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Galing PookAwards 2017

Ten Outstanding Local Governance Programs

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3 About Galing Pook and Awards 2017 By the Numbers

4 Message from GPF Chair Maria Lourdes C. Fernando

5 Message from LANDBANK President and CEO Alex V. Buenaventura

6 Message from DILG Officer-in-Charge Catalino S. Cuy

7 Message from LGA Executive Director Marivel C. Sacendoncillo

8 Angono, Rizal: Participatory and Systemic Governance for

Socio-Economic Development

10 Cagayan de Oro City: Rising Up from the Mud

12 Davao del Norte: Community Based Road Maintenance Contracting

14 General Santos City: Lingap sa Kabataang Ayaw sa Droga (LIKAY Droga)

16 Palompon, Leyte: Integrated Community-Based Eco-Tourism

and Coastal Resource Management

18 Pasig City: “Bayanihan sa Daan” Sustainable Transport Program

20 San Felipe, Zambales: Monthly Search for Galing Barangay and Galing Purok

22 San Luis, Aurora: Luntiang Pamayanan ng San Luis

24 San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte: Catching Rain

26 Valenzuela City: Disiplina Village

28 Finalists

33 The Galing Pook Foundation Board of Trustees and Secretariat

34 2017 Galing Pook Awards National Selection Committee

37 The National Selection Committee on the Field

38 The Galing Pook 2017 Awards Ceremony

39 Galing Pook Theme Song / Mamamayan Mamamayani Theme Song

CONTENTS

Articles written by Pamela Grafilo and Bashia Mariel Grafilo • Cover design and layout by Lyka Cabatay • Editorial support by Adrian Adove • Reference and photos courtesy of LGUs and from Galing Pook Files

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VISIONWe are a leading resource insti-tution that promotes innovation, sustainability, citizen empow-erment, and excellence in local governance.

Galing Pook Awards 2017 By the Numbers

Total number of applications received:158

BREAKDOWN OF SOURCES OF APPLICATIONS:

entries from cities

entries frommunicipalities

entries from provinces

entries from barangays

31%

3%

50%

16%

of entries from LUZON

16% of entries from the VISAYAS

63%

21% of entries from MINDANAO

SELECTION PROCESS AND CRITERIA:The applications were screened by a 19-member National Selection Committee from different fields of expertise and experience.

Of the 158 applications, 44 made it to the site validation stage, 20 made it to the finals, and ten were selected as this year’s batch of winners.

30%

10%

30%

15%

15%Positive results

and impact

Promotion of people’s

participation and empowerment

Efficiency of programservice delivery

Transferability and sustainability

Innovation

ABOUT GALING POOKThe Galing Pook Awards is a pioneering program that recognizes innovation and excellence in local governance. It started in October 21, 1993 under the joint initiative of the Local Government Acad-emy-Department of the Interior and Local Government, the Ford Foundation, and other individual advocates of good governance from the academe, civil society and the government.

The Asian Institute of Management carried on the awards program until 2001. Earlier in 1998, the Galing Pook Foundation was formed as a juridical institution to sustain the program.

MISSIONWe promote excellence in local governance through recognition, sharing of information and support of efforts to replicate best practices at the local level. We encourage partnerships among civil society organizations, private sector, and government agen-cies at local, national and global levels to improve quality of life.

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Message from the GPF Chair

Warm congratulations to all the winners of the Galing Pook Awards 2017! This year of the Galing Pook Awards, we celebrated the Festival of Best Practices—a festival of creativity, resourcefulness, and hard work. It highlighted the resilience and resolve of local governments to find solutions to our everyday problems. It is our choice to celebrate good governors, good mayors, good barangay officials, and good local public servants. Despite the challeng-es of our everyday problems and the frustrations along the way, our ten winners, together with the remaining finalists, show that there is hope in good local governance.

Our batch of winners this year is a mix of LGUs from Luzon including the National Capital Region, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Our winners tackled various issues, such as housing and land tenure, market administration, livelihood and rising from disaster, road maintenance, anti-drugs, eco-tourism, sustainable mobility, incentivizing performance, agriculture and irrigation, and renewable energy. No matter how diverse this year’s winners are, they all be-came successful because of the active participation of their respective communities. So as we celebrate and congratulate our local chief executives and their dedicated and hardworking staff for this year’s gems of best practices, we also extend our congratulations to their constit-uents—as both beneficiaries and active partners in good governance. It is our hope in Galing Pook that these shining examples of good governance be emulated and replicated by other local government units throughout the country, for it is through the local governments, which are closest to the people, that services are best delivered.

We also encourage more LGUs, from the provinces down to the barangays, to participate in our continuous search for best practices, so that other stories of success in tackling everyday problems will be brought to the national consciousness.

We would like to extend our gratitude to the Land Bank of the Philippines for supporting the Galing Pook Awards Program, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Local Government Academy for their continuous support to Galing Pook.

The support of all our partners, and especially of our local governments who provide us models of good governance year after year, strengthens our resolve to continue believing in good governance, in our people, and in still finding leaders and government workers, who are matitino at mahuhusay.

Mabuhay tayong lahat!

MARIA LOURDES C. FERNANDOChairpersonGaling Pook Foundation

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Message from the LANDBANK President and CEO

Crucial to sustainable growth and development throughout the country is finding reliable partners that can help equip every Filipino in need with the necessary tools toward poverty alleviation.

The financial and technical assistance that LANDBANK extends to the coun-tryside is only valuable if delivered on time and through effective means. The Bank is fortunate to have reliable partners who uphold beliefs similar to our mission and vision of helping the country grow.

Having been part of LANDBANK’s fostering environment for socio-econom-ic change through its relentless support to local government units across the nation, the work that the Galing Pook Foundation is able to do in many parts of the country attests to the value of capacity building at the grassroots level.

Winners and participants to this year’s Galing Pook Awards are no different, as these remarkable entities have demonstrated worthwhile efforts that will allow communities and other generations to find a better future. From good governance to environmental advocacies and innovative practices, we at LANDBANK are confident in the ability of Galing Pook Foundation to further build on its success toward helping empower more people and communities in the years to come.

In behalf of LANDBANK, we extend our sincerest congratulations to every-one who has made the 2017 Galing Pook Awards a memorable success.

ALEX V. BUENAVENTURA President and CEO Land Bank of the Philippines

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Message from the DILG Officer-in-Charge

My congratulations to the individuals and groups behind the 2017 Galing Pook Magazine featuring this year’s inspiring awardees and finalists. I laud the Galing Pook Foundation and partners for continuing this worthwhile tradition of recognizing and promoting culture of good governance in the Philippines.

As one of the institutions that founded the Galing Pook Awards in 1993, the DILG assures its unceasing support to this valuable initiative of awarding game changers who are worthy of emulation, as they model the way to inclusive and equitable local development for and by the Filipino people.

These are moving stories of innovation and excellence in local governance that you will take pieces of information, interest, and inspiration from. Knowl-edge and awareness spur practice and it is hinged at the end goal of Galing Pook to support efforts to replicate the best practices at the local or commu-nity level.

May these encouraging stories of good local governance be preached and spread to more areas in the country. It is also our fervent prayer that these real-life narratives will help build up more productive partnerships among civil society organizations, private sector, and government agencies at the local, national as well as global arena.

Nawa’y lalo pang maiparating at maipadama ang mga biyaya ng magan-dang pagbabago sa mas maraming Pilipino.

Again, congratulations to this year’s winners.

Mabuhay ang Galing Pook Awards!

CATALINO S. CUYOfficer-in-ChargeDepartment of the Interior and Local Government

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Message from the LGA Executive Director

For years now, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), through the Local Government Academy (LGA) has been partnering with the Galing Pook Foundation in promoting good local governance, believing that every local government unit (LGU) has the inherent capacity and potential for innovative practices to serve the best interest of their constituents in their respective communities.

We experience this at the recently concluded Festival of Best Practices meant to inspire other LGUs to follow without the need to reinvent the wheel. All the practices were truly inspiring – from the Participatory and Systemic Governance of Angono, Rizal to the Disiplina Village of Valenzu-ela City. These LGUs were able to bring forth a good harvest of their labor in evolving their best practices. Each of them beams as an epitome of an exemplar LGU.

To the Galing Pook Foundation, we are grateful for the opportunity to work together once again in the interest of good local governance. To the awardees, may you continue to inspire our communities with increasing momentum to create more innovative practices in the years ahead. To the LGUs, we take our hats off for your undying passion to serve the Filipino citizenry in your respective communities. Together, let us continue to advocate good local governance with passion for a better Philippines and a better world.

MARIVEL C. SACENDONCILLO, CESO IIIExecutive DirectorLocal Government Academy

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ANGONO, RIZAL: Participatory and Systemic Governance for Socio-Economic Development

TEN OUTSTANDING LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS

Public Market Income 2014 - 2016 Receipts

Expenditures

Net income before subsidy

Subsidy

Income after subsidy

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Angono took advantage of two opportunities to bolster its socio-economic progress – improving its public market and addressing the plight of its infor-mal settlers. It is anchored on environment, culture and arts promotion of the LGU. Notably, the LGU adopted a People-centered, Sustainable, Integrated, Area-based Development (PSIAD) strategy to shift from public administration to governance.

From a liability, Angono’s public market has been transformed to a competitive “People’s Market” comparable to commercial supermarkets in the area. The implementation of the Amended Market Code of Angono Rizal helped turn the public market into a reliable economic enterprise of the local govern-ment. Furthermore, a financial aid from the provincial government enabled Angono LGU in improving the market infrastructure. Roads were constructed and widened to be accessible to transport vehicles and prevent traffic congestion, which effectively ad-dressed the issue on vendors not wanting to occupy the stalls at the back of the market. As a result, it became a market “na lahat may harapan”.

Furthermore, learning from Olongapo City’s col-or-coding scheme for public utility vehicles have inspired Angono to improve its traffic management and regulate tricycle and jeepney operations with designated terminals and drop-off points in the mar-ket’s vicinity.

