In response to the challenging times, the CODE-NGO secretariat took the time to review, develop, and improve organizational policies to continue its mission of providing quality services and programs to its staff, members, and partners under this new normal. In...
CODE-NGO commits to be the trusted national voice of civil society and to advance the capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) for transformative leadership. Specifically, it envisions itself as a competent and credible network of development CSOs sustaining its...
CODE-NGO upholds its mandate to influence public policy through protecting civic spaces andensuring participation in democratic process in the country. At the start of 2021, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) released a Memorandum Circular (MC...
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....
To make the PH-OGP process more strategic, it is critical to continue engaging with the Steering Committees for direction setting and innovation rather than limiting their functions to procedural matters. Communicating what we’re doing and what we’ve done successfully...
The upcoming 2022 national and local elections are going to be a highly demanding test of the Philippine state of democracy. Election day, May 9, 2022, and its outcomes will reflect the integrity of the electoral process. In addition, integrity will also...