lack of public
and mechanisms for making interest in local governance or
information available to citizens and less informed public
which results to better community
understanding, appreciation and
willingness to actively join in local
governance affairs including various
LGU programs, policies and other
initiatives
Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
A high performance index reflects A low performance index
the presence of effective guidelines, reflects deviation and departure
systems and structures for from standard financial
accounting, internal control, management practices
procurement and with financial
with prescribed rules and procedures
4. Local Legislation
What is measured
Local legislation measures
the administrative capacity
of the LGUs legislative
body in complementing the
executive priorities through
proper and efficient
legislative action
5. Development Planning
What is measured
Development planning
measures the administrative
readiness of the LGU to
properly analyze and
develop appropriate sectoral
development strategies
6. Revenue Generation
Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
• The quality of the A high performance index reflects A low performance index shows a
Legislative Agenda an effective and pro-active passive, reactive and less
• Availability of tracking legislative mechanisms and productive local legislative body
system on information on procedures contributing to relevant
local legislations policy development and legislation
• Codification of basic
legislation
• Cost to enact an ordinance
or resolution
Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
• Properly Organized and A high performance index reflects A low performance index connotes
functioning LDC presence of effective structures, the limited capacity of the LGU to
• Database for development consultative mechanism, planning perform sectoral development
planning database and the availability of a planning
• Availability of CDP and properly formulated sectoral
CLUP LDIP, AIP, (bonus programs and strategies in the LGU
ELA)
 What is measured Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
The revenue generation • Efficiency of system on all A high performance index reflects A low performance reflects a poor
service area measures the local taxes, fees and presence of viable and sufficient resource mobilization strategies
administrative ability and charges measures to maximize revenue and programs and suggest external
readiness of the LGU to • Efficiency of system on generation and management for a a dependency for financial resources
provide for the financial Real Property Tax stable and steady availability of especially from national sources
requirements and needs of • Efficiency of system on financial resources to the LGU
the LGU Business Tax
• Presence of annual
Comprehensive Revenue
Generation Plan (CRGP)
• Percentage of cost to
collect revenues to total
revenues collected of your
city government
• Actual collection from
Real Property Tax (RPT)
out of the RPT collectibles
• Percentage of total LGU
revenues generated from
local sources
• Proportion of regular
revenues to total LGU
revenues

7. Resource Allocation
 What is measured Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
Resource Allocation • Compliance to annual A high performance index indicates A low performance index reflects
measures LGU budget process and presence of stable management and poor management decision-
administrative capacity to statutory requirements coordination processes for budgeting making, coordination,
comply with the required • Proportion of your LGU’s and accounting for an effective complementation in resource
financial allocation expenditures for personal allocation and optimum utilization allocation and management
standards and process services to total LGU of LGU resources
expenditure
• Amount of services
extended by your LGU to
its constituents on a per
capita basis
• Proportion of actual debt
service payment of your
LGU to total regular
income
8. Customer Service (Civil Application)
What is measured
Customer service measures
the administrative capacity
in providing quality and fast
service to customers in
processing civil registry
documents in terms of
database management,
implementation steps and
transaction time
9. HRMD
What is measured
HRMD service area • quality of human resource
measures the administrative
capacity of the LGU in
managing and developing its
human resources
C. Social Governance
Indicators
1. Processing of civil registry
documents
2. Processing of real property
documents
Indicators
management and
development in terms of:
o Recruitment and
selection are transparent
o Permanency in the
nature of appointments
is valued
o Good performance is
recognized
o Staff development is
available
o Grievance system is in
place
Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
High performance index shows the Low performance index shows
LGUs readiness in providing LGU limitations in addressing
customer oriented and efficient civil basic LGU customer and business
application system operations standards. Also
indicates limited capacity of the
LGU to introduce innovation in
customer service improvements
Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
High performance indicates Low performance indicates an
presence of effective systems and informal human resource
structure for human resource management processes and
management for an improved overall structure and the overall inability
LGU management, cordial relations of to introduce innovations and
with employees and a improvements in its formal human
professionalized local government resource management system.
personnel
10. Health Services
What is measured Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
This service area measures • LHB functionality A high performance index indicates Low performance index means a
the capacity, availability and • Amount of per capita presence of appropriate structures, the absence of health and nutrition
coverage of quality health expenditure on health systems and programs for an service delivery structure and the
services in the LGU services effective provision of health and inability of the LGU to design and
• Provision of various health nutrition services to constituents deliver appropriate program on
services to constituent health services to citizens
• Provision of tetanus toxiod
• Provision of pre-natal care
• Provision of children
immunization
• Provision of innovative
health services

