Lecture Part 3 - Good Governance

Ateneo School of GovernmentAteneo School of GovernmentGood Governance FrameworkGood Governance Framework

Presented inPresented inAirlangga UniversityAirlangga UniversitySurabaya, East JavaSurabaya, East Java14 to 15 June 200614 to 15 June 2006

What is Good Governance?What is Good Governance?

GOOD (from Merriam-Webster)- Something that is desirable and beneficial

- Right Thing

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GOVERNANCE (from Merriam-Webster)- the exercise of sovereign authority

- sovereign authority is power coming from the people through elections

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GOOD GOVERNANCE- the exercise of sovereign authority that is desirable and beneficial to the people

- the right way of exercising sovereign authority (power from the people)

Why Good GovernanceWhy Good Governance

Sovereign Authority

Power from the people

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FOR

PUBLIC GOOD/ VALUE

PUBLIC SERVANTS

THAT IS WHY WE ARE CALLED

(not for self)

Not public bosses

Good Governance Framework and PrinciplesGood Governance Framework and Principles

TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE

CIVIC PARTICIPATION

INNOVATIVE

EFFICIENT EFFECTIVE

Service Delivery

TOWARDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION

T SR UA SN TS AF IE & NR AA BB LL EE

Note: This framework has been used by the Ateneo School of Government in judging the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) Best Practices Awards

LEADERSHIPSTYLE

And

EFFECTIVEMANAGEMENT

ForPUBLIC

SERVICE

Why TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE Why TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE?GOVERNANCE?

TRANSPA- TRANSPA- RENCY RENCY

AND AND

ACCOUNT-ACCOUNT-ABILITYABILITY

WhyWhy What is itWhat is it ExamplesExamples

Because it Because it is public is public resources resources you haveyou have

Because Because you are you are trusted to trusted to take care of take care of itit

Because it Because it prevents prevents corruptioncorruption

Public well informed about the project from Public well informed about the project from inception to implementationinception to implementation

Availability of accurate and up to date Availability of accurate and up to date information about project implementationinformation about project implementation

Public knows were to access informationPublic knows were to access information

Criteria used for selection of beneficiaries are Criteria used for selection of beneficiaries are disseminated to the publicdisseminated to the public

Information on the selection of beneficiaries is Information on the selection of beneficiaries is disseminated to the publicdisseminated to the public

Access to financial reports by the publicAccess to financial reports by the public

Regular progress reports on the projectsRegular progress reports on the projects

Presence of feedback and/ or built-in corrective Presence of feedback and/ or built-in corrective mechanisms to obtain inputs from stakeholdersmechanisms to obtain inputs from stakeholders

Billboards Billboards with accurate with accurate project project implementa-implementa-tion info tion info (Marikina)(Marikina)

Text Text hotlines hotlines (Metro Manila (Metro Manila Cities) Cities)

Webpage Webpage (Naga)(Naga)

Why the Need for CIVIC PARTICIPATION?Why the Need for CIVIC PARTICIPATION?

CIVIC CIVIC PARTICI-PARTICI-PATIONPATION


Because you do Because you do not know not know everythingeverything

Because people Because people know their needs know their needs from the groundfrom the ground

Because people Because people are resources are resources that can help youthat can help you

Because it Because it empowers empowers peoplepeople

Presence of functional mechanisms to Presence of functional mechanisms to encourage participation and obtain encourage participation and obtain feedback from stakeholdersfeedback from stakeholders

Involvement of citizens and/ or target Involvement of citizens and/ or target beneficiaries in the projects of beneficiaries in the projects of government from situational analysis, government from situational analysis, design, implementation, monitoring, design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluationand evaluation

Ownership of community or target Ownership of community or target beneficiaries of the projectbeneficiaries of the project

Citizen’s Board Citizen’s Board (Naga)(Naga)

CBDSS (Bago)CBDSS (Bago)

Samal Cultural Samal Cultural Heritage RevivalHeritage Revival

Samal LSBSamal LSB

Participation is Participation is not not ATTENDANCE ATTENDANCE SHEET onlySHEET only

Why INNOVATION?Why INNOVATION?

INNOVAT-INNOVAT-IONION


Because the Because the traditional traditional way is not way is not enough or enough or does not work does not work anymoreanymore

Because the Because the problem of problem of poverty is a poverty is a daunting daunting challengechallenge

Able to aggressively pursue non-Able to aggressively pursue non-traditional sources of income and traditional sources of income and resources resources

Able to introduce a new way of doing Able to introduce a new way of doing things to be more responsive and with things to be more responsive and with positive resultspositive results

Creative/ imaginative use of available Creative/ imaginative use of available resources to address concrete problemsresources to address concrete problems

Mauswag na Mauswag na Ciudad Ciudad (Sorsogon)(Sorsogon)

One Stop Shops One Stop Shops in cities in the in cities in the early daysearly days

Municipal bondsMunicipal bonds

Some LGUs risk Some LGUs risk to a point of being to a point of being hailed to court hailed to court (e.g. Bulacan)(e.g. Bulacan)

Why EFFICIENT GOVERNANCE?Why EFFICIENT GOVERNANCE?

EFFIC-EFFIC-IENCYIENCY


Because Because resources resources are scarceare scarce

Because Because public public resources resources have been have been entrusted entrusted to youto you

Best practical solution and use of resources Best practical solution and use of resources to address the problemto address the problem

Well-defined objectives with clear targets, Well-defined objectives with clear targets, outputs and steps to achieve themoutputs and steps to achieve them

Maximum/optimal use of local resourcesMaximum/optimal use of local resources

Activities implemented according to scheduleActivities implemented according to schedule

Presence of functional corrective Presence of functional corrective mechanisms to address implementation lagsmechanisms to address implementation lags

Implementation lags solved on timeImplementation lags solved on time

Expected reach of the project (number of Expected reach of the project (number of beneficiaries) and intended outcome beneficiaries) and intended outcome commensurable with cost of project commensurable with cost of project

Mauswag na Mauswag na ciudad ciudad (Sorsogon)(Sorsogon)

Samal Samal Mariculture Mariculture ParkPark

Is cost/ Is cost/ beneficiary beneficiary ratio a good ratio a good measure of measure of efficiency?efficiency?

The problem The problem of of Caloocan Caloocan bonds?bonds?

Why EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE?Why EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE?

EFFECT-EFFECT-IVITYIVITY

Impact of Impact of your your actions actions

-SocialSocial- Econo-Econo-micmic

Envir-Envir-onmentonment


Because Because it is it is public public resourceresources you s you havehave

Because Because you are you are trusted trusted to take to take care of itcare of it

Because Because people people are are hoping hoping on you on you

Presence of clear and consistent vision and mission Presence of clear and consistent vision and mission articulated by the LGU leadershiparticulated by the LGU leadership Presence of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms Presence of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to track the effectiveness of the project.to track the effectiveness of the project. Strengthens community collaboration and Strengthens community collaboration and cooperationcooperation Strengthens partnership between LGUs and Strengthens partnership between LGUs and community community Increased income of LGU and or community Increased income of LGU and or community membersmembers Improvements in service delivery felt by the Improvements in service delivery felt by the communitycommunity Active development of network and linkages with Active development of network and linkages with other local, national and international institutionsother local, national and international institutions Environment friendly and/ or no adverse effects on Environment friendly and/ or no adverse effects on the environmentthe environment

Nueva Nueva Viscaya and Viscaya and its MBN its MBN indicators indicators (Gov. (Gov. Agbayani)Agbayani)

Naga and Naga and its Local its Local BoardsBoards

Marinduque Marinduque copper copper mining mining tragedytragedy

From 5From 5thth class to a class to a higher class.higher class.

But Why POVERTY ALLEVIATION?But Why POVERTY ALLEVIATION?

POV-POV-

ERTY ERTY

ALLEV-ALLEV-IATIONIATION


Because it Because it is the main is the main problem of problem of the the countrycountry

Because it Because it distributes distributes wealth to wealth to all and not all and not to a fewto a few

Concrete benefits by the poor and Concrete benefits by the poor and vulnerable sectors of communityvulnerable sectors of community

Does not disenfranchise the poor Does not disenfranchise the poor sectorsector

Addresses the needs of the poorAddresses the needs of the poor

Poor are well-targeted as beneficiaries Poor are well-targeted as beneficiaries of the projectof the project

Inclusion of impact of project on the Inclusion of impact of project on the poor considered in the design and poor considered in the design and implementation of the projectimplementation of the project

Nueva Nueva Vizcaya and Vizcaya and its MBN its MBN indicatorsindicators

Stopping the Stopping the poor from poor from getting getting poorer, rich poorer, rich getting richer!getting richer!

Where do the other themes come in?SECURITY?

HUMAN RIGHTS?HEALTH?

EDUCATION?LIVELIHOOD?

ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND GOOD GOVERNANCEETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND GOOD GOVERNANCEDILEMMA?DILEMMA?

CAN ONE BE AN ETHICAL LEADERAND PROVIDE

BAD GOVERNANCE?

OR

CAN ONE BE AN UNETHICAL LEADERAND PROVIDE

GOOD GOVERNANCE?

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