Calbayog City Mayor Mel Sarmiento with (L-R) Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Country Representative Klaus Preschle and German Ambassador Axel Weishaupt.
The Konrad Adenauer Medal of Excellence (KAME IV) Award Ceremony
06 December 2006
Champagne Salon
Manila Hotel, Philippines
History of the KAME Award
The Konrad Adenauer Medal of Excellence (KAME) is an award for the best managed local governments in the Philippines and is given every three (3) years or during a term of a local government official in honor of Konrad Adenauer, a one time Mayor of Cologne, Germany from 1921 to 1933 and the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, who epitomized Christian democracy, social justice and equality amongst individuals and the society at large.
In Resolution No. 63 dated February 6, 1996, the Board of Trustees of the Local Government Development Foundation (LOGODEF), the major partner of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) in the field of promoting local democratic institutions in the Philippines, formalized the decision to honor the man and the principles of his leadership as Mayor of Cologne, Germany by establishing the Konrad Adenauer Medal of Excellence (KAME) Award.
In March 1996, the Board of Trustees of the Local Government Development Foundation (LOGODEF) conceptualized and discussed the award system. The KAME award is to be conferred on Local Chief Executives of various local governments whose leadership epitomizes the ideals, which Konrad Adenauer believed in and practiced while in public service. The KAME is awarded to each of the four (4) local government categories representing the province, city, municipality and barangay. What are principally recognized in the KAME Award are the local governments themselves. The Local Chief Executives who steer the local government bureaucracies to high performance are likewise recognized. The individual winners of the award are conferred with a gold medal and a plaque of recognition while the local governments are also given separate plaques. Eight (8) pre-determined criteria are used in making the selection of winners.
The first KAME award was accorded to four local officials on December 3, 1996 at Hotel Nikko in Makati City. Aside from the criterion, they were all chosen for their constructive leadership, accomplishments and visions as political leaders of their communities.
The second KAME award or KAME II was awarded on December 1, 1999 at the Manila Hotel to four (4) outstanding local officials in the presence of Dr. Josef Thesing, Director-General of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) in Germany and notable Philippine political figures. The awardees were acclaimed for promoting public management reforms and were recognized for providing the conditions that brought about the outstanding accomplishments of the awardees.
KAME III was awarded on December 5, 2003 at the Manila Hotel.
KAME is the only foreign award for local governments in the Philippines which has been duly recognized by the Senate of the Philippines in its Resolution No. 681.
