Councilor Bernie Al-ag told Edge Davao that the city will soon be implementing post-audit and post-compliance approaches in approving business permits.
Al-ag, chair of the Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Industry of the City Council, along with Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre, vice chair of the Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Industry; Councilor Bonz Andrei Militar, chairperson of the Committee on information technology, and department heads of the city government of Davao, went on a exploratory tour of Valenzuela City last week to benchmark its digitalization processes.
“We learned that digitalization gyud is the way to make it faster. There are other approach nga gihimo sa Valenzuela para maging paspas. One yung approach na post audit and post compliance wherein puwede ta maghatag ug permits na katong mga kulang nila na mga requirements tagaan sila ug time but they can start their business right away. Our basis is the ease of doing business na instead na maghulat ang mga tao na iinspect sila, duolon sila sa govenrment agency, tagaan na sila ug three days sa government agency pag dili sila mu-respond sa application automatic approved. Mao to among learning during the benchmarking,” Al-ag said.
Al-ag is firmed that these approaches will be implemented in Davao City as these will be part of his proposed ordinance “Streamlining and Digitizing the Business Permit Applications” which is expected to be passed and approved next month.
The purpose of the ordinance is to make sure that businessmen will have a positive experience in their transactions in the city by streamlining procedures through digitalization.
“We will apply those principles and procedures. This will be passed in April. Gamay na lang mga tulo ka hearing na lang. We will do that,” he said.
This developed after the digitalization of business permit transactions and applications of the city government of Davao is hampered by what he calls “technical glitches.”
Al-ag also said that only one percent of business permit applicants took advantage of the city government of Davao’s online business permit application.
