Community-based heritage tourism project wins ULA
ILOILO CITY - The Guisi Community-Based Heritage Tourism Project won the Philippine edition of the Urban Leadership Awards. It won PhP 100,000 and a study tour for the members of the project implementing team.
The project is a community-managed undertaking that seeks to develop the local agri-tourism industry, protect the environment and preserve local heritage in the hamlet of Guisi in Nueva Valencia town in Guimaras province.
Lisa Cavicchia, International Project Manager of the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), handed over a replica of the check to community leaders during the awards ceremony held on the evening of December 14. Assisting her was Francis Gentoral, CUI regional manager for Southeast Asia.
The winning project was cited with the Urban Sustainability Award for 'contributions that enhance our understanding of how vibrant communities can be built through improved social well-being, strong and diverse economies, and the maintenance and improvement of our ecosystem.'
Three other projects were cited during the awards ceremony held at the Iloilo Grand Hotel. These include the Boracay Island Sustainable Health Services Delivery Project (Urban Livability Award), the Community-Based Tourism Awareness and Appreciation Campaign (Urban Partnership Award) and Guimaras Trade and Information Center (Urban Innovation Award).
The Boracay Island Sustainable Health Services Delivery seeks to increase inter-barangay support in health service delivery to bring down morbidity and mortality rates in Boracay Island, a tourism destination in central Philippines.
The Community-Based Tourism Awareness and Appreciation Campaign is a creative communication and education drive that seeks to raise the awareness of communities in the province of Guimaras on the benefits of tourism.
The Guimaras Trade and Information Center (GTIC) aims to provide efficient information, training and promotion support services for entrepreneurs to support poverty reduction efforts of the province of Guimaras.
Ten nominees vied for the awards, all of which were implemented by CUI local partners which include the province of Guimaras, the municipality of Malay, Aklan and the Metropolitan Iloilo Development Council consists of Iloilo City, Leganes, Oton, Pavia and San Miguel.
The awards ceremony marked the culmination of the Canada-Philippines Partnership Program for Good Urban Governance (CPPPGUG), which CUI implements from 2001 to 2006 and funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
CUI is a Toronto-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing solutions to important issues that has an impact on the quality of life in urban areas and communicating those solutions to a wide audience through a variety of media.
For over 10 years, CUI has been working in Western Visayas in supporting the country's continued thrust towards decentralization of power to local governments and empowerment of communities in local decision-making as set forth in the Local Government Code of 1991.
ILOILO CITY - The Guisi Community-Based Heritage Tourism Project won the Philippine edition of the Urban Leadership Awards. It won PhP 100,000 and a study tour for the members of the project implementing team.
The project is a community-managed undertaking that seeks to develop the local agri-tourism industry, protect the environment and preserve local heritage in the hamlet of Guisi in Nueva Valencia town in Guimaras province.
Lisa Cavicchia, International Project Manager of the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), handed over a replica of the check to community leaders during the awards ceremony held on the evening of December 14. Assisting her was Francis Gentoral, CUI regional manager for Southeast Asia.
The winning project was cited with the Urban Sustainability Award for 'contributions that enhance our understanding of how vibrant communities can be built through improved social well-being, strong and diverse economies, and the maintenance and improvement of our ecosystem.'
Three other projects were cited during the awards ceremony held at the Iloilo Grand Hotel. These include the Boracay Island Sustainable Health Services Delivery Project (Urban Livability Award), the Community-Based Tourism Awareness and Appreciation Campaign (Urban Partnership Award) and Guimaras Trade and Information Center (Urban Innovation Award).
The Boracay Island Sustainable Health Services Delivery seeks to increase inter-barangay support in health service delivery to bring down morbidity and mortality rates in Boracay Island, a tourism destination in central Philippines.
The Community-Based Tourism Awareness and Appreciation Campaign is a creative communication and education drive that seeks to raise the awareness of communities in the province of Guimaras on the benefits of tourism.
The Guimaras Trade and Information Center (GTIC) aims to provide efficient information, training and promotion support services for entrepreneurs to support poverty reduction efforts of the province of Guimaras.
Ten nominees vied for the awards, all of which were implemented by CUI local partners which include the province of Guimaras, the municipality of Malay, Aklan and the Metropolitan Iloilo Development Council consists of Iloilo City, Leganes, Oton, Pavia and San Miguel.
The awards ceremony marked the culmination of the Canada-Philippines Partnership Program for Good Urban Governance (CPPPGUG), which CUI implements from 2001 to 2006 and funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
CUI is a Toronto-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing solutions to important issues that has an impact on the quality of life in urban areas and communicating those solutions to a wide audience through a variety of media.
For over 10 years, CUI has been working in Western Visayas in supporting the country's continued thrust towards decentralization of power to local governments and empowerment of communities in local decision-making as set forth in the Local Government Code of 1991.
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