Section 5Sec./Art. 5

Governing Principles. - The National Government shall implement the GOP in accordance with the following principles:

(a) The scope, level, and prioritization of government programs, activities, and projects, as well as the appropriate manner for providing public goods and services, shall be determined in accordance with the constitutional mandate, political and socio-economic contexts, objectives, and available resources of the government;

(b) The government shall establish a conducive policy environment to encourage the active engagement of the private sector and civil society organizations in the production and delivery of goods and services;

(c) The government shall recognize the principle of equal pay for equal work;

(d) The government shall respect the right to self-organization of employees in the public sector and shall encourage participation in matters affecting their rights;

(e) The delineation of functions and responsibilities between the National Government and LGUs in the provision of public goods and services shall be clearly defined, consistent with the provisions of Republic Act No. 7160, as amended, and other pertinent laws and issuances, to provide a more seamless, accessible, and responsive government service to the people;

(f) A whole-of-nation approach shall be adopted to ensure seamless operations of agencies within and across sectors to better anticipate and be more responsive to public needs;

(g) Government operations shall be simplified so that the agencies can focus on the performance of their core functions and the implementation of programs and projects that will lead to the attainment of the desired sectoral and national goals and outcomes;

(h) Government systems and processes shall be streamlined and modernized to facilitate the delivery and upgrade the quality of frontline services, improve policy formulation, planning, and performance evaluation, and raise the overall productivity of the public sector;

(i) Digitization and e-governance shall be utilized as a means to efficiently optimize government roles and provide prompt and effective services to the people;

(j) Government rules, procedures, and requirements shall be rationalized to reduce the regulatory burden on citizens, businesses, and other stakeholders, as well as reduce the administrative burden on the part of the government; and

(k) The organizational structure of an agency shall be designed and optimized to facilitate the effective, efficient, and economical implementation of programs and projects, and economical implementation of programs and projects, and attainment of organizational outputs and outcomes.

The appropriate staffing mix shall be determined based on the skills and competencies required to effectively and efficiently carry out the agency mandate and functions.