Northern Italy
COUNCIL ON YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Empowering the Filipino youth to reach their full potential and perform leadership roles in their communities.
Membership Application
Please read the following instructions if you want to become a member of this organization. The council has two types of memberships:
Individual and Representative
Self assess your eligibility for this membership. If you can affirm and subsrcibe to our manifesto, then you are qualified to become a member of this organization. The manifesto is part of the charter of CYLD as Annex A - Declaration of Principles. Download the manifesto here.
There are many things you can lack and still steer clear of danger. Integrity isn’t one of them. The Council establishes a set of sound ethics policies, integrates them into all its processes, communicates them broadly to all members, and makes clear that it will not tolerate any deviation from any of them. Then the members live by them.
Types of Membership
1. INDIVIDUAL - an invidividual member is someone who voluntary becomes part of the council in his personal capacity and does not represent any civic or religious organization. A person belonging to an organization may also become an individual member of the council by signing ANNEX B of the Charter: Individual Member Commitment form. Download the form here.
2. REPRESENTATIVE - a representative member is someone who becomes part of the council because he is sent by the organization where he is an active member. He comes to the council not in his personal capacity but carries with him the concerns of his organization. The representative member and the authorized signatory of his organization must sign ANNEX C of the Charter: Representative Member Commitment form. Download the form here.
Governing Principles of the Council
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First, the council will not function as an umbrella organization of the affiliated Filipino organizations. There is no hierarchy in structure. The Council shall not be above the affiliated Filipino organizations;
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In a nutshell, every member individual or organization may proudly say, “we are affiliated with the council because we are one with its vision as far as our youths are concerned”.
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Individuals who are not members of Filipino organizations may join the council and are not limited nor bound by geographical locations, as long as they are legal migrants of Italy.
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The Council is not led by “personalities”. It moves because of its vision. It is not owned by its founders. The founders are only the initiators. Nobody owns the Council, the gathering of the members is the COUNCIL;
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The Council is apolitical in nature. It does not adhere to political leanings or influences. Government officials may come and go, but the vision of the Council shall remain and perpetuate as long as the influx of youth migration in Europe does not stop;
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Lastly, the Council breeds new types of leaders. It desires to take the stance: No to “traditional-leadership” style. Inside and outside the Philippines, it is so common and prevalent that Filipino Organizations are led by popularity and wealth. Often these organizations pay homage to the whims and caprices of political figures. This tradition must be stopped. The Council presents the golden opportunity for a fresh beginning, if only Filipino organizations can join hand-in-hand together in addressing this predicament of shortage of youth leadership in Europe.
2010 - present
2010 - present
The Importance of the Manifesto
There are two major reasons why organizations become stagnant, fail to continue, and worse, the members part ways and end up bickering and quarelling against each other, leaving the organization inactive if not dead.
Also, there are many organizations that continue to exist, but the members are already gone and normally what is left are the key officers that started the group. This is commonly called as "paper organization". Very few are the organizations that exist because of unity and cohesiveness of its members and oftentimes these same organizations are the victims of negative criticisms from people that cannot organize themselves.
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The first major reason is the lack of respect of the members to the rules of the organization. While in some organizations, the existence of a charter or constitution remains a mystery; sadly, in most organizations where there are rules that exist, most of the time, it is the officers that normally break the constitution and bylaws of the organization.
It is so common that when people are given power, they take upon themselves the attitude of "lording it over" their constituents. They tend to forget the very reason why the rules were set in place: that is to maintain order. So when members disregard the rules, chaos is the result.
The Manifesto of the Council forces the new member to assess his integrity. It both addresses the respect for the charter and the respect for the decision of the majority. The Manifesto leads the member to live with INTEGRITY. A new member is warned to carefully weigh the wordings of the manifesto before he signs it and becomes a member of the council.
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The second major reason why organizations fail is the lack of proper meeting procedures. So many hours are spent and wasted in meetings that do not come up with resolutions. Normally the word 'meeting' is associated to 'talking and discussion'. Hours are wasted in talking about issues and problems. Very seldom happens that meetings end up with proper resolution that points to the action to be taken by the members to solve the issues discussed.
And if ever a resolution was done, it is not properly worded so that it becomes problematic in the execution process. An ill-worded resolution leaves so much discretion on the part of those who will execute the action resulting to much confusion.
Another thing, members tend to react negatively and even speak in public against the majority's decision of the organization. Especially if their proposal is overruled by the majority. This often leads to disunity and discord among members.