The Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare (PNGOC) is a registered non-profit organization with a tax exempt done status.

PNGOC was founded on June 24, 1987 by 17 Philippine NGOs with the objective of becoming the voice of population and development advocates within the NGO, government and funding circles and to respond to the growing demand for NGO services in population, reproductive and sexual health and development. PNGOC is a leading advocate of the reproductive health care framework as espoused by the ICPD Programme of Action.

From the fledging organization of 17 NGOs in 1987, PNGOC has now grown to 97 member NGOs focusing on different development concerns and catering to various sectors of the population in all parts of the country.

The council strives to empower and improve the quality of life of Filipinos by advocating nationality and locally for reforms and by strengthening partnerships among its member-NGOs through resource mobilization, policy advocacy, information management, capability enhancement, research, and model development to implement and manage gender-sensitive and comprehensive reproductive health and sustainable development programs.

Over the years, PNGOC’s programs are achieved through the support of its partners like United Nations Population Fund, the Asian Development Bank, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Consuelo Foundation, World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Ford Foundation, AusAID, USAID, International Labour Organization and the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria.

Mission:

The Council strive to strengthen partnerships among its member NGOs through resource mobilization, policy advocacy, information management, capability enhancement, research, and model development to implement and manage gender sensitive and comprehensive reproductive health and sustainable development programs.

The Council works to:

• - Contribute to the creation of a socio-political, economic and cultural environment that is supportive of population, health and development concerns and programs.
• - Enable members to integrate and sustain effectively and efficiently population, health and development programs into their existing programs.
• - Help members access, generate, mobilize and share internal and external resources.
• - Serve as an effective resource and information center on population, health and development.
• - Strengthen partnerships geared for development among the national government, local government units, people’s organizations and international institutions.

Vision:

PNGOC is the lead network of sustainable NGOs that strives for the health and empowerment of Filipinos towards a humane, just, and equitable society.

Theme:

The theme of the 7th APCRSHR is Examining achievements, good practices and challenges: Towards a strategic positioning of SRHR for all. This theme was chosen to review the Asia Pacific’s accomplishments, good practices for diverse populations particularly adolescents and youth, women of reproductive age, men, and the elderly, the different stakeholders’ roles and accountability, lessons learned, issues and challenges in realizing the ICPD- POAnd in attaining the SRHR- related MDGs.

The sub- themes are as follows.

• - Overview of the different ICPD- POA, MDG and other related commitments and   performance of the Asia Pacific region
• - Good SRHR practices in health systems (focus on the HS six pillars—governance, health facilities, health financing, human resources, regulations, and health  information), issues and challenges
• - Sexual and reproductive rights in ‘normal’, crisis and humanitarian settings: Good practices, issues, and challenges
• - Emerging and re- emerging issues, challenges, prospects beyond 2015)

Objectives:

1. 1. To revisit the ICPD- POA, MDGs, and other SRHR- related commitments of the Asia Pacific countries;
2. 2. To systematically review the performance of the Asia Pacific region,sub- regions, and countries including the good SRHR practices and lessons learned for diverse groups and social settings to address the ICPD- POA and in meeting their commitments to achieve the MDGs (4, 5 a & b, and 6);
3. 3. To identify the past, current and future roles and accountability of different stakeholders particularly NGOs, national and local governments,and development partners in achieving key SRHR results;
4. 4. To elicit new paradigms, innovative ideas, and strategies that would meaningfully address emerging SRHR issues, challenges,  accountability of stakeholders beyond 2015   and within the Sustainable Development Goals[SDGs] framework;
5. 5. To foster new alliances and to strengthen partnerships and cooperation in SRHR endeavors among diverse stakeholders from the region.