The ECOLINK Governance & Transparency Program aims to improve the quality of governance and transparency of government bodies and institutions in order to improve the delivery of basic services to the people.

ACT 1

ACT II

Bantay Kurapsyon

Road Watch

Textbook Count

SK- Watch

BDPB

OCAC

Anti- Corruption & Transparency Initiative I

The Anti-Corruption and Transparency Project is an initiative of the ECOLINK undertaken through a $16,500 grant support from the Partnership for Transparency Fund/ ADB. The Project is implemented in coordination with the DILG, the City Government of Oroquieta and other concerned agencies.

Advocacy campaign activities are carried out mobilizing several civil society organizations and thousands of local citizenry from the business community, youth, women, government sector and media. Their participation includes tracking, reporting and investigating specific cases of vehicle misuse, gasoline reselling and anomalous automotive services and expenditures. In monetary values, the project has caused a reduction of expenditures by 95,000 pesos among the 47 barangay LGU’s and by 1,692,081.12 pesos in the City Government. The prevention of gasoline reselling saves the government worth 5,672 pesos every six months and 247,680 pesos in vehicle misuse. All in all, the project has saved the LGU a total of 2,040,433.12 pesos which is also the value of corruption.

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"Bantay Kurapsyon" Radio Program

Tune in to 91.3 MhZ DXNA Radio One FM in Oroquieta City every Wednesday from 12:30 PM until 1:00 PM for the latest news and updates as well as fearless commentaries and discussions on corruption issues and other public concerns.

The Bantay Kurapsyon program is the leading public affairs radio show in Misamis Occidental hosted by no less than the ECOLINK Executive Director , Paul Pastrano Gangoso.

Anti- Corruption & Transparency Initiative II

What is ACT II?

The Anti-Corruption and Transparency Project II is a transparency initiative of the ECOLINK Philippines supported by the Partnership for Transparency Fund.

The ACT covers 3 cities (Oroquieta, Pagadian, Dapitan) from 3 provinces and 2 municipalities (Aloran and Lopez Jaena) in Misamis Occidental.

What is the goal of the project?

Generally speaking, the ACT II aims to promote transparency and prevent corruption in the management, use, procurement and maintenance of LGU vehicles.

Moreover, it also aims to strengthen the capacities of Transparency and Accountability Networks in selected cities to be able to realize their mandates and program thrusts.

What are the objectives of the project?

The ACT II hopes to achieve the following objectives:

1. Strengthen the capacities of TAN’s/ CSO/ NGO’s in procurement monitoring & other transparency work.

2. Significantly reduce lavish/ corrupt expenditures of the LGU in the use, maintenance & procurement of vehicles.

3. Promote ethics in proper vehicle use and eradicate
    wrong practices.

4. Strengthen the procurement, monitoring and
    corruption-prevention capabilities of Transparency
    and Accountability Networks

5. Enhance LGU policies and institutional mechanisms.

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Oroquieta City Coalition Against Corruption

The Oroquieta City Coalition Against Corruption in a consortium of several organizations in Oroquieta City which commonly strives for the promotion of transparency and accountability in the City Government and local offices of National Line Agencies. It is one of the outputs of the ACT I Project supported by the Asian Development Bank, the DILG, the PTF and Office of the Ombudsman.

Huge sectors like the Oroquieta Council of Churches, the Federation of NGO's for Development in Oroquieta City, CTAN, and the Chamber of Commerce are among the members of the Coalition.

DepEd Texbook Count

In cooperation with the Department of Education- Oroquieta Division, the ECOLINK Philippines spearheads the Textbook Count- an initiative of the Ateneo G-Watch which monitors the delivery of textbooks to schools and districts.

ECOLINK conducted a Monitoring Seminar to PTA's and campus-based organizations like the Junior Graft Watches and Girl Scouts of the Philippines and coordinated the inclusion of CSO representatives in the inspections of books.

The Textbook Count has been succesfully implemened so far with ECOLINK observing and strictly monitoring the delivery and distribution of textbooks to schools in Misamis Occidental and Oroquieta City.