Local Legislators' Toolkit - The Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng ...

A. WHY GET CITIZENS INVOLVED?<strong>The</strong> sanggunian must get citizens and civil society organizations to actively participate inlegislative activities because:• It is the right of citizens to be heard.• It is the right of citizens to be consulted by their elected officials on matters of publicinterest.• It is the right of citizens to organize themselves into groups to participate in localgovernance.• CSOs have the advantage of having a network and the resources to assist in themonitoring of the sectors, e.g. workers, youth, etc.Getting groups involved in legislation can benefit the sanggunian because:• CSOs especially people’s organizations have direct links with the grassrootsbecause of the services they provide to the community, e.g. health, education,among others.• <strong>The</strong> private sector and CSOs have access to resources – research basedinformation, time, staff and funds – that may be useful to policymaking.<strong>The</strong> following tools may be used for reaching out to the public are:Tool 1 -Tool 2 -Tool 3 -Tool 4 -Tool 5 -Tool 6 -Tool 7 -Legislative DigestSanggunian BrochureMedia ToolsWebsiteLetter to ConstituentsBarangay or Purok HoppingStudy Visits for Students280