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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 01:00 |
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Manila 2012: We Are Not Only #1 For Fun
May 2-5, 2012 marked a memorable week for the Philippines when it once again hosted the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank (ADB) after almost a decade. Led by the Department of Finance and ADB, the four-day 45th ADB Annual Meeting also included Knowledge Sharing and Partnership Events, Civil Society Organization Events, and Philippine Corporate and Investment Pavilion Events. The ADB Annual Meeting also gave Philippines the chance to showcase investment opportunities in the country, promote locally made products and Philippine tourism.
The Civil Society Program co-organized by the ADB NGO Center and CSO partners was composed of Learning with Partners Sessions wherein best practices in the implementation of social development programs were discussed, and Civil Society Panel Discussions wherein experiences with partnerships, development and ADB policies and projects were shared. The World Economic Forum/ Global Shapers Community, Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation, Plan International, and Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO), co-organized a Learning with Partner session on May 3, 2012 titled “Solutions Market: Innovations Shaping the Future of Development in Asia and the Pacific”. This is a new initiative in this year’s Civil Society Program that brought together international and local civil society organizations and showcased their pioneering “solutions” to development issues in their countries and communities. |
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 00:00 |
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Strengthening the Capacities of Philippine CSOs CODE-NGO joins a consortium of Philippine civil society organizations (CSOs) in implementing USAID’s “Philippine CSOs Strengthening Project,” a 3-year initiative to build the capacities of Philippine CSOs for development effectiveness and sustainability. The consortium is composed of leading Philippine CSOs with track record in implementing capacity-building programs for the sector. |
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New Hope for the 2013 Budget Process Involving citizens for good governance became a “national call” of the new government. The Aquino administration took a few more steps to open many “windows of engagement” for promoting good governance and transparency through the expansion of CSO involvement in the budgeting process of the national government agencies. A new framework was designed and instituted to provide effective mechanisms that can help ensure the genuine involvement of citizens. Under Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1, s. 2012, the Human Development Poverty Reduction (HDPR) Cluster and the Good Governance and Anti-Poverty Cluster together with the Department of Budget Management and the Department of Interior Local Government have joined forces to pioneer the open governance initiative for the localization of poverty reduction through a “bottom-up” approach to government planning and budgeting . The “bottom-up” budgeting approach will be applied for the preparation of the 2013 national budget, to help ensure that the development needs of the identified 609 focus municipalities/cities are addressed and to harmonize the budget with the delivery of services of the national agencies through more inclusive and participatory governance process. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 05:49 |
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