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Awards 2017
Ten Outstanding Local Governance Programs
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
VISION MISSION
We are a leading resource insti- We promote excellence in local governance through recognition,
tution that promotes innovation, sharing of information and support of efforts to replicate best
sustainability, citizen empow- practices at the local level. We encourage partnerships among
erment, and excellence in local civil society organizations, private sector, and government agen-
governance. cies at local, national and global levels to improve quality of life.
entries from
30% 15% barangays 3%
Innovation
Positive results
and impact 10% 16%
Efficiency of program
entries from 31% entries from
provinces
service delivery cities
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.
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.
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.
ALEX V. BUENAVENTURA
President and CEO
Land Bank of 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.
CATALINO S. CUY
Officer-in-Charge
Department of the Interior and Local Government
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.
Economic Impact
Year Population Annual Income Per capita
2000 74,668 PHP 54,303,584.30 PhP 727.27
*Please take note that 2016 population projection is based from the last
Census (2015) at 113,283 with +1.94% growth rate.
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.
A 2014 report of the Philippine Drug Enforcement As an initial step, a LIKAY Droga module was pro-
Agency (PDEA) Regional Office in Region 12 shed duced, involving at least 100 mobile teachers (ALS
light on the web of troubles that trap most out-of- implementers), district ALS coordinators, instructional
school youth, characterized by high incidence of managers and members of the academe. It provided
substance abuse, involvement in fights, dealing drugs a holistic approach in the development of attitudes,
and committing crime to obtain drugs. To address skills and values that will guide out-of-school youth to
this alarming concern, the Lingap sa Kabataang Ayaw protect themselves and others in a wide range of risk
sa Droga (LIKAY Droga) was launched as the collec- situations related to drugs. These include skills for
tive action of the city government, Department of increasing self-esteem, coping with anxiety, resisting
Education, law enforcement agencies, communities, pressures, communicating effectively, making deci-
and the private sector to focus its campaign against sions, managing conflict and dealing assertively with
illegal drugs. Particularly targeting the out-of-school social situations in which drugs are offered.
youth enrolled under the DepEd’s Alternative Learn-
ing System (ALS), the program aims to intensify the The DepEd for its part, made sure that the LIKAY
anti-drugs campaign and information drive in the Droga modules are integrated in the regular ALS
city through social mobilization of community-based sessions. School personnel also receive training
volunteers.
in the recognition of risk factors for substance use This collaborative approach reinforces desired values
and related disorders so that they are able to guide and consistent behaviors at school, in the home and
other members of the teaching staff, parents and in the community. Indeed, schools as institutions for
families, and other community members who are people in their formative years are strategic settings
involved and concerned in program implementation. for advancing anti-substance abuse programs, prac-
tices and community links. A sense of belonging to
Using the modules, the program was cascaded to the family, community and school are major protective
different puroks through the Purok Laban sa Krimen factors against risky behaviors in young people. The
(PLK) as the city’s support on the current administra- city was successful in capitalizing on the value of
tion’s anti-drugs campaign. This parallel strategy aims schools to serve as a focal point and critical partner
to sustain the gains of LIKAY Droga and oversee that for such a community-wide effort.
the life-skills integration to ALS sessions were prop-
erly implemented. Crafting and reproduction of PLK Through the LIKAY Droga Program, the city govern-
primer in Filipino was conducted to ensure better ment and the community was able to send a clear
appreciation and understanding of the program by and consistent message by developing and imple-
the city’s constituents. menting a broad, comprehensive approach to deal-
ing with substance abuse among the youth.
Life skills training such as malong weaving, stuff
toy making, massage, among others were likewise Mayor Ronnel C. Rivera
provided under the Youth and Adult Income Gener- Tel. Nos.: (083)5526791 to 93
ating (YAIG) initiative of the program. Other nation- Email: [email protected]
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.
PALOMPON, LEYTE:
Integrated Community-Based Eco-Tourism
and Coastal Resource Management
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,
As a tourist destination in Eastern Visayas known for the white sand bar making it one of the main suppli-
of Kalanggaman Island, the municipality of Palompon in Leyte Province ers of dried boneless “danggit” in
developed an eco-tourism program in 2011 that considered the needs of the market.
