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Information Coordinating Network
(DILG ICONET)

CHARTER DOCUMENT

Chartering Group

Project Sponsor

Team Leader

Facilitator
Launch Date

Department of the Interior and Local Government

 

Secretary Ronaldo V. Puno/ Public Information Coordinating Council

USEC Melchor P. Rosales, PICC Chairman

Director Feliciano C. Regis, Office of Public Affairs

August 16, 2006

 

 

Name of Project

Department of the Interior and Local Government - Information Coordinating Network (DILG - ICONET)

Vision Statement

“Our people, constantly informed of DILG initiatives to better their lives and welfare, are inspired and encouraged to actively participate in nation building.”

Mission Statement

  • Institutionalize a network for information coordination within the DILG
  • Operationalize a comprehensive and integrated communication system between DILG Public Information Offices ( Central Office, Bureaus, Attached Agencies, Regional Offices, Field Offices) and their stakeholders ( local government units, media, other agencies of government).

Project Objectives

  • Provide the Department sustainable strategic capability in coordinating information and communication activities
  • Install
  • a system of regular interaction among DILG information units at the central, regional and field offices
  • Standardize communication systems, procedures and practices in the Department

Benefits

  • More effective coordination of information and communication activities in the DILG
  • Capacitating of DILG’s information officers
  • Efficient deployment of DILG’s information resources

Strategic Success Indicators

  • Delivery of communication strategies and tactics
  • Positive impressions from stakeholders
  • Provision of strategic communication advice to senior management

Evaluation Methods

  • Survey of ICONET Members Feedback
  • Survey of Stakeholders Feedback
  • Case Study
  • Program Evaluation

Scope

All information and communication policies and activities of the DILG at the national, regional and field offices

Decision Making Responsibilities

  • Policies : DILG Senior Management
  • Communication Strategic Objectives and Strategic Communication Programs : PICC/OPA
  • Strategies/Tactics : regional and local ICONET members

Decision-Making Processes

  • Consensus among decision-makers at various levels
  • Consultation with PICC and ICONET members and, if necessary, relevant stakeholders
  • Consultation with SILG whenever necessary

Decision Ratifying Body

  • SILG
  • PICC

Boundary Conditions to Decision Making

  • Compliant to all DILG Polices and Programs
  • Should promote ICONET Vision,Mission, and Objectives
  • Resource-effective (cost, time and work quality)

Methods for Communicating Decisions

  • Consultations/Meetings/Conferences
  • Communication Operations Review
  • Presentation to PICC and ICONET members
  • Computer-mediated media ( e.g., facsimile, website and yahoo groups)

Network Components

  • PICC members
  • Office of Public Affairs Officials and Staff
  • Bureaus and Attached Agencies Information Officers
  • Regional Information Officers
  • Field Officers/personnel performing information functions

Focused Stakeholders

  • DILG Senior Management
  • Central, regional, field offices of DILG, its bureaus and attached agencies
  • Local officials nationwide
  • Information Officers of LGUs
  • Media practitioners covering the DILG, its bureaus and attached agencies at the national and local levels
  • Other government agencies including the Office of the President and Congress
  • Academe

Training Requirements

  • Information Networking and Coordination
  • Strategic Communication
  • Crisis Communication
  • Media Relations
  • Public Relations
  • Community Relations
  • Effective Writing
  • Public Speaking
  • Information Communication Technology (ICT) Education
  • Publication
  • Broadcasting/Audio Visual Production
  • Communication Research
  • Cross-Cultural Communication

Meeting Frequency

  • PICC : Monthly ICONET Communications Operations Review
  • Regional : Quarterly ICONET Communication Operations Review
  • Quarterly ICONET Monitoring and Evaluation Meetings

Sunset Clause

  • None at the moment

Review Schedule

August 2007