11. Support to Education Services

 What is measured
This service area measures
the extent and level of
priority of the LGU in
supporting national
government in providing
education services priority
supporting
12. Support to Housing and Basic Utilities
What is measured
This service area measures
the presence and availability
of basic LGU investment in
housing services
13. Peace, Security and Disaster Risk Management
Indicators
• Organization and
functionality of the LSB
• Extension of support to
elementary and secondary
education from the Special
Education Fund (ESF)
• Extension of support to
basic education from the
General Fund
• Implementation of
Alternative Learning
System (ALS)
Indicators
• Availability of database for
the housing sector
• Provision of basic housing
services in terms of lot or
mass housing provision
programs
Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
A high performance index indicates A low performance index indicates
an effective LGU support to the incapacity of the LGU to install
development of basic education operating structure and formulate
through the provision of appropriate programs that would support
structures, human resources, programs education development in the locality
and facilities for an equitable access to
education
Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
High performance index indicates Low Performance Index indicates a
presence and availability of basic low investment priority of LGU for
housing and basic utilities the service area
mechanisms that defines the
requirements for the provision of
housing services in the LGU
 What is measured
This service area measures
the LGUs administrative
capacity to organize and
operationalise basic local
structure that would support
peace, security and disaster
management preparedness
Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
• Organization, functionality A high performance index indicates A low performance index indicates a
and accomplishment of the the presence of effective structures, re-active LGU administrative
Peace and Order Council plans and service delivery for peace structure for peace and order,
• Quality of the Integrated and order, barangay justice and disaster, barangay justice and
Area Community Public disaster preparedness security prepareness
Safety Plan
• LGU provision of sites for
protective services
• LCPC organization and
functionality
• Adequacy of financial
support to the Lupong
Tagapamayapa for
implementing KP
• Disputes resolved by Lupong
Tagapamayapa?
• Quality of settlements
sustained under the
Katarangang Pambarangay.
• LDCC organizational and
functionality
• Responsiveness to disaster
operations
• Adequacy of services to
disaster victims
• Ability to support
rehabilitation effort
14. Support to Agriculture Services
What is measured
This service area measures
the initiatives of the LGU in
providing localized support
to agriculture services
delivery
Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
• Level of support to High performance index indicates Low performance index indicates
agriculture in terms of presences of relevant policies, unavailability of local investment
irrigation, FMR, research strategies, programs, facilities and and resource mobilization to
• Extent of farming resources to support the delivery of agriculture service delivery
households benefiting from effective local agriculture services
agricultural extension and
on-site research services or
facilities
• Provision of alternative and
innovative assistance to
farmers
15. Support to Fishery Services
What is measured
This service area measures
the initiatives of the LGU to
provide localized support to
fishery services delivery
16. Entrepreneurship, Business & Industry Promotion
What is measured
This service area measures
the ability of the LGU in
providing quality support
services to business,
enterprise and industry
development
Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
• FARMC organization and High performance index indicates Low performance index indicates
functionality presences of relevant policies, unavailability of local investment
• Level of support to fisherfolks strategies, programs, facilities and and resource mobilization to fishery
and fishery using the criteria resources to support the delivery of service delivery
below. effective local fishery development
• Extent of fishing households services
benefiting from fishery
extension and on-site
research or facilities
• Provision of alternative and
innovative assistance to
fisherfolks
Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
Promoting a Business- High performance indicates Low performance indicates low
Friendly Environment in presence of efficient and effective priority and readiness of LGU
terms of: systems, policies, structures, promote business and industry
• Processing time for building resources and conducive local development
permit, occupancy permit & business and industry climate
business permit promoting
• Presence of administrative
body that is responsible in
the promotion of business
and industry in the LGU
• Quality of direct support
services to businesses,
enterprises and industries