the environment, the local community, local government and tourists. Un-
der the Integrated Community-Based Eco-Tourism and Coastal Resource Under the program, the municipal
Management (ICOMBTO-CRM) Program, the local tourism industry was Ecological Solid Waste Manage-
systematically organized to promote a responsible, sustainable and inter- ment Park evolved from a Material
nationally acceptable business scheme characterized by quality service to Recovery Facility to a tourist des-
tourists. tination where visitors could learn
the importance of segregation
The Palompon Municipal Eco-Tourism Council, a people’s organization and recycling as a way to protect
established under Municipal Resolution No. 236-1306 in 13 June 2011, the environment. An estimated
led the formulation of programs and policies to develop local tourism 1.8 tons of biodegradable waste
facilities and attractions that are built on the preservation of cultural and and 4.2 tons of residual waste are
historical heritage of the area. Notable policies include the establishment collected from households every
of carrying capacities of tourism destinations. day. These accumulated solid
wastes will be turned into organic
The LGU follows a carrying capacity formula that determines the maxi- fertilizers and/or densified syn-
mum number of people that could visit a tourist destination without caus- thetic commercial products at the
ing environmental destruction. In Kalanggaman Island, for instance, the park. Furthermore, the program
maximum carrying capacity of 500 visitors per day is strictly enforced. A launched Zero Visibility Climb that
Pump Boat Registration Drive was also conducted in nearby municipalities introduces tourist activities for
to facilitate the registration of all tourist pump boats to the island for easy persons with disabilities.
identification and regulation. The Palompon Fisherfolks of Kalanggaman
Association monitors fishing activities in the island sanctuary.
Economic Impact
Ordinance No. 228-021095 entitled “Declaring Tabuk
2011-2013 2014-2016
Island as Marine Park Fish and Bird Sanctuary”; Mu-
Total Tourist Arrival 54,624 158,880
nicipal Resolution 038-031016 entitled “Requiring All
Total Revenue 10,260,849.20 28,934,562.75
Applicants for Marriage License in Palompon to Plant
From these innovative tourist activities and destinations, Trees in Designated Areas”; Municipal Resolution No.
the municipality has seen a significant increase of cu- 486-040416 entitled “Declaring 50-Year Old Trees in
mulative tourist arrivals from 54,624 for the period 2011 Palompon as Heritage Trees”; Municipal Resolution No.
to 2013, to 158,880 for the period of 2014 to 2016. 130-081203 Ordinance entitled “Providing Preserva-
Total tourism revenue for a three-year period rose from tion/Conservation/Protection and Management in the
PhP 10.3 million in 2013 to PhP 28.9 million by 2016. Development of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources”; and
The success story of Palompon’s local tourism became Municipal Resolution No. 521-2016 entitled “Approving
a center of study by various LGUs in the country, who Ten-Year Solid Waste Management Program”.
would like to learn from their experience and how it can
be adopted in their respective LGUs. Vital to Palompon’s approach is the contribution of a full
range of stakeholders and the community in planning
Indeed, tourism could generate widespread benefits and decision making in order to determine its long term
and impacts to the local economy and communities as interest. The local government of Palompon was able to
a whole. The Palompon experience is able to demon- have a profound influence on the local tourism industry
strate that local governments play a critical role on the by playing an essential part in the management of its
success of its local tourism industry, as well as have a resources that meets the needs of tourists and benefits
strong influence in conserving its resources. Various or- its communities while maintaining cultural integrity and
dinances were enacted to further strengthen the LGU’s conserving its natural endowment for the future.
commitment in environment conservation and sustain
its current initiatives to the succeeding years such as Mayor Ramon C. Oñate
Municipal Resolution No. 165-131008 entitled “Every Tel. No.: (053)5250292
Month of October as Clean-up Month”; Municipal
PASIG CITY:
“Bayanihan sa Daan” Sustainable Transport Program
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.
In its walkability and pedestrianization promotion, accidents/deaths, and ensure safer roads for motorists
25 elevated skywalks and walkways are built city-wide and pedestrians. It receives real-time data from vari-
while a 3-kilometer elevated skywalk connects the City ous sensors like VDS-CCTV, inductive loop, and RSE
Hall and other surrounding buildings, ensuring the installed all over the city where it would be able to
safety and convenience of pedestrians. Furthermore, send information to commuters through smart phone
these initiatives led to the reduction of fuel consump- applications and the worldwide web.
