grace jamon. multi point presentation

8/14/2019 Grace Jamon. Multi Point Presentation

1/21


2/21

SPAP and the Filipino-ecade of e Governance-Grace Gorospe Jamon

,President Association of Schools of Public

Administration in the Philippines


3/21

!SPAP ON THE GO he Association of Schools ofublic Administration and( )overnance ASPAP has put

tself behind the concertedffort to bring the Filipinoitizen and the Philippines more-ully into the era of e.overnance


4/21

he 2010 Automatedlections eGovernanceMilestone here is nothing that signals thentry of the Philippines intohis era than the upcoming 2010.utomated Electoral System Heree decide to make informationnd communication technologyelp us choose our leaders andead us not only for the next,ix years with impact maybe for.everal terms after that Thiss at least as momentous anvent as when Filipinos beganrusting the ATM machines with.heir money decades ago This,ime we are entrusting


5/21

CT for eGovernance , ,oting however is only the tip of.he iceberg Information andommunication technology for, - ,overnance or e governance is a

.uch broader engagement ICT can besed to further empower the,itizens enabling them to more, ,ccurately frequently,ntelligently and insistently .ring their concerns to governmente are already learning how totorm the gates of the bureaucracyith our text messages and our.ublic opinions Never before didhe Filipino citizen have theower of being able to give a

iece of his mind to politicaleaders and politicians with an


6/21

,CT for Public ,ot only PrivateEmpowerment ut we must learn how to harness,his new power this new,onnectivity to enhance citizen

articipation and governmentesponsiveness and.ccountability We must learnow to communicate not only,ersonal needs and wants but .ollective interests and goalse must learn to use ICT not ,nly for interest articulationut interest aggregation as.ell


7/21

CT for Political Partyystem Development -CT must help us build or re build our.olitical party system Political partiesre in the business of finding out what,he Filipino from Aparri to Zamboanga,nd beyond need and expect from

.overnment This used to be a touch and,o process as political parties neverad the organization and machinery forssaying the people s sentiments and,pinions although they always managed to .rganize to obtain the people s votes,ith ICT it is now possible forolitical parties to more feasiblynderstand their constituents enough toepresent their genuine voice andnterests in the institutions of,overnment in sangguniansat various, . ,evels and in Congress Most importantly,he President and the vast bureaucracy,he or he presides over can beonstantly attuned to the sentiments and.pinions of the people


8/21

CT for a Broader andore Direct Democracy ,n brief ICT has brought to us theotential of a broader and more.irect democracy Representativeemocracy became inevitable when it

ecame impossible to meet more than,000 people in deliberative.ssemblies It was also not possibleo give people as much knowledge andnformation as their congressmen and. , ,embers of parliament Today howeverith modern information and,ommunication technology the citizen,an be as knowledgeable about global,ational and local affairs as his.ongressman And he can express-imself using ICT in a two way

,nteractive political process whereasefore he used to always be at the


9/21

CT for FilipinoNationalism nformation and communicationechnology also engendersationalism and national

,dentity in addition to. ,emocracy For the first timeilipinos can have friends andcquaintances across the breadth.nd length of the archipelagonother Filipino is just a text,essage away and friends are to/ ,e found in cyberspace 24 7 in,he virtual agoras of facebook, ,witter multiply and other.ocial cybernetworks


10/21

CT for the Filipino, ,ocal NationalInternational hese are the promises of ICT for- ,governance for a nation ofilipinos that are destined to

, e partly in and partly out ilipino locals in their, ommunities Filipino nationals,ttentive to national affairs nd Filipino internationalsho are beyond Philippineorders and in hundreds of other.ountries of the world


11/21

CT to bring about OFVsnd OFCs ,or the first time Filipinos can,pread out because they canemain connected to the

.otherland This is true notnly in terms of the social and,ultural but also in terms of.egal The OFW should soon be a(eliable OFV overseas Filipino)oter and eventually an OFC( ).verseas Filipino citizen


12/21

hat is the role ofSPAP in all this?


13/21

inking Public Ad Schoolsnto Civic DiscourseNetworks he spread of information andommunication technology hasollowed private interests and

.usiness interests It has notuite followed public and.ollective interests here is a need to bridge another,ersion of the digital dividehere institutions attentive to, ,ublic interests issues andoncerns in various localitiesre not able to discourse on

hese issues because of the.istance and isolation


14/21

,or instance there are over 120,ember schools of the ASPAP allonnected with their,ommunities but are notffectively connected with onenother to start and maintainiscourses and exchanges on.ational and public issues Asublic administration learning, -nstitutions they are only halfffective unless the technologyo interconnect them is brought

n to make them a truly national.rganization


15/21

he rationale forEXCHANGES ,his is why ASPAP with the ,ssistance of our partners,specially UNDP has thought of

he project that we are .aunching today EXCHANGES


16/21

XCHANGES a Civic Socialetwork Infrastructure XCHANGES aims to be thenfrastructure for nationalialog among selected regional

cademic hubs that in turn areonnected to the key civil, ,ociety private sector andovernment sector institutions.n their localities Regionalubs will themselves berganizing and sustainingegional dialogues on regional.nd local issues


17/21

he idea is to create structuredpportunities for citizens all ,ver the country to be informed,nterested and involved inrucial issues such as therustworthiness of the 2010utomated Electoral System that.e are discussing today TheXCHANGES is an infrastructureor allowing intelligent debatend learning happen across.istance It is an

nfrastructure for distance ,ducation in public affairs as


18/21

XCHANGES as a CyberNetwork XCHANGES provides basic equipment andacilities to enable the local ICTapabilities of the host universitieshat serve as regional hubs to be

.inked together It enablesudiovisual and computer centers oraboratories to talk to one another.cross the internet This discourse,ust not only be intermittent but a,abit following national and regional.chedule of events That is what.XCHANGES is essentially about There,re other goals such as theontinuing capacitation of public,dministration institutions and thepgrading of the competencies of

ndividual professors andractitioners of public


19/21

aunching a Beginning ,n the end we would like ASPAP toe known as one of the pioneernstitutions that purposivelynd effectively empowered theilipino to be a better citizen-hrough the upcoming field of e.overnance What we have todays a launch of a small beginninghat hopefully othernstitutions in the national and. ,ocal arena would take up ASPAP,n turn has been an eagerartner and collaborator ofther institutions that have .een promoting good governance


20/21

alute to the ASPAPFamily salute all individuals andnstitutions who are members of,he ASPAP family for we are

ollectively doing our share toake the Philippines worthy ofts wonderful citizens whoeserve much better than ourublic institutions have.elivered We will continue to,o our share and will teach,thers to do the same both on, .he ground and in cyberspace

.hank you and good day


21/21

nd Of Presentation

grace jamon. multi point presentation

Documents