The Institute of Politics and Governance (IPG) is an education, training and research centre. It works with government and civil society groups to promote participatory democracy, people-centred development and local governance.
One World Action is working with IPG to implement Bayanihan Sa Kalunsuran (BAKAL), a groundbreaking urban governance programme promoting participatory decision-making, poverty reduction and gender equality across 7 regions of the Philippines.
Since 2006 the project has made significant progress in institutionalising participatory governance, strengthening women’s political participation and making local government more responsive and accountable to citizens in the Philippines.
You can visit IPG's website here and watch a video about BAKAL here:
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To know more about the way this project is changing lives read these case studies:
- Barangay Funda Dalipe, San Jose, Antique
- Daraga, Albay
- Consolacion, Cebu City
- Cotabato (part 1)
- Cotabato (part 2)
- Munoz, Nueva Ecija
- Quezon City
- Zamboanga City
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The Institute for Popular Democracy (IPD) was founded in 1986 and conducts research, advocacy and programmes in governance, democracy, social movements and community organising. One World Action is supporting IPD in their work organising poor urban communities to access and manage their water supply.
You can visit IPD's website here.
Read an article about One World Action’s work with IPD in The Independent here.
Read Keira Stephenson's story on water co-operatives in The Philippine Star here.
IPD are the Asia Co-ordinator of the Asia Europe People's Forum (AEPF). AEPF is in an inter-regional network of civil society and social movements across Asia and Europe. AEPF’s most high profile activity is the organisation of a parallel civil society conference to the official Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit every two years. Since its inceptions OWA has played a major role in coordinating and supporting AEPF. The 8th ASEM will be held in Brussels in 2010.
Read the Final Declaration from AEPF7 in Beijing here.
Read the People’s Agenda for Parliamentarians from AEPF7 in Beijing here.
IPD was the regional co-ordinator of One World Action’s regional programme Citizen Participation in Local Governance.
OWA's Citizen Participation in Local Governance programme in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Cambodia supported the implementation of decentralisation by increasing citizen's engagement in local politics and training local officials in participation and governance. In doing so it created a new form of politics - one that put people at the centre.
You can visit CPLG's website here and you can read a summary of CPLG here.
Read the translation of the CPLG Report here.
Read more about decentralisation in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Cambodia here.
One World Action recently launched ‘Women’s Political Participation in the Philippines – Conversations, reflections and recommendations.’
This comprehensive and inspiring report provides a history of the successes and challenges the women’s movements have faced in the Philippines.
Read the full report here.
To read only the case studies click here.
To read the report "En-gendering Local Governance Revitalizing Women's Movement(s): Insights from the Philippines" here.
Read the case studies from the Report "Political Participation Of Community-Based Women Leaders And How It Impacts On Local Politics" below:
1. Case Study Of Batman Interventions
2. Community Organizing among Women in Select Barangays in Western Mindanao under BBGC-Initiated Interventions
3. A Case Study on Women Political Advancement in the Municipality of Catigbian, Bohol
4. A Case Study on Women Political Advancement in the Municipality of Daraga, Albay
5. Case Study on Women Political Advancement in Jagna, Bohol
6. Case Study on Modern Gender Mainstreaming to Empower the New Maria Makilings of Los Banos
7. BATMAN’s Women And Development Program In the Municipality of Mercedes, Eastern Samar
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One World Action is working with the Human, Economic and Ecological Foundation (HEED) to enable the Manobo people in Mindanao to take control over their traditional livelihood by, processing, packaging, and marketing the fish they catch themselves.
The project is funded by TRAID.
Read more about this project here.
Read an article about One World Action’s work with HEED in The Independent here.
The Sustainable Integrated Area Development Initiatives in Mindanao-Convergence for Asset Reform and Rural Development (SIMCARRD) is a consortium of 15 local non-government organisations in Mindanao. SIMCARRD’s goals are to alleviate poverty and bring about peace.
One World Action has supported SIMCARRD and their partners to set up co-operative enterprises.
You can visit SIMCARRD's website here.
