 Experts help Anti-Corruption Groups Manage Volunteers
3 July 2008 - The Asia Foundation (TAF) and VSO Bahaginan have been engaging in partnerships to provide
technical assistance on volunteer programme development and management to various
development organizations. VSO Bahaginan trained patient support groups in 2005 and
currently anti-human trafficking organizations. In April 2008 TAF and VSO Bahaginan has again
agreed to work together, this time to assist TAF anti-corruption partners to enable them to
enhance the way they engage volunteers.
From May to September 2008 TAF and VSO Bahaginan
will engage selected anti-corruption groups in
capacity-building activities on volunteer programme
development and management. By the end of these
activities the selected organizations will be able to —
• learn about the experiences of other organizations in volunteer programme
development and management;
• review and assess their current volunteer
management practices using the Volunteer
Management System (VMS) Benchmarking Tool;
and
• produce draft/revised volunteer management
operations manual containing policies and
guidelines in working with volunteers.
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| The PAGCOR Money Machine: Who Spends What, and How?
2 July 2008 - GLORIA MACAPAGAL Arroyo will go down in Philippine history as the president who made gambling the third biggest source of government revenues, after taxes and customs duties. Read more |
| Customs Seizes Goods Worth P65
million and Charges 73 in 13 Cases
2 June 2008 - Over the month ending on May 15, the Run After the Smugglers (RATS) Program of the Bureau of
Customs (BOC) seized cargo worth P 65.3 million and filed 13 cases against 73 people for violations of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines. The seized goods consisted mainly of agricultural
products, namely wheat flour, sugar, and onions, and motor vehicles. Read more |
| Procurement Observers Meet in Davao
29 May 2008 – The Evelio B. Javier Foundation Inc. (EBJFI) organized a dialogue
among Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) observers from civil society organizations
(CSOs) on May 29-30, 2008 in Davao City. The dialogue is part of the Government and
Civil Society Partnership Building for the Institutionalization of CSO Bids and Awards
Committee Observers project being implemented
by EBJFI. The project aims to develop a system of coordination and deployment of
CSO BAC observers to strengthen civil society participation in procurement activities.
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| Beyond Threshold
19 May 2008 – The Philippines is currently vying for Compact
funding from the United States' Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC), which will
entitle the government from $60 to $600M in grant support to improve health and education
and to build infrastructure. Read more
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