Asia-Pacific Mayors Academy 2024 Class
Asia-Pacific Mayors Academy 2024 Class
Asia-Pacific Mayors Academy 2024 Class
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Personal information
Professional details
Position/title:
Local Chief Executive
City or administrative region: Country:
Navotas Philippines
Personal contact details
Email address: [email protected]
July 2022
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vote appointed
CITY PROFILE
2d Describe the municipal governance structure (you may wish to attach a chart or a
map)
Navotas City follows a governance structure typical of Philippine local
government units. It has a Mayor as the chief executive, supported by the City
Vice Mayor, and a City Council composed of elected representatives.
Departments handle various city functions, including public works, health,
education, social services, livelihood, and others.
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regional or international initiatives
or networks?
We had a previous partnership with Habitat for Humanity in building homes for
informal settler families living in danger zones.
KEY PRIORITIES
Health (SDG 3)
Given that about 70% of our people rely on fishing and related activities for
income, it is vital to address the seasonal nature of this industry by facilitating
opportunities for constituents to secure stable employment and sustainable
livelihoods. This entails implementing initiatives such as skills training, job
placement programs, and diversification of economic activities to mitigate the
financial uncertainties associated with dependence on fishing, thereby ensuring
the long-term prosperity and resilience of Navotas' residents beyond the
confines of the fishing seasons.
The City prioritizes peace and order, ensuring safety for every Navoteño
through collaborative efforts with the uniformed sector and community. This
encompasses crime prevention, countering extremism and illegal drugs, and
effective disaster response. In addition, Navotas, being a low-lying area, is
prone to flooding hence flood mitigation and control are also crucial. By
fostering strong partnerships and implementing proactive measures, the City
aims to create a secure environment where residents can thrive without fear,
bolstering community resilience and well-being in the face of diverse
challenges.
Being surrounded by bodies of water and the presence of the Navotas Fish Port
Complex makes the City of Navotas attractive to informal settler families (ISF).
For ISFs, settlement along the coastline and within the Complex offers a
promise of easy access to work opportunities. At present, there are over 6,800
families accounted as ISFs living along danger areas, specifically waterways.
There is an urgent need for them to be relocated in safe and conducive dwelling
places. Thus, development of housing facilities is one of the leading priorities
of the City.
3b Since you became Mayor, have you been able to meet the priorities you highlighted
above or stated? If not, please explain what the barriers are.
Yes. However, while we acknowledge our current efforts, we also aim to expand
and scale up our key projects and initiatives. By doing so, we could extend the
benefits to a larger demographic, address contemporary challenges, and
ensure that the needs of our constituents in the ever-evolving socio-economic
landscape are met.
MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENTS
4a What are your three main expected accomplishments as Mayor?
MOTIVATION
5a Why would you like to join the Asia-Pacific Mayors Academy? (max. 300 words)
As Mayor of Navotas, a highly urbanized city facing multifaceted
challenges and opportunities, I would be honored to join the Asia-Pacific
Mayors Academy to learn more on how to effectively address our unique
circumstances and harness our potential towards achieving sustainable
development and resilience.
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AVAILABILITY
• Are you available to commit to attending the following?
Biweekly virtual sessions (3 hours each) from April to October 2024 (subject to change):
A physical programme and Graduation coinciding with the 12th World Urban Forum, Cairo,
Egypt, 4 to 8 December 2024? (Resources may be available to support participants and will
be determined at a later date).
LANGUAGE (ENGLISH)
Basic Confident Fluent
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Optional: Kindly consider sending a video clip with your application (1 minute maximum)
in which you introduce your city and why you would like to join the Asia-Pacific Mayor’s
Academy: Link to the video message: https://tinyurl.com/NavotasPHMayorTiangco
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
These initiatives have earned Navotas accolades such as the Seal of Good
Local Governance, reflecting our commitment to sustainable development. As
Navotas strives to become a world-class fishing and industrial eco port, our
dedication to enhancing citizens' well-being and environmental stewardship
remains unwavering.
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Agenda?
6d If yes, can you please help to highlight any actions your city may be taking to support
the implementation of the New Urban Agenda? (max. 200 words)
In view of the land scarcity that the City faces, Navotas is currently pursuing
sustainable urban expansion through a partnership with the private sector in
order to remain responsive to the demands of its growing population. To
address informal settlements and the housing backlog, the City is partnering
with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development for the
Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program. At least five (5) hectares
of the land acquired from urban expansion shall be utilized for in-city socialized
housing development, which mitigates livelihood displacement of housing
beneficiaries in contrast to the option of off-city relocation. Adjacent to the area
are the existing NavotaAs Homes 1 and 2, composed of 2,488 housing units
now occupied by former ISFs along waterways. Neighboring NavotaAs Homes
is the Tanza Marine Tree Park, a 26-hectare mangrove forest being restored and
conserved by the City in collaboration with the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources with tremendous potential as an eco-tourism site. With all
these, the City envisions the housing complex and its locale to be a self-
sustaining and progressive community.
6e What are the most challenging sustainable development issues facing your city? (max.
