LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE is a think tank and training institute whose primary aim is to promote execellence in public administration and governance and strengthen the capacities of civil servants, especially local authorities and employees.
To encourage the development and promotion of excellence in public administration and governance, particularly among local government units (LGUs).
To capacitate and enable civil servants, authorithies, and policy makers.
To promote and facilitate the exchange and transfer of knowledge co-creation between and among levels of government.
To advocate for reforms and amendments to national policies including provisions of the Local Government Code, the 1987 Constitution, and other relevant legislation and issuances
Policy Research and Analysis
Local Governance and Decentralization (participatory local)
Governance, local economic development, local leadership (capacity building) with emphasis on the Mandanas ruling and its implementation
Traning and Capacity Building for Good Governance
Accountability/Transparency and Anti-Corruption advocacies
Public Fiscal Management
Peace Studies and Insurgency
Environmental Governance and Sustainability
Public Administration in the 21st Century
E-governance and Government Process Re-engineering
Stakeholder/Citizen Empowerment
Elections and Democratic Institutions