Municipal AI Process Design Fellowship

Join a New League of Local Innovators

The Tutubi Fellowship is for municipal professionals who are ready to strengthen governance and public service delivery in their communities. Over 12 weeks, you will not just learn—you will build and deploy AI tools that improve planning, data use, documentation, reporting, and decision support at the local level.

You bring real experience working in your municipality. We provide the structure, support, and technological tools to help you build practical systems that work in real local government settings.

“Tutubi” and Dragonfly Thinking

The dragonfly—known in Filipino as tutubi—has a unique capability: each eye contains up to 30,000 lenses, giving it nearly 360-degree sight. It processes complexity in motion and responds with clarity and accuracy.

This inspires Dragonfly Thinking—a disciplined way of enhancing local systems:

• Seeing whole processes, not isolated tasks

• Understanding patterns in data and workflows

• Acting with speed without losing quality

• Applying tools that support real service delivery

This mindset drives the fellowship: see clearly, act responsibly, and build intelligently.

Who Should Apply

This fellowship is intended for municipal government staff and officers who are committed to improving public systems.

Typical nominees:

• Municipal Planning and Development Coordinators

• Municipal Budget Officers

• Engineers and Infrastructure Planners

• ICT/GIS Officers

• DRRM Officers

• MSWDO program leads

• HR or Organizational Development staff

• Technical officers from the Mayor’s Office

Applicants must:

• Commit to 2–4 hours per week

• Be willing to collaborate and publish useful AI tools for LGU use

Each LGU may nominate 2 to 4 Fellows.

Program Design

Feature Details

Duration 12 weeks

Weekly Work 2–4 hours

Output 24 AI tools per Fellow

Method Weekly build cycles + peer collaboration

Structure Learn–Build–Deploy

Delivery Hybrid

Every week, Fellows:

1. Identify one municipal process to enhance

2. Co-develop two AI tools with another Tutubi Fellow

3. Add tools to the Municipal AI Toolkit

4. Rotate collaboration partners weekly to strengthen peer learning

Sample Tools You Will Build

• CDP document assistant

• AIP and PPMP generator

• DRRM report assistant

• Barangay profiling tool

• Business permit compliance checker

• Local legislation research helper

• F1KD nutrition analysis bot

• Project proposal generator

These tools stay with your LGU—customized for your work.

Fellowship Outcomes

By completing the program, each Fellow will produce:

• 24 AI-enabled municipal tools

• A Municipal AI Process Map

• Local Knowledge Base

• Municipal AI Governance Guidelines

• Tutubi Municipal AI Toolkit

• Final presentation during Demo Week
  
  

Why Municipalities Join

• Improve planning and reporting workloads

• Speed up document-based processes

• Enhance accuracy and data use

• Strengthen institutional memory

• Reduce repetitive tasks

• Build internal AI design capability

This fellowship supports local autonomy by helping municipalities build tools they control and understand.