Sustainable Tagbilaran Project

Tagbilaran is the capital city of the island Province of Bohol in the Central Visayas Region, with a population of 91,218 in 2006. The city has a total land area of 3,270 hectares, including about 13 kilometers of coastline, governed through 15 barangays, of which 4 cover the urban area with the remaining 11 comprising the rural uplands . The City prides itself as Bohol Province’s gateway of development, particularly as a major eco-tourism destination, with commerce, trading, fishing and agriculture as its major sources of livelihood.

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.

Tagbilaran City was selected as one of the three (3) SCP-EPM demo cities, 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 localise the Philippine Agenda 21, and strengthen the LGU environmental planning and management capacities. Whilst the Local-EPM project ended in the first quarter of 2002, a Cooperation Agreement between UN-Habitat and the University of the Philippines - School of Urban and Regional Planning (UP-SURP) was signed late 2005 to document the city’s experience, lessons learned and good practices in Solid Waste Management, and disseminate these to neighboring cities.

1. Environmental Profile
2. City Consultation
3. Key Environmental Issues and Demonstration Projects
4. Results and Lesson Learned
   

 

Key Contacts and Associates

Mr. Walter Toston
City Administrator
Tagbilaran City
0928-503-0015

Mr. Eduardo Macalandag
City Planning and Development Coordinator
City Government of Tagbilaran
0918-979-2755

Mr. Valentino Gamutin
Legislative Staff, Sangguniang Panlungsod
City Government of Tagbilaran
0917-333-3304