Since 2015, Davao City's Virtualahan has trained persons with disabilities and other excluded groups as digital freelancers via an online, universal-design curriculum; …
National programme deploying 25,000+ free public Wi-Fi sites across the Philippines, with 900 dedicated access points in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas …
The Philippines mandated WCAG-compliant, inclusive design for all government websites as early as 2010, formalised in 2017 as national standard ISO/IEC 40500:2012 …
The Philippines' DICT mandated WCAG 2.0 for all government websites in 2017; a 2025 peer-reviewed audit of national agencies found average accessibility …
Quezon City, Philippines
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 29%82/100
Since 1986, the Philippines' Community Mortgage Program has let associations of informal settlers collectively buy and title their land; it reached 106,273 …
Quezon City, Philippines
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 17%81/100
Piloted in 1997 at Philippine General Hospital in Manila, Women and Children Protection Units integrate medical, forensic, psychosocial, legal and police services …
Signed in 2019, building on a 2015 Quezon City ordinance, the Philippines' 'Bawal Bastos' law bans catcalling, stalking and online gender-based harassment …
A Philippine Commission on Women programme funded by Global Affairs Canada backed over 14,000 women micro-entrepreneurs in two phases (2006–2022); Phase 2 …
Since 2013, DTI has installed 3,500+ shared-equipment facilities nationwide, reaching 600,000+ Filipino MSMEs — though the sole independent review called the productivity …
Makati, Philippines
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 39%71/100
Since 1975, the Philippines' DOST has brought home nearly 700 Filipino scientists for R&D stints; Republic Act 11035 (2018) institutionalised tax breaks, …
Taguig City, Philippines
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 39%71/100
The University of the Philippines' national technology-transfer office moves publicly funded research into use: as of 2025 it counted 113 innovation ventures, …
Quezon City, Philippines
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 14%67/100
A $12.7m Korean-funded project has installed an AI-assisted flood forecasting system and warning centre for the Pasig-Marikina-Tullahan river basins, intended to serve …
Philippines' DepEd launched AGAP.AI in January 2026: a national AI-ethics framework plus an ASEAN Foundation/Google.org-funded track aiming to train 300,000 teachers, 1.05 …
Quezon City, Philippines
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 14%67/100
DepEd's ARAL programme uses Microsoft Reading Progress to automate reading-fluency assessments; a Cabanatuan pilot reduced at-risk readers from 14 to 0, assessment …
Since 2003, the Philippines' DSWD has run RRPTP, a nationwide shelter-to-livelihood chain for trafficking survivors, assisting 2,193 people in 2024 (1,403 women) …
CHED's Memorandum Order No. 21, Series of 2026 sets the Philippines' first national framework for AI in higher education, covering 2,366 institutions, …