Political institutions and their representatives have faced a major legitimacy crisis in recent years. What would change if this was not the case? What would change if being a politician was perceived as a trustworthy and service-minded leadership position?

The Chandler Foundation, Transparency and Accountability Initiative, and Apolitical Foundation explored these questions during Ethical Leaders, Better Democracies: Good Governance for People and Planet, a Catalysing Change Week event on May 1st. During the event, participants:

• Discussed building more effective, trusted and ethical political leadership
• Learned what ‘type’ of politician they would be;
• Heard from political leadership entrepreneurs from around the globe; and
• Learned how to be part of a growing global movement building good governance.

We were joined by three political leadership entrepreneurs who shared lessons learned, success stories, and challenges in working to build more effective politics and good governance. Thank you to:

• Augusto Townsend, CEO of Recambio
• Kanksshi Agarwal, Founder of NETRI Foundation
• Sonja Röchtl, Founder of Love Politics

Watch the event recording below.

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