Looc Bay Fish and Marine Sanctuary. Looc, Romblon
An integrated coastal resource management program centered on the conservation of the 2 fish and marine sanctuaries within the Looc Bay. Not financed by big foreign donors, the LGU of Looc and the Bantay Dagat volunteers and fisherfolk worked together leading to sustainable fish catch, preservation of fish and marine species as well as increased eco-tourism activities.

The Dancing Prisoners. Province of Cebu
The 1500+ prisoners of the provincial jail has demonstrated to the nation and the world that there is joy, productivity, solidarity, hope, pride, discipline, creativeness and life inside prison and beyond.

Band of Mayors’ Road Project. Municipalities of Pigkawayan, Alamada, Libungan, Midsayap, and Aleosan, Cotabato
Five Mayors supported by their Governor banded together and pooled their heavy equipments, personnel and moneys to repair and construct cheaper farm to market roads to their remotest barangays. Their motto: “Together, Making Better Lives!”

Promoting Transparency in Sultan Kudarat, Shariff Kabunsuan
The first LGU in ARMM to computerize its operations leading to better data-based decision-making by the mayor and her staff, faster and cheaper work processes which translate into increased income and more efficient delivery of services and a more satisfied LGU clientele.

The Village Conflict Mediators. Cebu City
The 962 trained village mediators (Lupong Tagapamayapa) are able to settle amicably village conflicts through negotiation, mediation, persuasion in 60-90% of cases filed leading to de-clogging of cases in the courts. They have organized themselves into the first Liga ng Mga Tagpamayapa in the country.

Shelter and Land Tenure to the Homeless in Las Piñas City
Guided by an Informed Database and using the power of community organizing and multi-sectoral participation, Las Piñas City has provided land tenure and/or shelter to 23,128 families, or 63% of the total 36,710 homeless families in the city since 1995.

The Eco-Savers of Marikina City
Using a reward point system for students who bring their recyclables to school, the city was able to divert 238,000 kilograms or P1.3M worth of recyclable waste. Students can redeem their points earned by using them to purchase school supplies from the Eco-Savers Mobile Store.

Munggo: The Black Gold of San Mateo, Isabela
Through a Plant-Now-Pay-Later scheme, mongo seedlings have been distributed to farmers for intercropping with rice in order to restore the fertility of the soil. Farmers have been able to raise their net income from P55,000 to P70,000 per hectare. Income has also been derived from mushroom growing using dried mongo pods as substrates.

Price Stabilization for Rice and Corn. Isabela Province
By adding P1.00 to P2.00 to the NFA’s buying price for rice and corn, the provincial government gave the Isabelino farmer an alternative to sell his produce at a higher price. Market price was stabilized, and while the government was prepared to lose, it was even able to earn a net profit of P449,561.68 from its operations from October 2005 to May 2007.

Bindoy Social Health Insurance Indigency Program
Through an innovative local premium counter-parting scheme where the province, municipality, barangay and the households contribute shares to the local premium, the program has enrolled about 73% of households or 60% of its population under the National Health Insurance Program. The poor now access preventive and curative care because of the program. On top of this, the LGU receives P1.5 M per year as capitation payment from PHIC.

Community-Based Disaster Preparedness and Management. Infanta, Quezon
The Municipal and Barangay Disaster Coordinating Councils came up with the Rain-Induced Landslide/Flashflood Disaster Preparedness Plan. They conducted “horizontal and vertical” participatory planning, implementation and monitoring of activities to make the people realize that disaster preparedness and management is not just the mandate of the LGU but everybody’s concern.

Lamlunay (“In the Forest”) Research and Learning Center. Maitum, Sarangani
This 108-hectare facility maintains nurseries of fruit trees and other crops and distributes seedlings to barangays. Demo farms using sloping agricultural land technology and diversified farming systems are also maintained in the center. Through the facility, the average family income in Brgy. Upo has continuously increased from P4,000 in 2004 to P7,000 in 2005, and to P10,000 in 2006.

Youth in Governance Internship. Naga City
Since 1989, the program has allowed 689 young individuals to get first-hand experience in local governance by serving as City Youth Officers. These CYOs go through a rigorous screening process conducted by the CYM Committee. It is notable that four out of the 30 department heads in the city government are alumni of the program. The city council has institutionalized the program through an ordinance.

Tuloy Aral Walang Sagabal. Butuan City
This is a program aimed at rehabilitating special children and mainstreaming them in day care centers and regular and special education classes. It has served 101 differently-abled children from the original number of 42, and has mainstreamed 18% of them to regular and special education classes and day care centers. An important feature of this program is the participation of the parents and families of these special children.

Magsikap Tarlak!
In partnership with the Land Bank of the Philippines, the program strengthened the capabilities of 72 cooperatives through financial and technical assistance, translating to 4,781 direct member-beneficiaries, combined capital base of P36.36M, and mobilized savings of P8.27M.

Water Levy and Watershed Development. San Carlos City, Negros Occidental
A water levy of P0.75 per cubic meter finances the watershed protection and development activities. Through multi-sectoral participation and the employment of an integrated forest land use approach, the program has covered a reforested area of 180.08 hectares to date, with 211,348 trees planted, and having 14 site-specific species of indigenous forest trees.

BAYANIHAN Farm Cluster. Tangub City
After clustering the city’s upland barangays into four groups, appropriate farm technologies and inputs were introduced. Breeder goats, post-harvest facilities, crop diversification and specialization led to increased farm production, benefiting around 1,500 upland farmers.

Indigenous Peoples Development. Sarangani Province
The program worked for the acquisition of IP tenurial instruments in ancestral domains, restoration of the cultural heritage and identity of Sarangani IPs, increased participation of IPs in development, and the provision of socio-economic and environmental services in IP communities. The Sarangani Heritage Code and the Environmental Code specifically in ICCs have been crafted.

Basic Integrated Approach to Good Governance. San Fernando City, La Union
The city government used an approach integrating the strategies in the provision of health, social welfare, and environmental services. As a result of the program, malnutrition rate in children aged 0-6 has decreased from 12.49% to 5.53%. The total number of patients served by the city’s five lying in clinics has also increased from 3,314 to 10,152. And 12,293 households (61.43%) are now practicing waste segregation.

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