In maintaining peace and order, the LGU deployed 80 market guards who work in shifts to ensure a 24/7 security coverage. The market has 32 CCTV cameras installed with a 24/7 Consumer Welfare Desk put in place for quick issuance of public announcements. A Market Vicinity Committee was also created to ensure safety in the area. Through these initiatives based on data as of September 2017, crime rate was reduced, and the market even experienced zero crime inci-dence. To address the low collection efficiency rate of the public market, a new payment and debt restruc-turing scheme was crafted by the LGU in consultation with stall owners. A high collection efficiency rate

from PhP 12 million in 2014 to PhP 14.4 million in 2016 was noted under this system. Although the public market could sustain its operations due to its improved collection rate, Sangguniang Bayan Or-dinance No. 746 (2016) was enacted to sustain the operations of the public market through an annual budget allocation, if needed.

Inspired by Marikina’s “Disiplina sa Bangketa” proj-ect, Angono provided reorientation seminars on cleanliness and service quality such as politeness and customer service. In the recent Citizen Satisfaction Index Survey (CSIS) conducted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the University of Rizal System, the Angono Public Market ranked “High” in all the indicators in citizens’ aware-ness, availment and satisfaction.

In connection with Angono’s Zero Basura program, a Solid Waste Management system was also imple-mented in the public market through the construction of its own Materials Recovery Facilities. Through this initiative, the Angono Public Market was recognized as the “2nd Healthiest Public Market in the Province

201412,046,901.40

9,391,123.83

2,655,777.57

1,308,000.00

1,347,777.57

201514,442,205.85

11,039,021.07

3,403,184.78

2,695,700.00

707,484.78

201614,419,398.53

10,516,378.18

3,903,020.35

2,202,573.00

1,700,447.35

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Economic Impact Year Population Annual Income Per capita 2000 74,668 PHP 54,303,584.30 PhP 727.27

2016 *115,481 PHP 285,618,938.75 PhP 2,473.30

*Please take note that 2016 population projection is based from the last

Census (2015) at 113,283 with +1.94% growth rate.

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of Rizal” from 1999 to 2002 and the “Healthiest Pub-lic Market in the Province of Rizal” in 2003 to 2005. To address the needs of its informal settlers, Angono introduced the Zero Squatter program that assisted 8,000 informal settler families (ISF). An effective and functional Urban Settlement Development Office (USDO), created through EO 2010-11 and SB Resolu-tion 12-125, served as the coordinating unit between the government, private owners, and the informal settlers that made possible the timely government response to the people’s needs.

The program also strengthened community-based organizations and associations of resettled ISF by allowing them to organize themselves and plan their communities. Appropriate representation in the local Housing Board, and the Local Committee against Squatting Syndicates and Professional Squatters were allocated to 75 organized groups. Women’s groups were also organized to improve skills as well as access to livelihood and basic services.

With an existing and functional Local Committee against Squatting Syndicates and Professional Squat-ters, relevant executive orders, resolutions and ordi-nances were enacted to provide sustainable and in-stitutionalized response to the problems of squatting syndicates and professional squatters. As a result, Angono is the only municipality acknowledged as the 2015 National Champion and 2016 1st Runner Up for Best LGU Practices against Professional Squatters and Squatting Syndicates.

The programs on the Angono Public Market and ISFs have contributed to an annual income of around PhP 285 million in 2016 from PhP 54 million in 2000. Clearly, the participatory and systemic governance of Angono uplifted the lives of its people as well as created a climate conducive to socio-economic development.

Mayor Gerardo V. Calderon, MPATel. Nos.: (02)6510062; (02)4511033Email: [email protected]

TEN OUTSTANDING LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS

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2011 is a memorable year for many Cagay-anons. December of the same year, tropical storm Sendong (international name, Washi) made landfall in Mindan-ao, causing Cagayan de Oro River to overflow. Wa-ter raging from the mountains triggered landslides that sent mud and logs crashing down on low-lying communities along the river and mountain side. At least 1,268 casualties were recorded as a result of the deadly storm and massive floods, most of whom were from the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. Those who survived were rendered homeless, most of their sources of livelihoods destroyed. Amidst the devastation, Cagay-anons took collective action in alleviating themselves as victims of calamity to a disaster-resilient and sustainable community. Us-ing the space created by the People’s Council (estab-lished through Executive Order 97-2015), civil society organizations (CSOs) and people’s organizations were able to actively work and collaborate with the Cagay-an de Oro City Government. The People’s Council became a platform that enabled the city government and people’s organizations to determine key priority areas for engagement which was later on embodied in the People’s Development Agenda, that informed the implementation of activities to rebuild the city.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Rising Up from the Mud

TEN OUTSTANDING LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS

Accredited CSOs (2012-2016) Year Number of Accredited CSOs

2012 2 2013 53 2014 70 2015 79 2016 95

With the promotion of public participation through the People’s Council, the LGU saw a remarkable rise of accredited CSOs from only 2 accredited CSOs in 2012 to the current 95 CSOs in 2016. Around 30 special bodies were either created or revitalized to optimize the rehabilitation of the city affected by Typhoon Sendong. Out of a total of 6,492 benefi-ciaries, around 2,493 were relocated to new housing facilities and 700 land titles were awarded. In partner-ship with the Department of Agriculture, a total of 66.57 kilometers of road were concreted.

Income Generation (2012-2016) Year Skills training MSMEs Support Assistance Jobs solicited 2012 NO DATA 470 NO DATA

2014 2,128 2,966 57,909

2015 2,744 2,470 76,384

2016 1,793 2,092 24,965

In the immediate aftermath of Sendong, livelihood was severely disrupted, and people were unable to earn income to support their families. Targeted live-lihood programs such as development of micro-en-terprises in affected communities were implemented by the City in partnership with CSOs that provided vulnerable groups with skills training and livelihood start-up assistance. Product development and liveli-hood assistance were provided for home-based, mi-cro enterprises to enhance their chances of successful recovery. Before Typhoon Sendong, only 470 MSMEs were given assistance in 2012. The numbers signifi-cantly increased in 2014 with 2,966 MSMEs support-ed. On skills training, around 6,665 individuals passed the National Competency Assessment with more than 159,000 local and overseas jobs solicited.

One of the individual beneficiaries of the program is Jerlyn T. Punay, who now sells a vinegar-infused condiment called Veggie-gar. Her income signifi-cantly increased from a measly annual earning of only PhP8,000 before the program to PhP100,000 in 2016. Similar significant results were recorded in a fisherfolk community. Through the assistance of the City Ag-riculture Productivity Office and City Social Welfare and Development Livelihood Desk, the fishing

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community’s annual income derived from seafood processing has more than doubled from PhP120,000 to PhP250,000 in 2016. A relocatees group who call themselves Klasik, supported by Xavier University, and a persons with disabilities (PWDs) group called HACI d Oro, have reported an estimated 136 percent and 400 percent increase on their income, respectively. The success of these microenterprises and the en-abling environment for citizens’ engagement further encouraged various stakeholders and communities to participate in the City’s various programs. Re-markable increase in the attendance of sectoral representatives in barangay meetings was observed. These barangay assemblies became a venue where new strategies to address community needs and priorities were agreed upon and forwarded to the City for budgetary support. The City Government provided leadership that encouraged support and active participation of national government agencies (NGAs) such as the Departments of Trade and Indus-try, Agriculture, and Labor and Employment in project implementation. The buy-in from these national government agencies created more opportunities for local microentrepreneurs.

The establishment of sectoral councils for the youth, cooperatives, and PWDs further em-powered citizens to participate in the City local boards. Empowered by virtue of executive order, these Councils are able to lead in the identifica-tion, development and implementation of their priority projects.

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They could directly engage with the various City offices to submit project proposals for inclusion in the City’s operational budget.

The spaces provided by these sectoral coun-cils empowered citizens not only to participate in designing programs and projects that affect their daily lives but more importantly have im-proved the city government’s responsiveness to the needs of the communities and in the process have strengthened transparency and account-ability in the city’s governance. The Cagayan de Oro City experience demon-strates that local governments that are fully com-mitted to promoting citizen participation play a critical role in strengthening local democracy, contribute to improving responsiveness to citi-zens’ needs, and help build resilient sustainable communities. Mayor Oscar S. MorenoTel. No.: (088)8577587Email: [email protected]

TEN OUTSTANDING LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS

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Considered as a “life blood” of any locality, roads are vital for economic de-velopment. It serves as main modes for transporting products and goods from one place to another especially for an agricultural province such as Davao del Norte. Well-maintained roads usher in prospective business opportunities and investments. Along this line, the Davao del Norte LGU endeavored to effi-ciently preserve and maintain its provincial roads through the active participa-tion and involvement of the local community.

The Davao del Norte Community-Based Road Maintenance Contracting (DavNor CBRMC) is a road maintenance project that encourages and enables the local communities to actively engage in the upkeep of provincial roads. It aims to mobilize community groups and capacitate them in road maintenance and minor repair to extend the longevity and lifespan of provincial roads. It also strengthens the capacity of the Provincial Engineer’s Office (PEO) to plan, manage, and supervise labor-based road activities.

While the CBSP delivered the manual routine road mainte-nance, the PEO performed machine activities and periodic maintenance such as gravel-ling and machine grading. The program also has a Grievance Re-dress Mechanism (GRM) through short message service (SMS) sent to PEO to accommodate and address the pressing concerns from the stakeholders and the community in general. The pro-gram does not only involve those who are under contract with the provincial government in the up-keep of the roads. Ideas, insights, and recommendations from the community members are also so-licited to further the growth and improvement of the program’s processes and approach.

The program resulted in faster response to minor road damag-es such as patching and repairs of unpaved road surfaces and shoulders. Quarterly maintenance activities were also undertak-en, such as vegetation control, culvert and ditch cleanup, and guardrail and road sign main-tenance on roads under the program instead of the yearly maintenance previously provided by the province. This significantly extended the maintainable life span of provincial roads. Further-more, in support to the efforts of the Community-Based Disaster Management Program of Davao del Norte, the program acts as a prevention mechanism for floods caused by overflowing of ditches and canals in the communities.

DAVAO DEL NORTE: Community-Based Road Maintenance Contracting

TEN OUTSTANDING LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS

Out of the 839.95 kilometers of provincial roads of Davao del Norte, 314.94 kilometers are currently under the program, with thirty six (36) Communi-ty-based Service Providers (CBSPs) involved. Farmers/growers and irrigators associations made up most of the CBSPs.

