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Home⇛International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research⇛vol. 7 no. 1 (2026)

Challenges in Sustaining the Seal of Good Local Governance: The Case of City of Carmona, Cavite

Eunice A. Sales | Michelle G. Canlas | Fil Vincent B. Garcia | Maria Charisma A. Cid | Bernandino P. Malang | Jocelyn DS. Malang

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study focuses on the City of Carmona, Cavite, and aims to de-scribe the problems the city has in maintaining the Seal of Good Local Governance. It seeks to determine what the challenges are to the Local Government Units’ (LGU) ability to keep the SGLG sta-tus, how these challenges affect the city’s operations, then provide recommendations to address these challenges. Based on the data and a "Strongly Agree" consensus from respondents, the Local Government Unit of Carmona has a considerable capacity to sus-tain its governance practices. This is attributable to the govern-ance framework being grounded on well-defined and institution-alized policies and sufficiency of resources, ability to balance SGLG compliance and SGLG urgent local priorities, and active par-ticipation from stakeholders. On the other hand, respondents "Agree" that there are risks to the long-term sustainability of the LGU, which include policy gaps, and unclarity of mandates, inade-quate funding, political shifts, the turnover of leadership, natural calamities, and disasters.



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