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Resilience, Prosperity and Global Excellence
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2050 Philippine Challenge
At the start --
Four persons signed on December 2021 a challenge letter to college students. The focus is a resilient, prosperous and globally excellent better Philippines by 2050. The work since has been to develop the strategy. Many linkages now.
December 30, 2021
Dear college students and youths:
The undersigned are seniors presenting you with an awesome task: 2050 Philippine Challenge:
Prosperity and Global Excellence.
Rationale for the challenge:
a. The current major problems and opportunities require a long-term perspective. Thus, the time
period till 2050 is deemed necessary for the undertakings at hand.
b. By 2050, you will just be in your late 40s or early 50s. You have to attend to these
problems even now and not wait when it is already near 2050.
c. Moreover, your challenge is to transform Philippine society and its image by contributing to
global excellence, particularly in major social systems.
Required mindset to take on the challenge:
a. Bilib sa sarili, sa ating sarili. By understanding ourselves, including our history and culture,
you can and you will create prosperity and global excellence.
b. Think big. Dream big. Let us not be content with poverty alleviation and mediocre
performance; aspire for high-incomes through innovation.
c. Strategy Formulation and Implementation. You must build a clear-cut path to your future. We
could instead share a meaningful process for social change through major social systems
development.
d. Organization and management. Part of the process of change requires acquiring core
management skills to handle major social systems including analysis and understanding of
current local and foreign systems.
e. Fidelity. One key success factor is to adhere to basic human values.
f. Energy not entropy. Hard work, sacrifice and persistence are called for.
In essence, the challenge is to build a prosperous national community that will contribute to
global well-being.
The undersigned will actively help through whatever means possible to increasing awareness
towards mass-participation.
Sincerely,
Francisco L. Roman
Epictetus E. Patalinghug
Paul A. Dumol
Cesar Z. Gomez
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Dr. Epictetus Patalinghug:
-PhD In Economic - East-West Center, Hawaii
-UP Professor Emeritus
-Specialization - Industrial Economics, Competition Theory, Regulatory Management
-Former LRTA Board Member
-Former Member, Tariff Commission
Dr. Francisco Roman:
-DBA HBS
-AIM adjunet professor
-Specialization - Business Policy, Family Succession, ESG
-Chairman PLM
Dr. Paul Dumol:
-AB Communication Arts, Summa Cum Laude (Ateneo De Manila University , 1973)
-MA Philosophy (University Of Navarre, 1978)
-PhD Medieval Studies (University Of Toronto, 1994)
-Professor of the Humanities, University of Asia and the Pacific, Currently in the History Department, College Of Arts and Science
Cesar Gomez:
-AB Philosophy , Magna Cum Laude (Ateneo De Manila University , 1973)
-With Distinction -UP Cert in Dev't Eco; #2 in UP MBA; Cert in Public Mgt
-Worked in NEDA, Phiamlife, PCIBANK
-Retired Vice President of First Philippine Holdings Corporation
-I am Former vice chairman of Mnt Assn of Phil Agri-business and countryside Dev't foundation.
Table of Contents
1. Audiences
2. Crossing a big river with 4 arches
3. First Arch – Ambitious Mindset
4. Second Arch – Major Social Systems Dev’t
5. Third Arch – National Transformation Agenda
6. Fourth Arch – Social Movement
7. Passing the Baton
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Audience
A. Youths / College Students
1. Get Involved now
2. Management of Social Systems
3. Lifelong
B. Managers/Seniors ( Share with youths / college students )
C. Rest of Society (Come on board)
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First Arch: Ambitious Mindset - Formation and Service Program
1. Belief in ourselves.
2. Love of country.
3. Think big, Dream big, Create big.
4. Management skills.
5. Markets and governance
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Second Arch: Major Social Systems Development – Methodology
Belief in ourselves.
Love of country.
Think big, Dream big, Create big.
A. Define Scope of Social System (sub-systems)
B. Data Base – Past, present, future, inc. projections
C. Science behind it. What’s it all about. key
D. Economics – demand/supply
E. Financing – government/private, foreign/local, debt/equity, subsidy
F. Social System Organization (SSO)
-Integrating all of the above
-Micro-macro
-Government-business-civil society. Markets and governance
Third Arch: National Transformation Agenda (NTA)
A. Environment and Natural Resources
B. Infrastructure and Utilities
C. Food
D. Nutrition and Health
E. Family Life
F. OFWs / FOs
G. Industries
H. Science and Technology
I. Land Use and Human Settlements
J. Macroeconomics
K. Government Management
L. Social Communications
M. Ongoing scanning of global threats and opportunities
N. Human Development - energizing and mobilising, ethics.
O. Long-term linkages - UN SDG's,NEDA 2040 AmBisyon,DOST Pagtanaw 2050
P. Others
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Fourth Arch: Social Movement
A. Broad and widespread consciousness
B. Social systems origins ( SSO )
1. National Transformation Agenda
2. Matrix – Areas and Industries
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Personal Involvement in 2050 Philippine Challenge
1. Committed - daily and life long
2. Expanding understanding - social issues, National Transformation Agenda
3. Insertion in preffered area of involvement
4. Deepening mg't skills
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Review and Integration
1. Bridge with 4 arches
2. Very important - not overwhelmed. How to handle
Passing the baton
Envisioning and creating a resilient, prosperous and globally excellence Philippines by 2050.
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