The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has noted incidences of red-tagging of human rights groups, civil society organizations, and individuals even in the face of a pandemic back in 2020. The collective work of civil society organizations (CSOs) is full of stories...
The CODE-NGO 7th Congress: Rebuild the Middle
CODE-NGO, the largest coalition of civil society organizations (CSOs), held its 7th Congress for the first time online last October 28, 2022. The CODE-NGO Congress, organized every five years, is a significant milestone for the coalition as it is a gathering of the...
Pagpapakahusay para sa Demokrasya
CODE-NGO, the largest coalition of non-government organizations, people’s organizations, and cooperatives in the Philippines working on social development, organized its Social Development Week (SDW) 2022 and the CODE-NGO 7th Congress last October 24-28,...
The Aftermath: Lessons from the Opening Session
The theme of the CODE-NGO Social Development Week 2022 was “Magpakahusay: Strengthening Civil Society to Level Up Democracy”. The week-long online event hosted six public forums and learning sessions that culminated with the CODE-NGO 7th Congress. These sessions...
Setting the CODE-NGO Strategic Direction for 2023-2027
Background The Strategic Direction was an output of the Strategic Planning workshop facilitated by Ms. Angelita Gregorio-Medel last Oct 3-5, 2022 with 22 leaders from the 12 CODE-NGO Member Networks and 10 members of the CODE-NGO Secretariat. The strategic...
Noon at Ngayon: An Intergenerational Conversation on Civic and Political Participation
What are the views, ideas, and challenges of the youth today in civic and political participation? How do these differ from the views, ideas, and challenges experienced by development workers a generation ago? How can we get more young people to be involved in...
