Pastor Loreto
Pacay Jr. of the Green Meadow Development Foundation Inc. (GMDFI) and Mr.
Ronaldo Sumait, SPUP-KDC Librarian joined the eleven KDCs in the Global Partnership for
Social Accountability (GPSA) videoconference last February 28, 2013.
The GPSA is a
coalition of donors, governments and civil society organizations (CSOs) that
aims to improve development results by supporting capacity building for
enhanced citizen feedback and participation. The GPSA will contribute to
country-level governance reforms and improved service delivery. To achieve this
objective, the GPSA provides strategic and sustained support to CSOs’ social
accountability initiatives aimed at strengthening transparency and accountability.
The objective of
the videoconference is to further orient the CSOs to its First Global Call for
Proposals. In The Philippines, the GPSA seeks proposals on Social
Accountability from Civil Society Organizations that will a) Monitor whether
beneficiaries are receiving cash transfers on time and receiving the correct
amount with particular attention devoted to documenting any irregularities
(e.g., whether cash cards are in the possession of beneficiaries, whether
beneficiaries have to pay kickbacks to local officials/influential people,
etc.); b) Help identify supply side bottlenecks in access and quality of
schools (e.g., teacher absenteeism) and health
centers (e.g., availability of trained birth attendants, medicines, etc.),
while working in partnerships with communities, local government, and service providers;
and c) Strengthen institutional capacity of CSOs working on Social
Accountability.
The
indicative funding range of the project is US$500,000-US$1,000,000. Grants can support up to 100% of the
project’s total cost with an estimated duration of 3 to 5 years.
