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Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code, mandates
LCEs of a province, city or municipality to:
The formulation of the ELA was tasked to the ELA Team by virtue of Executive Order
No. 34. This team was composed of the Local Chief Executive (LCE) and various Provincial
Government Department Heads (PGDH) representing the Executive Department and the
Presiding Officer and Board Members to represent the Legislative Department. It is the
primary function of the ELA team to draft and finalize the ELA, review available plans and
documents and gather data required in the development of the ELA and assist the LCE in
the conduct of public hearings and other consultation sessions with the various LGU
stakeholders and affected sectors.
To lead the executive and the legislative branches towards a unified vision,
mission, goals and objectives;
To enable the executive and legislative branches to agree on priority
problems and issues;
To help the LGU focus on a set of interventions towards the attainment of a
common set of objectives and goals;
To increase the chances for implementation of priority programs of the
executive department, if the legislative branch formulates ordinances in
support of the LCE program of government; and
To speed up the implementation of priority projects.
The ELA of the Province of Cotabato contains the priorities of both the Executive
and Legislative Branches of the LGU, which covers a short term development investment
plan (2019-2022) to achieve the different program priorities and in accordance to this
Administration’s Eighth (8) Point Agenda that are as follows: Upgrading Health Care
Services, Eco-Tourism Promotion, Participatory Governance, Farmers Empowerment
Towards Modern Agriculture, Nurturing Education, Environmental Protection and
Preservation, Youth Development And Empowerment, Sustainable Livelihood And
Dignified Employment.
The Eight (8) Point Agenda was categorized into four (4) sectoral compositions, the
Governance and Administration, Economic Development, Social Services and
Environmental Management according to the thematic areas of the Local Governance
Performance Measurement System.
The ELA features the (1) Executive Summary; (2) LGU Vision and Mission
Statements; (3) Brief Profile of the LGU; (4) Developmental Thrust of the Local Chief
Executive; (5) Executive Agenda corresponding to the Developmental Goals, Objectives,
Strategies and PPAs; (6) Legislative Agenda supporting the Developmental Goals and
corresponding legislative requirements.
As far as Executive and Legislative supports are concerned, the thrust and priorities
of the present leadership through the program of governance called “MASAGANANG
COTABATO, DUMAKI!”, and these agenda are the bases of programs and projects
implementation in the province.
The Province of Cotabato ELA 2019-2022 is anchored on the vision and mission of
the province, while directly taking off from the province’s existing developmental directions
recently set in:
With the approval of the ELA for 2019-2022 and with the support of the Honorable
Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Cotabato, City and Municipal Local Government Offices and
other stakeholders, we hope to achieve what we have envisioned for the Province and
implement programs and projects that were targeted for implementation in the next 3 years.