Best Practices
and Lessons Learned
A showcase of innovative and effective Best Practices [National Councils for Sustainable
Development (NCSD)]
Local Strategies for Accelerating Sustainability
Case Studies of Local Government Success which highlights the diverse ways in which
the strategies of strengthening local government and intergovernmental cooperation,
fostering international solidarity, building a culture of sustainability, and accelerating
the transition to sustainable communities are being carried out successfully in
municipalities worldwide. [International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives]
Smart Communities
sustainable development success stories from communities across the United States--efforts
that represent people working to make their communities more livable and their quality of
life more enjoyable. [Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network / US
Department of Energy]
Stories
Stories from SDNPs around the world. It constitute a wide range of successes -
meeting real needs, providing useful services, achieving goals as lofty as helping to move
an entire nation into the IT world and as mundane as increasing the number of computer
literate individuals one person at a time. [UN's Sustainable Development Networking
Programme (SDNP)]
Sustainable
Business Success Stories
A compilation of the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development of the US Department
of Energy and the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network.
Sustainable
Communities
In many communities -- large and small, rural and urban -- issues are being addressed in
an interconnected manner. They are demonstrating how innovative strategies can produce
communities that are more environmentally sound, economically prosperous, and socially
equitable. [Sustainable Communities Network]
In
the Philippines . . .
Sustainable development,
in the Philippine context, is not a modern-day concept. Many of the SD success stories can
be traced even before the historic Earth Summit in 1992. This implies that sustainable
development principles have already been incorporated in the various programs and projects
implemented by local communities.
Gantinpalang
Panglingkod Pook (Galing Pook Award)
Awards to recognize and promote excellence and innovation in good governance among the
local government units in the Philippines [Galing Pook Foundation]
Gawad Saka
Awards given annually to Outstanding Achievers in Agriculture and Fisheries to give due
recognition to dedicated individuals and institutions who have made outstanding
accomplishments in the various fields of agriculture and fisheries [Department of
Agriculture (DA)]
Kapatid Awards
Awards to recognize the employer and workers for their outstanding partnership
characterized by exemplary working relationship, resulting in superior performance of the
company and better welfare benefits for its employees [Employers Confederation of the
Philippines (ECOP)]
SD
Village.ph
Collection of successful and sustainable practices and strategies that have been
successfully implemented in local communities in the Philippines, presented in a format
that encourages replication [Philippine Sustainable Development Network Foundation
(PSDN)]
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