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GWG to monitor IPSP implementation

COTABATO CITY – “This initiative of gathering us to a dialogue by Good Wednesday Group for Peace is commendable especially in providing the Army a third eye, looking into our programs under the Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) that needs to be improved. But at the same time, I see this as very challenging because the AFP is only one part of the whole structure of IPSP.”

Civil Society: A Resource for Peace

In this presentation and subsequent panel discussion, I shall refer to the term “role of civil societies” as the function or responsibility of the other stakeholders outside government and business. Dictionary.com’s 21st Century Lexicon defines civil society as 1) the aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest interests and will of citizens or 2) individuals and organizations in a society which are independent of the government. It is also referred to as a “third sector,” distinct from government and business.