23/10/2026
โ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.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.