Ensuring and sustaining DILG relevance in the light of local autonomy.

Building the capability of LGUs to govern.

Maximizing the opportunities made available to the LGUs by the Local Government Code.

The direction of local governments towards demands for essential services, multi-sectoral representation and people's participation in local development

Speeding up the shift from reactive to proactive or anticipatory decision making and governance.

Fight against criminality and lawlessness.

Ensuring the responsiveness of the police and public safety services towards community partnership in promoting peace and public safety.

Enhancing the professionalization of the organization and its men and the modernization of tools for peace and public safety services.