Assessing open governance data in South Cotabato

Abstract

The Province of South Cotabato is located in the southern part of the Philippines with a long tradition of participatory governance processes. The impact of providing information to citizens through the government website is still very low at this stage. South Cotabato’s website focuses more on tourism and investment promotion. Apart from information on local government leaders and on recent activities of the government published as news articles, there is little governance information contained in the website. This one-page brief reviews available open governance data.