22 February 2006
Dagupan bags Most Competitive City Award
DAGUPAN City was awarded as one of the Most Competitive Cities in the Philippines for small cities category last February 3 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Makati City.
Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez received the award on behalf of Mayor Benjamin S. Lim.
Awards of recognition were given under the City Competitiveness Program which started in 1997 by the AIM Policy Center with financial assistance from prestigious international organizations such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Asia Foundation and the Gender Technical Cooperation Agency.
Out of 37 small cities, Dagupan ranked number one in human resources training, the vice mayor reported.
Fernandez said that aside from human resource training, there were six other categories in which the final Ten Most Competitive Cities were chosen.
The rank of Dagupan City in terms of these categories were: dynamism of local economy, 12th; infrastructure, 3rd; quality of life, 16th; linkages and connectivity, 19th; responsiveness of local government, 12th; and cost of doing business, 31st.
Fernandez said that aside from the small cities, Ten Most Competitive Cities awards were conferred to Metro-Cities in the National Capital Region (NCR) and mid-sized cities in the country. (Sunshine D. Robles)
Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez received the award on behalf of Mayor Benjamin S. Lim.
Awards of recognition were given under the City Competitiveness Program which started in 1997 by the AIM Policy Center with financial assistance from prestigious international organizations such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Asia Foundation and the Gender Technical Cooperation Agency.
Out of 37 small cities, Dagupan ranked number one in human resources training, the vice mayor reported.
Fernandez said that aside from human resource training, there were six other categories in which the final Ten Most Competitive Cities were chosen.
The rank of Dagupan City in terms of these categories were: dynamism of local economy, 12th; infrastructure, 3rd; quality of life, 16th; linkages and connectivity, 19th; responsiveness of local government, 12th; and cost of doing business, 31st.
Fernandez said that aside from the small cities, Ten Most Competitive Cities awards were conferred to Metro-Cities in the National Capital Region (NCR) and mid-sized cities in the country. (Sunshine D. Robles)
