Using the Executive Order on Freedom of Information (EO on FOI) to Monitor President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s Key Promises is a 12-month project funded by National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Its overall objective are: to strengthen CSO’s (civil society organization)...
Why we need a framework on urban disaster preparedness, response and resilience
The Financial Enablers (FE) Project is an initiative under the Disaster and Emergency Preparedness Program of the DFID-UK, and the START Network, made up of the biggest international NGOs involved in humanitarian emergency response. In the Philippines, the FE Project...
Enhancing the Productive and Disaster Risk Reduction Management Capacities of Rural Women
Last July 24, 2017, the Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) – Luzon Secretariat held a final public conference for the closing of its UNDEF supported project entitled, “Enhancing the Productive and Disaster Risk...
BLAST DRRM Kicks off Module Development for Localized Community-Based DRRM Training
In the recently concluded Module Writeshop for the joint project with the Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA) entitled "Blended Learning Approach to STrengthen Disaster Risk Reduction and Management” or BLAST DRRM, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management champion...
Knowledge Products from the Citizen’s Monitoring of LGU Performance Project
The Citizens’ Participation in Monitoring Local Government Units’ (LGUs’) Performance and Planning and Development for Poverty Reduction (CML) project supported by the European Union (EU) which ended in late 2016 has produced two knowledge products that documented...
PBSP pays tribute to one of its founders and longest-serving officer
With such an illustrious career in business, government and social development, Bienvenido A. Tan, Jr. has indeed become many things to different people. In the Bureau of Internal Revenue, he was regarded as an upright Commissioner who enforced strict discipline and...
