eNews | 28 November 2011 | Visit our website at www.ansa-eap.net
ANSA-EAP News
Forty-four governors of aimags (provinces) and soums (municipalities) took part in a three-day face-to-face “Workshop on Communication and Participatory Local Governance” organized by CommGAP, the East Asia Pacific (EAP) Regional Governance Hub, the World Bank Institute (WBI) and the World Bank-Mongolia country office. Read more.
Checkmyschool.org Evaluates 2011 Operations, Launches “Operation Thank You”
The National Team of Checkmyschool.org (CMS) initiated the assessment of CMS operations for 2011 and outcomes of the Synchronized Community Validation of School Information at El Cielito Inn in Baguio City from 28 to 31 October 2011. CMS Infomediaries from all over the Philippines participated in the assessment. Read more.
Key Stakeholder Groups in Benguet Buy Into Constructive Engagement in Mining
On October 26 and 27, representatives of 3 key stakeholder groups – Indigenous communities from Benguet (barangay Ampucao, Itogon and barangay Camp 3 in Tuba), local governments, CSO’s, and Philex Mining Company, participated in a workshop organized by ANSA-EAP. Held at the Maryknoll Ecological Center in Campo Sioco, Baguio City, the workshop aimed for the participants to understand and figure out how Community Scorecards may be used as a tool for social accountability, particularly, enabling communities to demand accountability from government and mining companies. Read more.
Transparency International launched GATEway, a website which aims to help make sense of the various methods for measuring and analyzing corruption. It allows users of the site to compare and choose among existing approaches.
The third issue of Connecting the dots, ANSA South Asia Region’s newsletter, can be downloaded here.
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