As a response to the government calls for transparency and accountability, the CODE-NGO through the Mindanao Coalition of Development NGO Networks (MINCODE), hosted a regional forum entitled “Enhancing CSOs Understanding and Participation in the DA Budget Processes” on February 24, 2009 in partnership with the Department of Agriculture in Region 11 at MTRC in Davao City.

A total of 30 participants coming from the Civil Society Organizations and DA Regional Staff and City Personnel fully occupied the MTRC venue.  Six representatives from four member NGOs of PHILDHRRA Mindanao-Davao Cluster actively participated in the forum. These member NGOs were: KAPWA Upliftment, Mainland Development Center (MDC), Josefa Segovia Foundation (JSFI) and Institute of Primary Health Care (IPHC). Read more »

PhilDHRRA Mindanao conducted a five-day training activity on database designing at the Patin-ay Training Center in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur on February 2 to 6, 2009.  The training activity attracted 42 men and women participants from the member-agencies of PACAP FOCAS Management Committee, the PhilDHRRA-Mindanao Secretariat, and the National Capital Region (NCR)-based Asian Farmers Association (AFA). Read more »

The Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, led by Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, convened the Bishops-Legislators Forum on Environment Concerns on February 12, 2009 to tackle issues affecting the environment. Five members NGOs from the Northern Mindanao Cluster of PhilDHRRA Mindanao participated in the said forum along with other environmental partners from the executive and legislative branch of government, NGO’s and Church leaders.  Read more »

The member NGOs of PhilDHRRA Mindanao in its partnership with the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro showed its active engagement with the church by hosting eight Galilean Seminarians of the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary  in their urban and rural exposures from the period January 8-14 (Urban) and January 22 to February 2, 2009. Read more »

The PhilDHRRA Mindanao secretariat and project staff conducted its first general staff meeting cum Annual Planning for 2009 on January 12-13, 2009 at the Caraga Project Management Office in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur. RC Abando facilitated the two-day activity with the general staff. Read more »