A study on EU governance assistance for political reforms programs and perceived effectiveness on participating agencies

Date of Publication

2006

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts in International Studies Major in European Studies

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

International Studies

Abstract/Summary

This research paper has dedicated its time towards answering questions similar to 'Can Europe influence or encourage any political reform in the Philippines?' In addressing this issue the researchers focused on current and on going program of corruption prevention activities such as the Solana workshops and the Inception workshops. These two activities were more of a training course to be foundations of the other projects funded by the European Union to administer to the problems of the Office of the Ombudsman regarding good governance. Governance aid materializes through its funding of the corruption prevention project and political reform embodies managerial, structural, policy or technology reform that aims to improve the political situation of the Philippines. Qualitative and quantitative research is conducted focusing on the office of the ombudsman and the European Commission. Selected activities were evaluated together with interviews from qualified individuals and journals, books are used to check the consistency of the results. This paper bases the development of their research on a liberalistic point of view and concluded that the program has not yet significantly caused any political reform in the country, although it opened the issue to the offices of the government and has made them aware of what the problems are and what are the choices and actions they must do in order to improve their government and country. The significance of the governance aid in promoting political reform in the Philippines has yet to be seen. There have been attempts and these have yet to be observed if there will be something coming out of these attempts. To all the future researchers on this topic or topics related to governance aids, this would be interesting since this is the first ever project by the EC regarding good governance. The researchers of this research recommend that they follow up on the said program to determine its effectivity and also they look for new programs that have been initiated towards good governance by other donors.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Accession Number

CDTU014168

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Keywords

Philippines--Foreign relations--European Union countries|; European Union countries--Foreign relations--Philippines; European Union--Influence

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