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Partisanship and Reform: The Making of a Presidential Campaign[1]
Written by Joel Rocamora   
Thursday, 10 December 2009
"Let's not make the perfect the enemy of the essential."
Barack Obama, February 04, 2009

 

There is real possibility for a significant leap in the reform process in the Philippines after the 2010 elections. If, as seems likely at this time, Noynoy Aquino wins the presidency, a number of converging developments could produce the conditions necessary for change. The first is Noynoy himself, who has successfully embodied the political legacy of his mother Cory, and his father Ninoy. This, in turn, has introduced a new dimension of enthusiastic voluntarism to the election campaign. Finally, the people running Noynoy’s campaign constitute the leading core of an enlarged reform constituency.

 
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Discussion Paper: The Poor in the City after Ondoy
Written by Erik Villanueva   
Friday, 30 October 2009

The major typhoons that hit the Philippines towards the last quarter brought the worst flooding in the greater metropolitan Manila area in four decades. Wide, densely populated areas were inundated, damaging billions worth of infrastructure and affecting more than four million people. Many of those who were chased out of their homes by floodwaters have returned and started rebuilding or have relocated to new communities. But thousands remain in evacuation centers. They are the families of informal settlers living along major waterways that could no longer return to their homes even if floodwaters spawned by the typhoons have completely subsided.

 

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Face to Face: 100 Local Government Champions vs. 4 Presidential Contenders
Written by Lani C. Villanueva   
Friday, 09 October 2009

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Genuine local autonomy to improve delivery of essential services
Local government officials unveil reform agenda for the next president

 

There is a need to reform local-central government relations to enhance delivery of essential services for the poor and achieve fundamental development outcomes. In order to do this, there is a need to go back to the basics of genuine local autonomy. This is the consensus of local chief executives assembled at the AIM Conference Center for a two-day meeting to identify key local governance reforms called “Face to Face: 100 Local Government Champions vs. 4 Presidential Contenders.” Mainly mayors and governors, with a track record on political reform, the participants agreed on a reform agenda that they want the new president in 2010 will adopt to improve local governance.

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Face to Face: 100 Local Government Champions vs. 4 Presidential Contenders NOW AVAILABLE
Face to Face: 100 Local Government Champions vs. 4 Presidential Contenders” convened the most innovative and successful elected local officials in the Philippines. This initiative was conceived by the Institute for Popular Democracy (IPD) and implemented in cooperation with Synergeia Foundation, Galing Pook Foundation, Ateneo School of Government, and Local Governance Support Program in ARMM (LGSPA) and with funding support from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES).

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Southeast Asia Regional Roundtable Strategizing Meeting
On 12-13 October 2009, the Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) is organizing a Southeast Asia Regional Roundtable Strategizing Meeting with the theme "Building Southeast Asia Peoples’ Agenda on Transformative Social Protection as a Democratic and Human Rights Response to the Crisis " at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Conference Center Manila in Makati City, Philippines.

Launching of Kilos Maralita
April 1 (1-5pm), Quezon Memorial Circle - Some 500 urban poor leaders are expected to come together on April 1 at the Quezon Memorial Circle to take part in the launching of a Kilos-Maralita -- a broad coalition of the urban poor with almost 300 member organizations nationwide.
 
The Struggle for the City: The New Character, Approaches and Agenda of Urban Poor Movements in Asian Cities Amid the Global Financial Crisis
On 16-18 February 2009, the Institute for Popular Democracy (IPD) is holding a meeting of urban poor leaders and campaigners from China, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines at Sir William’s Hotel in Quezon City, Philippines to have an exchange of experiences and ideas towards defining the new character, approaches and agenda of urban poor movements in Asian cities amid the global financial crisis. Some 30 participants are expected to take part in this activity.
Highlights of the Seventh Asia-Europe People's Forum (AEPF-7)
The Asia-Europe People's Forum 7 with the theme "For Social and Ecological Justice" took place in Beijing between the 13th and 15th October 2008. Though there were intrinsic limitations and challenges that emerged from the very outset of its preparatory phase, AEPF-7 turned out to be a hugely successful event and a number of of Asia-Europe observers considered it as 'historic'.
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Asembliya ng mga Maralitang Lungsod: "Ang Epekto ng Pandaigdigang Krisis at ang Tugon ng Kilusang Maralita"
December 2, 2008 - Matagal nang nasa krisis ang sitwasyon ng mga maralitang lungsod. Ang kasalukuyang pandaigdigang krisis pang-ekonomiya ay lalo lang magdudulot ng matinding kahirapan at magpapalaki sa bilang ng mga maralita.
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