Since 2009, PTF has financed eight projects with grants totaling $202,000, for projects operated by 4 CSOs in India designed to reduce corruption in PDS (Public Food Distribution Systems). A number of lessons learned from these projects are drawn out and recommendations for future action are provided....
Participatory Monitoring for Barangay Infrastructure and Health Projects in the Province of Isabela
Isabela province is located in the northeastern part of Luzon. Its Governor, Grace Padaca, is one of the country’s young reform minded politicians who is currently serving her second term as Governor of the province. The Governor wished to see a strengthening of citizens' participation in governance, specifically in improving…...
Education Issue Brief
Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report: Education (2013) reinforces the notion that corruption inhibits social and economic development and may even jeopardize stability of a nation’s education system. Opportunity for corruption exists all along the education continuum. The “roots of corrupt practices lie in a lack of transparency and accountability ......
Building a Citizen Monitoring System on Budget Expenditure
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…...
The Conditional Cash Transfer Program Watch Project
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), namely: 1) eradicating extreme poverty…...
Engaging Citizens Against Corruption in Asia: Approaches, Results, and Lessons
This report provides expert advice, case studies and presentations that will help CSOs around the world reach greater impact through their work. It identified ‘constructive engagement with authorities’, ‘innovative use of media’ and ‘political economy analysis’ as some of the most salient challenges to resolve as CSOs take anti-corruption work…...
Protecting, Sustaining and Expanding the Gains of Civil Society Participation in the Department of Education
G-Watch’s five years of successful engagement with the Department of Education provide a model for an enduring public-private partnership in governance. The success may be attributed to a number of factors, such as the presence of a trusted official within the agency who supported and championed the partnership, formulation of…...
Textbook Count 3
Banking on its success in the past three rounds of Textbook Count, the Government Watch (G-Watch) of the Ateneo School of Government took on another challenge of furthering civil society participation in ensuring quality services delivered by the government. The promise of good quality books delivered on schedule, at the…...
Evaluation of “Citizens Against Corruption” Program
John Clark, an international development consultant, former civil society activist and adviser to former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, was commissioned by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), and by the World Bank to evaluate PTF supported projects supported by our “Citizens Against Corruption” and “Good Governance: Community ......