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eNews | 07 April 2011 | Visit our website at www.ansa-eap.net


Cambodia Exposure Visit to the Philippines

DFGG with Mayor Baby CongcoTen Cambodian delegates from the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of National Assembly, Provincial Government, various civil society organizations and the media arrived in the Philippines for a five-day exposure visit last February 20, 2010.

Organized by ANSA-EAP as part of The World Bank’s Demand for Good Governance (DFGG) Project, the visit aimed to enhance the delegates’ knowledge of various local governance initiatives in the Philippines that adopt social accountability mechanisms.

ANSA-EAP Updates

Practitioners Profile. This month, we feature the stories of Prof. Eli Ricote, President of the Association of Schools of Public Administration in the Philippines (ASPAP) and ANSA-EAP Facilitators Pool member; and Mr. San Chey, ANSA-EAP Network Fellow for Cambodia.

Feature: Mongolia SAcLAP. Read about the past and upcoming activities under the year-long Mongolia Social Accountability Learning-in-Action Program.

Checkmyschool.org now in Tacloban and Leyte. Jumpstarting the rollout of Checkmyschool.org in the region, a road show was held last 26 March 2011 in Palo, Leyte, one of the pilot municipalities. The municipalities of Alangalang, Carigara, Jaro, Sta. Fe, Tunga, and the city of Tacloban complete the roster of pilot sites in the province.

NLCGG Partner Institutionalizes Social Accountability.
The Episcopal Diocese of Santiago, a member of the Northern Luzon Coalition for Good Governance (NLCGG), has institutionalized social accountability as one of its core endeavors through a resolution .

Partner News. The mapping study on Participatory Planning in East Asia was featured in the inaugural issue of ANSA-EAP research partner Society for Participatory Research in Asia’s (PRIA) newsletter.


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