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The Cabinet Cluster on Good Governance and Anti-Corruption was created by virtue of Executive Order No. 43, Pursuing our social contract with the Filipino People through the reorganization of the Cabinet Clusters. As mandated, the Cluster shall promote transparency, accountability, participatory governance, and strengthening of public institutions. It shall also work to regain the trust and confidence of the public in government. Upholding transparency in government transactions and our commitment to combating graft and corruption. Strengthening of the capacity of government institutions to link their respective budgets with performance outcomes and enabling citizens and civil society to monitor and evaluate these;
c. A professional, motivated and energized bureaucracy with adequate means to perform their public service missions;
d. Improvement of public sector asset and resource management and revenue performance; and
e. Establishing an improved policy and regulatory environment that will reduce the cost of doing business in the country and improve competition. The Governance Cluster is Chaired by His Excellency President Benigno Aquino III. Members of the Cluster are as follows:

Secretary, Department of Budget and Management
Secretary, Department of Finance
Secretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government
Secretary, Department of Justice
Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry
Head, Presidential Legislative Liaison Office
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel
The Department of Budget and Management is assigned as Secretariat of the Governance Cluster. The Governance Cluster Secretariat also serves as the technical secretariat for the Philippine Open Government Partnership.

โ€œ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.โ€  During the Regiona...
23/10/2026

โ€œ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.โ€

During the Regional Fiscal Priorities and Economic Dialogue in Davao City, Mr. Joemil Montebon of the Sustainable Coconut Supply Chain Foundation Inc. highlighted the importance of ensuring that community recommendations and monitoring findings lead to meaningful government responses.

Drawing from civil society experiences in local poverty reduction planning, bottom-up budgeting, and third-party monitoring, he pointed to the challenge of having observations and recommendations documented without sufficient follow-through.

Meaningful participation requires more than collecting feedback. It calls for clear mechanisms that show how recommendations are considered, what actions are taken, and how communities can track progress.

The dialogue reinforced the importance of closing the feedback loop between government and civil society to strengthen public accountability and ensure that public resources respond to the needs identified on the ground.

๐Ÿ“ ๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐——๐—œ ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฆ๐—” ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ก๐—”๐—š๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐— ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—” ๐—”๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—š๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—ข ๐—ก๐—š ๐—•๐—จ๐——๐—š๐—˜๐—ง!Kalsada? Ospital? Paaralan? Mahalaga ang boses ng mg...
23/10/2026

๐Ÿ“ ๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐——๐—œ ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฆ๐—” ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ก๐—”๐—š๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐— ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—” ๐—”๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—š๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—ข ๐—ก๐—š ๐—•๐—จ๐——๐—š๐—˜๐—ง!

Kalsada? Ospital? Paaralan? Mahalaga ang boses ng mga komunidad sa pagtukoy kung anong mga proyekto ang dapat unahing isaalang-alang sa bawat rehiyon.

Sa ilalim ng DBMโ€“DEPDev JMC No. 1, s. 2026, mas pinapalakas ang papel ng Regional Development Councils (RDCs) sa paghahanda ng FY 2028 National Budget.

Susuriin at tutukuyin ng RDCs ang mga prayoridad mula sa mga panukalang binuo ng agency regional offices, kasama ang inputs ng stakeholders. Isasaalang-alang ang mga plano ng rehiyon at kahandaan ng mga proyekto bago isumite ang mga prayoridad sa agency central offices para sa konsiderasyon sa pagbuo ng kanilang budget proposals.

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜. Dahil ang maayos na pagpaplano ay nagsisimula sa pag-unawa sa pangangailangan ng bawat komunidad.

โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—š๐—ฃ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜.โ€ During the Third Quarter Philippi...
23/10/2026

โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—š๐—ฃ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜.โ€

During the Third Quarter Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) Steering Committee Meeting on 1 October 2026, Undersecretary Bayani H. Agabin of the Department of Finance (DOF) reaffirmed the Departmentโ€™s commitment to advancing open government through the Philippine Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (PH-EITI). He emphasized that open government must go beyond reporting accomplishments and focus on creating mechanisms that communities and local governments can meaningfully use.

As a commitment holder under the 6th PH-OGP National Action Plan (NAP), the DOF highlighted its efforts to strengthen subnational extractive governance through collaboration with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), community-level stakeholder engagement, and more accessible information for local planning and decision-making.

