Acknowledgement Sheet For Memorandum
Acknowledgement Sheet For Memorandum
Acknowledgement Sheet For Memorandum
I. Background
Peace and Order and Public Safety remains the top program of the administration. EO No.
729 organized the National Peace and Order Council (NPOC), the Regional Peace and
Order Councils (RPOCs) and Local Peace and Order Councils (LPOCs). The aim is to
provide a multi stakeholder body that will promote peace and order at different levels of
the bureaucracy. It highlights the strategic value of interdepartmental and multi-sector
partnership in advancing the primacy of peace and order as an essential precondition to
development in the country. It has been consistently and officially recognized over the
years through various Presidential Instructions and Orders.
DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2015-130 provides guidelines on the functions of the
Peace and Order Councils (POCs), Barangay Peace and Order Committees, and Peace and
Order Council Secretariat (POCS). MC No. 2015-130 directs the POCs to provide forum
for interdisciplinary dialogue and deliberation of major issues and concerns affecting
peace and order and public safety nationwide.
RPOC-NCR recommends measures for converging and orchestrating the internal security
efforts of civil authorities and agencies, military and police. Instrumental to the
functioning of the RPOC-NCR is its secretariat. Concretely speaking, the DILG-NCR serves
as secretariat to the Regional Peace and Order Council with the following functions: 1)
assist the Chairperson in the conduct of RPOC meetings; 2) provide technical assistance
in the performance of administrative and technical tasks; 3) recommend and prepare the
agenda and other similar documents for the RPOC meetings; and 4) prepare resolutions
of the Council and the minutes of the meeting.
With these aforementioned tasks, the Regional Peace and Order Council is only as
efficient and as effective as its designated secretariat. With the mandate to perform the
tasks of aiding POCs to achieve its mission, it is important that the secretariat be provided
with continuing education to further their knowledge, skills, and attitudes towards
meaningful and results-oriented POC.
In addressing the challenges in Peace and Order, it is important that our DILG officers
working as secretariat and others as linkages and governance experts must update their
leadership and management skills in order to steer the RPOC NCR towards good
governance. In the 2018 thrust of the National Government, the focus will be on
countering criminality, anti-illegal drugs, terrorism, and insurgency while improving the
socio-economic conditions of all Filipinos. With these very complex problems that are
interrelated to peace and order, there is a growing need to arm the secretariat and other
program managers of DILG-NCR to lead and think differently through collaboration,
innovations, and creating a culture of excellence.
The Regional Peace and Order Secretariat – NCR looks into these challenges as essential
to further improving the peace and order situation in the 17 LGUs in Metro Manila.
Enhancing the capacities of POC secretariat at the local level is essential in further
strengthening the RPOC-NCR.
Prepared by:
LGOO V JEAN REDI T. BRIONES
Section Chief, Peace and Order and Public Safety, Incentives and Awards
RPOC-NCR, Asst. Program Head
Noted by:
Approved: