Assessing Participation from the Lens of Civil Society

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It is imperative to have a better understanding of how Mining Oversight Committees (MOCs) operate from a CSO perspective. By looking at the insights and actual experiences that CSO representatives in MMTs, MRFCs, and P/CMRBs in the province of Palawan, we can identify the strengths, benefits, and even the constraints or limitations of MOCs.
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This study focused on documenting the actual experiences and insights of CSO representatives in the various Mining Oversight Committees (MOCs) to provide an indication on how MOCs operate from a CSO’s perspective. The respondents for this study were limited to six CSO representatives only.