Our Dream Philippines 2046 : A Proposed Roadmap for the Philippines and the Filipino up to the Year

On August 31, 2022, Dream Philippines 2046, a proposed roadmap for the Philippines and the Filipino up to the year 2046 was presented to an online audience via Zoom by Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) and Institute of Solidarity of Asia (ISA), Dr. Jesus P. Estanislao, FICD, and Former ICD Chairman Mr. Rex C. Drilon II, FICD

Dr. Estanislao, introduced Our Dream Philippines 2046 (Dream PH) as an action-oriented roadmap wherein the Filipino people would holistically contribute to the betterment of the country through good governance. Since the roadmap spans over two decades, Dr. Estanislao indicated that base camps have been established to track the progress of this long-term plan. Furthermore, he also enumerated eight facets of national governance which the public could contribute to through joining the initiatives of ICD and ISA.

In addition, Mr. Drilon II, FICD first contextualized Dream PH by illustrating the state of the nation in terms of the country’s economic environment, political environment, and social environment. He also expounded on Dream PH by presenting its values, vision, and mission, detailing the milestones that must be achieved for each of the indicated base camps, and enumerating the strategic objectives that could be developed under each of the facets listed by Dr. Estanislao. Finally, he presented how the roadmaps could be transformed into actions aimed towards achieving measurable goals and discussed the next steps to be taken in launching Dream PH.

Overall, Dream Philippines 2046 showed that the attempts to change the state of the Philippines is a long-term endeavor. Apart from the aspect of time, this roadmap is even more daunting to accomplish because it is a large-scale project that targets the improvement of the whole nation. Given its challenging nature, both Dr. Estanislao and Mr. Drilon II strongly emphasized the importance of all Filipinos’ efforts so that the Philippines that we dream of could become a reality.

Key points:

● The eight facets of national governance, as listed by Dr. Estanislao, are the following: (1) moral-spiritual, (2) political, (3) socio-cultural, (4) human resources, (5) natural resources, (6) physical infrastructure, (7) digital infrastructure, and (8) financial-economic infrastructure.

● Both ICD and ISA provide avenues for Filipinos to contribute to the project through the eight facets of national governance.

● The Center for Excellence in Governance has a personal governance paradigm that they advocate for. Everyone is encouraged to “learn, adopt, and observe” this paradigm as it may be beneficial to the country.

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