Robredo, Bag-ao: Empower, collaborate with NGOs for people power governance

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COLLABORATIVE. Rep Leni Robredo and Rep Kaka Bag-ao joined NGOs in their crusade for people power governance. Photo by Tin De Villa/CODE NGO

Newly elected Camarines Sur representative Leni Robredo urges non-government organizations (NGOs) to collaborate  with local governments. At a Wednesday forum by the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO), Robredo says the current relationship between the two is adversarial instead of collaborative, preventing them from working together to implement policies that favor both sectors. CODE presented successful case studies of local government units that adhered to a people-centered governance model. Robredo and Dinagat Rep Kaka Bag-ao stress the importance of institutionalizing people power governance at the national level. They say the government should create avenues that empower NGOs and people’s organizations.

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