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 Governmentjoint 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

BayEsk 1-3…has mobilized a total of 706 monitors to help

DepEd ensure quality of SBPs