CODE-NGO created the Commission on Institution and Capacity Building (CICB) to strengthen its Human Resource and Organizational Development Program for its member networks and organizations. The CICB has brought about the delivery of training programs in strategic organization development, human resource and financial management, as well as in program development/design, implementation and management, and monitoring and evaluation to meet the capacity-building needs of the governing boards, network secretariat management and staff, and leaders and officers of CODE-NGO member networks. Some of the training programs and seminars organized by CODE-NGO for its members include Kami Naman! Successor Generation Fellowship Program, Building Successful Boards, Labor and Other Laws for NGOs, and Resource Building for Networks Series.
Association of Foundations (AF) – for the “Building Successful Boards” Program
Partnership of Philippine Support Service Agencies (PhilSSA) – for “Successor Generation” Program
Students Formation Network:
– Office of Social Concern and Involvement (OSCI), Ateneo de Manila University and the Ateneo schools network
– Center for Social Concern and Action (COSCA), De La Salle University and the La Salle schools network
– Institutional Network for Social Action (INSA), Miriam College; Center for Social Concern, Assumption College and the Consortium of Women Colleges
– UP Students Catholic Action (UPSCA)
Capacity Development Interventions
On the 5th year of the CODE-NGO Strategic Plan 2012-17, the network continued to implement strategic initiatives under the Membership Program to strengthen the capacities of its member networks as accountable and effective civil society organizations (CSOs). These interventions, overseen by the Commission on Institution and Capacity-Building (CICB), included the following:
Regular Capacity Building Fund
For FY 2016-17, the Board of Trustees approved a total grant of PhP 3,261,577.00 to support member network’s initiatives on organizational development, membership relations, network sustainability, and strengthening of advocacies.
Expanded Capacity Building Fund
Continuing on from the previous fiscal year, CODE-NGO through the support of the Peace and Equity Foundation, completed the implementation of the project “Jumpstarting the CODE-NGO Strategic Capacity Building Program for the Sustainability of Member Networks” in December 2016 and started the implementation of its successor project “Strategic Capacity Building Program for the Sustainability of Member Networks and Base Organizations” on January 1, 2017. The former project concluded with 36 volunteer mentors within the network who were trained on mentoring CSOs in organizational development. These trained mentors proceeded with conducting mentoring visits to their identified mentee CSOs in 2017 and administering the Capacity Assessment Tool (CAT) to determine the capacity building needs of the mentee CSOs. In August to December 2017 the project is set to conduct capacity building workshops on priority organizational development areas of the mentee CSOs.
After the Member Networks (MNs) worked on updating their Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) records, their membership policies, and their monitoring system for the performance of their members in the former project, the MNs started working on preparing documents for the Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC) application and implementing their financial sustainability plans in the later project that will be implemented until December 31, 2017.
The MNs also continued updating their member’s database and as of July 31, 2017, a total of 654 member’s profile were already uploaded in the CODE-NGO database. An additional PhP 10,000,000.00 was invested in 2017 for this project.
Technical Assistance
Supplementary to the capacity building grants for member networks, CODE-NGO implements a technical assistance intervention for its seven priority member networks, CBD, CENVISNET, CORDNET, EVNET, MINCODE, NCSD, and WEVNET. This allows the MNs to work closely with their volunteer mentor on their priority organization development plan for the year.
Members of the Commission on Institution and Capacity Building
- Chairperson: Emmanuel Areno, WEVNet
- Vice Chairperson: Emy Santos, NATCCO
- Ma. Rosario Lopez, AF
- Joy Oropesa-Bañares, CBD
- Abraham Mang-usan, CORDNET
- Aldwin Empaces, CenVISNET
- Ian Mosquisa, EVNet
- Raizsa Mae Anayatin, MINCODE
- Lei Orioste, NCSD
- Enan dela Rosa, PBSP
- Divina Luz Lopez, PHILDHRRA
- Benedict Balderrama, PHILSSA