This paper provides readers with the basic idea of how demand for good governance (DFGG) strategies, in particular social accountability (SA) strategies, can be employed to help citizens demand greater authority responsiveness and thereby enhance their living conditions....
Building Citizen Monitoring System on Budget Expenditure Accountability in the Education Sector
Corruption in the education sector in Indonesia is becoming a more pressing issue given the substantial increase in public funds channeled into this sector, after the national constitution mandated an education budget of - at least - 20 percent of the national budget, starting from 2009. However, corruption and inefficiency…...
Building Citizens’ Capacity to Monitor Road Projects
This project trained citizens to monitor the implementation of Farm to Market Road (FMR) projects in the provinces of Veruela, Agusan Del Norte and Agusan Del Sur. The goal was to build the capacity of ordinary citizens to effectively monitor government road construction projects and thereby creating “demand” for quality…...
Citizen Watchdogs for Good Governance
This project aimed to solve problems within the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program in the Philippines through a better understanding of 'benefit gaps' in the program and its impact on reducing poverty. Activities employed included the signing of memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the different partner agencies, passing of a…...
Applied Social Accountability at the Community Level
This sub-project developed a mechanism for citizens to promote greater transparency and accountability for more efficient and effective service delivery and community development initiatives undertaken under the Philippines Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program. Selected Parent Leaders of the CCT program were trained on social accountability approaches and guided on their…...
Strengthening Local Capacities in Good Governance
CSO: Kalinga Apayao Religious Sector Association (KARSA) This sub-project aimed to start citizen engagement activities in five barangays of Tabuk City by establishing barangay monitoring teams and hosting a series of of trainings and seminar workshops for the newly created monitoring teams, barangay government officials and the general public....
Strengthening Capacities of Duty Bearers and Empowering Rural Women and Children Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
The objective of this sub-project was to reduce incidence of Gender-Based Violence in the Province of Agusan del Norte by strengthening capacities of “duty bearers” and empowering women and children “rights holders”. A community-based support system was created through this sub-project and extensive training activities were imparted at both government…...
Assessment of the Implementation of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) in the Municipality of Nasipit and Involvement of Stakeholders in BUB Livelihood Project for Food Security and Self-sufficiency
This sub-project aimed to establish a mechanism towards mainstreaming the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) beneficiaries into the socio-economic development of the municipality’ by linking the CCT program with an expanded Bottoms-Up Budgeting program where the CCT beneficiaries would have opportunity to participate in the identification and budgeting of community anti-poverty…...
Piloting the DBM Handbook on Civil Society Organization’s Participation in the Budgeting Process thru a Tripartite Approach in Participatory Governance in Surigao City
This sub-project sought to make the Philippines Department of Budget and Management's Handbook on Civil Society Organizations Participation in the Budgeting Process more accessible to citizens by transforming it into an illustrated (comics format) version. The handbook served as practical guide for local government and CSOs/citizen collaboration in the preparation…...
Developing and Strengthening Capacities of Local Government Unit and Citizens Groups Towards Institutionalization of a Joint LGU-CSO/PVO Monitoring and Evaluation System for National Government Programs and Projects
This project sought to mobilize, organize, and strengthen the capacities of Turbod municipality’s volunteer citizens groups to monitor and report on the implementation of government-funded infrastructure projects. The project institutionalized a mechanism that adopted transparency and accountability measures in the implementation of national government programs and projects while developing and…...
