The governance and policy direction of the DAP is vested in, and its powers exercised by a Board of Trustees, which has the following responsibilities: a) prepare and adopt such rules and regulations as it considers necessary for the effective discharge of its responsibilities; b) authorize the fields of human resources development, investigation, and major studies to which the available funds are allocated, without determining, controlling, or influencing the methodology of particular investigations or the conclusions reached; c) constitute the Executive Committee, as defined; d) appoint the President, and one or more Vice-Presidents to assist the President, in the administration of the affairs of the DAP; and d) review periodically the administration and the programs of the DAP.Presidential Decrees 205 and 1061 provide the previous composition of the DAP Board of Trustees as follows: 1) Executive Secretary/Presidential Assistant; 2) Secretary of Finance; 3) Secretary of National Defense; 4) Director-General of the NEDA; 5) Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines; 6) Chairman of the Board of the DBP; 7) General-Manager of the GSIS; 8) Administrator of the SSS; 9) President of the PNB; 10) President of the LBP; 11) President of the DAP.With the amendment to the DAP Charter through Executive Order 288, under the Freedom Constitution, issued on July 25, 1987, the present composition of the DAP Board of Trustees include cabinet secretaries/heads or representatives of the following government agencies: 1) Office of the President of the Philippines; 2) Department of Budget and Management; 3) Department of Education; 4) National Economic and Development Authority; 5) Civil Service Commission; 6) Department of Health; 7) Department of Agrarian Reform; 8) Department of Agriculture; 9) Department of Environment and Natural Resources; 10) Department of Finance; and, 11) Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP).Currently, the ex officio members of the DAP Board of Trustees are the following:

BOT Committees

Executive Order 288 states that there shall be an Executive Committee consisting of the DAP President and four other members to be elected by the DAP Board of Trustees from the membership of the Board.  The members of the Executive Committee, other than the DAP President, shall hold office for terms of two years, unless at the time of election a shorter term is specified, and shall be eligible for re-election.  The Board shall elect the Chairman of the Executive Committee from the membership of the Committee.