Articles
Bridging the Gap between Policy Research and Policy Advocacy
One of the significant challenges of researchers is their inability to inform government policy. In many cases, the two streams, policymaking and research, often do not meet. This has potentially negative consequences as policy decisions do not benefit from the...
Fighting for Menstrual Leave and LGBTIQ rights in Nepal’s Lumbini Province
Neema Giri is a provincial legislative assembly member of Lumbini Province. She is a distinguished advocate and lawyer, and one of the region’s youngest and most proactive Members of Parliament....
Formation of Barangay Health Governance Body in 18 Barangays of Municipality of Pavia, Iloilo
Since 2018, the Australian Embassy in the Philippines and The Asia Foundation, through the Coalitions for Change (CfC) program, have provided learning opportunities for leaders to pursue policy...
Saving Cebu City’s Last Coastal Reef
The general assumption is that whatever reef structures existed in the waters of Cebu City in the past is now no longer there. Fair; given the generations of anthropogenic activities in the city’s...
News
Graduates from the innovative Development Entrepreneurship Online Course share lessons and ready to take on major challenges
On March 11, 2024, sixty reform and development leaders from 23 selected countries celebrated their completion of a four-week Development Entrepreneurship Online Course (12 Keys to Successful Policy Reform). Development Entrepreneurship is a proven model that helps...
Australian Government and USAID partners under The Asia Foundation Philippines
The Asia Foundation Philippines’ Australian Government-funded Coalitions for Change (CfC) program and USAID-funded FORWARD Bangsamoro project worked together to introduce the Development...
Coming up: Development Entrepreneurship Mentoring Conference 2023
Prepare to be inspired, as a new set of Development Entrepreneurship mentees share their reform and mentoring experiences during the second Development Entrepreneurship Mentoring Conference on...
Online Introduction to Development Entrepreneurship Draws Record Number of Participants
In the August 23, 2023 “Introduction to Development Entrepreneurship” Zoom meeting, the Coalitions for Change (CfC) program’s Strategic Advisor Jaime Faustino presented the 12 Principles of...
Mentoring Program
Modern Nanays of Mindanao and the Cagayan de Oro Human Milk Bank and Lactation Support Center
Can Development Entrepreneurship be used by a small NGO operating in a medium-sized city in Mindanao, composed of volunteer mothers without previous experience in policy reform? The story of how the “Modern Nanays of Mindanao” or MNM pushed for the creation of the...
Strengthening Cordova Municipality’s Social Welfare Development Office to Support Solo Parents
Summary Nanette Garong is a solo parent who rose through the ranks in the Business Process Outsourcing industry in Cebu. Her years as Sangguniang Kabataan leader led her to political work with...
Minority Councilor Chooses a Politically Feasible Policy for PWDs
Councilor Maybelle Abogado-Quilnat wanted to help Persons with Disability in her hometown of Balingasag in Misamis Oriental. She wanted to do this by pushing for a PWD Code but being the only...
Enabling effective utilization of empirical data in the BARMM’s Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education
Angelo Tubac is the former Research, Knowledge Management, and Sustainability Manager of the Education Pathways to Peace in Mindanao Program, a Philippine-Australia partnership supporting quality...