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TPA Now! Understanding the Gaps in Teaching Quality in the Philippines
This paper, the 4th in the Special Policy Edition of TPA Now!, presents the situation of teachers and their lived experiences, the state of response of the government to improve teaching quality and the ways forward based on the Multiply-Ed E-Skwela forum on February 14, 2025, Multiply-Ed’s phase 2 monitoring and recent related reports and studies.
This paper, the 4th in the Special Policy Edition of TPA Now!, presents the situation of teachers and their lived experiences, the state of response of the government to improve teaching quality and the ways forward based on the Multiply-Ed E-Skwela forum on February 14, 2025, Multiply-Ed’s phase 2 monitoring and recent related reports and studies.
Making Public Education Inclusive to Marginalized Learners
This fifth issue of the TPA Now! Special Education and Health Policy Edition highlights efforts to make public education inclusive to marginalized learners. It shares existing efforts of the government, as well as lessons learned by Multiply-Ed on what civil society can do to make schools more inclusive based on the experience of Gayon Albay LGBTQ Organization Inc. (Gayon). Gayon is an organization whose mission is to empower local LGBTQIA+ communities in the Bicol Region.
This fifth issue of the TPA Now! Special Education and Health Policy Edition highlights efforts to make public education inclusive to marginalized learners. It shares existing efforts of the government, as well as lessons learned by Multiply-Ed on what civil society can do to make schools more inclusive based on the experience of Gayon Albay LGBTQ Organization Inc. (Gayon). Gayon is an organization whose mission is to empower local LGBTQIA+ communities in the Bicol Region.
TPA Now! Building Transparency, Participation, and Accountability in BARMM Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
The challenge of transformative impact of transparency, participation and accountability (TPA) initiatives points to the need for a different way of doing accountability. To advance the discourse and practice of ‘strategic TPA,’ Government Watch (G-Watch), in partnership with Accountability Research Center (ARC), launches TPA Now!
The challenge of transformative impact of transparency, participation and accountability (TPA) initiatives points to the need for a different way of doing accountability. To advance the discourse and practice of ‘strategic TPA,’ Government Watch (G-Watch), in partnership with Accountability Research Center (ARC), launches TPA Now!
TPA Now! Rebooting Accountability: An Introduction to the TPA Now! Paper Series
The challenge of transformative impact of transparency, participation and accountability (TPA) initiatives points to the need for a different way of doing accountability. To advance the discourse and practice of ‘strategic TPA,’ Government Watch (G-Watch), in partnership with Accountability Research Center (ARC), launches TPA Now!
The challenge of transformative impact of transparency, participation and accountability (TPA) initiatives points to the need for a different way of doing accountability. To advance the discourse and practice of ‘strategic TPA,’ Government Watch (G-Watch), in partnership with Accountability Research Center (ARC), launches TPA Now!
Ateneo FactCheck 2013/ PODER Rapid Assessment of the 2013 Elections
This assessment is part of the Ateneo FactCheck 2013, presented during the Ateneo Post 2013 Election Summit.
This assessment is part of the Ateneo FactCheck 2013, presented during the Ateneo Post 2013 Election Summit.
G-Watch Technology for Monitoring Compliance with Human Rights
This is an attempt to superimpose the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) to the Social Accountability approach of G-Watch. HRBA provides a set of normative standards based on the corpus of international human rights law against which the government can be held accountable. Social Accountability and HRBA are complementary as they share common principles: people empowerment, civic engagement and accountability.
This is an attempt to superimpose the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) to the Social Accountability approach of G-Watch. HRBA provides a set of normative standards based on the corpus of international human rights law against which the government can be held accountable. Social Accountability and HRBA are complementary as they share common principles: people empowerment, civic engagement and accountability.
Expenditure Monitoring in the Philippines: A Rapid Scan of the Experience (Draft)
The attempt of civil society to venture into expenditure monitoring is a huge challenge. It is a new terrain that involves technicalities and requires access to critical processes and documents of the government.
The attempt of civil society to venture into expenditure monitoring is a huge challenge. It is a new terrain that involves technicalities and requires access to critical processes and documents of the government.
It’s the (Non-) System, Stupid! Explaining ‘Mal-development’ of Parties in the Philippines
This chapter will search for an aspect of political parties that: can explain the mal-development of party politics in the country; and can provide a feasible point of reference for party reform measures. It studies the current system (or the institutional-legal context within which parties operate), to explain the behaviors that the system elicits given its characteristics and features. Embedded in these laws and institutions are power relations that are then perpetuated by the state of politics and the existing political culture.
