Sustainable Cagayan de Oro Project
Brief introduction of Cagayan de Oro City  Cagayan de Oro, the capital city of Misamis Oriental Province, is a sprawling industrializing City on the north-central coast of the island of Mindanao, serving as a major gateway to the Visayan islands to the north. The city is bounded on the north by the Macabalan Bay, on the south by the Provinces of Bukidnon and Lanao del Sur, on the east by the Municipality of Tagoloan, and on the west by the Municipality of Opol. Cagayan de Oro is the development hub of Region 10, with trading and service sectors contributing about 50% of total investment of the province. Sustainable Cagayan de Oro Project (SCdOP)
The Sustainable Cities Programme was implemented in the Philippines through the “Strengthening Local Environmental Planning and Management” (L-EPM) by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The Project was established to strengthen the Local Government Units (LGUs) and enhance their capacities for participatory environmental planning and management at the local level, whilst enhancing the capability of national institutions like DENR and the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) to support LGUs in EPM. Through the financial support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UN-HABITAT, the three year programme was implemented through a Project Management Coordinating Unit (PMCU) established in the DENR, in partnership with the LCP.
The Cagayan de Oro City was chosen as one of three demonstration cities
of the Local-EPM Project, based on a selection process conducted by the
Project Steering Committee (PSC), Inter-Agency Technical Working Group
(IA-TWG) and the Project Management Coordinating Unit (PMCU). The project
was launched in December 1998 after the Mayor signed the Memorandum of
Agreement for the project implementation, committing to enhance the city
government’s capabilities by pioneering the integration of environmental
planning and management within the city organizations As part of the Mayor’s
commitment for project implementation the city L-EPM unit was established
under the City Environment and National Resources Office (City ENRO) from
the start, which provided regular staff and an annual budget to help institutionalize
project support from inception. Whilst the Local-EPM project ended in the
first quarter of 2002, a Cooperation Agreement between UN-HABITAT and The
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) was forged in January
2005, facilitating a second phase of support to document L-EPM experiences amongst the DILG partners, review opportunities to mainstream lessons learned in the Local Government Units (LGUs) and collaborate in the implementation of the Good Practices in Local Governance facility for Adaptation and Replication ( “GOFAR” ).
- Environmental Profile
- City Consultation
- Key Environmental Issues and Demonstration Projects
- Results and Lesson Learned
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