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MBC wraps up Digital Democracy Training for LGUs and CSOs

Last April and May 2022, MBC organized a workshop series entitled Digital Democracy: Technology for Community-Building and Decision-Making for LGU and CSO officers.

Digital Democracy is an online consultation process that local governments and civil society organizations can use to get feedback from their constituents and communities.

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MBC launches Digital Democracy training for LGUs and CSOs

Last January 18, 2022, the Makati Business Club organized a knowledge sharing session with CSOs in the Philippines through the Digital Democracy Project entitled “Participative Democracy: CSOs Embracing the Digital Space” via Zoom.

MBC invited Chia-liang Kao, co-founder of g0v, and Czarina Medina-Guce, Governance Specialist of the UNDP, to share the innovative trends in e-Participation, best practices on using online tech tools to gather data on an issue, and the challenges to online consultation in the Philippines today. MBC also presented its Digital Democracy Roadmap, a planning tool to enable civil society groups better listen to their communities using digital tools, followed by a breakout session with the participants to discuss its use in their own organizations.