On December 3-6, 2012, the CTI Local Government Network (LGN) Forum and Executive Course was held in Manila, Philippines to advance the above commitments (the name change from “Mayors Roundtable” to “Local Government Network” was made to more broadly represent the different local government levels that can potentially participate in the Network). The forum was attended by 51 participants, including 25 local chief executives (LCEs) from Indonesia, PNG, the Philippines and Solomon Islands (Malaysia and Timor-Leste were not represented) and representatives from CTI-CFF development partners. It resulted in the adoption of The Manila Declaration which was signed by the 10 local government leaders who were present at the close of the forum on 6 December 2012 and one local government staff who initialed the document on behalf of their Mayor. This document contains the parties’ specific commitments on integrated coastal management (ICM), alliance building and the CTI RPOA.