In navigating through the new normal, the Zero Extreme Poverty PH 2030 Movement (ZEP2030) continues to find solutions to meet its goal in uplifting Filipino families from extreme poverty. CODE-NGO and its members, being part of ZEP2030, commit to the strategy of local...
Generative Conversations: We are Our Major Source of Hope
Photo courtesy of: PBSP In January 2021, the virtual launch of the publication “Populism and Philippine Civil Society: Views from Labor, Urban Poor, and Development NGOs” (Lopa-Perez, 2020) provided an opportune time for CODE-NGO to begin a process of self-reflection....
CSOs Strengthening Partnerships for the Mandanas Ruling
by: Sandino Soliman All eyes are now on the implementation of the Mandanas Ruling in 2022. The Supreme Court decided on the petition of then Cong. Hermilando Mandanas of Batangas and former Gov. Enrique Garcia Jr. of Bataan to qualify the “just share” of local...
Vision for the Next Five Years
This is not a vision statement jointly crafted by the Board of Trustees, the member networks, and secretariat of CODE-NGO in a participatory process that always characterizes how we do things. Instead, this is a reflective piece drawn from the mid-term assessment of...
CODE-NGO hosts Conference on 2019 Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index Results
FHI 360, an international nonprofit working to improve the well-being of people in the USA and the world, recently published on behalf of USAID its 2019 Civil Society Organization (CSO) Sustainability Index Report for the Philippines. CODE-NGO developed the report for...
CODE-NGO holds up PH civil society organizations through the COVID-19 pandemic and stands firm on safeguarding fundamental rights
The Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) remains steadfast in its commitment to support its 12 national and regional member networks during the pandemic and to safeguard fundamental rights that are challenged at the present time. In its 29th General Assembly,...