Pinoy Voters' Academy

The anchor of the political education work is the PPCRV's Pinoy
Voters' Academy (PVA) which was developed in close partnership with
the Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan of the Jesuit Philippine Province. The
PVA is a participative process of political education leading to
action-planning by local communities.

Bantay Pangako

VforCE also aims to deepen political education and involvement through
Bantay Pangako which builds on the covenants signed between the
candidates and communities to create mechanisms for monitoring
campaign promises and demanding accountability after the elections,
This project is inspired by the Silingan Ka experience in Ipil
Prelature, Zamboanga-Sibugay. Organizations like the Parish Pastoral
Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), NASSA, Simbahang Lingkod ng
Bayan (SLB), the Ateneo School of Government and Office for Social
Concern and Involvement are working on this front. It also aims to
draw in various organizations involved in direct community development
work, including CODE-NGO, Gawad Kalinga and different religious
communities, social involvement offices and socially oriented
organizations in various schools and parishes across the country.

Bantay Pulitiko/Agenda Candidates' Forums and Profiles

A central component of political education is the holding of
candidates' forums. The Union of Catholic Student Councils sponsored a
senatorial candidates' forum at St. Scholastica's College last March
9. Various schools, communities and civic organizations have also
been holding candidates forums and debates. The COMELEC, PPCRV and
ABS-CBN have an ongoing senatorial candidates forum televised live
over ANC on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 pm (and replayed at
various times and channels) as a central part of voters' education.

Also part of the effort to provide voters' education are websites that
provide candidates' profiles to help voters make informed choices:
www.youvote2007.com (De La Salle University),
www.simbahanglinkod.multiply.com/journal/item/11 (SLB), www.ivote.ph
(a project of Ateneo alumni and current Law and Political Science
students) and www.mbc.com.ph/congresswatch (Makati Business Club).

Voter and Volunteer Information Call Center

As the main secretariat for VforCE, the Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan, in
cooperation with the Ateneo School of Government and Pugadlawin will
operate a call center which will help in volunteer recruitment,
deployment and coordination, and answer election-related inquiries
from voters around the country and even from overseas.
Please contact: vforce2007@gmail.com (email); 09263041826 (mobile);
4265968 (fax); 4266101 ext. 3440/3441 (landline).