This chapter will search for an aspect of political parties that: can explain the mal-development of party politics in the country; and can provide a feasible point of reference for party reform measures. It studies the current system (or the institutional-legal context within which parties operate), to explain the behaviors that the system elicits given its characteristics and features. Embedded in these laws and institutions are power relations that are then perpetuated by the state of politics and the existing political culture.
Perspectives of the Reform-Minded on the Political Party Reform Legislation
This paper aims to put together the thinking, discussions and debates of the reform-minded societal groups on the proposed Political Party Reform Bill based on the activities initiated by the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) with support from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in the Philippines. It is a way of summarizing the discussion and debates that the said proposed legislation had ensued among circles of reform-oriented groups and formations. In particular, this paper presents the following:
This paper aims to put together the thinking, discussions and debates of the reform-minded societal groups on the proposed Political Party Reform Bill based on the activities initiated by the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) with support from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in the Philippines. It is a way of summarizing the discussion and debates that the said proposed legislation had ensued among circles of reform-oriented groups and formations. In particular, this paper presents the following:
Democratizing Election through Campaign Finance Reforms
A book chapter that discusses one of the challenges to Philippine democracy – poorly regulated campaign finance – highlighting the importance of making elections inclusive and democratic by making them competitive and fair.
A book chapter that discusses one of the challenges to Philippine democracy – poorly regulated campaign finance – highlighting the importance of making elections inclusive and democratic by making them competitive and fair.
Stability and Performance of Political Parties in Southeast Asia: Philippines, Party-Less No More? (Emerging Practices of Party Politics in the Philippines)
The study conducted by the Philippine research team aims to baseline the organizational performance and stability of selected political parties in the Philippines. From the parties’ profiles, we extracted some comparative points that will allow elucidation on the overall picture of party performance and stability in the Philippines. This is a chapter by Aceron in the book, Stability and Performance of Political Parties in Southeast Asia – How Parties Work on the Ground.
The study conducted by the Philippine research team aims to baseline the organizational performance and stability of selected political parties in the Philippines. From the parties’ profiles, we extracted some comparative points that will allow elucidation on the overall picture of party performance and stability in the Philippines. This is a chapter by Aceron in the book, Stability and Performance of Political Parties in Southeast Asia – How Parties Work on the Ground.
Poolitikang Pinoy 2013 (PoP 2013)
PoP 2013 is a data pooling initiative of the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) that aims to arm the citizens with facts and data on candidates for and selected critical issues relevant to the 2013 elections, thereby, facilitating and empowering their engagement as political actors during elections. PoP 2013 aims to simplify and clarify the otherwise muddled-up issues by gathering important data and figures, and processing them into simple fact sheets that enable citizens to understand, engage in and possibly influence the development and outcome of election issues.
PoP 2013 is a data pooling initiative of the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) that aims to arm the citizens with facts and data on candidates for and selected critical issues relevant to the 2013 elections, thereby, facilitating and empowering their engagement as political actors during elections. PoP 2013 aims to simplify and clarify the otherwise muddled-up issues by gathering important data and figures, and processing them into simple fact sheets that enable citizens to understand, engage in and possibly influence the development and outcome of election issues.
Poolitikang Pinoy 2010 (PoP 2010)
PoP 2010 is a data pooling initiative of the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) that aims to arm the citizens with facts and data on candidates for and selected critical issues relevant to the 2010 elections, thereby, facilitating and empowering their engagement as political actors during elections. PoP 2010 aims to simplify and clarify the otherwise muddled-up issues by gathering important data and figures, and processing them into simple fact sheets that enable citizens to understand, engage in and possibly influence the development and outcome of election issues.
PoP 2010 is a data pooling initiative of the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) that aims to arm the citizens with facts and data on candidates for and selected critical issues relevant to the 2010 elections, thereby, facilitating and empowering their engagement as political actors during elections. PoP 2010 aims to simplify and clarify the otherwise muddled-up issues by gathering important data and figures, and processing them into simple fact sheets that enable citizens to understand, engage in and possibly influence the development and outcome of election issues.
Building on the Basics: Leadership, Local Governance and Nation-Building
A chapter by La Viña and Aceron in the book, Agenda for Hope: Democratizing Governance. This chapter proposes a movement for nation-building among reformist leaders from the different local government units (LGUs), the bureaucracy, the citizens’ groups, and even among the circles of some modernizing elites, that would develop a system of synergy and interdependence to be able to connect their efforts, share a common vision for the country, and eventually execute a coordinated strategy of capturing power at the national level.
