The Seal of Good Local Governance is DILG's assessment of Philippine provinces, cities and municipalities, created by RA 11292 (2019). An LGU has to pass all ten governance areas. Status: DILG deferred the 2025 assessment (MC 2025-032) and says it is moving to a term-based framework with three outcome areas. As of October 3, 2026 we found no published criteria for the next cycle, so the most recent full rules are the CY 2024 ones (MC 2024-064), the year 714 LGUs passed.
Status check (October 3, 2026): this page separates what DILG has published from what it has only announced. The criteria described below are the CY 2024 criteria. They may change under the new framework, and no replacement criteria have been published.
Not that we could find. DILG deferred the 2025 assessment under Memorandum Circular 2025-032, and a June 25, 2026 DILG release still describes the program as deferred while a term-based framework is developed. As of October 3, 2026 we found no circular setting 2026 criteria or deadlines. Check dilg.gov.ph/issuances for anything newer.
None have been published. The last full set is the CY 2024 criteria in DILG MC 2024-064, with separate annexes for provinces, cities and municipalities. That annex also printed proposed CY 2025 columns, but the 2025 assessment was deferred, so they never took effect. DILG has said the new framework will consolidate the ten areas into three outcome areas (innovation, fiscal management and crisis resilience); no indicators for those have been published.
Financial Administration and Sustainability; Disaster Preparedness; Social Protection and Sensitivity; Health Compliance and Responsiveness; Sustainable Education; Business-Friendliness and Competitiveness; Safety, Peace and Order; Environmental Management; Tourism, Heritage Development, Culture and Arts; and Youth Development. They are listed in section 7 of RA 11292 and in the CY 2024 circular.
714 LGUs passed the CY 2024 SGLG: 41 provinces, 96 cities and 577 municipalities, according to DILG's November 19, 2024 announcement, which called it the highest number of awardees in the program's history. The 2024 circular covered 1,716 LGUs: 82 provinces, 148 cities and 1,486 municipalities.
No. RA 11292 section 8 awards the seal to an LGU that passes all the criteria in section 7, and the CY 2024 circular restates this as the "All-in" principle: a local government must pass all governance areas.
The seal, and eligibility for the SGLG Incentive Fund (SGLGIF), which DILG says was formerly known as the Performance Challenge Fund. The Council of Good Local Governance sets the amounts under RA 11292 section 11. DILG's June 25, 2026 release says the fund has financed 5,711 projects worth over P11 billion to date, 5,273 of them completed.
In the CY 2024 criteria for cities and municipalities, one Disaster Preparedness indicator required an approved and updated CLUP with a zoning ordinance covering the year, plus engagement of component barangays in the planning process. An LGU could also pass that area by a second route (a Gawad Kalasag awardee that met three other indicators), so the CLUP indicator was not the only way through. Provinces were checked on their PDPFP instead of a CLUP. Nothing is published yet for the next framework.
Republic Act 11292, the Seal of Good Local Governance Act of 2019 (signed April 12, 2019; also on the Official Gazette), does three things that matter here. Section 7 lists the ten criteria areas. Section 8 gives the seal only to an LGU that passes all of them, according to DILG's assessment. Section 11 sets up the incentive fund, with the Council of Good Local Governance setting the amounts. The detailed indicators for each cycle are set by DILG circulars, not by the statute.
| # | Area | What the CY 2024 circular says it is for |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Financial Administration and Sustainability | Fiscal discipline and sustainability, and transparency and accountability in the use of public funds. |
| 2 | Disaster Preparedness | Preventing and preparing for disasters, natural or human-induced, to build resilience. |
| 3 | Social Protection and Sensitivity | Responsiveness to, and meaningful engagement with, vulnerable and marginalized sectors. |
| 4 | Health Compliance and Responsiveness | Setting up and sustaining health policies and programs, including fair access to care. |
| 5 | Sustainable Education | Education reforms and programs that support quality education for all. |
| 6 | Business-Friendliness and Competitiveness | Pro-competitive policies and ease of doing business under RA 11032. |
| 7 | Safety, Peace and Order | Protecting constituents from threats to life and damage to property. |
| 8 | Environmental Management | Safeguarding and preserving the environment. |
| 9 | Tourism, Heritage Development, Culture and Arts | Fostering sustainable tourism and nurturing culture and heritage. |
| 10 | Youth Development | Meaningful participation of youth in local governance. |
Under MC 2024-064 (PDF):
The two connect through Disaster Preparedness. In the CY 2024 annex for cities, indicator 2.3 asked for an approved and updated Comprehensive Land Use Plan with a zoning ordinance covering the year, plus engagement of component barangays in the planning process. The same area could also be passed by a second route (a Gawad Kalasag awardee that met three other indicators), so a lapsed CLUP did not by itself decide that area. Provinces were checked on their PDPFP. For the planning-side rules, see CLUP requirements and the LDRRMP.
This part is our suggestion, not DILG guidance. Until DILG publishes new criteria, the CY 2024 indicators are the best available picture of what an assessment looks at: keep the LDRRM plan, the CLUP and zoning ordinance, Full Disclosure Policy postings and committee meeting minutes current and findable, because those are documents the 2024 criteria referred to. Watch DILG's memorandum circular archive for the replacement circular, since DILG said one would follow the deferment.
Nova Gov's SGLG tooling today is narrow: a self-check checklist for the Disaster Preparedness area, built from the CY 2024 indicators. It is a readiness aid with its own scoring, not DILG's pass rule, and it does not cover the other nine areas. We would extend it, and adapt it to whatever framework DILG publishes next, together with founding-partner LGUs.
Last checked against these sources on October 3, 2026. The annexes to MC 2024-064 are scanned documents; confirm any exact threshold against the PDF before relying on it.
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