MSAC

Multi-Stakeholdership Guiding Principles

The essence of multi-stakeholdership in LGRC is ensuring that key players and prime movers in local governance must collectively articulate policies in building a culture that encourage learning and sharing of information and knowledge in promoting excellence in local governance.
Knowledge Management is one means towards building multi-stakeholdership, but it’s not the sole basis for their buy-in and long-term commitment.
Multi stakeholder partners are part of the KM system
Multi-staleholdership means developing common stake onownership of the state of local governance state among various players.
Represents a paradigm shift in DILG’s role from supervision to that of a catalyst and facilitator in promoting excellence in local governance. should also be noted that the non-threatening environment should start within DILG as the major catalyst in improving local governance performance. There is a need for capacity development towards introducing a paradigm shift within DILG Regional Offices as RLGRC hosts.

Roles of Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Committee (MSAC)

Provide general direction and guidance to the LGRC programs, plans
Formulate policies and guidelines in the operationalization of LGRC
Identify and participate in researches and assessments relevant to LG KM
Contribute local governance relevant knowledge products to the center (explicit knowledge) and the LGRC online
Make accessible/available to the LGUs and other secondary users their respective organization's (internal - that can not be lodged at the center or uploaded in LGRC online) LG knowledge products, website (also through links on LGRC online), experts, etc.
Initiate steps towards building their respective organizations as KCOs and to influence the shaping of a knowledge sharing culture and the culture of learning within the respective organizations, LGRC and the other stakeholders in the LG sector
Mobilize resources (fund, material, human) to support KM programs and plans
Contribute to the development of best practices in local governance and its replication
To identify and propose areas for convergence so as to integrate and harmonize the various programs of different stakeholders, using knowledge to focus, prioritize, and align various actors according to a common image of regional LG
Analyze and review results of regularly conducted LG KM audits in order to maintain a realistic picture of the regional LG KM environment and the characteristics of LG knowledge supply and demand in the region
Continuously verify the value proposition and communicates this to sponsors and partners
Monitor and Evaluate the impact of LGRC and the attainment of its VMG