MARAWI
CITY, Lanao del Sur, Aug. 19 (PIA) --- More than 30,000 employees in
the regional government are entitled to receive the bonus that mirrors
the “upgrading of professionalism and delivery of services” in the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
“This is the
first time in the 25-year history of the ARMM. Isa itong malaking
karangalan at malaking accomplishment. More than the incentives
kailangan mapanatili ng bawat ahensiya, ng bawat empleyado ang ganung
klaseng level ng professionalism at klase ng level ng performance (This
is a big honor and a major accomplishment. More than the incentives,
every agency, every employee must maintain that kind of level of
professionalism and that kind of level of performance),” said ARMM
Executive Secretary Lawyer Laisa Alamia.
The Department of
Budget and Management (DBM) has affirmed Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao’s compliance with the requirements of the Performance-Based
Bonus (PBB), a system that rewards “exemplary performance in
government.”
The regional government passed the Good Governance
Conditions and the performance indicators in all its target deliverables
for 2014 which qualified the region for the bonus.
“Proud ako
dahil na-acknowledge ang performance ko at part ako ng reporma (I’m
proud because my performance was acknowledged and that I’m part of the
reform),” said Maritess Galindo, 56, an administrative officer at the
Office of the Regional Governor.
Galindo has been working in the ARMM since its inception in 1990.
“What
ARMM should be proud of is its accomplishments. It’s an independent
verification that the reforms in the autonomous region were achieved and
that these reforms improve peoples’ access to services,” said Maricris
Valte of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP).
The
DAP serves as the secretariat and technical resource institution of the
Administrative Order 25 Inter-Agency Task Force that oversees the
performance monitoring, evaluation, information and reporting of
essential components of performance management system of a government
office, department, or instrumentality.
“(The
performance-based bonus) is meant not just compliance with the
requirements, but is also meant to encourage and ensure that the agency
accomplishes what it has pledged to accomplish,” Valte affirmed.
The
fact that ARMM met all the Good Governance Condition according to
Valte, "is proof that the governance reform under the leadership of ARMM
Governor Mujiv Hataman is really working."
Budget
Undersecretary Richard Moya, in a letter, said "more than grant of the
bonus, we hope that the PBB has significantly contributed to your
agency’s organizational and the employee performance that led to
concrete and visible improvements in the delivery of goods and services
to the public."
The PBB system is a merit-based incentive
program that recognizes and rewards exemplary public service. Employees’
performance is assessed, including how they contributed to the
accomplishment of their department’s overall targets and commitments.
Under
the system, an employee may receive P5,000 minimum to as much as
P35,000. Employees are rated whether they performed ‘good,’ ‘better,’ or
‘best.’
To qualify, the agencies must pass certain
requirements to include the achievement of at least 90 percent of their
2014 targets, compliance with the Transparency Seal under the General
Provisions of the 2014 General Appropriations Act, and compliance in
posting, or publication, of the Citizen’s Charter – all required under
the Good Governance Conditions.
“The budget for the bonus will
be downloaded from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to the
regional government this year after completion of the process,” said
Alamia.
Through Administrative Order No. 25, the Office of the
President created the Inter-Agency Task Force that will harmonize,
unify, streamline and simplify all existing monitoring and reporting
requirements related to the government’s performance-based bonus system.
The
Inter-Agency Task Force is chaired by the DBM and co-chaired by the
Office of the Executive Secretary, with the National Economic and
Development Authority; Presidential Management Staff; and Department of
Finance as members. (Bureau of Public Information/PIA-10)
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