BANTAY FOI! SULONG FOI! 19 July 2011We are organizations and individuals from various sectors of Philippine society who are advocates of freedom of information (FOI), a right guaranteed by our Constitution. Today we launch Bantay FOI! Sulong FOI!, the new phase of...
CODE-NGO conducts a reflection workshop on Constructive Engagement with the PNoy administration In the first three quarters of the Aquino administration (July 2010 to March 2011), many government agencies established CSO desks or partnership offices to facilitate and...
This time I’ll remember well Katryn Anne Uytiepo When Simone Weil was still a college student, the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir went to find her to strike up a conversation. Weil mused that the only thing that mattered in the world today was the revolution...
Some Gains, More Frustration: CSOs’ Participation in the Philippine Development Planning (PDP) Process Various civil society organizations (CSOs) which had been engaging the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and other government agencies in the...
UN Civil Society Assembly takes stock and sets new direction for 2011-2013The United Nations - Civil Society Assembly (UN-CSA) convened this year from May 11-13, 2011 to undergo review as well as to plan for the next two years. The UN-CSA, currently composed of 70...
Legitimacy, transparency and accountability of CSOs in Japan and the PhilippinesLast April 24-28, 2011, CODE-NGO was host to Mr. Yoshiharu Shiraishi, Research Associate of the Japan Association of Charitable Organizations (JACO), a national network of non-profit...