BUILDING UP ON THE GAINS

BRIEFING-ORIENTATION FOR DIVISION COORDINATING GROUPS August-September| 8:30am – 5:00pm Nationwide Roll-Out

G-Watch Ateneo School of Government joint government-citizen action for good governance Citizen-government initiative in ensuring the construction of quality school buildings based on standards where it is needed most School-based monitoring that complements government-led project monitoring activities Government-Watch - Ateneo School of Government || Department of Public Works and Highways || Girl Scouts of the Philippines Boy Scouts of the Philippines || National PTA Confederation || Public Services Labor Independent Confederation || Procurement Watch, Inc. || Northern Luzon Consortium for Good Governance || Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society || Young Moro Network for Social Accountability || Western Visayas Network of Development NGOs || Civil Society Network for Education Reforms what is ? BayEsk National Coordinating Group

 To ensure compliance to standards in school building construction program  To establish benchmarks in DepEd and DPWH performance  To empower local communities in checking the delivery of public services, e.g. school buildings Why the need? Address hindrances to quality Additional check to ensure that contractors are performing and that the standards (processes and quality) are complied with Address hindrances to responsiveness Strengthen transparency and accountability in finalizing sites Serves as check-and-balance to politicians

…ensured standard implementation of 133 classrooms amounting to Php 122.8M worth of contract and facilitated response to reports of defective doorknobs, electrical and water sanitation and poor quality materials. BayEsk 1-3

…has mobilized a total of 706 monitors t o help DepEd ensure quality of SBPs