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August 14, 2025
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Malinaw na Pondo para sa Maayos na kinabukasan ng mga Bata!
Pagkatapos ng halos tatlong taong pagbubuo ng Social Watch Philippines (SWP) ng Child Budget and Expenditure Tagging and Tracking (CBETT) tool, ang SWP ay natutuwa sa paglulunsad nito noong Agosto 14 sa Quezon City. Bilang tagapagdisenyo ng pinalawak na CBETT typology matrix, kabilang ang budget tagging, tracing, reporting tool, at mga operational guidelines, ipinagmamalaki ng SWP na maging katuwang sa pagpapaigting ng tamang paggamit ng pondo para sa mga bata. Sa pamamagitan ng CBETT, mas malinaw na masusubaybayan at mamomonitor ang alokasyon at paggastos ng pondo sa mga lokal na pamahalaan. Ito ay para matiyak na sapat, episyente, at epektibo ang pondo para sa mga programang nangangalaga sa karapatan at kapakanan ng mga bata. Kasabay ng paglulunsad, nilagdaan ng Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF), at Department of Budget and Management (DBM) ang isang Joint Memorandum Circular bilang gabay upang masigurong maayos na maipatutupad ang CBETT sa buong bansa. #CSOParticipation |
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PROGRAMS
Alternative Budget Initiative (ABI)
SWP convened the Alternative Budget Initiative (ABI) - a consortium of civil society, organizations and individuals that advocates for development through budget analysis, development of budget proposals and sources of financing since 2006.
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People's Public Finance Institute (PPFI)
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NGO s and State Universities form Fellowship Against Evil in Public Finance Social Watch Philippines, the network of a hundred nongovernment organizations that initiated direct citizens’ participation in national and local budget processes through the Alternative Budget Initiative (ABI), recently launched the People’s Public Finance Institute (PPFI) – National Capital Region Center at the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) Headquarters in Quezon City to fight the “evils” in the country’s public finance. “There are times when evil in public finance seems impossible to defeat. The Supreme Court’s decision that the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) is unconstitutional is winning a portion of the battle. At the local level, even 15-year olds local officials in the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) are receiving their own pork barrels,” said former national treasurer Leonor Magtolis Briones, SWP lead convenor. “Also, we are very happy that the Bicameral Conference Committee meeting for the 2014 national budget was opened to civil society groups but this does not mean that the battle for transparency had been won. Yet, the fact that the Committee only took one hour to approve the budget means that the 2014 General Appropriations Act (GAA) was negotiated and agreed upon even before the formal Bicam meeting took place,” she added. read more... |
Tax Tobacco to the Max
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Ang Tax Tobacco To The Max (TTTM) ay isang adbokasiya na naghahangad na itaas ang buwis sa mga tobacco products para makalikom ng karagdagang pondo para sa pagpapatupad ng Universal Health Care (UHC) Law - isang reporma na naglalayong bigyan ng access ang LAHAT ng Pilipino sa de-kalidad at abot-kayang serbisyong pangkalusugan.
Bukod sa pagbibigay ng tulong-pinansyal sa UHC, hinahangad din ng TTTM na bawasan ang mga nagkakasakit at namamatay dahil sa paninigarilyo. Ayon sa Department of Health (DOH), nasa 17.3 milyong Pilipino ang tumatangkilik sa tabako. Taun-taon, mahigit kumulang 110, 000 ang namamatay dahil sa smoking-related diseases gaya ng heart diseases, cancer, hypertension, diabetes at lung disease. Isa sa mga itinuturong dahilan ng napakataas na numero ay ang napakababang presyo ng sigarilyo sa ating bansa. Kung maayos na maipapatupad ang mataas na buwis at ang iba pang mga statehiya, matitiyak na mas magiging malusog at ligtas ang mga Pilipino. |
RECENT EVENT
July 14 - 16, 2025
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“Public Investment in Child Protection:
A training on child responsive budgeting focused on sexual violence against children and mental health” World Vision Development Foundation Inc., in collaboration with Social Watch Philippines, held its first capacity-building activity titled "Public Investment in Child Protection: A Training on Child Responsive Budgeting Focused on Sexual Violence Against Children and Mental Health" in Quezon City. Representatives from various non-governmental groups who are also members of the Alternative Budget Initiative-Child Protection cluster attended the event where they mainly discussed the Philippine budget process and provisions on child protection programs. The initiative was part of the organization's budget advocacy project, which seeks to influence the government to increase its budget allocation to combat sexual violence against children. #SWPChildProtection |
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