Urban Partnerships Program-Philippines (UPP-Philippines) Leadership Series.

Download UPPP’s Leadership Series, a learning tool for policy makers to promote understanding of pressing urban issues and encourage policy actions for urban sustainability.

Leadership Series No. 10: Bioregional planning
Leadership Series No. 9: Furnishing the Streets
Leadership Series No. 8: When Public Becomes Private
Leadership Series No. 7: Spokes in the City
Leadership Series No. 6: Urban Waterfronts: The Wave of the Future
Leadership Series No. 5: Breaking Free From the Concrete Prison
Leadership Series No. 4: Walking into a Greener Future
Leadership Series No. 3: The Gospel of Bioregionalism
Leadership Series No. 2: The Evolution of the Jeepney and Transit in Metro Iloilo
Leadership Series No. 1: The New Public Realm and the Sustainable City

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PROCESSING of business permits and related documents at the Iloilo City Hall improved a lot, according to the assessment report of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ).

The improvement was attributed to the implementation of the business permit and licensing system (BPLS) streamlining supported by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the GTZ, both of which are implementing partners of the Private Sector Promotion (SMEDSEP) program.

The initiative began in January 2007. It resulted to the increase in the number of renewed business permits by about 53 percent compared to last year. Read more »

THE Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Development Council (MIGEDC) expressed gratitude to various Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) agency-partners for helping the council with some of its crucial projects.

One donor group which significantly helped is the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).

Aside from these ODA partners, projects are also funded by annual fund contributions from its members. Read more »

THE GERMAN Technical Cooperation (GTZ) extended a P4.7 million grant, under its Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), to boost Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Economic Development Council’s (MIGEDC) urban management capabilities. Read more »

ILOILO CITY has availed a P4.7 million grant from the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) to be used in conducting pre-feasibility study of infrastructure projects to include an eco-port and revitalization of central business district (CBD) in line with the proposed developments under the Metro Iloilo Guimaras Economic Development Council (MIGEDC).

The CDIA represented by its program coordinator Dr. Emiel Wegelin said the proposal of the city met the requirements and came ahead of the schedule after the AusAID funded grant for Iloilo lapsed. The grant given to the city is the first in Asia. Read more »

ILOILO CITY, Philippines — Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the GTZ, a German technical assistance group, will finance a P5 million pre-feasibility study to further liven up economic activities in the city’s commercial district especially the old Calle Real and the proposed construction of the P2 million Eco Port.

Mayor Jerry Treñas said the two funding agencies will make a feasibility study on the city’s central business district and the proposed eco-port near the Philippine Coast Guard. Also to be included in the P5 million grant is the capability training of members of the Metro Iloilo Guimaras Economic Development Council (MIGEDC). Read more »

Introduction

The idea of revitalizing the Iloilo City CBD gained momentum when in October 1998, the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) sponsored a cultural heritage tourism workshop to introduce and discuss the possible adoption of the concept of cultural and heritage tourism in Iloilo City.

Attended by individuals from local and national government agencies, cultural institutions, universities, tourism-related businesses, and concerned citizens, the workshop identified local cultural and historical resources, and determined how best these can be marketed locally, nationally and internationally. Based upon the recommendations of the workshop and the increased interest for cultural and heritage tourism, the Iloilo City Government enacted in April 2000 Ordinance No. 00-054, otherwise known as the Local Cultural Heritage Conservation Ordinance (see Annex A). This created the Iloilo City Cultural Heritage Conservation Council (ICCHCC) which is composed of individuals from the arts and culture community, and charged with the responsibility over the city’s cultural heritage conservation and promotion.

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I. Introduction
Almost everywhere, especially in any major cities, water is a major concern. Water has to be continuously supplied at adequate quantity and the right quality fit for human use and for other economic purposes. In any development, water has become a main constraint, such that in some cases it was viewed as determinant for carrying capacities and development potential in a certain areas. The goal of securing the availability of water for an area is also coupled with concerns on its quality appropriate for the needs of the people. The water utility providers, such as primarily the Water Districts or the Municipal and Barangay waterworks in the Metro Iloilo-Guimaras (MIG) area are faced with the challenge of continuously supplying their service areas 24 hours a day with quality water. There are a several prevailing factors that need to be considered in terms of water quality. For residential needs, potability is a major requirement as governed by its physical, chemical as well as bacteriological properties. The commercial sector has similar level of quality preconditions which need to be fulfilled, more so with those establishments related to tourism. Tourist and guest should be provided with quality water for their needs during their stay and any problems that will arise will have direct bearing on the viability of the business in particular and to the industry in general. The industrial sector may have slightly lower water quality requirements but may require water to be supplied in larger volumes and continuously throughout any particular operation.

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I. Sta. Barbara-Iloilo City

A. Introduction

The opening of the new Iloilo Airport at Sta. Barbara-Cabatuan is expected to catalyze development and further hasten urbanization between the airport and Iloilo City. While this expected development of the area could bring about opportunities for increasing the area’s economic productivity as well as the revenues for the local governments concerned, it can also result in serious social and environmental consequences if these are not adequately addressed and planned for. For example, the existing road connecting the airport to Iloilo City will undoubtedly attract commercial development which, in turn, will attract job-seekers who will need housing and other basic urban services. If such services and related infrastructure needs are not provided for, the areas alongside the road can quickly deteriorate. If land use is not properly managed, the road itself can become congested and prime food production areas may be unnecessarily compromised. These consequences would be counterproductive to the optimization of the economic and job-generation potentials of the area, as well as of the entire Metro Iloilo-Guimaras region, given the regional role of the new airport.

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IntroductionSolid waste management is a major problem particularly in highly urbanized areas where large populations and concentrations of commercial, industrial and institutional establishments generate huge volumes of solid waste. This condition requires a system for storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal which is consistent with sound and efficient environmental and health practices.
Improper and inefficient solid waste management, especially disposal, creates serious health and environmental hazards. Improperly managed disposal facilities increase the chances of spreading vectors of disease such as rodents and other insects; contribute to air pollution; endanger water resources; create blight and destroy the landscape; pull down property values and generally make adjacent lands useless for productive use.

In the case of Metro Iloilo and Guimaras, Local Government Code (LGC) or RA 7160 Section 33 can be a basis for any cooperative undertakings among local government units. Section 44 of RA 9003 mandates local governments to consolidate and coordinate efforts, services and resources for the purpose of jointly addressing common solid waste management problems along with establishing a common waste disposal facility.

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