tion and carbon dioxide emission; 72% air quality
improvement; and promotion of healthy lifestyle, and With all these programs, Pasig City is a recipient of
non-motorized transport to the general public. several awards such as the Bayanihan sa Daan Awards
for 2014 and 2015, the ASEAN Model Cities Award as
Serving as a gateway to surrounding provinces and an Environmentally Sustainable City, and the Interna-
cities, Pasig City implemented the Odd-Even Traffic tional Liveable Community Awards for the Share the
Vehicle Volume Reduction Scheme in 2016, within the Road Program. Cities in Metro Manila and neighbor-
six major boundaries of the city. As a traffic road diet ing provinces including Malabon, Makati, Muntinlupa
scheme, vehicles with license plate numbers ending in and San Mateo, Rizal already adopted the Share the
1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 cannot use specific roads on Tuesdays, Road Project of Pasig City and other sustainable trans-
Thursdays and Saturdays while vehicles with license port initiatives. The Metropolitan Manila Development
plate numbers ending in 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 may not pass Authority also adopted the Carless Sunday Program
on the identified roads on Mondays, Wednesdays through a Metro Manila Mayors Council Resolution
and Fridays. Notably, it reduced travel time from 1 including the program as a family zone.
hour and 30 minutes to 45 minutes and vehicle traffic
volume down by 26%. Truly, Pasig City has lived up to its vision as a
“Green City”.
An Intelligent Traffic System (ITS) was also installed
including 82 Road Safety Blinking Solar Pedestrian Mayor Robert C. Eusebio
Lights as well as six LED Monitoring Advisory in Tel. Nos.: (02)6428891; (02)6411937
strategic areas in Pasig City to lessen the risk of traffic Email: [email protected]
Exemplary service of government units often goes police, etc). Their participation in the program
unnoticed especially in the case of the smallest units increased their understanding and appreciation of
of the government, the barangays. To effectively various local programs, and they have become active
disseminate and sustain its key programs down to the partners in the promotion and mobilization of com-
barangay and even to the purok levels and give due munity support for these programs. It also mobilized
recognition to their efforts, the municipal government beyond the barangay and purok officials involving the
launched the Monthly Search for Galing Barangay youth, the women, the transport sector, senior citi-
and Galing Purok program. zens, among others, in becoming proactive partners
in the implementation, observance and compliance
Initially, the program provided incentive to all of San with the various key local governance programs.
Felipe’s barangays and puroks to align and support
the implementation of the municipal government’s Since the program works on a set of criteria, the
various programs on cleanliness and beautification, criteria serve as guidelines for the barangays and
organic farming promotion, health and wellness, puroks to set their priorities and allow them to imple-
disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM), ment programs that have significant impacts to the
anti-drugs and smoking campaign, and solid waste community in the various areas of governance. The
management. The program did not only encourage program became a mechanism not only to ensure the
the barangay and purok leaders to perform their compliance to mandated plans (solid waste manage-
mandates but also fostered a culture and environ- ment, DRRM, nutrition, peace and order and safety,
ment of excellence. The additional budget from the etc) but also encourages the barangays to activate
cash winnings also provided incentive for continuing and make functional local special bodies (such as the
excellence in improving their community. The pro- Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
gram works with a panel of judges from various sec- Council, Barangay Anti-Drug Advisory Council, Ba-
tors in the community / municipality (business sector, rangay Health Boards, Barangay Nutrition Councils,
church, academe, people and community leaders, Barangay Council for the Protection of Children,
among others) that provided for greater coordination To provide opportunity for other barangays and
and citizens’ participation in barangay governance. puroks to win the monthly search, a barangay or a
purok that has won three times within the year would
Since the monthly search has been on-going for the not be part of the search in the remaining months for
past five years and that most of the local programs they will be awarded as a hall of famer. This enabled
have become a way of life and attitude of the people, more barangays and puroks to be motivated in exe-
it has become easy for the barangays and the munic- cuting excellent service to implement various good
ipality to gain recognition for its best practices. The governance programs of the municipality.
municipality noted the high performance of the
barangays such as Brgy. Amagna and Brgy. Apostol It is not a surprise, the Municipality of San Felipe,
(2014), Brgy. Balincaguing (2015) and Brgy. Mang- Zambales was recognized with the 2016 Seal of Good
licmot (2016), which were Regional Winners in the Local Governance where it passed all the core and
DOH’s Search for the Barangay with the Best essential elements of good governance namely (1)
Sanitation Practices, with Brgy. Apostol and Brgy. Fiscal Administration; (2) Social Protection; (3) Peace
Balincaguing landing as National Finalists for the and Order; (4) Business Friendliness; (5) Disaster
years 2014 and 2015, respectively. Barangay Sto. Niño Preparedness and Risk Reduction; and (6) Solid Waste
was a consistent winner of the Best Lupong Tagapa- Management. It was adjudged as the Most Business
mayapa from 2014, 2015 and 2016 in the Regional Friendly Local Government Unit (Municipal-Level 2
Level and a consistent National Finalist. Category) by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce
and Industry for the years 2012, 2013 and 2015 and
Moreover, all barangays have functional Barangay elevated as Hall of Fame Awardee in the year 2016
Health Boards leading towards consistent and almost where all areas of implementation of local programs
zero neonatal deaths and maternal deaths, 98% were evaluated. It was also adjudged as a Region-
households with access to clean, sanitary toilets, and al Green Banner Awardee in 2016 by the Regional
100% households with access to clean, potable water Nutrition Council, for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016
supply. The functional Barangay Health Information as Red Orchid Awardee by the Department of Health
Boards helped achieve zero dengue incident in 2015, and Municipal Health Leadership and Governance
zero malaria incident for the past five years, 100% Program awardee for 2016 by the Central Luzon Ex-
deliveries by a health professional, 100% facility cellence for Health Awards.