A chapter by La Viña and Aceron in the book, Agenda for Hope: Democratizing Governance. This chapter proposes a movement for nation-building among reformist leaders from the different local government units (LGUs), the bureaucracy, the citizens’ groups, and even among the circles of some modernizing elites, that would develop a system of synergy and interdependence to be able to connect their efforts, share a common vision for the country, and eventually execute a coordinated strategy of capturing power at the national level.
Politicization of Allocation and the Persistent Problem of School Building Shortage in the Philippines
After round of monitoring of school building projects (SBPs) under the Bayanihang Eskwela, G-Watch has persistently encountered issues on allocation. This led G-Watch to inquire about the standard involving allocation. Is it a standard for a congressman to have his own list? Is it a standard for DepEd/DPWH to follow the congressman’s list? What are the criteria used in determining where to allocate SBPs? What is the standard process of allocation? Is realignment part of the standard process? When can SBPs be realigned? And for what reasons should it be allowed?
After round of monitoring of school building projects (SBPs) under the Bayanihang Eskwela, G-Watch has persistently encountered issues on allocation. This led G-Watch to inquire about the standard involving allocation. Is it a standard for a congressman to have his own list? Is it a standard for DepEd/DPWH to follow the congressman’s list? What are the criteria used in determining where to allocate SBPs? What is the standard process of allocation? Is realignment part of the standard process? When can SBPs be realigned? And for what reasons should it be allowed?
G-Watch Assessment of the Responsiveness of the Education Budget Allocation for the Year 2009
This study looked at whether the following government services have been allocated where they are really needed most or where there is shortage. It sought to find out explanations for misallocation that can inform possible policy/implementation reform proposals.
This study looked at whether the following government services have been allocated where they are really needed most or where there is shortage. It sought to find out explanations for misallocation that can inform possible policy/implementation reform proposals.
Guidelines for the Sustained National Implementation of CSO Participation in the Department of Education (DepEd) (Draft)
This strategy paper is a comprehensive guide for the sustainability of CSO-government engagement in the Department of Education (DepEd). While comprehensive–it covers the different avenues of participation in DepEd–it focuses on a mechanism entirely new for both the Department and civil society, the Agency Procurement Compliance Performance Indicators (APCPI). The other participatory mechanisms refer to budgeting and planning, procurement, and school-based monitoring.
This strategy paper is a comprehensive guide for the sustainability of CSO-government engagement in the Department of Education (DepEd). While comprehensive–it covers the different avenues of participation in DepEd–it focuses on a mechanism entirely new for both the Department and civil society, the Agency Procurement Compliance Performance Indicators (APCPI). The other participatory mechanisms refer to budgeting and planning, procurement, and school-based monitoring.
Enhancing Women’s Representation in Local Special Bodies Toward a Gender-Responsive and Performing Local Governance in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
This paper looks into the gender-responsiveness of local governance in the ARMM and presents propositions to enhance the representation of women in local special bodies in the region.
This paper looks into the gender-responsiveness of local governance in the ARMM and presents propositions to enhance the representation of women in local special bodies in the region.
Opening Government? The Case of the Philippines in the Open Government Partnership
This study explores whether and how Philippine open government reformers have been able to leverage the Open Government Partnership (OGP) mechanisms, processes, spaces, and assistance to improve government responsiveness and accountability. Specifically, it examines the outcomes of the country’s engagement with OGP, viewed through the institutionalization of the open government agenda at the national level, and the presence (or absence) of a strong OGP thrust in the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BuB) at the local level.
This study explores whether and how Philippine open government reformers have been able to leverage the Open Government Partnership (OGP) mechanisms, processes, spaces, and assistance to improve government responsiveness and accountability. Specifically, it examines the outcomes of the country’s engagement with OGP, viewed through the institutionalization of the open government agenda at the national level, and the presence (or absence) of a strong OGP thrust in the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BuB) at the local level.
Citizen Reform Agenda 2010: For Candidates and Political Parties of the Upcoming 2010 Elections
Citizen Reform Agenda 2010 or CReforms 2010 is a consultation process initiated by the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) through its PODER program that aims to bring together the broadest possible representation of citizen organizations in the country to identify key reform agenda or issues that candidates and political parties must address for the 2010 elections. The reform agenda were divided into five major themes:
Citizen Reform Agenda 2010 or CReforms 2010 is a consultation process initiated by the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) through its PODER program that aims to bring together the broadest possible representation of citizen organizations in the country to identify key reform agenda or issues that candidates and political parties must address for the 2010 elections. The reform agenda were divided into five major themes: