Koronadal is the 3rd Most Resilient Component City in the Country
In the recently concluded 10th Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) Summit, held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on October 20, 2022, the City of Koronadal was recognized as the 3rd Most Resilient Component City in the annual LGUs ranking nationwide.
The CMCI is an annual ranking of the competitiveness of cities and municipalities based on five competitiveness pillars: Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, Infrastructure, Resiliency, and the new pillar – Innovation. It is where the National Competitiveness Council conducted and developed a performance of a local government unit for the year 2021 with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development in collaboration with the Department of Trade and Industry.
The theme of this year’s summit is “A Decade of Excellence: Championing Innovation to Sustain Competitiveness.”
The capacity of a Locality to build systems that can absorb change and disturbance and adapt to such changes is referred to as resilience in the CMCI standard.
It includes frameworks that bind LGUs and their constituents together to prepare for potential shocks and stresses, disaster risk reduction budgeting, hazard or risk identification mechanisms, resilience-related infrastructures, and resilience-related mechanisms.
It is broken down into ten indicators:
– The land use plan
– Disaster Risk Reduction Plan
– Annual Disaster Drill
– Early Warning System
– Budget for DRRMP
– Local Risk Assessments
– Emergency Infrastructures
– Utilities
– Employed Population
– Sanitary System
Koronadal was named the Philippines’ “Most Resilient Component City” for the third time, with a score of 14.0128. Calapan in Oriental Mindoro is ranked first, followed by Naga in Camarines Sur and Koronadal in third place.
“𝙄 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙄’𝙢 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙥. 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙖𝙮𝙤𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧,”a commendable statement given by City Mayor Atty. Eliordo Ogena.
In addition to the award received, the city was also among the finalist of Most Business – Friendly Local Government Unit that was awarded by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry during the 48th Philippine Business Conference & Expo where the city is again a finalist for the fourth consecutive year since 2019.
Hon. City Councilor received the award. Mr. Elric M. Batilaran, LGU CMCI Focal Person and City Tourism Officer, and Mr. Benhur Z. Abulencia of the City Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (CTCAO), as well as the OIC DTI 12 Regional Director Flora Gabunales.