CODE-NGO Board elects its new set of officers The CODE-NGO National Board of Trustees elected its new set of officers this month. Andrea Maria Patricia “Pat” Sarenas of MINCODE and Jose Ricardo “Chaco” Molina of PHILDHRRA were elected Chairperson and...
CSOs engage the Cabinet's human development and anti-poverty clusterLast February 23, 2011, 140 representatives from various civil society organizations celebrated the Silver Anniversary of EDSA 1 People Power Revolution by engaging the Cabinet Cluster on Poverty...
DILG and CSOs brainstorm on how to push for more transparent and accountable local governanceThe Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and various civil society organizations held a forum last February 22, 2011 on “Advancing Transparency and...
DBM mandates 6 NGAs and 3 GOCCs to involve CSOs in the formulation of their 2012 budgetDBM issued last month the National Budget Memorandum (NBM) 109, mandating all government agencies in the executive department to enter into partnerships with civil society...
Advocacy and Participatory Governance in the new Aquino AdministrationThe election of President Benigno “Noynoy” S. Aquino, who ran on a people’s campaign that was fueled by the spirit of volunteerism, has created expectations that the new administration will be more...
Reaching the Underserved: Fighting Tuberculosis through Community Agenda-Building and Involvement "With health as a basic right and need of the communities we work with, CSOs need to build its capacities for evidence-based health advocacy and mainstream health...