Last September 1, the Galing Pook Awards 2015 was held to culminate the Mamamayan Mamamayani Governance Fair at the SMX Convention Center in Manila. Apart from recognizing the Ten Outstanding Local Governance Programs, the first ever Citizenship Award was conducted....
The international three-day Development Forum took place in Līgatne, Latvia on June 3-5, 2015, as one of the main events in the field of development organized during half of the year that Latvia holds Presidency of the European Union. As part of the process, LAPAS (Latvian Platform for Development Cooperation) organized an event on Community Development from local to global. Around 10 countries represented by community activists and passionate leaders, policy-makers gathered together and focused their conversation on glocalization methodology (interaction between the local and the global) with the hope of increasing public understanding about global issues and their links to people’s everyday life, and how these daily choices of the people carry impact on the global challenges.
The Development Forum aimed at raising public awareness about global development issues and promoted the potential of cooperation initiatives among communities as a tool for global development.
Former scavenger and now UP freshman Francis Nicole Maga shares how she triumphed over life’s challenges The slums are feared for its dark reputation as the nesting grounds for criminals and gangs, a hostile environment even for its inhabitants, and a chaotic place...
On June 18, 2015, the 4th Philippine Urbanization Forum was convened alongside the 25th General Assembly of the Partnership of Philippine Support Service Agencies (PHILSSA) at Bayview Park Hotel in Manila. It was a celebration of the success of PHILSSA as a network...
CODE-NGO conducted a three-agenda meeting last June 15, 2015 at the Ugnayan Hall, PhilDHRRA Partnership Center, Quezon City. It was primarily on: (1.) START Network Preparatory Meeting, (2.) Advocacy Working Group on DRR-CCA, and (3.) Advancing CSO Engagement on DRR-CCA (ACED) Year 3 orientation. This event was participated in by member networks of CODE-NGO involved in DRRM.
Surge Capacity, as defined by People in Aid (2007), is the ability of an organization to scale up (and scale down) resources quickly and effectively to meet increased demand and stabilize or alleviate suffering in any given population during emergencies. START Network, a consortium of 19 leading international humanitarian NGOs, wanted to transform surge capacity in the Philippines by localizing it, improving collaboration among organizations and promoting better engagement with key stakeholders.
As part of the Caucus of Development NGO Network’s (CODE-NGO) aim to continue information exchange among civil society organizations (CSOs) on social development issues, regular online fora through its Facebook page:...