watch-north-cotabato-case-study.pdf (812.32 KB) How can ordinary citizens pressure local officialstorespond to their demands? The people from the province of North Cotabato in Mindanao seemsto have found a solution and areisattempting to further enhance it.
This case is about how an organization attempts a strategic shift: from pressure/ protest-only approach to employing an integrated approach: pressure politics and constructive engagement. This case investigates what the enabling factors were of such a strategic shift and the challenges involved in going through with it. Since the strategic shift also involved the use of digital technology as facilitated by a global program (Making All Voices Count), the case also reflects on when and how digital technology worked (in this case, did not work) to support the work of an organization.
Introduction
The Actors and their Partnership
Defining the Strategic Shift and the Rationale for it
Enablng Factors: Partnership, Organization and Learning
Initial Gains
Challenges
References
Forward