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  Best Practices and Lessons Learned
A showcase of innovative and effective Best Practices [National Councils for Sustainable Development (NCSD)]
   Local Strategies for Accelerating Sustainability
Case Studies of Local Government Success which highlights the diverse ways in which the strategies of strengthening local government and intergovernmental cooperation, fostering international solidarity, building a culture of sustainability, and accelerating the transition to sustainable communities are being carried out successfully in municipalities worldwide. [International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives]
  Smart Communities
sustainable development success stories from communities across the United States--efforts that represent people working to make their communities more livable and their quality of life more enjoyable.   [Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network / US Department of Energy]
  Success Stories
Stories from SDNPs around the world.  It constitute a wide range of successes - meeting real needs, providing useful services, achieving goals as lofty as helping to move an entire nation into the IT world and as mundane as increasing the number of computer literate individuals one person at a time.  [UN's Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP)]
 Sustainable Business Success Stories
A compilation of the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development of the US Department of Energy and the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network.
  Sustainable Communities
In many communities -- large and small, rural and urban -- issues are being addressed in an interconnected manner. They are demonstrating how innovative strategies can produce communities that are more environmentally sound, economically prosperous, and socially equitable. [Sustainable Communities Network]

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In the Philippines . . .

Sustainable development, in the Philippine context, is not a modern-day concept. Many of the SD success stories can be traced even before the historic Earth Summit in 1992. This implies that sustainable development principles have already been incorporated in the various programs and projects implemented by local communities.

  Best Practices
Documented by the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) as part of the report - Rio in Retrospect: 1992 - 1996
  Gantinpalang Panglingkod Pook (Galing Pook Award)
Awards to recognize and promote excellence and innovation in good governance among the local government units in the Philippines   [Galing Pook Foundation]
  Gawad Saka
Awards given annually to Outstanding Achievers in Agriculture and Fisheries to give due recognition to dedicated individuals and institutions who have made outstanding accomplishments in the various fields of agriculture and fisheries [Department of Agriculture (DA)]
  Kapatid Awards
Awards to recognize the employer and workers for their outstanding partnership characterized by exemplary working relationship, resulting in superior performance of the company and better welfare benefits for its employees [Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP)]
  SD Village.ph
Collection of successful and sustainable practices and strategies that have been successfully implemented in local communities in the Philippines, presented in a format that encourages replication  [Philippine Sustainable Development Network Foundation (PSDN)]

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