ILOILO City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog will lead a delegation to Seoul, South Korea to vie in the prestigious International Awards for Liveable Communities (Livcom Awards) set on October 27 to 31, 2011.
Iloilo City will participate in three categories - Whole City Category, Projects Category, and Bursary Awards Category - that will highlight the city’s best practices on an international stage and influence accepted international best practices.
Mabilog said the city will also vie in the Whole City Category participated by 16 cities in Category E with population over 400,000.
Two city projects - the Dinagyang Festival and the Iloilo River Development Initiatives through Integrated Sustainable Management - will vie in the Projects Category that will be participated by 58 projects all over the world.
The city will also vie with six projects in the Bursary Awards Category participated by 15 cities worldwide.
The projects include Livelihood Enhancement Project; Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives; Pilot Integrated Coastal Environment Sanitation Project; Tuberculosis Social Mobilization; Composting: Alternative Livelihood for Wastepickers; and Bamboo Reforestation in the Maasin watershed.
Department heads Benito Jimena of the City Tourism Office, Noel Hechanova of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office, Jose Roni Penalosa and Claire Villanueva of the City Planning and Development Office, will be with Mabilog in the said event.
The Iloilo delegation will observe the other city presentations that contain examples of international best practices applied to challenges similar to those facing Iloilo City.
The delegation will also meet participants from other countries.
Civic pride will be enhanced by being with “the leading communities in the world”, Mabilog said. (Lydia C. Pendon)