Under the program, the community undergoes different capacity develop-ment seminars, skills training, and workshops through the assistance of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to equip them with necessary skills in road maintenance. CBSPs receive a quarterly payment for the service they render. CBSPs bill an estimate average of PhP60,000 to PhP90,000 per kilometer, allowing members to receive salaries averaging from PhP250 to PhP350 per day. This gives communities the sense of ownership and responsibility in maintaining the roads within their vicinity while at the same time provides additional income to the members of the community.

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Number of Community-Based Services Provider (CBRMC)

TYPE OF COMMUNITY GROUP 2015 2016 2017 FARMERS/ GROWERS ASSOCIATION 1 6 16 WOMENS GROUP 1 1IRRIGATORS ASSOCIATION 4 11 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE / 2 3LUMAD ASSOCIATION DRIVERS / OPERATORS ASSOCIATION 1 2 ACADEME 1 1WATER SYSTEM 1 2

TOTAL: 1 16 36

LENGTH (KM.) OF ROADSUNDER THE CBRMC PROGRAM

314.94

152.76

6.93 2016 20172015

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The program has enhanced the service delivery of the provincial gov-ernment to its constituents by providing better access roads for various programs and opportunities to reach the communities faster and easier. Because the roads have been well maintained, there is a cut back in the cost of logistics for the transportation of goods from the farm to the market. For instance, before the program, farmers spent at least PhP50 to transport their goods from the farm to the highway. Now, they spend the same amount to transport their goods directly to the market place. Because the program performed well and has shown positive output and impact to the entire community, Executive Order no. 22, series 2017 reconstituting the DavNor CBRMC was passed to sustain the program. Future plans of the LGU for the program include placing all provincial roads under the CBRMC, and collaborating with TESDA to further capacitate the CBSPs.

The program did not only improve people’s lives with increased mo-bility and connectivity but also provided employment opportunities to local residents. More importantly, it heightened the spirit of bayanihan and developed a deep sense of ownership among the people as part-ners of government in advancing socio-economic development.

Governor Antonio Rafael G. Del RosarioTel. No.: (084)6559396Email: [email protected]

TEN OUTSTANDING LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS

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GENERAL SANTOS CITY: Lingap sa Kabataang Ayaw sa Droga (LIKAY Droga)

A 2014 report of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office in Region 12 shed light on the web of troubles that trap most out-of-school youth, characterized by high incidence of substance abuse, involvement in fights, dealing drugs and committing crime to obtain drugs. To address this alarming concern, the Lingap sa Kabataang Ayaw sa Droga (LIKAY Droga) was launched as the collec-tive action of the city government, Department of Education, law enforcement agencies, communities, and the private sector to focus its campaign against illegal drugs. Particularly targeting the out-of-school youth enrolled under the DepEd’s Alternative Learn-ing System (ALS), the program aims to intensify the anti-drugs campaign and information drive in the city through social mobilization of community-based volunteers.

TEN OUTSTANDING LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS

As an initial step, a LIKAY Droga module was pro-duced, involving at least 100 mobile teachers (ALS implementers), district ALS coordinators, instructional managers and members of the academe. It provided a holistic approach in the development of attitudes, skills and values that will guide out-of-school youth to protect themselves and others in a wide range of risk situations related to drugs. These include skills for increasing self-esteem, coping with anxiety, resisting pressures, communicating effectively, making deci-sions, managing conflict and dealing assertively with social situations in which drugs are offered.

The DepEd for its part, made sure that the LIKAY Droga modules are integrated in the regular ALS sessions. School personnel also receive training

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in the recognition of risk factors for substance use and related disorders so that they are able to guide other members of the teaching staff, parents and families, and other community members who are involved and concerned in program implementation.

Using the modules, the program was cascaded to the different puroks through the Purok Laban sa Krimen (PLK) as the city’s support on the current administra-tion’s anti-drugs campaign. This parallel strategy aims to sustain the gains of LIKAY Droga and oversee that the life-skills integration to ALS sessions were prop-erly implemented. Crafting and reproduction of PLK primer in Filipino was conducted to ensure better appreciation and understanding of the program by the city’s constituents.

Life skills training such as malong weaving, stuff toy making, massage, among others were likewise provided under the Youth and Adult Income Gener-ating (YAIG) initiative of the program. Other nation-al agencies were mobilized, such as the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to provide scholarships for ALS students, prioritizing youth involved in the drug trade who surrendered to the police, in support of LIKAY Droga. As a result, 873 ALS learners are engaged in entrepreneurial activities while 374 ALS completers are employed after completing the program.

TEN OUTSTANDING LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS

This collaborative approach reinforces desired values and consistent behaviors at school, in the home and in the community. Indeed, schools as institutions for people in their formative years are strategic settings for advancing anti-substance abuse programs, prac-tices and community links. A sense of belonging to family, community and school are major protective factors against risky behaviors in young people. The city was successful in capitalizing on the value of schools to serve as a focal point and critical partner for such a community-wide effort.

Through the LIKAY Droga Program, the city govern-ment and the community was able to send a clear and consistent message by developing and imple-menting a broad, comprehensive approach to deal-ing with substance abuse among the youth.

Mayor Ronnel C. RiveraTel. Nos.: (083)5526791 to 93Email: [email protected]

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As a tourist destination in Eastern Visayas known for the white sand bar of Kalanggaman Island, the municipality of Palompon in Leyte Province developed an eco-tourism program in 2011 that considered the needs of the environment, the local community, local government and tourists. Un-der the Integrated Community-Based Eco-Tourism and Coastal Resource Management (ICOMBTO-CRM) Program, the local tourism industry was systematically organized to promote a responsible, sustainable and inter-nationally acceptable business scheme characterized by quality service to tourists.

The Palompon Municipal Eco-Tourism Council, a people’s organization established under Municipal Resolution No. 236-1306 in 13 June 2011, led the formulation of programs and policies to develop local tourism facilities and attractions that are built on the preservation of cultural and historical heritage of the area. Notable policies include the establishment of carrying capacities of tourism destinations.

The LGU follows a carrying capacity formula that determines the maxi-mum number of people that could visit a tourist destination without caus-ing environmental destruction. In Kalanggaman Island, for instance, the maximum carrying capacity of 500 visitors per day is strictly enforced. A Pump Boat Registration Drive was also conducted in nearby municipalities to facilitate the registration of all tourist pump boats to the island for easy identification and regulation. The Palompon Fisherfolks of Kalanggaman Association monitors fishing activities in the island sanctuary.

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Aside from the usual tourist destinations in Palompon, the municipality introduced “Adlaw sa Danggit” during the spawning season, as one of its main tourist activities which offers a 20-hour experience which includes ob-serving how fishermen remove the fish corrals (baklad) to ensure that no danggit is caught. While participants enjoy a unique expe-rience, they also learn the im-portance of Municipal Ordinance No. 234-111295 imposing Total Ban on the Catching of Danggit during Spawning Season to allow the fish to mature to a desirable size for consumption. Because of this ordinance, Palompon was able to sustain stable fish catch, making it one of the main suppli-ers of dried boneless “danggit” in the market.

Under the program, the municipal Ecological Solid Waste Manage-ment Park evolved from a Material Recovery Facility to a tourist des-tination where visitors could learn the importance of segregation and recycling as a way to protect the environment. An estimated 1.8 tons of biodegradable waste and 4.2 tons of residual waste are collected from households every day. These accumulated solid wastes will be turned into organic fertilizers and/or densified syn-thetic commercial products at the park. Furthermore, the program launched Zero Visibility Climb that introduces tourist activities for persons with disabilities.

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Economic Impact 2011-2013 2014-2016 Total Tourist Arrival 54,624 158,880Total Revenue 10,260,849.20 28,934,562.75

From these innovative tourist activities and destinations, the municipality has seen a significant increase of cu-mulative tourist arrivals from 54,624 for the period 2011 to 2013, to 158,880 for the period of 2014 to 2016. Total tourism revenue for a three-year period rose from PhP 10.3 million in 2013 to PhP 28.9 million by 2016. The success story of Palompon’s local tourism became a center of study by various LGUs in the country, who would like to learn from their experience and how it can be adopted in their respective LGUs.

Indeed, tourism could generate widespread benefits and impacts to the local economy and communities as a whole. The Palompon experience is able to demon-strate that local governments play a critical role on the success of its local tourism industry, as well as have a strong influence in conserving its resources. Various or-dinances were enacted to further strengthen the LGU’s commitment in environment conservation and sustain its current initiatives to the succeeding years such as Municipal Resolution No. 165-131008 entitled “Every Month of October as Clean-up Month”; Municipal

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Ordinance No. 228-021095 entitled “Declaring Tabuk Island as Marine Park Fish and Bird Sanctuary”; Mu-nicipal Resolution 038-031016 entitled “Requiring All Applicants for Marriage License in Palompon to Plant Trees in Designated Areas”; Municipal Resolution No. 486-040416 entitled “Declaring 50-Year Old Trees in Palompon as Heritage Trees”; Municipal Resolution No. 130-081203 Ordinance entitled “Providing Preserva-tion/Conservation/Protection and Management in the Development of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources”; and Municipal Resolution No. 521-2016 entitled “Approving Ten-Year Solid Waste Management Program”.

Vital to Palompon’s approach is the contribution of a full range of stakeholders and the community in planning and decision making in order to determine its long term interest. The local government of Palompon was able to have a profound influence on the local tourism industry by playing an essential part in the management of its resources that meets the needs of tourists and benefits its communities while maintaining cultural integrity and conserving its natural endowment for the future.

Mayor Ramon C. OñateTel. No.: (053)5250292

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Pursuant to its vision of becoming a “Green City”, Pasig City launched a sustainable urban transport strategy that promotes pedestrian-friendly infrastructures, traffic decongestion schemes, and alternative non-motorized transportation. It is managed by eight active techni-cal working groups, and the Pasig Adhoc Transport Planning Committee that ensure regular consultations among stakeholders.

