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...
Merits of CSO Networking and the Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) roll out in 2013-16 (Photo of the Regional Forum on the BUB and BUB 383 Mindanao Conference, August 2015, Davao City) Despite the COVID-10 challenges in the past seven months, Philippine civil society...
Photo courtesy of Manila Bulletin Last May 2021, exactly one year before the May 2022 Philippine national elections, the PARTICIPATE pro-democracy coalition launched its Ligtas Halalan 2022 [Safe Elections 2022] campaign. Based on international experiences and the...
In its 30th year of existence this 2021, the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) embarks on a campaign to revitalize and strengthen its member networks’ commitment to the Basis of Unity that binds the coalition amid its diversity. This Basis of...
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...
Indeed, this year tested the resilience and innovation of CODE-NGO. Despite the challenges faced, its member networks continue to strive towards their advocacies. This year, 3 member networks presented their resolutions which the assembly unanimously adopted. They are...