The Galing Pook Awards
About the Award
The Galing Pook Awards was launched in October 21, 1993 as a pioneering program that searches and
recognizes innovative practices by local government units. LGU finalists with outstanding initiatives
are carefully selected and winners are recognized in a very prestigious awarding ceremony.
The awardees of the Galing Pook are 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.
Beyond the awards, winning programs become models of good governance promoted for adoption
in other communities. They provide useful insights and strategies to find innovative solutions to
common problems. More importantly, they affirm the community and the local government’s
commitment to good governance.
Since 1993, 367 programs from 235 local government units were awarded the Galing Pook. These awardees become very important advocates in
inspiring other local governments to introduce innovative practices and provide a fertile environment for the replication of successful reforms.
For the 2025 Galing Pook Awards, the competition will exclusively be among barangays, as we endeavor to bring to the forefront outstanding local governance initiatives of the local government unit closest to the community—the barangay.
Eligibility Criteria
For your program to be considered for the 2025 Galing Pook Awards, it must meet the following minimum requirements:
- The program must demonstrate the active involvement of the barangay LGU or show that its design and implementation utilized existing barangay governance mechanisms, regardless of whether it was initiated by the community, an NGO, CSO, or another LGU.
- The program must have been implemented and in continuous operation since, or prior to, November 2023.
- The program must have verifiable and significant results.
Selection Criteria
| Positive Results and Impact | 25% |
| Promotion of People’s Participation and Empowerment | 25% |
| Innovation and Adaptation | 20% |
| Resilience | 10% |
| Sustainability | 10% |
| Efficiency of Program Service Delivery and Transferability | 10% |
| TOTAL | 100% |
Primary and preferred mode of submission:
1) Google Form: https://bit.ly/2025GalingPookAwards
Other acceptable modes of submission:
2) Email: galingpookawards[at]gmail[dot]com
3) Printed (in person, by mail, or courier to):
Galing Pook Foundation
47 Malinis corner Mahusay Streets, UP Village, Diliman, Quezon City 1101
Deadline: July 15, 2025, 11:59PM. Please take note, however, that printed forms submitted in person, by mail, or courier should be received by our office on or before 6:00PM on July 15, 2025.
Interested LGUs can download the complete application form and guidelines at the link below.
Download the 2025 Galing Pook Awards Guidelines with the link to the Application Form.