The city government uses the “Sandwich Approach” or “Bibingka” Paradigm to accomplish its tasks where-in brainstorming from bottom up and top to bottom involves the entire community. Starting with a vision coming from either the city leadership or any of the stakeholders, solutions are formed via consultations and are translated into a local law or ordinance. Stakeholders are also members of the technical working group and likewise implementors. A regular feedback mechanism was also institutionalized by Pasig City to ensure sustain-ability and active people’s participation.

Under the program, Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) was introduced in opening a free Pa-sig community shuttle service bus to the public as well as replacing and upgrading of old two stroke tricycles to electronic tricycles (e-trikes). Around 135,538 dai-ly commuters benefit from the free bus service within Pasig City while 50 e-trike beneficiaries saw a 50 percent increase in their income, incentivized through a corollary ordinance (Ordinance No. 16 Series of 2016) that estab-lished a Tricycle Upgrading and Replacement Program.

The city also encouraged alternative modes of transpor-tation such as riding bicycles. A 15-kilometer bike lane was installed and 660 bike parking facilities were set up in various buildings and establishments around the city. Incentives in the form of real property discounts are also given to new and existing commercial, industrial and business establishments installing bike racks and cycling facilities, providing company bus shuttle service, and other forms of non-motorized transportation such as well-connected and integrated sidewalks. Addition-ally, penalties were given to establishments for narrow/non-existent sidewalks and parking queues that en-croach on the city/national roads. Related initiatives

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to support this goal have also been started in 2013 when Pasig City in partnership with the Asian Development Bank, launched a “Tutubi” bike sharing system, the first of its kind in the Philip-pines. Funded by the Japanese Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) and managed by Clean Air Asia, it features a terminal which resembles an ATM and 10 bicycles with docks that secure them when they are not in use. The station is located at the Pasig City Hall and the bikes are only accessed by a card system available initially to city hall employees. (http://cleanairasia.org/node12100 visited in 21 November 2017.)

Special events such as Carless Sundays and Bike for Life are implemented and sustained through an ordinance (Ordinance No. 13 Series of 2011) that promotes biking as a healthful and environmen-tally-sound mode of transportation in five major roads for the last five years, actively participated by 185,000 visitors/carless loyalists and 2,500 bikers/bike enthusiasts.

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In its walkability and pedestrianization promotion, 25 elevated skywalks and walkways are built city-wide while a 3-kilometer elevated skywalk connects the City Hall and other surrounding buildings, ensuring the safety and convenience of pedestrians. Furthermore, these initiatives led to the reduction of fuel consump-tion and carbon dioxide emission; 72% air quality improvement; and promotion of healthy lifestyle, and non-motorized transport to the general public.

Serving as a gateway to surrounding provinces and cities, Pasig City implemented the Odd-Even Traffic Vehicle Volume Reduction Scheme in 2016, within the six major boundaries of the city. As a traffic road diet scheme, vehicles with license plate numbers ending in 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 cannot use specific roads on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays while vehicles with license plate numbers ending in 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 may not pass on the identified roads on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Notably, it reduced travel time from 1 hour and 30 minutes to 45 minutes and vehicle traffic volume down by 26%.

An Intelligent Traffic System (ITS) was also installed including 82 Road Safety Blinking Solar Pedestrian Lights as well as six LED Monitoring Advisory instrategic areas in Pasig City to lessen the risk of traffic

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accidents/deaths, and ensure safer roads for motorists and pedestrians. It receives real-time data from vari-ous sensors like VDS-CCTV, inductive loop, and RSE installed all over the city where it would be able to send information to commuters through smart phone applications and the worldwide web.

With all these programs, Pasig City is a recipient of several awards such as the Bayanihan sa Daan Awards for 2014 and 2015, the ASEAN Model Cities Award as an Environmentally Sustainable City, and the Interna-tional Liveable Community Awards for the Share the Road Program. Cities in Metro Manila and neighbor-ing provinces including Malabon, Makati, Muntinlupa and San Mateo, Rizal already adopted the Share the Road Project of Pasig City and other sustainable trans-port initiatives. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority also adopted the Carless Sunday Program through a Metro Manila Mayors Council Resolution including the program as a family zone.

Truly, Pasig City has lived up to its vision as a “Green City”.

Mayor Robert C. EusebioTel. Nos.: (02)6428891; (02)6411937Email: [email protected]

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Exemplary service of government units often goes unnoticed especially in the case of the smallest units of the government, the barangays. To effectively disseminate and sustain its key programs down to the barangay and even to the purok levels and give due recognition to their efforts, the municipal government launched the Monthly Search for Galing Barangay and Galing Purok program.

Initially, the program provided incentive to all of San Felipe’s barangays and puroks to align and support the implementation of the municipal government’s various programs on cleanliness and beautification, organic farming promotion, health and wellness, disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM), anti-drugs and smoking campaign, and solid waste management. The program did not only encourage the barangay and purok leaders to perform their mandates but also fostered a culture and environ-ment of excellence. The additional budget from the cash winnings also provided incentive for continuing excellence in improving their community. The pro-gram works with a panel of judges from various sec-tors in the community / municipality (business sector, church, academe, people and community leaders,

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police, etc). Their participation in the program increased their understanding and appreciation of various local programs, and they have become active partners in the promotion and mobilization of com-munity support for these programs. It also mobilized beyond the barangay and purok officials involving the youth, the women, the transport sector, senior citi-zens, among others, in becoming proactive partners in the implementation, observance and compliance with the various key local governance programs.

Since the program works on a set of criteria, the criteria serve as guidelines for the barangays and puroks to set their priorities and allow them to imple-ment programs that have significant impacts to the community in the various areas of governance. The program became a mechanism not only to ensure the compliance to mandated plans (solid waste manage-ment, DRRM, nutrition, peace and order and safety, etc) but also encourages the barangays to activate and make functional local special bodies (such as the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Barangay Anti-Drug Advisory Council, Ba-rangay Health Boards, Barangay Nutrition Councils, Barangay Council for the Protection of Children,

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among others) that provided for greater coordination and citizens’ participation in barangay governance.

Since the monthly search has been on-going for the past five years and that most of the local programs have become a way of life and attitude of the people, it has become easy for the barangays and the munic-ipality to gain recognition for its best practices. The municipality noted the high performance of the barangays such as Brgy. Amagna and Brgy. Apostol (2014), Brgy. Balincaguing (2015) and Brgy. Mang-licmot (2016), which were Regional Winners in the DOH’s Search for the Barangay with the Best Sanitation Practices, with Brgy. Apostol and Brgy. Balincaguing landing as National Finalists for the years 2014 and 2015, respectively. Barangay Sto. Niño was a consistent winner of the Best Lupong Tagapa-mayapa from 2014, 2015 and 2016 in the Regional Level and a consistent National Finalist.

Moreover, all barangays have functional Barangay Health Boards leading towards consistent and almost zero neonatal deaths and maternal deaths, 98% households with access to clean, sanitary toilets, and 100% households with access to clean, potable water supply. The functional Barangay Health Information Boards helped achieve zero dengue incident in 2015, zero malaria incident for the past five years, 100% deliveries by a health professional, 100% facility based deliveries, 93% fully immunized children, 100% Tuberculosis Cure Rate, among others.

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To provide opportunity for other barangays and puroks to win the monthly search, a barangay or a purok that has won three times within the year would not be part of the search in the remaining months for they will be awarded as a hall of famer. This enabled more barangays and puroks to be motivated in exe-cuting excellent service to implement various good governance programs of the municipality.

It is not a surprise, the Municipality of San Felipe, Zambales was recognized with the 2016 Seal of Good Local Governance where it passed all the core and essential elements of good governance namely (1) Fiscal Administration; (2) Social Protection; (3) Peace and Order; (4) Business Friendliness; (5) Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction; and (6) Solid Waste Management. It was adjudged as the Most Business Friendly Local Government Unit (Municipal-Level 2 Category) by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the years 2012, 2013 and 2015 and elevated as Hall of Fame Awardee in the year 2016 where all areas of implementation of local programs were evaluated. It was also adjudged as a Region-al Green Banner Awardee in 2016 by the Regional Nutrition Council, for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 as Red Orchid Awardee by the Department of Health and Municipal Health Leadership and Governance Program awardee for 2016 by the Central Luzon Ex-cellence for Health Awards.

Mayor Carolyn J. Senador-FariñasTel. No.: (047)6021653

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Most coastal barangays of San Luis, Aurora, hardly have electric-ity in their households. Far-flung coastal barangays are at least 9 kilometers away, making it impossible to connect them to the Aurora Electric Cooperative (AURELCO) grid. Realizing that these communities are near natural bodies of water, San Luis implemented Micro-Hydro Power Projects as alternative sources of power for its remote barangays.

The LGU of San Luis partnered with the Central Luzon State Uni-versity Affiliate Non-Conventional Energy Center (CLSU-ANEC) for technical assistance in the construction of the plant. Initially, the micro-power project in Barangay Dimanayat was designed to provide electricity to 120 households in 2006 and has been expanded to serve 220 households. Earlier this year, a solar photovoltaic project was set up to serve the 220 households for their increased power consumption to perform their daytime activities.

For the Micro-Hydro Power Project in Sitio Alasanay, the munici-pality partnered with the Center for Micro Hydro Technology for Rural Electrification of De La Salle University for the fabrication of its turbine. It is currently providing electricity to 78 households. In addition, partnership with the Czech Republic and loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines enabled the LGU to develop a mini-hydro power plant in Barangay Ditumabo.

Communities were mobilized to provide “sweat equity” and the barangay provided land where the powerhouse and weir intake (dam) were erected. Community participation in the implementa-tion and maintenance of the power projects further strengthened ownership.

After the completion of the project, it was turned over to the barangay coop-eratives for operation and maintenance. They are currently part of the monitoring and evaluation of the project together with the technical personnel from the municipality. The Dimanayat Micro-Hydro Farmers’ Association is currently earning an average of PhP 6,000 monthly. The earnings are used for power plant oper-ation and maintenance while the excess fund is for financial assistance to local farmers and fisher folks. The barangay power cooperatives are independent and implement its own policies on the collec-tion, operation and maintenance of the power plant.