based deliveries, 93% fully immunized children,
100% Tuberculosis Cure Rate, among others. Mayor Carolyn J. Senador-Fariñas
Tel. No.: (047)6021653
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As a landlocked municipality without a natural body catchment dam have already been established and
of water to irrigate its agricultural lands, San Nico- devoted to agricultural production.
las, Ilocos Norte found its solution in an indigenous
technique, catching the rain. As the project implies, Through these various impounding systems, at least
it seeks to adopt viable and responsive measures to 483 hectares of agricultural land are now being irri-
shifting weather patterns brought about by climate gated during the dry season, benefitting at least 994
change through safe, indigenous, and environ- farmers. The multiple uses of the SWIPs also allowed
ment-friendly means. One of the project’s strategies members of the SWISA to have additional sources of
is expanding and maximizing the construction of income by way of other agricultural activities. The
earth dams, water reservoirs and irrigation systems impounding systems were also used not only to
since two earth dams or small water impounding irrigate agricultural lands during the dry season, but
projects (SWIP) have already been established in also served as fish production areas. Since 2010, the
1998 and 2000. To date, seven SWIPs, one on-going municipality through partner agricultural agencies,
and three funded for future implementation, 56 small has distributed 581,500 fingerlings to 5,394 recipi-
farm reservoirs (SFR), 227 shallow tube wells (STW), ents, who have produced a total harvest of 38,665
seven creeks, two diversion dams, and one kilos valued at PhP3,866,500.
The transformation of the farmlands into irrigated Additionally, the program also improved agricultur-
areas has enabled the farmers to plant twice a year, al literacy of its farmers and other beneficiaries with
plant vegetable crops in a wider area and engage the establishment of 24 Community Learning Cen-
in livestock production. Water table became higher, ters in the barangays and eight farmer field schools.
hence, expansion of areas for crop production has Under these establishments, the municipal govern-
also been made possible. The average production ment, through the Municipal Agriculture Office, has
per hectare in rice now ranges from 5.5 to 5.75 conducted 39 trainings and seminars since 2010.
tons per hectare from only 3.8 to 4.1 tons per The activities have produced successful farmers and
hectare before the project. irrigators with around 37 awardees, 15 of which are
provincial awardees, 14 regional awardees, and eight
Aside from improving productivity, the SWIPs, national awardees. The DA has also sponsored train-
water reservoirs, and irrigation systems prevent ing programs benefitting 1,512 individuals. To pay
siltation and soil erosion. These also served as forward, these awardees and trainees serve as trainers
recreational areas and tourist spots especially when for young farmers and irrigators.
migratory birds flock to the areas. The manage-
ment and protection of the earth dams, small farm To sustain the momentum of the program, various
reservoirs, irrigation and water systems have been a legislations such as Prescribing the Utilization and
shared responsibility among the municipal govern- Sustainability of Irrigation Waters and Conservation of
ment through the Office of the Mayor and Munic- Irrigation Facilities and Services (PUSWAC) Ordinance
ipal Agriculture, concerned farmers and irrigators were enacted to integrate the program in municipal
associations, and the barangays with technical plans. The Sangguniang Bayan also authorized the
assistance from the Department of Agriculture, Bu- local chief executive to enter into memoranda of
reau of Soils and Water Management, Department agreement (MOAs) with different institutions to further
of Agrarian Reform and National Irrigation Admin- strengthen and improve project implementation.
istration. Personnel from the municipal government
and assigned members of the associations consti- Mayor Alfredo P. Valdez, Jr., MD
tute a team to constantly monitor the affected ar- Tel. Nos.: (077)7732304; (077)7813077
eas. Collection of irrigations fees have been estab- Email: [email protected]
lished pursuant to the 2007 Tripartite Agreement
among the LGU, NIA, and Irrigators Association.
