Moving Towards Decentralized and Democratic GovernanceThe Coalition for a Citizens’ Constitution (C4CC) conducted a National Conference on Decentralization for Regional Development last July 17-18, 2012 at the Institute for Social Order, Ateneo de Manila University,...
Bicol Team Joined Training for Municipal Lead Organizers of Empowerment Project As the Empowerment Project (EP) - Bicol Team embarks on the challenging task of implementing a 5-month project dubbed “Building and Strengthening Local CSO-LGU-NGA Partnerships for...
YES to POLITICAL REFORM, NO to ECONOMIC PROVISIONCharter change (Cha-cha) issues are again becoming “talk of the town”. The general public has started to discuss again the issue as the two congress leaders, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and House Speaker...
Promoting the Practice of Participatory Local GovernanceWhat do the Local Government Code of the Philippines (LGC) and the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) have in common? Both are 20 years in existence, and both, the law and the network, aim for...
The Need for Greater Unity and CODE-NGOExcerpts from the speech delivered by Karina Constantino-DavidCODE-NGO Chairperson, 1990-1998 at the CODE-NGO 1st National Congress, December 4, 1991 In May 1990, 10 national NGO networks formed a coalition that became a forum...
Empowerment Project kicks off in 20 CODE-NGO Municipalities! In an effort to drive forward the government’s goal of empowering the poor, the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the National Anti-Poverty...