From these alternative sources of elec-tricity, Dimanayat households enjoy a monthly electricity bill of Php 127 com-pared to households from Central Aurora who pays double at Php 300 monthly. It is notable that these power plants are low-maintenance since it can last up to 50 years with only its generators needing replacement every three years. In 2015, AURELCO bought the mini-hydro plant in Barangay Ditumabo, bringing an income of PhP 4.96 million to the LGU. Protection of the forest in the surround-ing areas of the established micro-hydro power plants have been encouraged by the project through the introduction of alternative sources of income to pre-vent local communities from engaging in kaingin farming. Through livelihood projects, farmers’ incomes have in-creased from 20% to 30%. A farmer in Barangay Dimanayat, for instance, earns an additional net income of PhP 20,000 by planting 1,500 square meters of land with ampalaya.

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SAN LUIS, AURORA: Luntiang Pamayanan ng San Luis

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Currently, Barangay Dimanayat has the largest plantation area of ampalaya in Aurora province, providing additional income to its resi-dents. San Luis has also become the fruit basket of Aurora province, supplying 70% of the capital town Baler’s fruits and crops from their 1,560 hectares of orchards of lanzones, pomelo, rambutan, cacao, and other high-value crops. In addition, increased community participation was observed in other environmental initiatives of the municipality such as Linis sa Barangay, 3 o’clock Habit, waste segregation, and tree planting to name a few.

Fisherfolks also benefitted from the project through the municipality’s promotion of “Palaisdaan sa Barangay” that distributed 55,000 tilapia and ulang fingerlings to 120 fishpond operators resulting to increased production and income from 3,451 kilograms to 4,250 kilograms

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per hectare. Furthermore, the munic-ipality’s partnership with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) enabled the provision of shallow payaos allowing increased individual fish catch from 250 kilo-grams to 504 kilograms annually.

Establishing a renewable source of energy did not only bring power to the households in far-flung commu-nities, but also empowered these communities with better sources of livelihood and income as well as im-proved the protection of watershed, forest management and fostered social responsibility among its con-stituents.

Mayor Mariano C. TangsonTel. No.: (042)6429598

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catchment dam have already been established and devoted to agricultural production.

Through these various impounding systems, at least 483 hectares of agricultural land are now being irri-gated during the dry season, benefitting at least 994 farmers. The multiple uses of the SWIPs also allowed members of the SWISA to have additional sources of income by way of other agricultural activities. The impounding systems were also used not only to irrigate agricultural lands during the dry season, but also served as fish production areas. Since 2010, the municipality through partner agricultural agencies, has distributed 581,500 fingerlings to 5,394 recipi-ents, who have produced a total harvest of 38,665 kilos valued at PhP3,866,500.

As a landlocked municipality without a natural body of water to irrigate its agricultural lands, San Nico-las, Ilocos Norte found its solution in an indigenous technique, catching the rain. As the project implies, it seeks to adopt viable and responsive measures to shifting weather patterns brought about by climate change through safe, indigenous, and environ-ment-friendly means. One of the project’s strategies is expanding and maximizing the construction of earth dams, water reservoirs and irrigation systems since two earth dams or small water impounding projects (SWIP) have already been established in 1998 and 2000. To date, seven SWIPs, one on-going and three funded for future implementation, 56 small farm reservoirs (SFR), 227 shallow tube wells (STW), seven creeks, two diversion dams, and one

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The transformation of the farmlands into irrigated areas has enabled the farmers to plant twice a year, plant vegetable crops in a wider area and engage in livestock production. Water table became higher, hence, expansion of areas for crop production has also been made possible. The average production per hectare in rice now ranges from 5.5 to 5.75 tons per hectare from only 3.8 to 4.1 tons per hectare before the project.

Aside from improving productivity, the SWIPs, water reservoirs, and irrigation systems prevent siltation and soil erosion. These also served as recreational areas and tourist spots especially when migratory birds flock to the areas. The manage-ment and protection of the earth dams, small farm reservoirs, irrigation and water systems have been a shared responsibility among the municipal govern-ment through the Office of the Mayor and Munic-ipal Agriculture, concerned farmers and irrigators associations, and the barangays with technical assistance from the Department of Agriculture, Bu-reau of Soils and Water Management, Department of Agrarian Reform and National Irrigation Admin-istration. Personnel from the municipal government and assigned members of the associations consti-tute a team to constantly monitor the affected ar-eas. Collection of irrigations fees have been estab-lished pursuant to the 2007 Tripartite Agreement among the LGU, NIA, and Irrigators Association.

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SWIP/Managing SWISA* Agricultural Activities Irrigable Area No. of Farmer (Hectares) Beneficiaries Samac SWISA irrigation; fish production 38 70 Bingao SWISA irrigation; fish production; recreation 80 130San Agustin SWISA irrigation; fish production; recreation 90 168San Pablo SWISA irrigation; fish production 10 50Sta. Monica Farmer’s Association irrigation; fish production 10 38ZANJERA San Marcos SWISA irrigation 40 80San Guillermo SWISA irrigation; fish production; recreation 90 150San Lorenzo Irrigator’s Association irrigation 50 138Sto.Tomas SWISA irrigation; fish production 50 120Upper Bugnay Ymas Farmers Association irrigation; fish production 25 50*SWISA - Small Water Impounding System Association Total 483 hectares 994 farmers

Additionally, the program also improved agricultur-al literacy of its farmers and other beneficiaries with the establishment of 24 Community Learning Cen-ters in the barangays and eight farmer field schools. Under these establishments, the municipal govern-ment, through the Municipal Agriculture Office, has conducted 39 trainings and seminars since 2010. The activities have produced successful farmers and irrigators with around 37 awardees, 15 of which are provincial awardees, 14 regional awardees, and eight national awardees. The DA has also sponsored train-ing programs benefitting 1,512 individuals. To pay forward, these awardees and trainees serve as trainers for young farmers and irrigators.

To sustain the momentum of the program, various legislations such as Prescribing the Utilization and Sustainability of Irrigation Waters and Conservation of Irrigation Facilities and Services (PUSWAC) Ordinance were enacted to integrate the program in municipal plans. The Sangguniang Bayan also authorized the local chief executive to enter into memoranda of agreement (MOAs) with different institutions to further strengthen and improve project implementation.

Mayor Alfredo P. Valdez, Jr., MDTel. Nos.: (077)7732304; (077)7813077Email: [email protected]

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Valenzuela City was not spared from the devastating effects of Typhoon Ondoy in 2009. With close to a thousand informal settler families (ISF) living in danger zones, specifically along the banks of Tullahan River, the City Government called on the private sector to assist in providing safer accommodations to the affected communities.

The housing project, Disiplina Village, was built in a 1.9 hectare property in Barangay Ugong donated by the City Government with the support of the private sector in the construction of housing units. San Miguel Corporation (SMC), through its social development arm, San Miguel Foundation, Inc. (SMF), donated PhP 45 million, at PhP 15 Million per year for the next three years, as part of their Corporate Social Respon-sibility program to build more than 300 housing units. The National Housing Authority also came into the program and helped build over 250 housing units. Another Disiplina Village was established in Barangay Bignay to accommodate around 3,000 informal settlers left living in danger zones.

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With a total of 13 hectares, the Disiplina Village Ugong and Bignay accommodate around 4,594 infor-mal settler families, clearing up Valenzuela City from ISFs living in danger zones. The floor area of each unit is 28 sq. m. including the loft.

MERALCO, through its Corporate Social Responsibil-ity arm, One Meralco Foundation, has partnered with the city government in providing energy to light the housing buildings. They have been lighting Disipli-na Village since October 2011. A PhP 13.8 million pipe-laying project in partnership with Maynilad was also completed in May 2012 for the Disiplina Village Ugong. Both villages have decent electricity and water connection. The Disiplina Village is the first in-city relocation site that is a complete community. DV-Ugong has its own Day Care Center, and practi-cally within walking distance to schools and health facilities. DVB, on the other hand, has its own city hall annex, the Sentro ng Sama-Samang Serbisyo (3S Center), that has a health center, Police Community Precinct, Fire Substation, Barangay Hall and Daycare Center.

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The Disiplina Village Bignay Elementary and High School can also be found in the village. There is also an activity center and covered court as well as a mini park where residents can spend their leisure time and children their play time. Future infrastructures include a public market, transport terminal, and a chapel.

Moreover, Gawad Kalinga organized values forma-tion programs, implementation of the community development plan and mentoring of the community leaders towards self-governance. The beneficiaries of both villages also participate in community empow-erment programs conducted by the city government. Programs like the Kapitbahayan Training or values formation program, Parent-Effectiveness Service, Community Development Plan implementation and mentoring of the community leaders towards self-governance were set up. They are also taught skills and trade, such as financial literacy and liveli-hood skills (vegetable farming and tofu production). To be able to ensure full participation of the residents in community-building, an Executive Order created the Valenzuela Disiplina Village Council, which became the venue for the residents to participate in the implementation of the project.

To ensure transferability and sustainability of the pro-gram, the “Ordinance Establishing Disiplina Village as the Flagship Socialized Housing Program of Valenzu-ela City”, Ordinance No. 36, Series of 2011 was en-acted by the City Council, that included provisions on basic services and funding being the responsibility

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of the city government to sustain a very low rental cost of only PhP 300, the lowest rate in a public rental housing project in the country. This is comparatively lower than the monthly rental of other public hous-ing projects which is between PhP 700 to PhP 3,000 as well as the average monthly rental for a private apartment unit of the same floor area, which is about PhP3,000 to PhP4,000.

One unique component in the implementation of the program is the Home Space Agreement which binds the beneficiaries to agreed policies and guidelines which include the commitment of residents in main-taining their housing units, cultivating good relations with neighbors, fulfilling their payment obligations, and participation in the “sweat equity” system. This system requires individuals to render service of at least 500 hours in the construction and safekeeping/maintenance of building units as well as participation in community-building activities.

Aside from ensuring safe, affordable, decent and hu-mane housing for informal settlers, the on-site and in-city relocation approach of the program ensures that beneficiaries are linked to their sources of livelihood and have access to more employment opportunities.

Mayor Rex T. Gatchalian Tel. Nos.: (02)3521000 local 1144; (02)2929168 Email: [email protected]

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The rising trend of teenage pregnancy (7.6% in 2008 to 8.1% in 2010) prompted the provincial government to launch the Iloilo School-Based Multi-Purpose Teen Center, also known as TEENiran (derived from a Hiligaynon term “tiniran” meaning “a place to hang out”, equivalent to the Filipino term “tam-bayan”). It is a youth-friendly space where a wide range of educational and recreational programs are implemented for adolescent development, and skills enhancement.

