Policy Forum-Beyond Anti-Corruption: Good Governance and the End of Poverty

The Institute of Philippine Culture and the Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, the Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities, and the Council of Organizations of the Ateneo

cordially invite the community to a Policy Forum entitled

BEYOND ANTI-CORRUPTION: GOOD GOVERNANCE AND THE END OF POVERTY

on Friday, 2 August 2013

4:30 to 6:00 p.m.

Faber Hall Function Room 101

Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City

Abstract

The policy forum “Beyond Anti-Corruption: Good Governance and the End of Poverty” will present insights from seven years of research by the Institute of Philippine Culture (IPC) on national government anti-poverty programs that focus on empowerment and good governance. Conducted by the research team led by IPC Research Associates and Philosophy Department faculty Dr. Agustin Martin G. Rodriguez and Mr. Albert M. Lagliva, the studies are the result of the sustained and long-term interdisciplinary engagement among the IPC, the Department of Philosophy, and the World Bank in analyzing the impact on the marginalized of government programs designed to end poverty through good, empowered local governance. These anti-poverty programs include the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) Approach of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the DSWD. In this policy forum, the speakers will share their thoughts on the principles and potentials of these programs as means to create genuine and sustainable development.

Program

4:30 – 4:35 OVERVIEW OF THE FORUM

Dr. Ma. Elissa Jayme-Lao (Forum Moderator)

Research Associate, Institute of Philippine Culture

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

4:35 – 5:20 PRESENTATION BY DR. AGUSTIN MARTIN G. RODRIGUEZ AND MR. ALBERT M. LAGLIVA

Research Associates, Institute of Philippine Culture Faculty,

Department of Philosophy

 

— The Framework: Good Governance and Empowerment

— KALAHI-CIDSS and Grassroots Initiatives

— Bottom-up Budgeting and Civil Society Organization Roles

— How Empowerment Leads and Gives Meaning to Sustainable and Just Development

5:20 – 5:40 REACTIONS

Dr. Anne Lan Kagahastian Candelaria

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

Undersecretary Marie Victa Labajo

Head, Empowerment Fund Program Management Office, National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC)

5:40 – 6:00 OPEN FORUM

*For inquiries, please contact local 4651 ext. 213 or email us at ipc@admu.edu.ph