CODE-NGO Recommendations for Improved PDAF Guidelines to Ensure Integrity and Promote Effective Use The Senate, House of Representatives and concerned government implementing agencies should link the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to local development...
CODE-NGO to Senators: PORK BARREL MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR! An on-going study of the PDAF Watch initiative of CODE-NGO, shows that around half of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of the senators which were released in 2010 and 2011 went to projects related...
Pork Barrel Scam Unfairly Taints Legitimate NGOs The reported scam involving pork barrel funds of legislators and fake non-government organizations (NGOs) unfairly tarnishes the image of legitimate NGOs, the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO), a national...
The Development and Reform Agenda: No Standing Still CODE-NGO has updated its Development and Reform Agenda (DRA) to highlight the few key actions that the current administration should implement in its last three years in office (2013-2016), to achieve...
A Summer of Camaraderie, Development Work and Writing Deadlines In the spirit of promoting volunteerism among the youth, CODE-NGO held its first Young Writers’ Summer Camp with the theme “Volunteerism towards Excellence” on April 22 to May 4, 2013. The program was...
TIME IS RUNNING OUT! SIGN THE PEACE AGREEMENT NOW! Urgency for Peace in Mindanao: Sign and Implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement Now! For the negotiators to bring home a breakthrough for the Bangsamoro! We, representatives of civil society organizations,...