VALENZUELA CITY:
Disiplina Village
Valenzuela City was not spared from the devastating With a total of 13 hectares, the Disiplina Village
effects of Typhoon Ondoy in 2009. With close to a Ugong and Bignay accommodate around 4,594 infor-
thousand informal settler families (ISF) living in danger mal settler families, clearing up Valenzuela City from
zones, specifically along the banks of Tullahan River, ISFs living in danger zones. The floor area of each unit
the City Government called on the private sector to is 28 sq. m. including the loft.
assist in providing safer accommodations to the
affected communities. MERALCO, through its Corporate Social Responsibil-
ity arm, One Meralco Foundation, has partnered with
The housing project, Disiplina Village, was built in a the city government in providing energy to light the
1.9 hectare property in Barangay Ugong donated by housing buildings. They have been lighting Disipli-
the City Government with the support of the private na Village since October 2011. A PhP 13.8 million
sector in the construction of housing units. San Miguel pipe-laying project in partnership with Maynilad was
Corporation (SMC), through its social development also completed in May 2012 for the Disiplina Village
arm, San Miguel Foundation, Inc. (SMF), donated Ugong. Both villages have decent electricity and
PhP 45 million, at PhP 15 Million per year for the next water connection. The Disiplina Village is the first
three years, as part of their Corporate Social Respon- in-city relocation site that is a complete community.
sibility program to build more than 300 housing units. DV-Ugong has its own Day Care Center, and practi-
The National Housing Authority also came into the cally within walking distance to schools and health
program and helped build over 250 housing units. facilities. DVB, on the other hand, has its own city
Another Disiplina Village was established in Barangay hall annex, the Sentro ng Sama-Samang Serbisyo (3S
Bignay to accommodate around 3,000 informal Center), that has a health center, Police Community
settlers left living in danger zones. Precinct, Fire Substation, Barangay Hall and Daycare
Center.
The Disiplina Village Bignay Elementary and High of the city government to sustain a very low rental
School can also be found in the village. There is also cost of only PhP 300, the lowest rate in a public rental
an activity center and covered court as well as a mini housing project in the country. This is comparatively
park where residents can spend their leisure time and lower than the monthly rental of other public hous-
children their play time. Future infrastructures include ing projects which is between PhP 700 to PhP 3,000
a public market, transport terminal, and a chapel. as well as the average monthly rental for a private
apartment unit of the same floor area, which is about
Moreover, Gawad Kalinga organized values forma- PhP3,000 to PhP4,000.
tion programs, implementation of the community
development plan and mentoring of the community One unique component in the implementation of the
leaders towards self-governance. The beneficiaries of program is the Home Space Agreement which binds
both villages also participate in community empow- the beneficiaries to agreed policies and guidelines
erment programs conducted by the city government. which include the commitment of residents in main-
Programs like the Kapitbahayan Training or values taining their housing units, cultivating good relations
formation program, Parent-Effectiveness Service, with neighbors, fulfilling their payment obligations,
Community Development Plan implementation and participation in the “sweat equity” system. This
and mentoring of the community leaders towards system requires individuals to render service of at
self-governance were set up. They are also taught least 500 hours in the construction and safekeeping/
skills and trade, such as financial literacy and liveli- maintenance of building units as well as participation
hood skills (vegetable farming and tofu production). in community-building activities.
To be able to ensure full participation of the residents
in community-building, an Executive Order created Aside from ensuring safe, affordable, decent and hu-
the Valenzuela Disiplina Village Council, which mane housing for informal settlers, the on-site and in-
became the venue for the residents to participate in city relocation approach of the program ensures that
the implementation of the project. beneficiaries are linked to their sources of livelihood
and have access to more employment opportunities.
To ensure transferability and sustainability of the pro-
gram, the “Ordinance Establishing Disiplina Village as
the Flagship Socialized Housing Program of Valenzu- Mayor Rex T. Gatchalian
ela City”, Ordinance No. 36, Series of 2011 was en- Tel. Nos.: (02)3521000 local 1144; (02)2929168
acted by the City Council, that included provisions on Email: [email protected]
basic services and funding being the responsibility
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.
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.
PANGLAO, BOHOL:
Journey from Home to School to Opportunities
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.
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.
Secretariat
Executive Director Programs Admin and Finance
Eddie Dorotan, MD, MPA Lorenzo Ubalde, MDM Genevive Gabion
Adrian Adove Christine Beltran
Monette Montemayor Mark Edwin Gotis
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.
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.
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.
Kayraming nagsasabing
Ang galing galing daw namin
Saan ba nanggagaling Mamamayan Mamamayani
Ano ba’ng anting-anting?
Theme Song
Simple lang ‘yan
Kaya mo ‘yan, Bay! Music and Lyrics by Gary Granada