Civil society organizations and the local government units of Valencia and San Jose in Negros Oriental participated in a workshop on “Increasing Transparency in Local Governance through Informed Citizens’ Participation,” recently.
The seminar under Code: RED or Reforms for Economic Development, helped LGU executives engaged CSOs on revenue and expenditure management, opening an opportunity to work together in enhancing transparency.
The British Embassy-funded project, Code: RED, is a non-government organization commissioned by the British Embassy to undertake the seminar in cooperation with Social Watch Philippines and Silliman University.
About 60 identified local officials in two separate schedules, each town participated in the workshop at Bethel Guest House, in Dumaguete City.
Aside from civil society, participants include municipal planning officers, treasurers and budget officers in the each LGU.
The activity aimed at capacitating CSOs in understanding the basic local finance and identify it under the Local Government Code, which they participate in the budget deliberations.
A team of local finance experts led by former National Treasurer and Social Watch Philippine Leonor Briones discussed about local public finance and people participation in local budgeting.
Other resource speakers were Jessica Cantos, Cielo Magno and Leilani Galvez, Social Watch Philippines.*
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