Governance ChallengeGovernance Challenge

Youth and Youth and GovernanceGovernance Yes to LeadershipYes to Leadership

What is Governance?What is Governance?

The exercise of political, economic The exercise of political, economic and administrative authority to and administrative authority to manage a nationmanage a nation’’s affairs. Comprises s affairs. Comprises the complex array of mechanisms, the complex array of mechanisms, processes, relationships and processes, relationships and institutions through which citizens institutions through which citizens and groups articulate their interests, and groups articulate their interests, exercise rights and obligations and exercise rights and obligations and mediate differences (UNDP1997).mediate differences (UNDP1997).

The exercise of authority is The exercise of authority is uppermost in government and uppermost in government and remains significant in governance, remains significant in governance, but is no longer its single focus.but is no longer its single focus.

What Governance What Governance Implies?Implies?

Power in governance is not so much Power in governance is not so much wielded as shared, and authority is wielded as shared, and authority is defined not so much by the control defined not so much by the control of the ruler as by the consent and of the ruler as by the consent and participation of the governed.participation of the governed.

What Governance What Governance Implies?Implies?

In traditional parlance, government In traditional parlance, government rules and controls, but in a state of rules and controls, but in a state of governance, it orchestrates and governance, it orchestrates and manages.manages.

What Governance What Governance Implies?Implies?

Power rests on the trust the players Power rests on the trust the players have on the director and on each have on the director and on each other. Because built on trust, other. Because built on trust, transparency in the conduct of transparency in the conduct of governing is essential. Laws still governing is essential. Laws still bind all, but they are laws they had bind all, but they are laws they had a part in bringing about.a part in bringing about.

What Governance What Governance Implies?Implies?

All governing is an act of leadership, All governing is an act of leadership, of moving a society towards a of moving a society towards a preferred direction. While preferred direction. While government can have a connotation government can have a connotation of being interested only in of being interested only in maintenance and in preserving maintenance and in preserving peace and order, peace and order, governance governance implies leadership toward societal implies leadership toward societal developmentdevelopment..

What Governance What Governance Implies?Implies?

1.1. ParticipationParticipation

2.2. Transparency and AccountabilityTransparency and Accountability

3.3. Rule of LawRule of Law

4.4. Strategic Vision Strategic Vision

5.5. ResponsivenessResponsiveness

6.6. Effectiveness and EfficiencyEffectiveness and Efficiency

Elements of Elements of GovernanceGovernance

Governance entails that Governance entails that youth participation is youth participation is primordial primordial

Why Youth Why Youth Participation?Participation?1.Youth comprises majority of population 1.Youth comprises majority of population

worldwide.worldwide.

2. The future belongs to the youth of today.2. The future belongs to the youth of today.

3. Future leaders of organizations would 3. Future leaders of organizations would come from the campuses.come from the campuses.

4. The youth is in the frontlines of 4. The youth is in the frontlines of technological development (web, IT, e-technological development (web, IT, e-governance)governance)

5. The youth are the drivers of innovations in 5. The youth are the drivers of innovations in society.society.

The Challenge to The Challenge to Governance is a Governance is a Leadership ChallengeLeadership Challenge

Leadership is Leadership is ““influenceinfluence””

Even the most introvert Even the most introvert person can influence at person can influence at least 10,000 in his/her least 10,000 in his/her lifetimelifetime

Society is in Society is in overwhelming shortage overwhelming shortage of leaders...of leaders...

The CSI of LeadershipThe CSI of Leadership

1. Competence1. Competence

Technical know-how, Technical know-how,

Knowledge, Knowledge,

Skills, Skills,

Intellectual abilitiesIntellectual abilities

1. Competence1. Competence

Self-Discipline--Self-Discipline--””to gripto grip”” or or ““take hold oftake hold of””

““In reading the lives of great men, i found In reading the lives of great men, i found that the first victory they won was over that the first victory they won was over themselvesthemselves””-Harry Truman-Harry Truman

Competence is Competence is quintessential to quintessential to effective, deep-impact effective, deep-impact leadership.leadership.

2. Integrity2. Integrity

POSITIVE, ENDURING CHARACTERPOSITIVE, ENDURING CHARACTER

““PositivePositive””--inclined to good, and noble --inclined to good, and noble conductconduct

““EnduringEnduring””--it is stable across any --it is stable across any circumstance or situationcircumstance or situation

““CharacterCharacter””--attitudinal--attitudinal

2. Integrity2. Integrity

State of being whole, unified.State of being whole, unified.

Capacity and power to Capacity and power to ““do the right thingdo the right thing”” instead of merely doing things the right instead of merely doing things the right way (which is the realm of competenceway (which is the realm of competence””

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the own interests, but also to the interests of others. (Php 2:3-4)interests of others. (Php 2:3-4)

While competence gives While competence gives prime importance to prime importance to ““power and controlpower and control”” to to efficiently accomplish tasks efficiently accomplish tasks and goals, integrity values and goals, integrity values ““respectrespect”” and seeks to and seeks to achieve it among persons...achieve it among persons...

3. Service3. Service

Whoever would be first among you Whoever would be first among you must be servant of all.must be servant of all.

(Mk 10:42-44; Mt 20: 25-28)(Mk 10:42-44; Mt 20: 25-28)

3. Service3. Service

Service is the hinge-pin of leadership on Service is the hinge-pin of leadership on which both competence and integrity which both competence and integrity revolves. revolves.

we have the term we have the term ““Servant leadershipServant leadership”” to to speak about the kind of effective, deep-speak about the kind of effective, deep-impact leadershipimpact leadership

Servant-Leader:Servant-Leader:a a ““servantservant”” who is a who is a ““leaderleader””

One who operates on One who operates on the level of service the level of service values and is motivated values and is motivated by by ““compassion and compassion and lovelove””..

..a servant-leader ..a servant-leader LISTENS and are LISTENS and are naturally empathic naturally empathic about what others feel about what others feel and have to say...and have to say...

Servant-leadership is a way of life Servant-leadership is a way of life rooted in ones character that rooted in ones character that translates values and dispositions translates values and dispositions into behavior that serves without into behavior that serves without seeking after external rewards.seeking after external rewards.

The heart of servant-The heart of servant-leadership is genuine leadership is genuine care for others and their care for others and their well-beingwell-being

The CSI of LeadershipThe CSI of LeadershipCOMPETENCECOMPETENCE

SERVICESERVICE

INTEGRITYINTEGRITY

Thank you..God bless...Thank you..God bless...