SAN JOSE, Antique (PIA) — The Department of Trade and Industry encourages local government units to use CMCI (Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index) to benchmark development activities in their respective localities.
DTI Antique provincial director Mutya Eusores recently held a media briefing to discuss the 2024 CMCI results and enhance public awareness of the purpose and significance of the survey.
She emphasized that the survey does not have a parameter to measure the poverty level of the local government units; instead, it measures the competitiveness of the LGUs on the five pillars of the CMCI, namely economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, Infrastructure, Resilience, and Innovation.
In its 10th year since the survey started in 2014, CMCI has been a tool for LGUs to assess its competitiveness compared to other local government units and identify improvement areas following the CMCI pillars.
For the private sector, the survey could guide them in the placement/locating of their investments.
Eusores clarified that the ranking is based on the aggregate scores of the municipalities based on their responses to the questionnaires and has nothing to do with the performance of the provincial government on poverty indicators.
For Antique, the placement varies depending on the competitiveness of the LGUs, as 18 municipalities are joining the survey.
Antique ranks 72nd in the CMCI survey this year.
Eusores urged the public not to use the data or survey out of context, so as not to mislead others.
Instead, maximize the use of the survey to push for the development of their respective local government units. (AGP/PSM/PIA Antique)
