IBON Info
October 14, 2009
 
Instead of appeals for more foreign aid to rehabilitate the country from the effects of disasters, research group IBON urges government to cancel debt payments and free up resources for relief and rehabilitation.

According to research head Sonny Africa, “Environmental shifts mean that extreme weather events will become more frequent and there must be much greater investments in the country’s disaster preparedness.”
 

AidWatch Statement on Reforming the Philippine ODA System Submitted to the House of Representatives Oversight Committee during the committee hearing on Res. 231 (HR 821) "Inquiry into the status of Official Development Assistance (ODA) grants and other aids received by the Philippines"
March 4, 2009

December 15, 2008
Andaya Hall, Congress of the Philippines

The briefing was attended by three members of the Congressional Oversight Committee on the Official Development Assistance (COCODA) re Presiding Chairperson Congressman Jeci A. Lapuz, Congresswoman Liwayway Vinzons-Chato, Bayan Muna Party List Representative Congressman Teodoro Casińo, the representative of Congressman Exequiel Javier (COCODA Chairperson) – Engr. Ernesto Villoso, Head Consultant of the COCODA, members of the committee staff, AidWatch Philippines, the Council for Peoples’ Development and Governance (CPDG). Anakpawis Party List Representative Congressman Rafael Mariano, also attended the briefing.

October 13, 2008
Sulu Hotel Grand Ballroom

The briefing was an initiative of the AidWatch Philippines in cooperation with the Reality of Aid (RoA). The activity aimed to bring together members of the civil society, donors and government and stimulate discussion and identify future engagements between and among the multi-stakeholders in connection with the main document of the High Level Forum Three which is the Accra Action Agenda (AAA).

A Summary

The following is the summative report of the national consultation on civil society organizations on aid effectiveness initiated by AidWatch Philippines led by IBON Foundation, Incorporated (IBON) and the Council for People's Development and Governance (CPDG); in cooperation with the Reality of Aid (RoA), and with the support from the Canadian International Development Agency and the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA). The initiative – the Philippine-level consultations on civil society organizations and aid effectiveness – is part of the on-going discussions initiated by the Advisory Group on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness under the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness of the High Level Forum 3. It was conceived following the successful meeting of Philippine CSOs with NEDA on September 17, 2007 where the participants collectively saw the need for a CSO-initiated tri-partite effort where government, donors and CSOs can come together and deepen collaboration towards making aid more effective under the Paris Declaration.

We, members of AidWatch Philippines and coming from civil society, unite on the challenge of making the country’s aid system more meaningful for genuine social development. We will exert our best efforts to contribute to improving this.