Leyte
Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Samuel
Tiu also called up Mayor Tiu to happily inform
him that Tanauan has been adjudged as the 2008
Most Business-Friendly Municipality of the Philippines.
The Leyte Chamber was responsible for the nomination
of Tanauan to the Most Business-Friendly LGUs
Awards.
The conferment of winners by
her Excellency Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is set
on October 22, 9:00 o'clock in the morning,
suring the concluding session of the Philippine
Business Conference at its permanent venue,
the historic Manila Hotel.
Mayor Tiu thanked the Leyte
Chamber of Commerce and Industry for its trust
and guidance. He said that the award will serve
both as an inspiration and challenge for the
local government employees to sustain if not
work harder to improve the LGU business processes
and services.
It would be recalled that the local government
of Tanauan has been adjudged as the Most Business-Friendly
Municipality of the Philippines and the Most
Business Friendly Municipality in the Visayas
in the year 2006. In 1997, the local government
of Tanauan was awarded as the Most Business
Friendly Municipality in the Visayas Cluster
for the second time.
The Most Business-Friendly LGU Award seeks to
recognize municipalities, cities and provinces
for their efforts in instituting good governance
in promoting trade and investment such as innovative
and sound business licensing procedures, and
efficient conduct of daily operations.
The Search for the Most Business Friendly LGU
Awards which has three categories namely municipality,
city and province, is an annual search being
conducted by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce
and Industry.
Mr. Samuel Tiu said there is a variation in
this year's judging. For the first time, a focus
group discussion (FGD) was conducted on September
25, 2008 in the area of Tanauan which is the
LGU nominee as part of the award process and
selection of winners.
The FGD which is a joint activity of the PCCI,
GTZ and the local Chamber, seeks to assess the
sentiments of the business sector on the responsiveness
of the nominated LGUs to their needs.
It also hopes to identify the best practices
of the LGUs that contribute to the promotion
and growth of business and identify possible
areas for further improvement in the operations
of the LGUs, especially those that can be addresses
through public sector-private sector partnership.
The results of the FGDs will comprise 50% of
the total score of the LGUs that will determine
this year's awardees. (PIA 8)
