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University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
The 2012 World Risk report ranked the Philippines third out of 173 countries in terms of disaster risk. It has ranked 4thin the 2016 Germanwatch Climate Risk Index Report and 1stin 2013 after typhoon Yolanda – the strongest storm to make landfall in recent history – hit the country. The country is prone to multiple recurring hazards such as cyclones, floods, earthquakes, and landslides. Already today, 20 typhoons at least hit the Philippines every year.
Best Western Plus Lex, Cebu City
G-Watch will be holding its National Meeting and Learning Exchange in Cebu City. The said event will bring together key leaders of G-Watch sites/ hubs and partners all over the country for an annual updating and strategizing, as well as key ally civil society organizations and government offices for learning exchanges.
This year's edition of the annual event hopes to achieve the following:
Manila; Naga City; Puerto Princesa City, Dumaguete City; San Miguel, Bohol; Tacloban City, Southern Leyte; Cebu; Bacolod City; Island Garden City of Samal
Simultaneous activities (forum, radio-hopping, exhibit, fund-raising, concert, pageant, sportsfest) in different sites of G-Watch all over the country that will create awareness on the importance of transparency, participation and accountability, especially given today’s context. The events will also kick off the various monitoring initiatives of G-Watch in different localities and it action research on key poverty reduction programs.
Why is G-Watch conducting an Awareness-Raising Campaign?
Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City
Ako, Ikaw, Tayo May Pananagutan 2018
G-Watch's Awareness-Raising Activity
Government Watch (G-Watch) has been one of the pioneers of citizens' monitoring of government performance, acting as an independent watchdog to hold government to account and improve governance. We have monitored procurements as well as several key service delivery and programs on education, health, social services, infrastructure, to name a few.
Astoria Plaza, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
The roundtable discussion is a space for stakeholders and actors of open government in the Philippines to reflect and discuss the impact and lessons of the Philippine experience on key open government reforms in recent years, especially in light of political transition.
Puerto Princesa City
On October 4-6, 2017 in Puerto Princesa City, a number of new potential cadre recruits will undergo the G-Watch's Citizen Action for Accountability Training that the G-Watch Center is currently developing. Part of the training is the pilot run of a budget tracking of the Community Development Fund (CDF) of barangays deemed critical to be engaged by the Community-Based Sustainable Tourism (BSCT) leaders, who are the lead constituencies of G-Watch-Puerto Princesa.
Astoria Plaza, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
The Philippines is home to some of the known approaches and innovation on Transparency-Participation-Accountability (TPA). It has received numerous international recognitions for its TPA work; and some of its leaders are known international actors in the TPA field.
Sibagat, Agusan Del Sur (May 8), Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte (May 11), Tagbilaran City, Bohol (May 17), Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental (May 24), Tacloban City (July 21), Maasin City, Southern Leyte (July 24)
What transpired in the country's politics in the last months requires deep reflection and introspection on what have governance reforms achieved and not achieved, its unintended consequences and the possible ill-effects of how it was popularized and practiced under the previous administration.
Astoria Plaza, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
G-Watch convened the research grantees of the Making All Voices Count (MAVC) to learn from each other's work, explore plans for research uptake, and think through the questions of sustainability of the gains of citizen engagement.
Richmonde Hotel, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
G-Watch convened civil society organizations working on education for a round-table discussion with the World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (WB IEG) to discuss the current state of Philippine education, particularly focusing on citizen engagement in education governance. The discussion served as inputs to the evaluation being conducted by the World Bank on two completed projects with the Department of Education - the National Program Support for Basic Education, and Support for Basic Education Sector project.
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G-Watch Program for NSTP/ OJT Students Launched
Last February 20, a G-Watch program under the National Service Training Program (NSTP) was launched at Kuting Reef, Southern Leyte. A product of the partnership between Government Watch (G-Watch) and the College of Maasin (CM), the program covers students taking up on-the-job training (OJT) and civic engagement, who will be mobilized to monitor health services.
G-Watch welcomes 2023 with 2nd Learning Exchange with Accountability Frontliners
G-Watch welcomes 2023 with 2nd Learning Exchange with Accountability Frontliners
Government Watch (G-Watch) greeted the new year by holding its Second Learning Exchange in Iloilo City on January 6-9, 2023. Held in cooperation with Accountability Research Center (ARC), the event was attended by accountability frontliners and G-Watch volunteers from eight G-Watch sites: Puerto Princesa, Lanao del Sur, Dumaguete, Cebu City, Naga, Bacolod, Southern Leyte, and Sibagat, Agusan del Sur with the Integrity Watch for Accountable Governance (IWAG).
A new national civil society network trained to monitor education budget and procurement
Last September 23-25, around 70 youth participants from the National Capital Region (NCR), Bicol, Palawan, Cebu, Northern Mindanao, and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) came together to attend the Multiply-Ed Division-level and National-level Briefing Orientation Seminar to be held in Acacia Hotel, Davao City.
G-Watch conducts discussion on 4Ps listing process
By: Victoria Maglanque
Last July, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced that it will remove 1.3 million Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries as part of its efforts to clean the 4Ps list.[1] This generated renewed discussions about the program and the “worthiness” of some 4Ps beneficiaries to be included in it.
Searching for TPA Direction in Agusan del Sur
By: Gary Garcia, Integrity Watch for Accountable Governance (IWAG)
Government Watch (G-Watch) conducted a forum on the direction and priority agenda for transparency, participation and accountability (TPA) under the new administration. Held last August 5, the forum was attended by key leaders from civil society, including Integrity Watch for Accountable Governance (IWAG), Bayugan City Pag-Asa Youth Association of the Philippines (BCPYAP) and Agusan Youth Alliance Network (AYAN), as well as allies from the local government of Sibagat.
G-Watch Holds Discussion in Dumaguete on TPA Direction
Government Watch (G-Watch) conducted a forum on the direction and priority agenda for transparency, participation and accountability (TPA) under the new administration.
Held last July 15, the forum was attended by key leaders from civil society and allies from the local government of Dumaguete, the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation, the Local Youth Development Office and barangay officials of Balugo and Buñao.
G-Watch Holds Series of Discussions with Bacolod Leaders and Activists
Government Watch (G-Watch) held a series of discussions with Bacolod activists and leaders that aim to reflect on and assess the result of the 2022 elections and the recent and ongoing reform campaigns of Bacolod social movements.
Citizen Monitoring Group Calls on Voters to Turn the 2022 Polls Into an Accountability Platform
Accountability frontliners from various parts of the country have recently urged voters to turn the upcoming May elections into an “accountability process, where candidates have to be made answerable for their performance or lack thereof.”
G-Watch Holds Annual Accountability Awareness-Raising Campaign
On the third year of the pandemic, Government Watch (G-Watch) held its annual Ako, Ikaw, Tayo May Pananagutan accountability awareness-raising campaign last week.
G-Watch Convenor-Director Delivers a Lecture on the "Right Vote" in 2022
Government Watch (G-Watch) Convenor-Director and Accountability Research Center research affiliate-adviser Joy Aceron delivered an online lecture on importance of the upcoming 2022 presidential elections. Held on 26 November 2021, the event was organized by the De La Salle University (DLSU) Integrated School Libraries and was attended by more 170 college and senior high school students. It was part of the University’s celebration of National Book Week, which had the theme “Why Choosing the Right Leader is Not a Laughing Matter?”