Covid-19 Information Link to the Government Agencies, Non-Government Organizations, and International Organizations (As of May 18, 2020)

National Government Agencies (NGAs)

No.	Departments / Agencies	Information	Website	Facebook Page
1.	Bureau of Customs (BOC)	DOF Issuances on COVID-19, Reports on PPE	https://www.dof.gov.ph/dof-issuances-on-covid-19/	@BureauOfCustomsPH
2.	Department of Budget and Management (DBM)	Budget and Management Issuances on COVID-19	https://www.dbm.gov.ph/index.php/secretary-s-corner/press-releases/list-of-press-releases/	@DBMgovph
3.	Department of Education (DEPED)	DEPED Memoranda on COVID-19 related issuances affecting Education Sector	https://www.deped.gov.ph/category/issuances/deped-memoranda/	@DepartmentOfEducationPH
4.	Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)	Public and Travel Advisories on COVID-19	https://www.dfa.gov.ph/covid-19-advisories	@dfaphl
5.	Department of Health (DOH)	Case Tracker, Issuances, Press Releases	https://www.doh.gov.ph/covid19tracker	@OfficialDOHgov
6.	Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)	COVID-10 Mitigating Measures, Labor and Employment Issuances due to COVID-19, Press Releases, Updates on CAMP and TUPAD	https://www.dole.gov.ph/covid-19-mitigating-measures/	@laborandemployment
7.	Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)	COVID-19 DSWD DROMIC Report, News and Updates, Issuances, Social Amelioration Program	https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/#MCs	@dswdserves
8.	Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)	Interior and Local Government Issuances and Directives on COVID-19	https://www.dilg.gov.ph/issuances-archive/mc/	@dilg.philippines
9.	Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)	Issuances, Trade and Industry COVID-19 Resources	https://www.dti.gov.ph/covid19/	@DTI.Philippines
10.	Department of Transportation (DOTr)	Transportation Issuances, News, Updates, Memoranda on COVID-19	https://www.dotr.gov.ph/	@DOTrPH
11.	Office of Civil Defense – National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (OCD-NDRRMC)	Status of Donations for COVID-19 Response	https://ocd.gov.ph/donations.html	@civildefensePH
12.	Office of the Presidential Spokesperson (OPS)	Press Conferences	n/a	@PresSpokespersonPH
13.	Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)	Repatriated OFW updates due to COVID-19, Advisories, News	https://www.owwa.gov.ph/	@OWWAofficial
14.	People’s Television Network (PTV)	Special Coverage, Live Updates	https://ptvnews.ph/covid-19/	@PTVph
15.	Philippine News Agency (PNA)	News and Information	https://www.pna.gov.ph/categories/health-and-lifestyle	@pnagovph
16.	Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) a. Freedom of Information (FOI) Philippines b. Laging Handa PH	COVID Case Bulletin, Updates, Press Releases, Transparency Initiatives	https://www.covid19.gov.ph/	@pcoogov, @foiph, @LagingHandaPHL
17.	Procurement Service – Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PS-PHILGEPS)	COVID-19 Response Items Dashboard and related Issuances	https://ps-philgeps.gov.ph/home/index.php/agency-relations/covid-19-response-items-dashboard	@ProcurementServiceOfficial
18.	Radio Television Malacañang – RTVM (RTVM)	Press Conferences	n/a	@rtvmalacanang

International Organizations

No.	Organizations	Information	Website	Facebook Page
1.	World Health Organization (WHO)	Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic Global Situation, Latest Updates, Public Advice, Country and Technical Guidance, Rolling updates and outbreak situation, among others	https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019	@WHO
2.	World Health Organization Philippines (WHO-PH)	Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the Philippines	https://www.who.int/philippines/emergencies/covid-19-in-the-philippines	@whophilippines
3.	Open Government Partnership (OGP)	Open Government Approaches to Tackling COVID-19 (Responses)	https://www.opengovpartnership.org/collecting-open-government-approaches-to-covid-19/	@opengovernmentpartnership

Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)

No.	Name of Organization leading the initiative	Area where initiative is implemented (e.g., nationwide, specific region or province)	What open government initiative are you sharing? Please limit your response to 75 words.	How can people learn more about this approach? Please provide a website link and/or FB page.
1.	Right to Know, Right Now (R2KRN)	Nationwide	The R2KRN initiated a platform that will track Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and responses related to COVID19 response and operations. This stemmed from the 15-day suspension for FOI request response issued by the PCOO. The FOI Request Tracker focuses on the following agencies: DA, DOH, DOLE, and DSWD.	www.tinyurl.com/TransparencyNowPh
2.	University of the Philippines- Resilience Institute (UPRI)	Nationwide	The UPRI has conducted various studies related to the COVID19 pandemic that aims to guide policymakers for evidence-based decision-making. The policy notes are accessible via their website and translated in various local dialects. An FB group was also launched for information sharing.	https://resilience.up.edu.ph/upcoming_events/updated-compilation-of-covid-19-information-materials-from-upri-and-the-up-covid-19-pandemic-response-team/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1651211105185394/
3.	University of the Philippines- Resilience Institute (UPRI)	Nationwide	The UPRI launched a dashboard and repository of data related to COVID19, such as number of cases by geographic location, age group, and gender, policies and other resources. They also set up a chatbot to help people seeking support or information on the coronavirus to get the information they need.	https://endcov.ph/dashboard/ https://www.facebook.com/YaniEndCovBot/
4.	Association of Foundations (AF)	Nationwide	The R2KRN initiated a platform that will track Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and responses related to COVID19 response and operations. This stemmed from the 15-day suspension f	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BCMAB66-Ac9yemaFqcBTbzE7lVqu25H0/view
5.	Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO)	Nationwide	In the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, CODE-NGO reactivated its regional DRRM coordination hubs to organize efforts, despite mobility and financial constraints to respond to needs of marginalized groups, frontliners and other Filipinos. The stories of the hubs and the advocacy calls of CODE-NGO at the national and local levels are featured and shared through the CODE-NGO COVID-19 Response and Recovery webpage	https://code-ngo.org/covid/

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