Through the years, the Filipino youth has emerged as a powerful force in shaping the nation. We have witnessed them forward their agenda on various socio-political matters, whether out in the streets or within their own circles. Constituting 30% of the Philippine population, their civic participation is fundamental in realizing the values of democracy and [...]

Help us strengthen the youth sector’s voice by answering our short survey at tinyurl.com/innovategovsurvey. This hopes to gather inputs from a broad set of youth groups and leaders to inform our work towards designing innovative and collaborative activities to support a youth agenda to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This is conducted for The [...]

Do you have a policy or program idea to address any of the Sustainable Development Goals? Are you willing to collaborate with other youth groups and advocates? Are you creative, strategic, innovative in your proposed solutions? The Institute for Leadership, Empowerment and Democracy (iLEAD), under the Innovations for Good Governance (INNOVATEGov) Project of the Center for International [...]

Political scientist Cleve V. Arguelles joins the Institute as a non-resident research fellow. Cleve is Assistant Professor and Chair of the Political Science Program of University of the Philippines Manila. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the same institution and his master’s degree from the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. He [...]

iLEAD Executive Director Czarina Medina-Guce will be presenting the working paper, "Democratic Backsliding: Problematizing the Strengthening of Philippine Democratic Institutions" at the "Kapihan sa SWS" on May 30, 2018, Wednesday, 4:00 p.m., SWS Knowledge Center Auditorium, Social Weather Stations. The paper discusses about how Philippine democracy is sliding back, its manifestations, and how the enablers of [...]

In celebration of Global Open Data Day, the Institute for Leadership, Empowerment, and Democracy (iLEAD) pioneered a discussion on Open Research in the Philippines on March 3, 2018, a stocktaking exercise to assess the current research landscape in the country. It was able to gather representatives from the academe, government agencies, civil society organizations, and [...]

The Institute for Leadership, Empowerment, and Democracy, with the support of Open Knowledge International and SPARC, is convening a Roundtable Discussion on Open Research in the Philippines as part of the Open Data Day global celebration this March 3, 2018. The RTD will gather academic and research institutions, working on a goal of bridging gaps [...]

“Giginhawa ba ang buhay ko sa federalism?” “Bakit parang minamadali ng gobyernong ito ang Charter Change?” These are some of the questions that surfaced in a roundtable discussion (RTD) on Charter Change and Federalism last December 13, 2017. The Institute for Leadership, Empowerment, and Democracy (iLEAD), in partnership with the FNF for Freedom and the [...]