17. Forest Ecosystem
What is measured
This service area measures
the LGU’s technical and
administrative capacity to
support the forest ecosystem
management
Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
• Integration of Forest High performance index indicates the Indicates the inability of the LGU
Management program in presence of an effective and a focused to provide basic safeguards in
the Comprehensive Land community-based LGU approach to protecting its forest ecosystem
Use Plan or in the forest ecosystem management
Provincial Development including the availability of policies
Physical Framework Plan and programs to protect, conserve and
• Involvement of NGOs, rehabilitate the LGU forest ecosystem
Peoples’ organizations, the
private sector or the
general public in the
protection and
management of forest
• Determine the adequacy of
forest management efforts
using the following criteria
18. Fresh water ecosystem
What is measured Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
This service area measures • Integration of freshwater High performance index indicates the Indicates the inability of the LGU
the LGU’s technical and protection or rehabilitation presence of an effective and a focused to provide basic safeguards in
administrative capacity to program integrated in the community-based LGU approach to protecting its fresh water
support the fresh water Comprehensive forest ecosystem management ecosystem
ecosystem management Development Plan or including the availability of policies
Provincial Development and programs to protect, conserve and
Physical Framework Plan rehabilitate the LGU fresh water
ecosystem
• Involvement of non-
government organizations,
people’s organizations, the
private sector or the
general public in the
protection or rehabilitation
of freshwater, i.e. river or
lake
• Adequacy of freshwater
ecosystem management
efforts
19. Coastal Marine ecosystem
What is measured Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
This service area measures • Integration of coastal marine High performance index indicates the Indicates the inability of the LGU
the LGU’s technical and resource rehabilitation or presence of an effective and a focused to provide basic safeguards in
administrative capacity to protection program integrated community-based LGU approach to protecting its coastal marine
in the Comprehensive
support the Coastal Marine forest ecosystem management ecosystem
Development Plan or
ecosystem management Provincial Development including the availability of policies
Physical Framework Plan and programs to protect, conserve and
• Involvement of non- rehabilitate the LGU coastal marine
government organizations, ecosystem
people’s organizations, the
private sector or the general
public in the protection or
rehabilitation of coastal
marine area
• Adequacy of coastal marine
ecosystem management
efforts
20. Urban Ecosystem Management
What is measured
This service area measures
the LGU’s technical and
administrative capacity to
properly support the
management of its urban
ecosystem particularly on
pollution control and solid
waste management
Indicators Performance Description
High Performance Index Low Performance Index
On Pollution Control High performance index indicates the Indicates the inability of the LGU
• Integration of pollution control capacity of the LGU to provide to provide basic safeguards in
program in the appropriate structure, mechanism and protecting its urban ecosystem
Comprehensive Development
systems to manage and control solid
Plan or Provincial
Development Physical waste and pollution
Framework Plan
• Involvement of non-
government organizations,
people’s organizations, the
private sector or the general
public in the protection of the
environment from air or water
pollution ecosystem
• Adequacy of efforts to
enforce pollution control
measures
On SWMB Functionality Focus to SWM:
• Organizing of the Solid
Waste Management Board Signify the preparedness of the LGU Indicates low LGU technical
(SWMB) to comply with the fundamental capacity for managing its solid
• Availability of the Solid requirements of the national program waste problems
Waste Management Plan ecological solid waste program
• % of barangays with material
recovery facilities
• Timely collection of solid
 waste
• Presence of final waste
disposal facility

Interpretation Table: Indicator Level Performance

Revised 2008 LGPMS indicators
Indicator Significance
What is measured and Benchmark Indicators Benchmark Level Significance of Concern of
managed: Above BM Below BM
Performance Performance

Revenue Generation • Percentage of cost to collect

revenues to total revenues
collected of your city
government
• Actual collection from Real
Property Tax (RPT) out of
the RPT collectibles (in %
• Total LGU revenues is
generated from local sources
(in %)
• Proportion of regular
revenues to total LGU
revenues (in %)
Resource Allocation • Proportion of your LGU’s
expenditures for personal
services to total LGU
expenditure (in %)?
• Amount of services extended
by your LGU to its
constituents on a per capita
 basis.
• Proportion of actual debt
service payment of your LGU
to total regular income (in
%)?