Institute of Politics and Governance

Taking-off from the principles of local government autonomy as provided in the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the devolution of governmental powers as embodied by the passage of the 1991 Local Government Code of the Philippines, and harnessing the broad general welfare mandate granted to Local Governments under the same Code, The Institute for Politics and Governance, Inc. (IPG), a non-stock, non-profit, and non-governmental organization, from 8 February 1994 up to present, has worked for the furtherance of participatory democracy, respect for human dignity, rule of law, gender responsiveness, good governance, local autonomy and transformative politics in the Philippines.