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About Us
 In
early 1997, Social Watch Philippines was
convened by Action for Economic Reforms
(ACTION), Accessing Support Services and
Entrepreneurial Technology, Inc.
(ASSET), Philippine Rural Reconstruction
Movement (PRRM) with Prof. Leonor
Briones as the Lead Convenor, being the
coordinator of Social Watch-Asia.
Since it
was set-up in 1997, SWP has annually put
forward a strategy of advocacy,
awareness-building, monitoring,
organizational development and
networking. Series of national and
island consultations were organized with
the objectives of increasing people’s
awareness and participation in promoting
social development concerns with
government. The network started with 27
CSOs and individuals and by this time
it has grown to more or less 100 CSOs
and individuals.
SWP has
likewise faithfully submitted an annual
Philippine country report to the Global
Social Watch Report, which in turn is
submitted to the United Nations Social
Development Commission. The Social
Watch global report is essentially a
progress report on the accomplishments,
or the lack of them, of different
countries in the implementation of their
social development commitments.
 Social
Watch is an international network of
citizens’ organizations struggling to
eradicate poverty and the causes of
poverty, to ensure an equitable
distribution of wealth and the
realization of human rights. It is
committed to social, economic, and
gender justice. Social Watch holds
governments, the UN system, and
international organizations accountable
for the fulfillment of national,
regional and international commitments
to eradicate poverty. Network partners
proactively monitor the progress and
delivery of social commitments forged by
the government and influence the
outcomes of policy decisions through
participation, engagement, dialogue and,
when necessary, criticism. Social
Watch promotes people-centered
sustainable development.
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