April 11, 2008 · Posted in: In the News
PCIJ wins in Panibagong Paraan a second time
THE Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism emerged as one of 33 winners at last night’s awarding ceremonies of the Panibagong Paraan 2008, duplicating its feat during the maiden staging of the project grant competition in 2004.
The PCIJ won for its project proposal dubbed “Suriin Ang Kahirapan: A Community Audit of Poverty in the Philippines,” an interactive, crowd-sourcing and database-aggregation site that would look into the situation of the five poorest provinces in the Philippines. The project aims to monitor the implementation of programs in the said provinces, from the points of view of various civil society, public sector and community stakeholders in economic development using the non-traditional data-gathering tool of crowd-sourcing, an offshoot of the “citizen journalism” movement.
In getting the nod of jurors, the PCIJ project earned a P1-million grant from the Australian Agency for International Development/Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (AusAid/PACAP), one of seven donor agencies that participated in this year’s Panibagong Paraan. The project was one of only three entries in the “Governance and Administration” category awarded funding grants by AusAid/PACAP.
In 2004, the PCIJ’s portal on Philippine politics and government, i-site, was among 59 projects awarded grants of up to P1 million each.
AusAid/PACAP also awarded grants of up to P1 million each to 14 other projects:
- Multi-Sector Partnership towards the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor — St. Ma. Goretti Development Education Foundation, Inc.
- Maguey Production for Income Generation and Community/IP Women Empowerment for Sustainable Development
— Community Management Institute (CMI) - Installation of Hydraulic Ram Pumps for Water Supply Trade-Off to the Protection and Conservation of 1,000 Hectares Watershed Forest Reserve — Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc. (AIDFI)
- Mainstreaming Child’s Rights Programming in the Governance of Indigenous People’s Village in Anggaan, Damulog, Bukidnon — Balay Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
- Expansion of Project Therapy Education and Assimilation of Children with Handicap (PROJECT TEACH) — Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Adults and Children with Handicap Foundation, Inc. (REACH Foundation, Inc.)
- Delivery of Basic Social Services to the Matigsalug Manobo of San Fernando, Bukidnon through Sustainable Participatory Development — Research Institute for Mindanao Culture (RIMCU) – Xavier University
- Barangay Civil Registration Program — Integrated Bar of the Philippines
- Minimizing Deaths and Debts: Leveraging Hospitalization Financing Scheme to Set Up Community-Based Primary Health Care (Piso Ko, Kalusugan Natin) — Katungod han Samarena Foundation, Inc. (KSFi)
- New Lives for Old – Peace, Growth and Good Governance Through Social Enterprise — Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation
- Community-Based Disaster Management in Priority Environmentally Critical Areas in Davao River Watershed — People Collaborating for Environmental and Economic Management in Davao (PCEEM Davao) Foundation, Inc.
- ‘BANTAY SANGKAY’: What You Don’t See Is What You Get – Embedding Elements of Social Accountability Through the Community Driven Development Approach — Institute for Democratic Participation in Governance
- Developing Community Response to the Challenge of Children in Contact with the Law — Lihok Pilipina Foundation
- Scaling Up Demonstration Project of Rainwater Harvesting for Climate Change Adaptation — Kahublagan Sang Panimalay Foundation, Inc.
- Invigorating School and Community Participation in Sustaining Agusan Marsh Eco-Tourism — Human, Economic and Ecological Development (HEED) Foundation, Inc.
Other winning proposals, listed by donor agency, were as follows:
British Embassy
- Strengthening the ASPAP-LGU Partnership: Towards Improving Governance and Service Delivery at the Local Level — Association of Schools of Public Administration in the Philippines (ASPAP), Inc.)
- GO-NGO-PO Collaboration on Climate Change and Rural Development — Sibol ng Agham at Teknolohiya (SIBAT), Inc.
Canada Fund
- Increasing Youth Participation in Local Governance in a Conflict Affected Area through Information Technology: Developing A Municipal Database in Datu Odin Sinsuat — Community and Family Services International
- Invoking Governance to Enable the Deaf ‘Listen’ to the News — Gualandi Volunteers Service Programme, Inc.
- Weaving Multi-Stakeholder Partnership on Economic Governance to Develop a Tapestry of Sustainable Enterprises — Shontoug Foundation, Inc.
- Heritage and Environmental Conservation through Eco-Cultural Tourism Development — Batanes Heritage Foundation, Inc. (BHFI)
Peace and Equity Foundation
- Commercialization of the Central Philippine University-College of Agriculture(CPU-CA)’s Super Turbo Rice Husk Gasifier Stove: A Model in Managinga University’s Research, Development and Extension Programs — Appropriate Technology Center, College of Agriculture, Central Philippine University
- Co-Management in Mangrove Friendly Tie-Crab Fattening Project— Trowel Development Foundation, Inc.
- Cordillera Heirloom Rice Project: Partnerships in Building Farmer Competency for Global Competitiveness — Revitalize Indigenous Cordilleran Entrepreneurs (RICE), Inc.
- Economic Partnership of Farmer Organizations with Local Government and Private Sector on Abaca Production — Educational Discipline in Culture and Area-Based Development Services, Inc.
- A Healthy Productive Life for Lymphatic Filariasis Patients — Lingap Para Sa Kalusugan ng Sambayanan, Inc. (LIKAS)
- Rural Enterprise Model for Biofuel and Other Products from Pineapple and Other Agricultural Wastes — APPROTECH ASIA
TeaM Energy
- Establishment of the First Coco and Nipa Ethanol Processing Project in the Philippines — Philippine Social Enterprise Network Inc. (PhilSEN)
The Asia Foundation
- Zero Illegal Recruitment itti La Union! (Zero Illegal Recruitment in La Union) Government-Bannuar-Kanlungan Partnership in Pursuit of Justice for Victims of Illegal Recruitment and Protection for Aspiring Migrant Workers
— Kanlungan Center Foundation, Inc. (KCFI) - Four COPS to Improve the Delivery of Health Products and Services in Asipulo, Ifugao — Cordillera Network of Development NGOs and POs (CORDNET)
The World Bank
- Dengue Prevention through Intensive Integrated Community Action and Parasitoid Production against Aedes Egypti — Pine Tree
- Western Mayoyao Local Governance Project — Pochon and Maanichar Centennial Batch Association, Inc.
- Integrated Ecological Solid Waste Management System for the Municipality of Dolores, Quezon — Tanggol Kalikasan, Inc.
Eleven organizations also received the “Panibagong Paraan sa Puerto Princesa” citation from the city’s mayor, Edward Hagedorn, meriting them to round-trip air fares to the Palawan capital for an exchange of ideas with the local government.
This year’s competition received over 500 entries for innovative projects on the theme “Building Partnerships for Effective Local Governance.” The list was later trimmed down to 98 finalists that vied for the 33 funding grants.
3 Responses to PCIJ wins in Panibagong Paraan a second time
PeaceCrusader
April 12th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Congratulations, PCIJ!
Wishing you further success in your excellent work. Keep it up.
Alecks P. Pabico
April 13th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Thanks, PeaceCrusader!
jr_lad
April 13th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
congrats PCIJ!