Result Summary for Survey:PPTRP direct participants

PPTRP direct participants

1. Please enter your minimum details below (sex, location and profession). You DO NOT have to include your email address. If you do, it will be kept fully confidential and only ever be used to possibly follow up on any interesting comments or suggestions you may make in this survey.
	answered question		67
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Sex view		100.0%	67
City/Region view		100.0%	67
Profession view		100.0%	67
Email Address:		67.2%	45

2. Do you agree with the statement that the ONLY way public corruption can be reduced and transparency and accountability increased is if ordinary people somehow get involved and stay involved?
	answered question		63
	skipped question		4
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		88.9%	56
No		7.9%	5
Not sure		3.2%	2

3. The Philippine Public Transparency Reporting Project was built on the belief that the more ordinary citizens can understand and access information about public sector behavior and finances at national and local levels, the more we can monitor and ultimately participate in decisions on public spending and help improve accountability and reduce corruption: Was our assumption correct?
	answered question		61
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		98.4%	60
No		0.0%	0
Not sure		1.6%	1

4. Do you think the project purpose was clear?
	answered question		60
	skipped question		7
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		88.3%	53
No		3.3%	2
Not sure		8.3%	5

5. Given the size of the challenge and the length of our project (the website was launched in March 2010), how successful do you think we were?
	answered question		60
	skipped question		7
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very successful		16.7%	10
Quite successful		60.0%	36
Not very succesful		16.7%	10
Not sure		6.7%	4
Other (please specify) view			9

6. Do you think the website (www.transparencyreporting.net), was an important part of the project?
	answered question		57
	skipped question		10
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		98.2%	56
No		0.0%	0
Don't know		1.8%	1

7. Do you think the project was well conceived and designed
	answered question		61
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		78.7%	48
No		4.9%	3
Not sure		16.4%	10

8. Do you think it was a good idea to try build and link wider constituencies for change that brought together media, civil society organisations, faith and other groups and individuals to organise and press for change?
	answered question		61
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		100.0%	61
No		0.0%	0
Not sure		0.0%	0

9. What was your main project participation (choose one answer only)?
	answered question		61
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
As a participant in one or both of the training workshops		60.7%	37
As a member/supporter of the local citizens' accountability group		19.7%	12
As a participant in a project roundtable or other public event		3.3%	2
As a writer who contributed stories to the project website		11.5%	7
As somebody who contacted us via email or website with a question, comment, suggestion or tip-off		4.9%	3
Other (please specify) view			3

10. What did you think of the training workshop(s) you attended?
	answered question		38
	skipped question		29
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very useful and interesting		76.3%	29
Quite useful and interesting		21.1%	8
Not very useful or interesting		2.6%	1
Other (please specify) view			2

11. What is your opinion on setting up local citizens' accountability groups to try and help build greater transparency and accountability at the local government level?
	answered question		12
	skipped question		55
		Response Percent	Response Count
It is a good idea in both theory and practise		58.3%	7
It is a good idea in theory -but in my experience it doesn't work in practise		16.7%	2
It is too early to say		25.0%	3

12. Have you been able to put any new skills or learning you got from the training(s) into actual use?
	answered question		37
	skipped question		30
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		78.4%	29
No		21.6%	8

13. Outside of this project, have you received any other training around the issues of corruption, transparency and accountability?
	answered question		38
	skipped question		29
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		63.2%	24
No		36.8%	14

14. How do you rate the training offered by this project in comparison with other training you had on corruption, transparency and accountability?
	answered question		24
	skipped question		43
		Response Percent	Response Count
The training from this project was better		37.5%	9
The training from this project was worse		0.0%	0
They were about the same		62.5%	15
I can't remember		0.0%	0

15. Do you think your local citizen's accountability group will be able to continue on its own after this project ends on August 31 and financial and all other support finishes?
	answered question		12
	skipped question		55
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes I think so		50.0%	6
No, I don't think so		8.3%	1
Not sure		41.7%	5

16. How interesting/useful did you find the project roundtable(s)/events you attended compared with other projects that also covefred issues around corruption, transparency and accountability?
	answered question		3
	skipped question		64
		Response Percent	Response Count
This project's roundtable(s)/events I attended were better		33.3%	1
This project's roundtable(s)/events I attended were worse		0.0%	0
They were about the same		66.7%	2
I can't remember		0.0%	0

17. What did you think about your experience of writng for the project website? (You may tick more than one answer).
	answered question		7
	skipped question		60
		Response Percent	Response Count
I enjoyed the whole commissioning and editing process - from the initial idea through to publication		57.1%	4
I got to write about something that would have proved hard to get published elsewhere		42.9%	3
It was a good learning experience		42.9%	3
The editing of my story was too much and too heavy		0.0%	0
I didn't understand why there were so many changes made to my story		0.0%	0
I wasn't happy that the editors asked me too many questions before it was finally published		14.3%	1
I would like to keep writing for the project website given the chance		85.7%	6

18. How did you find out about/come across this project (the Philippine Public Transparency Reporting Project/Pera Natin To!)
	answered question		10
	skipped question		57
		Response Percent	Response Count
Through reports/mentions about it in the Philippine media		30.0%	3
By accident, through the Internet		10.0%	1
Through friends or colleagues		50.0%	5
I already knew about the project because of its trainings/roundtables		20.0%	2
Other (please specify)			0

19. From your own experience, please rate the project in terms of:
	answered question							59
	skipped question							8
	Excellent	Very good	Good	Average	Poor		Rating Average	Response Count
Information and education	32.2% (19)	45.8% (27)	13.6% (8)	5.1% (3)	3.4% (2)	0.0% (0)	2.02	59
Reporting	28.8% (17)	40.7% (24)	25.4% (15)	5.1% (3)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	2.07	59
Training	24.1% (14)	48.3% (28)	22.4% (13)	5.2% (3)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	2.09	58
Advocacy and campaigns	24.6% (14)	49.1% (28)	21.1% (12)	5.3% (3)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	2.07	57
Project website design and appeal	30.4% (17)	44.6% (25)	16.1% (9)	5.4% (3)	0.0% (0)	3.6% (2)	2.11	56
Focusing equally at both national and the local level	24.6% (14)	45.6% (26)	22.8% (13)	5.3% (3)	1.8% (1)	0.0% (0)	2.14	57

20. Do you think the project achieved anything of interest or made any kind of difference?
	answered question		59
	skipped question		8
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		93.2%	55
No		1.7%	1
Not sure		5.1%	3

21. Please explain what impact you think it made or what you believe it achieved
	answered question	50
	skipped question	17
		Response Count
view		50

22. Please use this box for any comments, thoughts or ideas you may have
	answered question	42
	skipped question	25
		Response Count
view		42