by Nestle L. Semilla
MANDAUE City is among five cities in the Philippines to bag the Islands of Good Governance (IGG) award.
The Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA) awarded Mandaue City with the IGG seal during the Public
Governance Forum held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila last October 21.
Mandaue City Administrator James Abadia said the seal shows that the city has plans and the ability
to implement its plans.
“This has been shown through its breakthrough projects, our “I Am Mandaue” shops and also our
geographic information system,” he said
The seal is different from those given by the Department of Interior and Local Government as the IGG is
awarded by a non-government organization, which is ISA along with the Institute of Corporate Directors
and the National Competitiveness Council.
This seal serves as recognition to the public sector institutions as models of transformations at par with
global standards of governance.
Aside from Mandaue City, four other cities in the Philippines also received the award.
These are Butuan City, Talisay City in Negros Occidental, Balanga City in Bataan and Dipolog City.
Abadia said the seal is still in line with the Performance Governance System.
Aside from local government units, the seal is also awarded to deserving national government agencies.
“There’s no cash prize. It’s pure recognition,” Abadia siad.
