The Quezon City government's monitoring system that gives warning to the city residents during calamities was recognized during 2023 Galing Pook Awards on Thursday, Oct. 12.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and QC Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (QCDRRMO) Officer-in-charge Maria Bianca Perez received the "2023 Galing Pook Awardee" plaque for the Intelligent, Resilient and Integrated Systems for the Urban Population (iRISE UP) from Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (SILG) Benhur Abalos at former SILG Mel Sarmiento.
The event was held at One Esplanade, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.
According to the city government, iRISE UP aims to empower the QC community with innovative tools and applications to elevate local disaster risk reduction efforts and nurture climate change awareness.
It added that the real-time monitoring system gives warning to the community for calamities like rain, water level of rivers,and earthquakes, as well as air quality, using early warning devices. An iRISE UP application can be installed by coty residents on their mobile phones.
Galing Pook Awards, spearheaded by the Galing Pook Foundation and launched in Oct. 21, 1993, searches and recognizes different innovative practices by local government units in the countiy that will help their communities (according to galing pook.org).
The awardees were chosen from a national search of local governance programs, evaluated through a multilevel rigorous screening process based on positive results and impact, promotion of people’s participation and empowerment, innovation and adaptation, resilience, sustainability, and efficiency of program service delivery and transferability.
This year, 17 (including iRise Up) out of 166 local government initiatives nitiatives were chosen as finalists for the awards
The QC Birth Registration Online (QC BRO) that makes birth registration of children born in city hospitals and lying in clinics also made it to the list of 2023 Galing Pook Awards finalists.
"Ang parangal na ito ay inaalay ni Mayor Joy Belmonte sa bawat empleyado ng lungsod Quezon na walang-sawang nagseserbisyo para sa kapakanan ng QCitizens. Ang tagumpay na ito, ay tagumpay ng bawat isa! (This award is dedicated by Mayor Joy Belmonte to every employee of the city of Quezon who tirelessly serves for the welfare of QCitizens. This victory, is everyone's victory!)," the mayor said.