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!”

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.

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.

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.

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