Composition
The Philippines’ strong commitment to the open government principles is supported and driven by a group of reformers, innovators, and advocates governed by a multi-stakeholder forum called the Steering Committee. The PH-OGP Steering Committee is composed of equal representation of government and non-government members who are responsible for strategic and tactical planning, stakeholder engagement and communications, and oversight of the undertakings of the Partnership, particularly in the design and implementation of the PH-OGP National Action Plan (NAP).
The Steering Committee is composed of eight (8) members each from government and non-government. These are from the following:
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GOVERNMENT
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NON-GOVERNMENT
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- Department of Budget and Management as the Chairperson/Ministerial Lead
- Presidential Management Staff (formerly Office of the Cabinet Secretariat)
- Department of the Interior and Local Government
- Department of Social Welfare and Development
- National Economic and Development Authority
- Senate
- Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines
- House of Representatives (vacant)
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- The Co-Chairperson
- One (1) representative from the academe
- One (1) representative from the business sector
- One (1) representative from the public sector unions
- Four (4) representatives from CSO groups in Luzon, NCR, Visayas, and Mindanao
- One (1) continuing representative
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The government members of the PH-OGP Steering Committee are permanent while the non-government representatives are selected through an election process at the end of every action plan cycle.
The PH-OGP Steering Committee members identify their official representative to the multi-stakeholder forum who will be designated to take part in domestic and/or international engagements and make decisions on matters affecting the Partnership. Members of the Steering Committee assign:
- Permanent/Primary Representative or the head of the member government agencies and equivalent rank/designate for the non-government organization;
- Alternate Representative or the senior official designate who can be an Undersecretary or Assistant Secretary for government agencies and equivalent rank/designate of the non-government organization; and
- Second Alternate Representative or director for government agencies and equivalent rank/designate for the non-government organization, as applicable.
Link to the PH-OGP Steering Committee Terms of Reference can be accessed here.
Members
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Name & Organization
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Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman
Department of Budget and Management
Chairperson
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Ms. Andrea Maria Patricia M. Sarenas
Mindanao Coalition of Development NGO Networks
Co-Chairperson
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MEMBERS
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Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan
National Economic and Development Authority
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Secretary Benjamin C. Abalos, Jr.
Department of the Interior and Local Government
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Secretary Rexlon T. Gatchalian
Department of Social Welfare and Development
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Senior Undersecretary Elaine T. Masukat
Presidential Management Staff
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Governor Dakila Carlo E. Cua
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines
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Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares
Senate of the Philippines
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Ms. Aurora R. Chavez
Coalition for Bicol Development, Luzon CSO Representative
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Ms. Maria Olivia C. Lucas
Unang Hakbang Foundation, Inc., NCR CSO Representative
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Ms. Cecil M. Umbay
Sectoral Transparency Alliance on Natural Resource Governance in Cebu, Visayas CSO Representative
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Dr. Annie Enriquez-Geron
President of the Public Services Labor Independent Confederation – National Public Workers’ Congress, Public Sector Union Representative
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Dr. Ador R. Torneo
La Salle Institute of Governance, Academe Representative
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Mr. Ruben J. Pascual
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Business Sector Representative
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Ms. Catherine M. A. Ruiz
Kaabag sa Sugbo Foundation, Inc., Continuing Representative
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