BAGUIO CITY—The World Water Council has selected Baguio City as one of eight cities from eight countries to conduct a study on increasing access to improved sanitation facilities.
The council, an international and independent organization that fights for better water management across the world, hopes to identify the most appropriate financial mechanisms that could be put in place for better sanitation works, taking into consideration the host country’s social, political and economic context.
Tom Soo, WWC executive director, said the council is convinced the results of their analysis will be extremely beneficial to develop the sanitation sector of the countries involved in the project, and could also serve as an example to other countries.
“We believe that Baguio City would be a suitable example to develop the analysis, considering the important efforts that the local government is making under your leadership to improve water and sanitation services to respond to the rapid urban expansion and to the benefit of the population,” Soo stated in his letter to Baguio Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan.
The WWC extended the invitation to Baguio and to support the same by providing the necessary data and information that will serve as the basis of the study, including the city’s policy, economic and institutional aspects of the sanitation sector.
WWC recently engaged Angelina Victoria N. Ferrer as a consultant to undertake a case study analysis of Baguio. Domogan said city authorities should afford her all the appropriate assistance and cooperation necessary for her that will make the project successful.