His message underscores the importance of translating open government commitments into lasting, tangible reforms that empower communities, strengthen collaboration across institutions, and make public information more accessible and useful to citizens. Through sustained partnerships and meaningful participation, open government can help address local challenges and build more transparent, responsive, and accountable governance.

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒA big education budget does not...
22/10/2026

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

A big education budget does not automatically translate into better learning outcomes. What matters is how public funds are transformed into real improvements in classrooms, stronger support for teachers, and better opportunities for every Filipino learner.

During the Education Reforms Dialogue: Building Partnerships for Better Learning Outcomes, Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Kim Robert C. De Leon emphasized that the true measure of education spending goes beyond allocations and utilization rates. Every peso must lead to tangible results, from filling teaching positions and delivering learning materials to ensuring that schools can implement programs effectively.

The dialogue underscored the importance of strengthening implementation readiness, improving coordination among government agencies and local government units, and deepening transparency, accountability, and meaningful stakeholder participation throughout the budget cycle.

Through the Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP), DBM continues to work with education agencies, civil society organizations, academe, and development partners to help ensure that public investments respond to actual needs and deliver measurable benefits to learners.

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

๐—–๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.Undersecretary ...
22/10/2026

๐—–๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

Undersecretary Rosemarie G. Edillon of the Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) emphasized the importance of engaging civil society organizations (CSOs) throughout the planning, investment programming, and budgeting processes during the Regional Fiscal Priorities and Economic Dialogue: A DBCCโ€“Civil Society Outlook on August 24, 2026.

Usec. Edillon stressed that CSO participation should begin early in the process, rather than being limited to the final stages when development priorities have already been established. Meaningful engagement allows civil society to contribute its insights and recommendations while plans and priorities are still being shaped.

She also highlighted the need to synchronize government and CSO engagement calendars, recognizing that development planning and budget preparation require advance coordination to ensure that stakeholders have meaningful opportunities to participate.

The discussion underscores the role of open government in strengthening transparency, accountability, and participatory governance by creating opportunities for government and civil society to work together in shaping fiscal priorities and development outcomes.

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ...
22/10/2026

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ.

During the Third Quarter Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) Steering Committee Meeting on 1 October 2026, Deputy Executive Secretary Danielle Marie Rieza-Culangen of the Office of the Executive Secretary emphasized the importance of establishing consistent standards for assessing open government initiatives. In the discussion on the proposed measurement framework, she raised questions on how the study would evaluate stakeholder inclusion across different programs and how its findings could be applied to policy and governance work.

She also highlighted the need to examine the relationship between the measurement frameworks being developed for national government agencies (NGAs) and local government units (LGUs), including how both sectors could benefit from approaches such as accreditation, benchmarking, and the development of indicators. Her interventions underscored the importance of ensuring coherence in how open government practices are assessed across levels of government.

Her message reinforces the value of a robust, evidence-based approach to open government. By developing clear and consistent assessment standards, the PH-OGP can better identify gaps, strengthen institutional capacities, and guide reforms that advance transparency, accountability, and meaningful citizen participation across government.

๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜โ€”๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ! ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸคUndersecretary Edson Byron Sy of the Department of Educatio...
21/10/2026

๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜โ€”๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ! ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿค

Undersecretary Edson Byron Sy of the Department of Education (DepEd) called for a whole-of-nation approach and underscored the vital role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in addressing education challenges during the Education Reforms Dialogue convened by the Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) on Sept. 9.

Usec. Sy welcomed CSO participation in classroom construction, particularly in last-mile schools, as well as in monitoring education projects and supporting service delivery in underserved communities. He emphasized that government resources and institutional capacities alone may not be enough to address persistent gaps in education. He also highlighted the importance of streamlining accreditation processes to facilitate meaningful partnerships between DepEd and qualified CSOs.

The discussion highlighted the need to move beyond consultation toward sustained collaboration, where CSOs, local government units (LGUs), development partners, and communities contribute their expertise, resources, and local knowledge to improve education services. Stronger partnerships can help address implementation bottlenecks, strengthen independent monitoring, and ensure that interventions respond to the actual needs of learners and schools.

Through the PH-OGP, the government continues to advance open government reforms that institutionalize transparency, accountability, and meaningful citizen participation across the policy and program cycle. By working together, government and civil society can help ensure that education investments translate into better learning environments, more responsive services, and improved outcomes for every Filipino learner.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Interested in engaging with DepEd? Letโ€™s bring ideas, expertise, and community voices together to help improve education for every Filipino learner. ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ“š

Access the accreditation guidelines here: https://bit.ly/do0182026 (For CSOs/NGOs partnering on school building construction projects.)

