The program is in line with the Supreme Court Mandamus for the clean-up and preservation the Manila Bay. As one of the national government agencies tasked to rehabilitate Manila Bay, DILG has provided capacity development interventions for LGUs to ensure compliance to the continuing Supreme Court Mandamus.
Operation Listo is an advocacy program of the DILG which aims to strengthen disaster preparedness of LGUs using the whole-of-government approach.
It aims to build or strengthen awareness among Local Government Units (LGUs) on the preparations before, operations during, and the series of actions to be administered after a disaster afflicts a municipality or city.