Social Development Week, 24-30 November 2001 

This year, on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, CODE-NGO will celebrate a decade of work dedicated to social development. Being the biggest and the most ambitious coalition of NGOs ever formed in the history of development work, CODE-NGO proposes to take the lead in the celebration of achievements of development organizations in the country. As the organization did in 1998, CODE-NGO proposes to host a Social Development Week which will culminate in the 3rd National Congress. 

The Social Development Week will showcase the contribution of development organizations to the progress of the country. CODE-NGO alone has over 2000 NGOs, POs and coop-members nationwide comprising almost half of all the development organizations in the country. Other national alliances and networks of civil society organizations will be invited to actively participate in the Trade Fair, Symposia and Development Education Campaign.

The weeklong celebration will be a grand reunion and a venue to commemorate the gains of civil society in advancing democracy and development work in the Philippines.  Highlight of the weeklong affair include the following:

A Social Development Market, 24-28 November 2001

 Glorietta Activity Area, Ayala Center, Makati City

All-Filipino handicrafts and other products from different communities and people's organizations will be put on sale (tiangge style). These products shall demonstrate the communities and the PO's capability to support themselves as well as participate in the mainstream economy. Department stores and commercial distributors will be invited to expose them to community groups for potential business tie-ups. Interested parties may call Ms. Noi Corneby of the Center for Community Services at the following contact number: 4266001 local 4623.

A Social Development Exhibit, 24-28 November 2001 

 Glorietta Activity Area, Ayala Center, Makati City

The exhibit will highlight the gains and breakthroughs of social development work in the Philippines as well as the potentials of the NGO and PO community. NGOs, networks, government agencies, donors and multilateral agencies will each have their own photo exhibit, book sale, poster and video display, film showing of recent historical events such as People Power II. They will also present completed, as well as ongoing, social development projects.

All these activities will be a development education process for the general public. Interested parties may call Ms. Beth Garganta of the Philippine Business for Social Progress at the following contact number: 5277741

A Development Education Campaign,  October - November  2001

The affair shall be preceded by several months of development education campaign through mass media on social development and the Social Development Week. Companies shall be asked to sponsor mass media advertising slots while NGO-friendly media practitioners shall be asked to provide media support. Online media (website and online discussion forum) will also be used extensively. Participants can likewise log in to www.codengo.org for updates on the preparations of the weeklong activities. Interested TV, radio and newspaper advertisement sponsors may contact Ms. Vickie Pagsanghan at the National Secretariat at the following contact numbers: 4265938 (DL), 4266001 local 4624 and 4625.

Social Involvement Campaign, October - November 2001 

Year 2001 is also the International Year of Volunteers (IYV). In line with the theme "Kasali Ka, Sumali Ka," CODE-NGO together with Philippine Association for Volunteer Efforts (PAVE) and www.pinoy-rin.net (through  online volunteerism website:  www.ivolunteer.ph ) will launch a nationwide volunteerism campaign. The campaign encouraging our fellow Filipinos to get involved in nation-building will begin on October 2001. Interested individuals may call Lyn De Vela at the PAVE contact numbers: 9296376 or visit the PAVE Booth at the Glorietta Activity Center on 24-28 November 2001.

A Development Forum Series, 26 - 29 November 2001

During the week, there will be fora on issues of interest to development NGOs, POs, the government, donor agencies, corporate foundations, the youth sector, the urban poor communities and the general public. The Development Forum Series will feature dialogues between the several sectors of society. The series is open to participants from the international development community. Interested parties may call Ms. Amihan Perez of the Ateneo Center for Social Policy and Public Affairs at the following contact number: 4266001 local 4643

3rd National Congress, 30 November 2001

UP Film Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman Quezon City

The 3rd CODE-NGO National Congress is a venue for the more than 2,500 member NGOs, POs and cooperatives of CODE-NGO to reflect on its gains and learnings for the past 10 years. Member networks are expected to renew their commitment to the new Covenant for Philippine Development and Code of Conduct for Development NGOs as well as define its Grant Strategy for the next ten years.

Interested parties may contact Ms. Alma Cabilin (SUCGEN NCR Coordinator) at the National Confederation of Cooperatives contact number 913 7011 and 9137013.