The Program was piloted in five municipalities in 2011 and was later on expanded to 46 teen centers across the province. According to the 2016 assessment conducted by the province, the various activities of the Centers resulted to an observed positive change in attitude and behavior as well as heightened self-esteem and responsibility among the participating youth, as revealed by 49% of peer helpers. Majority of the students (81%) consider the TEENiran as a “second home” where they were comfortable to freely express their emotions, vent their frustrations and seek solution or advice. Around 25% of the students learned helpful life-skills, good manners and right conduct. Furthermore, TEENiran coordinators (68%) revealed that the centers gave them the chance to better understand their students. Majority of the school principals surveyed believe that the teen center played a vital role in promoting student welfare especially in addressing truancy and bullying.

ILOILO PROVINCE: TEENiran Multi-Purpose Teen Center

The Iloilo TEENiran is a collaborative project that enables the engagement of major stakeholders such as the provincial, municipal, and barangay LGUs; Sanggu-niang Kabataan (SK); and the Department of Education (DepEd) with community members, parents, students, and other sectors. Various processes of engagement initiated by different stakeholders ensure participa-tion, responsibility and transparency that promote the empowering sense of ownership among group and individual players.

LAMITAN CITY, BASILAN: Reaching Out Serving Everyone Caravan

Most barangays in Lamitan City, Basilan are rural and far-flung where basic services are not received by communities, especially when these barangays are also located near conflict-affected mu-nicipalities. The city launched the Reaching Out Serving Every-one Caravan in June 2013 to provide accessible basic health ser-vices to its constituents and to everyone regardless of political, economic, ethnic, and religious standing and affiliations. Regular activities of the caravan are sustained in the annual budget in both city and barangay levels. To date, the program has served 26,610 beneficiaries from Lamitan City and other municipalities in Basilan.

The zero maternal mortality and infant mortality rate of the city attest to the success of the program. The Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) play a key role in the caravan visit as well as their respective barangays who have been actively engaged with the various activities of the program. Participation of the com-munity has also expanded to include other organized groups in the community such as barangay women’s organizations, farmers, beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, out-of-school youth and local leaders. Rehabilitated substance abusers who surrendered to the police are also mobilized to pro-vide upkeep and assembly of the caravan’s venue. This provided opportunities for reintegration to the community and build sense of belonging.

Furthermore, the caravan became a platform for greater community participation and engagement as services are delivered “right at their doorsteps”. This type of inclusive service delivery served as a con-vergence mechanism for government line agencies, socio-civic organizations, people’s organizations, and the military to work together in achieving common objectives in directly serving the people in far-flung, underserved areas of Lamitan.

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Recognizing their valuable contribution and the need to address issues confront-ed by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), Naga City localized and mainstreamed migration and development (M&D) issues and implemented projects in key prov-inces, cities and municipalities in the Bicol region that benefit the sector.

Executive Order No. 2012-006 created the City Advisory Committee on Over-seas Filipinos (CACOF), an entity that advises the city government on M&D issues and policy matters. Further partnership with the Commission on Filipi-nos Overseas scaled up the the Naga experience to the provincial level. It also inspired the Provincial Government of Pangasinan to develop its own M&D program and establish its Migration and Development Council, patterned after Naga’s CACOF.

To develop and support sustainable programs for OFWs in its partner LGUs, Naga City established its gender-sensitive Migrants Resource Center (MRC) in 2015. It also organized the Pamilyang Migrante kan Naga (PAMANA), which assists the city government in the management of the MRC and promotes its programs for OFW family members. Other cities in the Bicol region (Legazpi, Masbate, Sorsogon, and Tabaco) also organized their respective migrants sector.

NAGA CITY: Mainstreaming Migration and Development

NAGA CITY: Building Socially Inclusive Economic Enterprises

In the process, the program developed a community of practice among Bicol LGUs and served as a model in M&D main-streaming in local governance processes within and outside the region. By addressing M&D concerns locally, the emerg-ing experience of Naga City is able to provide an alternative approach and serve as a model for appropriate national policies supporting local M&D mainstreaming.

In building socially inclusive local economic enterprises (LEEs), Naga City saw the rebranding of the Bicol Central Station (BCS) and Naga City People’s Mall as two oppor-tunities in creating meaningful socio-economic develop-ment. Then known as the Central Bus Terminal, the BCS operates 24/7 and presently handles around 1,300 buses daily. However, the bus terminal was poorly managed and maintained by a private institution.

The city regained control of the BCS. One of the key strategies behind the successful “remaking” of the BCS is the partnerships forged with stakeholders of the terminal. The city government reached out to 206 informal workers already extending their services to the bus station and organized them into six associations of vendors, porters, dispatchers, utilities and maintenance workers, beauticians and therapists. This key policy is meant to ensure that they

will have a voice in decision-making and become active partners of the city government in running the terminal.

By treating the BCS as a business venture in bringing more revenues to its coffers, the city government succeeded in dramatically growing its income, from only PhP16.4 million in 2013 to PhP 26.1 million the following year when it took over – a 59% increase. It continued growing the business by an average of 9% annually in 2015 and 2016.

In the same manner, the Naga City Public Market (NCPM), regarded as the largest single-roof market in Asia in 1965, was rehabilitated. Through institutional developments, aggressive physical developments, improved market security, and organized sectoral associations, the Naga LGU saw a dramatic increase in direct business taxes from stallholders from PhP 3 million in 2010 to PhP 7 million in 2015. NCPM’s contribution to the city’s annual budget tremendously increased from 6% in 2010 to 18% in 2015 of the local income.

Naga’s efforts have provided a model on how LGUs can better manage their local economic enterprises for socio-economic progress. Through the principles of community building, stakeholdership and participatory governance, development outcomes of the LEEs were improved, and in the process enhanced their traditional revenue raising role for the city government.

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Panglao is one of the most popular tourism destinations in Bohol, for its pristine white beaches and rich marine biodi-versity. While most Panglaoanons are employed in major resorts, their qualifications mostly meet low-paying, menial positions because of low educational attainment.

To improve the competitiveness of Panglaoanons and take advantage of employment opportunities in its flourishing tourism industry, the municipal government introduced an educational reform program to improve the quality of basic education, enhance academic performance, address incidence of pupils at risk of dropping out from school, achieve a zero drop-out rate, engage all levels of commu-nity stakeholders for greater collaboration, track outcomes of educational reforms, and build skills of parents to pro-vide support to the educational needs of school children.

PANGLAO, BOHOL: Journey from Home to School to Opportunities

These educational reforms in the basic education of Panglao school district has led to remarkable results. The mean performance score of 71.96 in schoolyear 2010-2011 has significantly improved to 85.52 by schoolyear 2014-2015. Promotion rate in the school district likewise improved from 93.59 in 2010-2011 to 97.69 in 2014-2015. Drop-out rate dramatically declined from 2.32 in 2010-2011 to 0.33 in 2014-2015. Repetition rate substantially decreased from 3.29 in 2010-2011 to 0.34 in 2014-2015. Survival rate is about 93% for 2015 and 2016.

To support the country’s campaign against illegal drugs, Pasig City introduced the “Tagamasid ng Pasig” project in 2010. The project aims to enlist the aid of Pa-sigueños to act as informants or “tagamasid” in pinpointing people, laboratories, drug den farms, or storage areas that deal with illegal drugs and their components, derivatives, and products within the City. The “tagamasid” are then rewarded based on the type and quantity/capacity of confiscated drugs or dismantled laboratories. It is implemented by the Anti-Drugs Abuse Council of Pasig (ADCOP) under the Office of the City Mayor with assistance from the Legal Office and Finance Unit of the City Government.

PASIG CITY: Tagamasid ng Pasig

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To efficiently gather information from the “tagamasid”, a reporting mechanism was utilized through the Anti-Drug, Pasig Ka-Text and the C3 Text Hotline. In 2016, a total of 3,986 messages were received through the hotline. The city observed the notable increase in the number of individuals in-volved in illegal drugs that surren-der to the police. This indicates the strong cooperation of the community in informing proper authorities of illegal drug activities and increased public awareness on the consequences of using illicit substances.

Pasig City has clearly shown that it needs the community to be part of the solution against illegal drugs. The proactive participa-tion of the community with the City Government has led it a step closer to addressing the growing malady associated with the prolif-eration of illegal drugs.

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The municipality of Pilar in Bohol developed the program in 2007 as a solution to the growing problem of decreased agricultural yield during the dry season and lack of income opportunities for its seasonal farmers. It was developed by the Municipal Planning and Development Office through a series of community consultations and focused group dis-cussions among various stakeholders, farmers, women and youth together with the Municipal Agriculture Office.

PILAR, BOHOL: Productivity Improvement throughLandcare and Agricultural Resource Developmentand Management (PILAR DAM) Program

The program institutionalized an agricultural extension vol-unteer program at the barangay level in order to provide and improve the technological knowledge and capabilities of farmers to increase farm productivity. By involving more people to work in idle farmlands, farm productivity did not only increase but unemployment was also significantly reduced.

Through the program, annual household income has increased from PhP 99,765.28 in 2010 to PhP 108,717.50 in 2015. The program has also contributed to the efforts of the municipality to reduce the incidence of malnutrition. In the last four years (2013-2016), a decrease in the number of underweight children and an increase in the number of children with normal weight have been reported. With these accomplishments, Pilar received the Pabasa sa Nu-trisyon Award as Outstanding LGU in 2013 and 2014 and received the Exemplary Award in 2015 and Hall of Fame Award in 2016 granted by the National Nutrition Council.

Consultations with fisherfolk of San Joaquin, Iloilo revealed the spate of illegal fishing activities using cyanide and dynamite, commercial fishing vessels encroaching on municipal waters, and unregulated extraction of coastal resources (sand, stones, shells and corals) that posed grave threats to the municipality’s marine resources. To address these problems, the municipality implemented a Coastal Resource Management (CRM) program in 2007 to build its internal capacity with its coastal communities to manage marine and coastal ecosystems.

