Governance system: The importance of civilian participation in the AFP - BusinessWorld Online
STOCK PHOTO | Image by Vectorjuice from Magnific At the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA), we are dedicated to empowering public institutions to help build our “Dream Philippines.” This is our vision of a nation where government institutions deliver effectively, and every citizen participates and prospers.Founded in 2000 by Dr.
Jesus P.Estanislao, former Finance Secretary and Economic Planning Secretary, ISA was built to forge values-based governance coalitions across society.
Our core values remain rooted in patriotism, the common good, and sustainability.Over the past 26 years, ISA has facilitated 500 projects and collaborated with 200 partners, including 58 National Government Agencies, 53 LGUs, and 73 hospitals.
We drive this transformation through the Performance Governance System (PGS), a discipline that aligns strategy, operations, and budget to produce validated, high-impact results for the public.Originally adapted from the Harvard Business School’s Balanced Scorecard, the framework was deeply contextualized for the Philippine public sector and has since evolved into a distinctly homegrown discipline.
While we proudly acknowledge its academic roots, today’s PGS is far from its original form.It is not a mere compliance exercise or documentation burden, but a discipline that aligns strategy, operations, and budget to produce validated, high-impact results for the public.
It strengthens governance by embedding discipline in how strategy is designed, deployed, and sustained.The system operates on three pillars: establishing clarity of direction, enforcing the discipline of execution, and ensuring the sustainability of reform.
When an organization lacks clear direction, aligned targets, and regular performance reviews, decisions become reactive, accountability weakens, and fragmentation occurs.Over time, this creates space for inefficiency and potentially corruption to thrive.
To counter this, organizations ...