The creative innovations of CODE-NGO's member-networks and its own pioneering
endeavors as a coalition has attracted considerable attention from the
international and donor communities, and has helped earn for the Philippine
development community a reputation as one of the more progressive NGO
communities in the world--a fact which many take to be an indication firstly of
the high level of interest in the Philippine NGO endeavors, and secondly of
CODE-NGO's growing credibility as a representative of the broadest segment of
the Philippine development community. Moreover, major donor agencies have
actively solicited the coalition's participation in drawing up their respective
country programs for the Philippines, a clear indication of growing donor
confidence in CODE-NGO's broad purview of development concern in the
Philippines.
A major note about our relationship with donors is with regards to the standards
we uphold as members of CODE-NGO. Article IV of the Covenant of Philippine
Development outlines the rights, responsibilities and obligations that we
promised to observe toward donors and partner funding agencies:
1. Nurture an atmosphere of openness and respect towards a common vision
and goal;
2. Encourage greater solidarity and cooperation while asserting the
autonomy and independence of NGOs and POs such that projects are mutually
beneficial;
3. Request partner agencies to clarify and share their development
framework, areas of priority, procedures and other relevant information on a
non-discriminatory basis;
4. Nurture transparency, mutual respect and mutual accountability with our
partners;
5. Respect differences among partner agencies and take on the
responsibility
of understanding the realities that impinge on partner agencies;
6. Encourage member-NGOs to take on the responsibility of informing the
constituents of our partner funding agencies, either directly or through our
partner, regarding the progress of projects they helped finance
7. Mutually agree upon the parameters of success through evaluations that
are participatory in nature; and
8. Strive to diversify partners in order that the agency does not become a
mere extension of one funding agency.