Under the CRM program, measures and ecosystem-based approaches to coastal resource management were adopted driven by informed, disciplined, and cooperative stakeholders at barangay and community levels. One of its key strategies is the establishment of 15 Marine Pro-tected Areas (MPAs) in its 22 coastal barangays, the first three of which were established in 2009, with the remaining 12 MPAs established in 2011.

After two years of implementation since the establishment of the three pilot MPAs, fish density and biomass in the sanctuary showed signif-icant improvements. With reference to the initial baseline data gath-ered by the University of the Philippines Visayas in 2007, there was an increase in fish density from 0.96 individuals/m2 in 2007 to 1.3 individ-uals/m2 by 2011.

SAN JOAQUIN, ILOILO: Coastal Resource Management Program with Special Focus on Marine Protected Areas

The data show that the establishment of marine sanctuary provides gradual recovery of fish stocks and allowed the reha-bilitation and growth of marine flora and fauna in the area. Because of its accomplishments, the municipality was recog-nized with the Gawad Pagkilala Award by BFAR in 2014.

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To promote a healthy community, Tagum City implemented two approaches to support its comprehensive health program. First is the Balik Sigla program that provides free physical rehabilitation services to its underserved constituents with stroke, cerebral palsy, paralysis and other related physical disabilities who have no access to health service.

From 2013 to 2016 at least 2,384 patients have benefitted from these therapeutic rehabilitation services that have resulted to the full recovery of 407 patients. Because of the free home care services, the program has assisted the families of the patients in alleviating their expenses from availing physical therapy sessions in private health institutions costing around PhP 200 to PhP 500 per session.

Vigan City launched the program to build skills and competencies of Bigu-eños to improve access to better livelihood opportunities by meeting stan-dards of in-demand jobs locally and internationally. Although the school for butchers is unique by itself, the first of its kind in Northern Luzon, it is more than a school. It is used as a vehicle not only to generate income for the city slaughterhouse and ensure public health but also a viable strategy to increase the income of city residents by supporting local industries of longganisa, bagnet and empanada as well as producing trained and highly employable butchers.

TAGUM CITY, DAVAO DEL NORTE: Balik Sigla and Tagumpay Gulayan Programs for a Healthy Community

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Another approach of the city government for a healthy community is the Tagumpay Gulayan program that aims to mo-tivate its constituents to pursue a healthy lifestyle by growing their vegetables. This does not only put food on the table but also provides additional sources of livehood. At present, all 23 barangays have rich vegetable gardens in their puroks and numerous household backyard farms. A total area of 64,405 sq.m. are cultivated as gardens in the barangays which produced abundant quantities of vegetables that were either consumed or sold in the market. Household beneficiaries were able to earn an additional monthly income of PhP 518.79 in 2014 to PhP 1,506.14 in 2016.

All 40 public schools have their version of gulayans with an aggregate of 85,200 sq.m. dedicated for the Gulayan sa Paaralan. These vegetables are used as ingredients for the feeding programs of the schools which contributed to the re-duction of malnutrition levels of the public school students from 20.16% in 2014 to 6.24% in 2016. Organic fertilizers are used to ensure that vegetables harvested are chemical-free. To date, the program has been replicated by the Provincial Government of Davao del Norte as the “Ang Gulayan Revolution” (AGR) Program implemented throughout the entire province.

VIGAN CITY: Eskwela De Los MataderosAs a result, there are 319 graduates employed locally in Puregold and Mon-terey, while 354 are employed abroad in meat companies of Canada, Australia and the United Arab Emirates.

The Program also helped revitalize the hog industry that dwindled due to the smuggling of imported meat. The city government works closely with hog rais-ers and meat processors to find creative solutions to their problems. As a result, the hog industry has grown, benefitting graduates, as the demand for butchers increase.

More importantly, the program has restored pride in the art and science of butchery. Graduates now appreciate the value of their job--that it goes beyond “slaughtering of animals” but provides safe food for people to enjoy.

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Galing Pook Foundation Board of TrusteesMaria Lourdes Fernando, Chairperson. Former Mayor, Marikina City.Evelyn Uy, Vice-Chairperson. Former Mayor, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte.Elmer Soriano, Corporate Secretary. Managing Director, Civika Asian Development Academy.Edicio Dela Torre, Treasurer. Chairperson, Education for Life Foundation.Marivic Belena, Trustee. Former Mayor, San Jose City, Nueva Ecija.Lilian De Leon, Trustee. Former Executive Director, League of Municipalities of the Philippines.Elisea Gozun, Trustee. Former Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources.Ronald Mendoza, Trustee. Dean, Ateneo School of Government.Veronica Villavicencio, Trustee. Former Convenor, National Anti-Poverty Commission.

SecretariatExecutive Director Programs Admin and FinanceEddie Dorotan, MD, MPA Lorenzo Ubalde, MDM Genevive Gabion Adrian Adove Christine Beltran Monette Montemayor Mark Edwin Gotis

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Galing Pook Awards 2017: National Selection CommitteeVICTOR GERARDO J. BULATAO represented agrarian reform beneficiaries and served as an independent Director in the Board of the Land Bank of the Philippines, the leading lender to local government units, as well as small farmers and fishers, coopera-tives, rural banks, and micro, small and medium enterprises. He continues to be active in the Board of Trustees of three NGOs focused on agrarian reform, rural development, participatory local governance, alternative learning system, social enterprise, peace building and disaster relief and rehabilitation efforts. In the 1970s he worked with the Federation of Free Farmers and the Association of Major Religious Superiors of Men in the Philippines. In the 1980s and 1990s he served in the Department of Agrarian Reform in various ca-pacities, the last as Undersecretary for Field Operations and Support Services.

EDNA ESTIFANIA A. CO is full professor of public administration and former dean at the University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration and Governance. She was research fellow at the Institute of Development Policy and Management University of Manchester, a visiting lecturer at the City University of Hong Kong, the Meiji University and the Graduate Institute of Pol-icy Studies in Japan. She lectures at the Ateneo School of Government and the Ateneo School of Law. Dr. Co serves as an Advisory Council member of the Philippine Civil Service Commission and lecturer at the Civil Service Institute. In 2011, she received the Quezon Medalya ng Karangalan, the highest award given to outstanding citizens in Quezon Province. Dr. Co served as Vice President for Pub-lic Affairs of the University of the Philippines and as Executive Director of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies. She currently serves as Director of the CIFAL Philippines, an affiliated center of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.

MA. NIEVES R. CONFESOR served as Chairperson of the Galing Pook Foundation (from 2011 to 2013) as well as the Kaun-laran ng Manggagawang Pilipino. She continues to serve as Faculty at the Asian Institute of Management with research and training focus on leadership development, development management, strategic negotiation, human resource management and develop-ment; and was Executive Director of the AIM-Team Energy Center for Bridging Leadership. She had served as Secretary of Labor and Employment, as well as consultant/trustee to various companies, educational institutions, and multilateral organizations. She has also served as Chairperson of the Government Panel negotiating with the CPP-NDF-NPA. She also sits as independent director of the Philippine Veterans Bank. She received the 2013 Gawad Maestra Award from the Philippine Society for Training and Development as Most Outstanding Leader Extraordinaire.

RAFAEL L. COSCOLLUELA served as Negros Occidental Vice Governor (1988-1992) and Governor (1992-2001), during which time the province garnered two Galing Pook awards. This was followed by stints as Presidential Adviser on Cooperatives, Presidential Adviser for Western Visayas and Administrator of the Sugar Regulatory Administration. He served as National President of the Confederation of Sugar Producers’ Associations (2012-2014), President of the Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation and National Enabling Environment Program Adviser for Local Governance Support Program for Local Economic Development under the auspices of DILG. He currently sits as member of the Board of Trustees of Synergeia Foundation, Consultant on Trade Develop-ment, Export Promotion and Inter-Agency Coordination for the Province of Negros Occidental and as Mentor to two LGUs under the DILG-LGA’s Mentoring for Optimal Leadership Development for Newly Elected Officials Program. He has served as member of Galing Pook’s National Selection Committee since 2003.

GENE S. DAVID is the Department Manager of the Program Management Department of LANDBANK and was instrumental in the implementation of various multi-million dollar official development assistance projects of the bank. He is the brain in the devel-opment of LANDBANK’s several innovative lending programs – H2OPE (Water Program for Everyone) Lending Program, Health-PLUS (Progressive Lending for Upgraded Services in the health sector), BUILDERs (Bringing Urbanization and Innovations through LAND-BANK’s Diverse Engineering Resource Support) Program, Renewable Energy Lending Program, Go Green Inclusive Financing Program for SMEs and LGUs, SPEED (Special Program for Energy Efficient and Efficiently Driven) Jeepneys, Transport Lending Program, among others.

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LI-ANN M. DE LEON served as Executive Director of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines and was at the forefront in the institutionalization and promotion of local governance reforms. She was instrumental in the establishment of the Mayor’s Develop-ment Center that served as a learning laboratory for local governance innovations and a venue to share as well as scale up innovative practices in local governance. In pursuit of meaningful change, she vigorously advocated for the strengthening of the Local Govern-ment Code of 1991. She also served as Chair of Democratic Local Government in South East Asia from 2012-2013, Southeast Asia Coordinator of Women in Local Decision Making spearheaded by the United Cities and Local Government - Asia Pacific in 2003-2004 as well as consultant to various national agencies, local governments, private and international funding institutions on transparency, accountability and localization.

EDICIO G. DELA TORRE works in the field of sustainable rural development and participatory local governance as chair of the Education for Life Foundation, vice-chair of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement, and board member of various NGOs. His focus is on community organizing, popular education and grassroots leadership formation. He leads ENet Philippines in advocating for inclusive quality education and lifelong learning for all, and is the NGO representative in the Literacy Coordinating Council. He served in government as director-general of TESDA and is currently on the governing board of the Philippine Coconut Authority. He is also an eminent fellow of the Development Academy of the Philippines.

