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E-Governance: Key to Public Participation, Leadership and Innovation

       Innovation happens as world domination, endlessly transforming lives from formerly traditional and rigid practices to flexible and adaptive lifestyle. Eversince the world faced the cruelty of simultaneous wars and loses, people of the following generations began to be liberalized and open their eyes to the reality and the potentials that life may offer. From agricultural, health, education, transportation, economics, social reforms, political governments, technology, and so forth, humans inevitably and unconsciously changing the world like a threadmill.

          As being said, it applies to governance more particularly to modes and activities that it can be associated with. The advancement of technology is widely seen, and the sectors governments are not exempted. News can be easily and mostly accessed through internet, where people can read a lot about the current trends and issues of the nations across the globe. Primarily people became more aware of their government activities, much more open to reality of crimes and irregularities that happen. Through information awareness, people became more oriented and informed as to how they are going to perceived politics and how they could act on it. On the other hand, the government itself utilize technology nowadays by educating people and providing access to information and services they are ought to deliver. Due to impact of Covid19, the applicationand practice of electronic governance is challenged and observed. 

             Local government unit is responsible for providing the public needs of its people through services and by means of serving as the middlemen between the industries and the citizens. It is divided into sectors that are specialized in addressing specific concerns. It has also been absorbed and practiced to competitively serve as a conveyer of international and national objectives while considering the culture and tradition of its locality, and through e-governance the innovation in the process is also applied in delivering its aims and purposes.

          Citizens, on the other hand, continuously evolve in every aspect particularly in political setting. People became more open and liberal to new ideas and practices that happen across the globe. They became more adaptive to changes and flexible of situations they face and possibly encounter. With these circumstances, the differences in opinion and variation in participation frequently occurs, where the clash between ununiformed beliefs happens and misunderstandings exist. But due to developing ways and resolution, the application of effective communication through e-governance can alleviate the consequences and the chances of recurrence.

           Through leadership, the gaps and differences between its citizen and the government can be conveniently assessed and addressed. With the help of e-governance and participation of the public, majority of odds can be transformed into opportunities to develop and grow. For example, if history states that rampant fraud and fake news blinded its citizen, today people can find truth on their own. Another example is, if in previous times, it would take months to make a project or concern be called of, today, people can easily follow up their concerns and proposals in respective offices. Other examples are, responsiveness to the assistance and seek of help increased, systematic process is better observed, social reforms are promoted, general welfare is prioritized, minority now have their rights, and the list goes on. But still, without the cooperation of the public and the leadership of the government, these started innovations won't progess neither become successful.