LCP

League of Cities of the Philippines

• Introduction

  Protecting the interests of the cities, the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) is committed to bringing local urban governance agenda to the forefront of the country's development strategies. As the mandated local government organization of the Philippine cities, LCP believes effective change in the national consciousness starts with the primary visions of the local government units.

• City Data (2010)

  Population (persons)	31,593,970 (120 member-cities as of 2007-2008)
  Area (km2)
  Number of Households
  GDP per Capita (US$)
  Climate
  Major Languages
  Major Industries

• Urban Issues and Projects

  Priority Concerns

  Over the years, LCP has established itself as the premiere local government league through its innovative programs and services to its member-cities and their stakeholders. The LCP remains a credible voice of Philippines cities. Its indispensable work is policy advocacy for genuine local autonomy. Among its priority concerns are:
  -environmental concerns
  -strong networking support for good urban governance
  -policy development and advocacy support

  Main Projects and Contributions

  -The LCP Caravan: tours the country's cities bringing development services to the countryside and making people feel their cities work for them. It engages the national government, the private sector, and other development partners in a festive affair of convergence through social and business fora, job fairs, and outreach programs
  -Co-hosted the Eighth Public Policy Forum and Consultative Group meetings of Cities Alliance
  -Initiated The Local Initiatives for Affordable Wastewater Treatment Project to six pilot cities
  -Workshop and Policy Modeling Exercise for the Integrated Urban Water Resources Management-LCP Project
  -Extension of the Transparent Accountable Governance Project
  -The League has implemented MDGs-based localization programs and projects like the Family-Based Actions for Children and their Environs in the Slums project.
  

  Technical Cooperation with Other Cities

  -National Agencies
  -Unitied Cities and Local Governments, Asia Pacific
  -Cities Alliance
  -Philippine Consortium on Good Local Governance
  -Philippine Urban Consortium
  -Federation of Canadian Municipalities
  -Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines
  -Development Partners, such as the World Bank, UNDP, UN-HABITAT

  Cooperation Offered

  Cooperation Requested

  CITYNET can provide many opportunities for LCP member cities in the areas of capacity building
  and networking. The LCP is further committed to strengthen its mutual cooperation among local
  governments around the world through CITYNET. In fact, many LCP member-cities are also CITYNET
  members. LCP’s principals- which are the local chief executives – are encouraging LCP as a group to
  formally join in the organization.
  
  LCP believes that CITYNET can also provide venues for knowledge exchanges of urban governance
  practices. Moreover, CITYNET can provide an enabling mechanism support for many of LCP’s
  advocacies both at the national and international arena. As the mandated organization of the Philippine
  Cities, LCP relies on the collective experience and mutual cooperation among its stakeholders which
  include members of the local government bureaucracy and its private and civil society partners. As
  urbanization becomes the natural development phenomenon, mutual technical cooperation and facilitative knowledge transfer among local governments are ever needed and CITYNET can provide such
  opportunities. LCP is also an institutional resource of good urban governance which other local
  governments from around the world can emulate and CITYNET can also help facilitate it.
  
  Through CITYNET, LCP hopes to organize:
  1. Training and Capacity Building Programs i.e. on Human Settlements, Urban Governance and
  Millennium Development Goals, Local Economic Development, Urban Financing, Clean Development
  Mechanism, Decentralization, Solid Waste Management, and Disaster Risk Reduction;
  2. Strengthening Capacities of Local Government Associations and their Secretariat i.e. Policy
  Development, Knowledge Management, Program Management, Knowledge Tools Development;
  3. Advocacy and Networking Events