MIGUEL RENE A. DOMINGUEZ was governor of Sarangani province for three consecutive terms that began in 2004 and was one of the youngest elected governors in the country where he ran on a platform of good governance. Marshaling his ability to draw support and grants from corporate entities and donor countries, he made education, or providing opportunities to have access to education, his priority in local governance. He transformed Sarangani from the fourth poorest province to ten notches better at 14th by the time he left office due to term limits. He was able to put Sarangani in the national map as investment and tourism destination by rallying residents, involving the participation of indigenous peoples in local governance and engaging armed combatants of Moro rebels in peace dialogues.

JAIME Z. GALVEZ TAN is Chair of Health Futures Foundation and a former Professor of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. He served as Vice Chancellor for Research of the University of the Philippines Manila and Executive Director of the National Institutes of Health Philippines from 2002-2005. He was with UNICEF Manila (1985-92) and with UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific Region in Bangkok in 1996-97. He served the Philippine Department of Health as Secretary in 1995 and as Undersecretary and Chief of Staff from 1992-94. He earned his Masters in Public Health with a Letter of Excellence, at the Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium in 1984. He has authored 12 books and was awarded the Bayani ng Kalusugan (Hero of Health) in 2016 by the Philippine Department of Health and the Eminent Physician of the Philippines in 2014 by the JCI. He has been a consultant to WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, ILO, World Bank, ADB, AUSAID, JICA, EU, GTZ, USAID, bringing him to 40 countries in 7 continents.

ELISEA G. GOZUN served as Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Presidential Assistant for Climate Change as well as member of the Board of Trustees of the Government Service Insurance System. An activist who is involved with many environmental NGOs, she has served as a consultant on environmental management and urban development to the World Bank, USAID, ADB, WHO, UN Habitat, UNDP, AUSAID and other development partners. She is now the Institutional Specialist for the NEDA’s preparation of the Master Plan for Water Supply and Sanitation in the country and Institutional and Communications Spe-cialist for the World Bank’s Risk Resiliency and Sustainability Project. In the region, she chaired the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities Partnership Council; was a Board Member of the Environment and Economics Programme for Southeast Asia; was a member of the Advisory Committee of the ADB and GTZ-assisted City Development Initiatives in Asia and is now in the Board of Clean Air Asia.

MILWIDA M. GUEVARA is President of Synergeia Foundation with a mission to enable every Filipino child to complete elemen-tary education. She served as Undersecretary at the Department of Finance, responsible for revenue generation and tax reforms. Her career path includes serving as a Tax Advisor of the International Monetary Fund, Program Officer of the Ford Foundation, and Faculty Member of the Ateneo School of Government. For her integrity, excellence in public finance, and her leadership in improving the quality of basic education, she was conferred the 2nd Gawad Haydee Yorac Award in 2008.

RONALD U. MENDOZA is Dean and Associate Professor at the Ateneo School of Government. From 2011 to 2015, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at the Asian Institute of Management and the Executive Director of the AIM Rizalino S. Navarro Poli-cy Center for Competitiveness. Prior to that, he was a Senior Economist with the United Nations in New York. His research background includes work with UNICEF, UNDP, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Economist Intelligence Unit and several Manila-based non-governmental organizations. Mendoza obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (Honors Program) from the Ateneo de Manila University, his Masters in Public Administration and International Development from the John F. Kennedy School of Govern-ment, Harvard University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Fordham University.

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LEONARDO Q. MONTEMAYOR is a 1971 AB Philosophy graduate (summa cum laude) of the Ateneo de Manila University. He has worked full-time for the cause of small farmers, fisherfolk, labor and the urban poor. His past positions include: President, Federation of Free Farmers; Vice-President, International Federation of Agricultural Producers; Chairman, United Coconut Planters Bank-Coconut Industry Investment Fund (UCPB-CIIF) Finance and Development Corporation; and Vice-President, Trade Union Con-gress of the Philippines. He was a four-term Congressman representing the peasant and urban poor sectors. He served as Secretary of Agriculture in 2001-2002. Currently, he is FFF Board Chairman and TUCP Deputy General Secretary.

TINA MONZON-PALMA is a veteran broadcast journalist, who is recognized for her strength, courage, and dignity during Martial Law in the Philippines. She is one of the first female news anchors on Philippine television. She was program director of Bantay Bata and Sagip Kapamilya public service programs of the ABS-CBN Foundation. She is an anchor of The World Tonight, as well as host of Talkback, both on the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC). She is a board member of the Center for Media Freedom and Respon-sibility, which aims to strengthen the role of the free press in the development of Philippine democracy through programs that uphold press freedom, promote responsible journalism, and encourage journalistic excellence.

EMMA E. PORIO is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, School of Social Sciences of the Ateneo de Manila University and Science Research Fellow at the Manila Observatory. She is member of the Board of Directors, Global Development Network (Washington, DC), VP-Publications (RC-46) of the International Sociological Association and editor of the Philippine Sociological Review (Journal on-Line). Dr. Porio has done extensive research and published widely in internationally peer-reviewed journals on development issues related to urban governance, children, women, housing, poverty and climate change. Currently, she is a Fulbright Research Fellow in New York (with Hofstra University, Columbia University and the Huairou Commission).

VICTOR O. RAMOS was the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources from July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1998. His stint in the DENR was considered a watershed for environmental governance. Among his many initiatives, he was most proud in reversing the injustice done to the indigenous peoples in the Philippines by giving back to them more than 2.6 million hectares of forestlands, covered by 180 certificates of ancestral domain. He helped translate these administrative reforms into a law institutionalizing these rights through the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997. Corollarily he initiated a shift in policy from pro-logging to communi-ty-based stewardship of the country’s forestlands. Currently, he chairs an NGO (Kaibigan ng Kaunlaran at Kalikasan) that advocates science-based solutions to environmental problems and sits as trustee of the Ramos Peace and Development Foundation.

MARIVEL C. SACENDONCILLO is concurrent Regional Director of DILG Region VIII and Executive Director of the Local Gov-ernment Academy. She is also the Founding President of the Local Government Training and Research Institutes – Philippine Network (LOGOTRI-PhilNet). Her areas of competence include local governance and capability building, strategic management, institutional development, participatory assessment, poverty reduction, and community-based resource management, among many others.

ELMER S. SORIANO is the Managing Director of the Civika Asian Development Academy and City Futures Lab. He has over 15 years of experience in public health and development management. He was actively involved in a governance innovations program in the Philippines and wrote a number of papers on health governance and has published works under the ILO, GTZ, WHO and World Bank. He is currently involved in the Governance Innovation Lab, Resiliency Lab, and Urban Renewal Lab which are innovation-focused partnerships with various partners. He holds an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

VERONICA FENIX VILLAVICENCIO has devoted her career and professional work to building knowledge and practice on social development and change management. She lends her facilitating expertise in combined strategic planning and stakeholder consultation processes to civil society organizations. She is a member of PILIPINA—a homegrown Filipino women’s organization—and INCITEGov, an NGO for politics and governance for democratic outcomes. She has served as Secretary and Lead Convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission, as Executive Director of the Peace and Equity Foundation, and Grants Director of the Foundation for the Philippine Environment.

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The National SelectionCommittee on the Field

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The Galing Pook Theme Song

Mamamayan Mamamayani Theme Song Music and Lyrics by Gary Granada

Ako ay nangangarapNa sana’y lumaganapAng kaisipan, ang kalakaranNa mag-aangat sa ating lahat

Paglilingkod sa bayanAy pinaghuhusayanAng pamayanan may kakayananSa sambayanan na kung saan

TWICE:Mamamayan ang mamamayaniMamamayan ang mamamayaniMamamayani, mamamayaniMamamayani ang mamamayan

Mamamayan, MamamayaniMamamayan, Mamamayani

Music and Lyrics by Gary GranadaVocals: Gary Granada, Bayang Barrios, Noel Cabangon, Shane and Dave of Crazy as Pinoy, PETA kids, Luke Granada

Ang aming adhikainAy simple lang namanSapat sa pangunahingMga pangangailangan

Saan mahahagilapAng mga munting pangarapMakaigpaw sa hirapMaalwang hinaharap

Sa punyagi at kusaMunting pamayananSa husay kinilalaUmani ng karangalan

Kayraming nagsasabingAng galing galing daw naminSaan ba nanggagalingAno ba’ng anting-anting?

Simple lang ‘yanKaya mo ‘yan, Bay!

Sa malikhaing paraan, sa paraang malikhainKasama ang mamamayan, mamamaya’y pagsamahinPagbabago na lantad, lantad na pagbabagoTuluy-tuloy na pag-unlad, tuluy-tuloy na pag-asenso

Sa dami ng balakidSa dami ng hadlangAng diwang nalulupigNagtitiis na lang

Ngunit huwag kang papayagHuwag kang pabubuwayTadhanang ating paladNasa ating kamay

Chorus counterpoint:Galing Pook...

Mamamayan, MamamayaniMamamayan, Mamamayani

Aking napatunayangBuhay ang bayanihanSa laksang pook, sentro at purokNa tumitibok ang diwa ng

TWICE:Mamamayan ang mamamayaniMamamayan ang mamamayaniMamamayani, mamamayaniMamamayani ang mamamayan

Mamamayan, MamamayaniMamamayan, MamamayaniMamamayan, MamamayaniMamamayan, Mamamayani

Ang sabi ng iba, ang galing ng PilipinoMagaling na mang-isa, mandaraya, manlolokoAng sakit sa tenga, kahit di mo matanggapGanyan daw talaga, yan ang sabi ng lahat

Subalit doon sa aming mumunting komunidadNamayani ang maraming kabutihan ang hangadPinaghusay ang lokal na gobyernong niluklokPinagpala’t natanghal na isang Galing Pook

Ang sabi ng marami, Pilipino ay tamadWalang respeto sa sarili, dangal at dignidadPalakasang palasak, boto na nilalakoLider na nagbubuhat ng sarili ring bangko

Di man maikakaila ay huwag nating lahatinDi mo rin maitatatwa, di man sukat akalainMagandang mga balita sa mga suluk-sulokKayraming halimbawa ng mga Galing Pook

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Malikhaing paraan Kasama ang mamamayan tungo sa pagbabagoat tuluy-tuloy na pag-unlad

Galing Pook Foundation25 Mahusay corner Malinis StreetsUP Village, Diliman, Quezon City1101 PhilippinesTel. Nos. (+632) 4334731 to 32www.galingpook.org