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Dream Philippines Fair 30 Audited Financial Statements Our Story 1 Many great things can result from the small contributions of many different people. Jess Estanislao It Can Be Done, 2016 What partners say about ISA LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT “From the day we decided to adopt the Performance Governance System (PGS), the Municipality of Samal started to walk in a clearer path of good governance. PGS has been a very effective tool to translate our vision into measurable metrics of actions and deeds. I am excited to witness how our fourth-income class municipality will gradually transform into a growing metropolis through the help of PGS. All Samaleños started to work hand-in-hand for the welfare of our motherland: a government that delivers; leaders who truly serve; and citizens who get involved.” Generosa “Gene” Malibiran Dela Fuente, Mayor Municipal Government of Samal NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY “The Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) commitment to the PGS with the guiding principles of the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA), has inspired the organization to not only win personal battles, but also to achieve the goals the Department deems necessary to existentially define who we are. Achieving these goals, however, has not been the challenge in the six years of dealing with such undertaking. It is the constant unwavering commitment of the Department’s workforce to break the boundaries set by the bureaucracy and to go beyond what is satisfactorily acceptable.” Raul Asis, Undersecretary Department of Public Works and Highways INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER “The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) believes good governance drives progress and is vital for a country to be more globally competitive. We are privileged to have in ISA a passionate partner in realising this advocacy. Through the PGS program, the public and private sector have been brought together to work towards good governance in a collaborative, accountable, sustainable, and strategic manner. This will be critical for achieving transformative outcomes for a more progressive Philippines.” National Competitiveness Council Contents 4 19 Our Story 2016 Book 6 20 Our Milestones ISA Campaign 8 21 Chairman’s Message ISA Board of Trustees 9 22 CEO’s Report 2016 Society of Fellows and Associates 10 24 Performance Governance System (PGS) ISA Fellows 12 26 New Partners ISA Associates 14 28 Public Governance Revalida Our Team 16 29 Governance Boot Camp Statement of Management’s Responsibility for Financial Statements 18 Dream Philippines Fair 30 Audited Financial Statements Our Story Building our Dream Philippines where every government institution delivers and every citizen prospers In the weeks leading to the People Power Revolution of 2001, a peaceful protest that overthrew a corrupt presidency and exposed the frailties of Philippine government, economist and former finance minister Jesus Estanislao gathered reform-minded influencers from different disciplines to form the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA). Together, its founding members sought a return to values and meaningful civic participation, and envisioned a nation led by strong and upright democratic institutions. Recognising governance as key to bringing about long wanted breakthroughs and transformations, ISA took on many significant projects in its early years, including serving as Secretariat of the National Governance Advisory Council, authoring and monitoring the Code of Good Governance for Professions, and setting up the Centres for Leadership in East Asia Network or CLEAN. Today, ISA is emerging as the country’s foremost authority on transforming the public sector for good. We work with handpicked national agencies and local governments to create strategies that yield big reforms and result in better public service, more entrepreneurship and investments, and new opportunities to raise household incomes. We carry out our mission of making governance a shared responsibility by: • Working directly with decision-makers to set up governance reform programs • Building governance reform capacities through training and one-on-one interventions • Involving civil society leaders as governance reform mentors and advisors • Requiring government leaders to deliver impact reports in public forums • Recognising government institutions for visible impact achieved through governance reform • Publishing books and articles that show the impact of governance reform in the Philippines Through all these, we stay true to the aspirations of “people power”, involving as many Filipinos as we can in building a Dream Philippines where every government institution delivers and every citizen prospers. 4 Governance Charter VISION To become the leading public governance reform institute in East Asia by 2020 MISSION Making governance a shared responsibility Service to the CORE VALUES Patriotism Subsidiarity common good 2020 Strategy LEARNING & STAKEHOLDER CORE PROCESS FINANCE GROWTH Capacitate Fellows Create a Market the IGG Safeguard the and Associates to be Transformation Fund as a seal of good standards of the PGS gatekeepers of the from local and global governance Pathway PGS pathway and philanthropies elements Publicize compelling Forge partnerships Develop Build a sustainable transformation with regulators for competencies business model stories to them to be PGS of a governance as a governance substantiate the IGG enablers certifying body certifying body brand Institutionalize Mainstream platforms for best governance practice sharing discipline through among PGS partnerships with practitioners academe 5 2000 Our Milestones In the final months of a corrupt presidency, economist Jesus Estanislao forms the 2004 Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA) together with reform-minded friends from different disciplines. With grants from the Center for International They begin to offer values education and build Private Enterprise (CIPE) and The Asia Foundation, ISA coalitions with various sectors (youth, professions, and business) while looking for solutions leading launches the Performance Governance System (PGS), to lasting reforms in government. its flagship governance reform program. Within a year, eight local governments are declared ‘Dream Cities’ and asked to report on their new governance reform strategies in ISA’s first public forum. 2009 The Philippines’ national tax, education, health, transport and communication, infrastructure, and police departments are asked to work with ISA to improve governance issues under the US-funded Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC). ISA’s work is featured as a case study on ‘democracy that delivers’ in global public sector forums held in Seoul, Jakarta, and Washington D.C. The city government of Iloilo becomes the first PGS user to enter the the global Palladium Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy™. It is shortly followed by the city government of San Fernando Pampanga in 2010. 6 2011 The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) forms a public-private task force dedicated to 2013 advancing ISA’s goals, alongside initiatives like the Ease of Doing Business Index and Cities and Municipalities CIPE recognises ISA founder Jesus Estanislao Competitiveness Index. NCC becomes the official co- through the Hernando de Soto Award, which convenor of the Public Governance Forum. celebrates his lifelong contributions to democracy and economic freedom, and honours his leadership in guiding the Philippines through the early years of its transition from martial law. 2015 2016 ISA launches the Islands of Good Governance (IGG) at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila. The 12 inaugural public sector awardee institutions are presented as timely case studies of successful governance reform before international government, business, and media leaders in the Philippines-hosted APEC Summit. Another long-time partner, the city government of San Fernando La Union joins the ISA launches the Dream Philippines Fair as Palladium Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for an avenue for knowledge sharing between public Executing Strategy™. and private institutions, youth and schools, ordinary Filipino citizens, and other stakeholders. The Institute also forms Good Filipinos, a grassroots fundraising campaign targeting individuals who voluntarily pledged to perform big and small acts of love for our country and people every day. 7 Chairman’s Message It is an understatement to say 2016 was a happiness. The state exists for the goodness of the year of change. The elections opened the gates to individuals who comprise it.” discussion on national and local issues, encouraging a more participative attitude in our fellow Filipinos. As Of course, we continued our core work with fragmented as we might still seem, this is a testament our public sector partners, and even welcomed to how we, as a nation, are invested in shaping our new ones, helping them build up their respective own future. The political landscape has changed governance cultures and aim for higher goals form, and we are given an opportunity to adapt as we within the guiding framework of the Performance deem fit. Governance System (PGS). In ISA, we saw this as a welcome challenge. 2016 was a challenging but refreshing year of For 16 years, we stayed true to good governance and working alongside people and institutions that, like solidarity as our central messages for transformation. ISA, aim for a better country. Leaders change, and that Despite a stellar track record, we acknowledge that is exactly the motivation we need to help put in place there is still a lot that can be done. We therefore lasting
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