SEC. KIM DE LEON: EDUCATION REFORMS MUST GO BEYOND MEETING ROOMS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CLASSROOMS ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ  : Education re...
21/10/2026

SEC. KIM DE LEON: EDUCATION REFORMS MUST GO BEYOND MEETING ROOMS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CLASSROOMS ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ

: Education reform should not end with policies approved, budgets allocated, or agreements signed. Its real success must be felt where it matters mostโ€”in classrooms, through better teaching, stronger learning outcomes, and brighter opportunities for Filipino students.

This was the message of Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary and Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) Chairperson Kim Robert C. De Leon as he joined education leaders, policymakers, and civil society advocates during the PH-OGP Education Reform Dialogue held on September 9, 2026.

Drawing from his experience in the education sector, Secretary Kim emphasized that while adequate funding is essential, what matters just as much is how effectively resources are translated into programs, services, and measurable improvements in education.

โ€œThatโ€™s why open government matters. From allocation to implementation. From spending to outcomes. From numbers on a page to actual changes in peopleโ€™s lives. โ€˜Yon po ang ating goal. Government cannot do that alone,โ€ Secretary Kim said.

Anchored on the theme โ€œEducation Reform Dialogue: Building Partnerships for Better Learning Outcomes,โ€ the gathering brought together key education stakeholders to strengthen collaboration, advance evidence-based policies, and identify practical reforms that respond to the needs of teachers and learners.

The dialogue underscored the importance of transparency, accountability, and meaningful stakeholder participation in ensuring that education investments deliver lasting results.

Among the participants were Department of Education (DepEd) Undersecretary Atty. Edson Byron Sy; DBM Undersecretary Wilford Will L. Wong; PH-OGP Project Management Office Director Glenn Q. Miranda; Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Deputy Director General Galo B. Glino III; Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) Executive Director Dr. Karol Mark Yee; Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Executive Director Atty. Cinderella Filipina S. Benitez-Jaro; and representatives from civil society organizations.

The goal is to uphold better policies, smarter spending, stronger partnerships, and most importantly, better learning for every Filipino child.

โ€œ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญโ€”๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง...
21/10/2026

โ€œ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญโ€”๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐.โ€

With this strong call, Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary and Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) Steering Committee Chairperson Acting Secretary Kim Robert C. De Leon challenged government institutions and stakeholders to ensure that public participation translates into meaningful reforms and tangible results during the Third Quarter PH-OGP Steering Committee Meeting on 1 October 2026.

Secretary De Leon emphasized that the success of open government must be measured not by the number of consultations conducted or commitments made, but by the changes these efforts bring to the lives of Filipinos. He underscored the importance of ensuring that citizensโ€™ voices help shape policies, strengthen institutions, and improve public services.

โ€œ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น.โ€

The PH-OGP continues to advance reforms that broaden citizen participation, strengthen institutional capacity, and promote evidence-based policymaking. Through sustained collaboration among government, civil society, and other stakeholders, the Partnership seeks to ensure that openness leads to accountable governance and public services that respond to peopleโ€™s needs.

The message is clear: ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€”๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€.

โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง...
21/10/2026

โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.โ€

With this key message, Ms. Aurora R. Chavez, Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) Steering Committee Co-Chairperson, underscored the importance of building on existing channels for citizen participation and connecting them with open government processes during the Third Quarter PH-OGP Steering Committee Meeting on 1 October 2026.

In her presentation on engaging the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) basic sectors in the PH-OGP agenda, Ms. Chavez emphasized that communities and sectoral constituencies are not merely beneficiaries of government programs but active partners in shaping policies, monitoring implementation, and strengthening accountability. Through existing mechanisms for representation, dialogue, and feedback, their priorities and lived experiences can help inform reforms at the national, regional, and local levels.

She also highlighted the importance of collaboration between government and non-government partners, as demonstrated by the PH-OGP sectoral dialogues on budget, health, education, justice, and other priority areas. By extending these opportunities to the basic sectors and the communities they represent, open government can become more responsive to people's needs and grounded in their everyday experiences.

Through the PH-OGP, the government and its partners continue to advance a more inclusive and participatory approach to governance, one that builds on existing institutions, strengthens citizen engagement, and creates meaningful opportunities for communities to help shape, monitor, and improve public policies and programs.

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