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Watch Live: The Launching of the 2021 Galing Pook Awards

On February 18, 2021 at 4PM Philippine Standard Time, Galing Pook Foundation, the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Local Government Academy will launch the 2021 Galing Pook Awards.

The Awards, which started on October 21, 1993, is a pioneering program that searches for and recognizes innovative practices by local government units. Since then, at least 300 programs from more than 200 LGUs or local government alliances have been given recognition for the initiatives that produce positive results and impact, promotes people’s participation and empowerment, and showcases innovation, transferability and sustainability, and efficiency.

Beyond the awards, winning programs became models of good governance promoted for adoption in other communities. They provided useful insights and strategies to find innovative solutions to common problems. More importantly, they affirmed the community and the local government’s commitment to good governance.

For local government programs to be considered eligiblefor the Galing Pook Awards, it must meet the following minimum requirements:

  • It must have involved or engaged processes within a local government unit (barangay, municipality, city, or province) even if the program might have been initiated (either independently or jointly) by an NGO, CSO and/or an LGU;
  • It must have been in operation for at least one year before the deadline of submission; and,
  • It must have verifiable and significant results.

Eligible LGUs may be barangays, municipalities, cities or provinces either in their individual capacity or as part of local government alliances. Multiple entries are allowed for each LGU.

The deadline for submission is on June 30, 2021.



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