(Screengrab from FOI Philippines Facebook page) MANILA - The Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) emphasized the critical roles and capacities that civil society organization (CSO) plays in the implementation of fiscal decentralization. "Today as we talk among ourselves, we learn that we can work on equal footing with our government allies in the local government," PH-OGP Non-Government Non-Steering Committee co-chairperson Andrea Maria Patricia Sarenas said during the 3rd session of the Fiscal Transparency Webinar Series for the Non-Government Sector entitled, "Ambag Natin: Partisipasyon ng CSOs sa Proseso at Implementasyon ng Debolusyon sa 2022" on November 19. Serenas welcomed almost 300 representatives from government and non-government stakeholders across the country, including CSOs, people's organizations, academic institutions, and public sector unions. Dr. Divina Luz J. Lopez, the former National Coordinator of the Philippine Partnership for t