200 words)
The City of Navotas is a highly urbanized coastal city in the Philippines,
boasting a six-kilometer shoreline along the renowned Manila Bay and bordered
by the Malabon-Navotas-Tullahan-Tinajeros River System, one of Metropolitan
Manila's major river systems.
With a population of 247,543 and a land area of 10.69 hectares, the city faces
financial constraints in implementing its plethora of programs for sustainable
development due to limited local revenue generation. Poverty alleviation
remains a significant challenge due to competing resource demands.
6f What are the ongoing challenges in light of recovery from COVID-19? (max. 200
words)
COVID-19 has profoundly impacted various sectors, with the health department
at the forefront. Amid the pandemic, our focus shifted primarily to COVID-19
and its preventive measures, leaving other health programs at the back burner.
Now, as we emerge from the crisis, we are swiftly resuming other critical
initiatives. The City Health Department, despite limited resources, must remain
vigilant against potential infectious diseases while addressing lifestyle-related
disorders and family health concerns. Our goal is to achieve comprehensive
health coverage from infancy to old age, accentuating the importance of
physical as well as mental fitness in disease prevention.
While the City is already implementing initiatives in line with the 17 SDGs and
regularly reports accomplishments to the regional and national level, the City
Government of Navotas intends to institutionally mainstream the SDGs into its
development planning process, therefore reflecting Voluntary Local Review
data and indicators in its Local Results Matrices and Local Development
Indicator System (LDIS) used in the Comprehensive Development Plan.
Through this, we can enhance the vertical linkage of the City of Navotas to the
United Nations in tracking progress on SDG attainment.
The City shall also organize capacity building activities on VLR for its local
government department heads and technical personnel in order to fully
integrate the SDGs and its reporting in the 33 thematic and sectoral plans and
accomplishment reports, as well as the budgeting process that the City
formulates annually.
CITY PLANNING
7a Does your city have a local sustainability plan? (This could include plans on local
climate action, sustainable development, and/or resource management)
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7e If yes, can you please provide some further details? (max. 300 words)
The Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) and the Comprehensive
Development Plan (CDP) of the City of Navotas serve as the master plans of the
LGU for the attainment of its vision and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
The CLUP serves as the overall framework of the LGU for its physical,
economic, and social development, which is anchored on the Philippine
Physical Framework Plan. It specifically aims to address issues and challenges
concerning SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and SDG 15 (Life on
Land). The CLUP contains spatial or land use strategies geared towards the
sustainable development of its land resources. Some of the strategies aligned
with SDG 11 and 15, include the following:
A. Directed but controlled growth through sustainable densification
guided by rational urban redevelopment.
B. Ordering of the urban landscape via a complete and efficient
circulation and movement system.
C. Responsive Public Open Space Policy to increase multi-use function
of available open areas.
D. Revitalization of ecologically threatened areas of the City (i.e.
Mangrove Areas, Riverine Easements, Coastal Areas).
On the other hand, the LGU’s CDP is aligned with the Philippine Development
Plan and the Regional Development Plan of Metropolitan Manila. The plan
serves as the medium-term development plan of the administration which
contains the programs, projects, and activities in various development sectors
that align with the strategies identified in the CLUP. It contains projects and
programs that cover issues and challenges concerning the Social,
Environmental, Physical, Economic, and Institutional Sectors of the locality.
The plan utilizes the Local Results Matrices for its targets and success
Indicators, which is anchored on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the
2030 Urban Agenda.
7f What innovative city planning initiative would you most like to implement across your
term? (max. 300 words)
We are now leveraging the use of technology and data in the attainment of the
overall vision for the City. We have designed a comprehensive digital platform
to improve and streamline the services that we provide to our fellow Navoteños.
During my term, we intend to increase the coverage of digitalized LGU
processes and improve the digital participation among our stakeholders. For us
to attain this, investments in ICT infrastructure and artificial intelligence will be
prioritized and there will be massive capacity building efforts targeted to our
stakeholders. In this way, we can make use of technology to accelerate our
efforts towards the attainment of the 17 sustainable development goals.
Lastly, we have updated our economic and investment policies for us to ensure
that future developments will be aligned with our vision for a more sustainable
urban development. We have added renewable energy, innovation hubs, eco-
tourism, information technology, active mobility, green ecosystems, disaster
risk reduction, climate change adaptation, as priority investment areas so that
there will be sufficient resources for developments in these areas.
KEY INFORMATION
Economic Development
City Business Permits and Licensing Office
Office of the City Treasurer
City Franchising and Permits Processing Unit
Navotaas Hanapbuhay Center
Navotas Vocational Training and Assessment Institute
Institutional Development
Office of the City Administrator
City General Services Office
City Legal Office
City Council
City Accounting Office
City Budget Office
City Human Resource Development Office
Internal Audit Unit
Information and Communications Technology Office
Public Employment Services Office
8e Please list any significant universities or research institutions in your city with which
you collaborate or wish to collaborate further (max. 500 words)
Note: Where possible, please provide or attach a chart showing the local government
organizational structure and its departments or sections.
Website:
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