Education
and training (EDTRA) program is a CenPEG civic education service
that provides basic tools and skills in governance and people empowerment
to various groups and organizations.
The
grassroots-based EDTRA program is dedicated to promoting transparency,
accountability and people participation (TAP) as basic tenets of
governance and ethical values of justice, truthfulness, industry
and self reliance.
EDTRA
produces multi-media education and training modules, holds trainings
of facilitators and trainors engaged in education, training and
literacy seminars/workshops related to political and electoral concerns.
It covers a wide range of subjects from local governance, policy
study and constitution to electoral politics, foreign affairs, bureaucracy
and issues of corruption and underdevelopment.
Upon request (link to CONTACT US), the Center provides a basic course
on Democratic Governance and People Empowerment (DGPE), as well
as special courses and seminar-workshops on electoral and sectoral
concerns. To promote clean and honest elections, it conducts Poll
Watch and Voters’ Education seminar-workshops during election
season.
EDTRA’s objective is to raise the awareness of the marginalized
people in local governance and raise their capabilities in: 1) exacting
greater transparency and accountability from government units and
officials; and 2) achieving “self-governance.” As a
strategy, it aims to raise the capabilities of opinion-makers and
the people in the grassroots about the principles and practice of
“democratic governance.”
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