Welcome to Coalition Against Corruption Our first year of work proved that citizens’ participation is crucial in governance. In building and reinforcing the projects, we learned that by building capable communities we also build a better nation.
Coming up with practical solutions to eradicate corruption require the participation of five sectors: business, NGOs, the academe, government, and the religious sector. By using a bottom-up strategy and mobilizing a nationwide network of volunteers, we are now bringing the campaign against corruption in every home and institution.
Under the CAC program, we focused on two major objectives. First, teach volunteers how to monitor the use of public funds. Only by giving monitoring tools and encouraging volunteerism can we shape active citizens and reliable partners in national development.
Second, prevent corruption. This starts with assessing policy, followed by reviewing procurement procedures, and then monitoring services or goods delivered by government agencies. Moreover, we must improve systems and prosecute the corrupt to deter corruption.
Some of our projects prepare community volunteers in stopping corruption in their local areas; others focus on national reforms.
At the national level, the BBC and MBC invited retired and active company executives and non-government representatives to be observers in Bids and Awards Committees of public agencies. Observers were able to monitor almost P4 billion worth of projects in the Departments of Defense, Public Works, Tourism, and Health, and the Philippine National Police. But the scope should be expanded because many government agencies do not have regular third-party observers yet.
At the local level, NASSA has started to monitor usage of the 20% Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of about 140 barangays in 27 dioceses.
Namfrel’s monitoring of medicine procurement, delivery, and inventory in 72 hospitals and 16 regional centers of the Department of Health helps the agency detect areas of improvement in drug purchasing and distribution. This will allow volunteers to compare prices of medicines procured by hospitals.
CODE-NGO is looking deeper into the use of the “pork barrel” funds of congressmen. CODE’s network of volunteers found out that some of these funds are used properly in the districts. Meanwhile, Ateneo G-Watch’s textbook delivery monitoring project is now on its fifth year of operations in partnership with the Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts as well as several NGOs.
It is our responsibility to prepare today’s youth for the crusade against corruption. If we cannot totally solve corruption now, at least the next generation will.
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MCC fund on hold due to corruption
11 December 2008 – The Philippines failed to qualify for the US Millennium
Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact status to be eligible for a
large-scale grant under the US government’s foreign assistance program
after the MCC Board of Directors announced the new eligible countries
selected to participate in the five-year MCC compact program.
FY09 Compact-Eligible Countries fact sheet
Your NO Counts
 December 9 is International Anti-Corruption Day, as designated by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Resolution 58/4 in 2003. The objective of the celebration is to raise awareness of the devastating effects of corruption on poverty reduction, human security and sustainable development, and to support local and global efforts to combat it.
The slogan for this year’s campaign is “Corruption. Your 'NO' Counts.” The logo and slogan are available in all the official UN languages on the UNODC website along with outreach materials such as posters, leaflets and audio and television spots.
Youth camp for social change
 15 November 2008 – More than 1,200 youth representatives coming from Catholic schools, parish youth ministries, Sangguniang Kabataan (SK), public high schools and non-sectarian schools in Metro Manila were convened for a leadership youth camp dubbed "Bidahan: Be the Change" last 14 and 15 November 2008 at the La Salle Greenhills....
DND renews commitment with CAC to sustain transparency in defense contracts
 28 August 2008 – The Department of National Defense (DND) reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring continued transparency in procurement transactions within the defense establishment as it re-engaged the Coalition Against Corruption (CAC), represented by officers of the Makati Business Club (MBC) and the Bishops-Businessmen’s Conference for Human Development (BBC) as official observers to the procurement process in the DND...
Millennium Challenge Corporation conducts consultation with CSOs
15 August 2008 – The Transparency and Accountability Network (TAN), together with the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO), International Center for Innovation, Transformation and Excellence in Governance (INCITEGov), Lawyers' League for Liberty (Libertas), Makati Business Club (MBC), Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA) and Transparency International-Philippines (TI-Philippines), organized a Consultation Workshop among various civil society organizations (CSOs) on 8 August 2008 to discuss the Philippines' eligibility to receive grant money from the United States’ Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)...
PTF inks grant agreement with INCITEGov to monitor LGU projects
 24 June 2008 - The Partnership for Transparency Fund has signed a grant agreement amounting to $25,069 with the International Center for Innovation, Transformation and Excellence Governance (INCITEGov) for the latter’s project entitled “Participatory Monitoring for Barangay Infrastructure and Health Projects in the Province of Isabela.”...
NAMFREL Signs Grant Agreement with PTF
 12 June 2008 – National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel)
volunteers will now count and monitor deliveries of medicines instead of ballots
in between elections. Namfrel secretary general Eric Alvia and Partnership for
Transparency Fund (PTF) board member Geert van der Linden have signed a one-year
grant agreement for the Medicine Monitoring Project that will cover eight hospitals
and two Centers for Health Development...
Mactan Chamber Launches “Catch
a Big Pugapo”
 5 May 2008 – The Cebu Business Club and the Mactan Island Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (MICCI) recently launched their own “Catch a Big Pugapo” campaign
as a tie-up with the Coalition Against Corruption’s “Catch a Big Fish” project...
Auditors team up with bishops and businessmen to monitor gov't procurement 
5 May 2008 – The Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)
has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Bishops-Businessmen's Conference
for Human Development (BBC), a member of the Coalition Against Corruption (CAC),
to intensify monitoring of government procurements...
CAC Launches Big Fish Project 
15 April 2008 – "While the campaign against corruption at the community level helps build a strong base, it is a long and slow process. Unless an example is made of a high official that is indicted, convicted, and finally jailed, it is difficult to make the general public believe that there is hope in overcoming corruption in this country," said Jose Cuisia Jr., chairman of the Coalition Against Corruption, during the launch of a new campaign at the AIM Conference Center in Makati City...
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Led
by NAMFREL volunteers nationwide and in partnership with the Department of Health
(DOH), the Medicine Monitoring
Project focuses on monitoring the procurement, delivery and inventory of medicines
and other medical supplies in 72 DOH retained hospitals and 16 Centers for Health
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| corruption cases |
1. Fertilizer Scam
2. Gen. Carlos Garcia Plunder Case
3. Hernani Perez Bribery Case
4. Megapacific Vote Counting Machines Deal
5. NBN-ZTE Broadband Deal
6. Lamp Post Scam
7. Malacañang Cash Giveaways |
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 want to help?
If you wish to help in our programs, email us. For further questions, you may call the CAC secretariat at tel. nos. (+632)751-1144 and look for Mr. Edward C. Gacusana |
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