The Ateneo School of Government – Government Watch started the implementation of the project “Combating Corruption through School-Based Monitoring of Education Services in the Philippines: Establishing G-Watch Local Hubs,” shortly known as “DepEd – CSO Local Hubs,” in June 2011 in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) with support…...
Promoting Transparency and Accountability for Right Based Community Forestry in Nepal (Phase 2)
As of 2012, Nepal ranks at 141st place among 176 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), according to Transparency International (TI), a global corruption watchdog. India is ranked at 94th place in the list and China at 80th place. Similarly, Pakistan is ranked in the 139th position alongside Nepal.…...
Promoting Transparency and Accountability for Right Based Community Forestry in Nepal
According to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2010, published by the Transparency International Nepal has stood 146th among 180 countries. It was ranked 143rd in 2009, 121st in 2008, 131st in 2007. The report states political instability, lack of political will and ineffective anti-corruption initiatives are the major factors of corruption.…...
Local Government Budget Accountability in Kenya
Evidence from Vihiga Municipal Council in western Kenya indicates gross abuse of local authority resources e.g. up to the tune of over Ksh. 30 million between 2008/09 and 2009/10 financial years. It is this abuse that led CLARION to intervene, with the aim of contributing to improved accountability and management…...
Conditional Cash Transfer Program Watch in the Philippines
The Conditional Cash Transfer Program (CCTP) or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) has become the largest and core social assistance program in the Philippines. The program is one of the responses of the Philippine government to the challenge of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ......
Capacity-building, Social Auditing and Advocacy for a Stronger Educational System in Honduras
This project was aimed at improving teacher hiring and assignments. To do this, it would train parents and other volunteers to audit teacher assignments, monitor the number of school days each year, follow up on the teacher hiring process, and check teachers’ payroll, as well as take corrective action as…...
Improving School Resource Management in Cameroon
To increase education outcomes and improve on service delivery, Action Group for Democracy and Good Governance collaborated with the school principal of Government Bilingual High School Limbe to monitor service delivery and introduce in-house measures designed to counter corruption and improve on the resource management of PTA and SMB funded…...
Increased Relief Accountability in Cyclone Affected Areas in Ganjam, Odisha
The Phailin Cyclone had left indelible mark on lives and livelihoods of the coastal communities in Ganjam district in general and Behrampur in particular. Youth for Social Development (YSD) undertook rescue and relief activities during and after the Cyclone. However, it was observed from earlier post-disaster experiences that one of…...
Monitoring Procurement, Delivery, and Dispatch of Medicines in the Philippines
The National Citizen’s Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), a local CSO in the Philippines, carried out the “Medicine Monitoring Project” (MMP) in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH). The project first started in 2004 and received funding from PTF in two phases during 2008/2009 and 2010/2011. The first phase…...
Improving Education and Curbing Corruption by Monitoring Textbook Deliveries in the Philippines
Government Watch (G-Watch), a social accountability program connected to the Ateneo School of Government, has established a cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd) and Civil Society Organizations nationwide to implement the “Textbook Count” project. The project was started in 2003 and has continued over the years. It is geared…...
