Just the other day, my friend Hanniel and I were talking about how, despite all of the pessimism and the undeniably rotten developments that plague our country, that it's not at all unrealistic to adopt a more positive outlook towards our native land. I suppose this is similar to the dynamic of a person in love: that despite the many difficulties that threaten to tear the relationship asunder, sometimes it takes but one passionately sincere gesture or sentiment to help a loving relationship stay the course. I've just been invited to attend and contribute to Mahal ko ang Pilipinas, a youth initiative undertaken by the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA). Briefly, ISA is an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit institution founded by Dr. Jesus Estanislao to seek improvements in the practice of public governance at all levels of the government, with the further aim of gradual alignment of standards in public governance with global principles and the best possible practices.
Tomorrow's Renaissance Initiative (RI) seeks to craft a sectoral roadmap for the Philippines by specifying sectoral anchors that will form an open coalition. The aim of the RI is to institutionalize the commitment of the different anchors to produce the following results:
a) The coalition formulates, and then reviews as well as updates, its own Sectoral Roadmap in support of the National Roadmap. They report on their progress in the biennial conference organized to chronicle the journey of responsible citizens towards Philippines 2030.
b) Each sector carries out an internal outreach program, aimed at its members, to promote and spread the observance of the proper values connected with Responsible Citizenship and Good Governance.
c) Each sector shall also have an external outreach program, by which it assists other sectors in society or specific public governance units, such as cities and eventually provinces and municipalities, which are actively and seriously pursuing targets under their own governance Roadmaps.
Now this is exciting stuff! I've always wondered how people can lament the numerous shortcomings of our current governance while at the same time justify their unwillingness to participate in public service initiatives because of the supposed irreversibly entrenched corruption that permeates all levels of governance. If I haven't put everyone to sleep with this post, why not drop by ISA?
It's time to take the power back.
2 comments:
I love da pilipins so much and I hate anybody who disses it. If you can't stand the heat of the kitchen, leyb it.
take or leyb it, i say.
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