Tagaytay City— The Development Academy of the Philippines welcomed 38 new scholars of the Public Management and Development Program’s (PMDP) Middle Managers Class (MMC) Batch 10 on September 5, 2015 at the DAP Conference   Center (DAPCC) in Tagaytay City. The scholars, who came from different government agencies, went through a rigorous process prior to getting continue reading : PMDP-MMC Batch 10 opens (September 17, 2105)

Some 71 regional directors and technical staff from the regional offices of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and central and regional offices of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) gathered for the “Planning Workshop for the Roll-Out of the Tourism Guidebook for Local Government Units” at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria on continue reading : DOT and DILG join forces for local tourism development (August 20, 2015)

The Department of Tourism (DOT), in partnership with the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP)  and   the   Department  of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), launched the “Tourism Guidebook for Local Government Units” on July 09, 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria. The guidebook provides concepts, methods, step-by-step processes and worksheets that will aid continue reading : Tourism Guidebook for LGUs finally rolls out (August 19, 2015)

Some  167  senior  and  middle  management government executives gathered for the first Public Management Development Program (PMDP) Leadership conference at the DAP Conference Center last August 6-7 in Tagaytay City. The  two-day  conference had the theme “Better Leaders. Better Government.” It is part of PMDP’s Continuing Education  Program  to  hone  and  support  its  alumni  that  continue reading : PMDP Welcomes Back Alumni in First Leadership Conference (August 18, 2015)

Move over, traditional sports.  The old, Filipino street games of one’s younger days may be a bit more fun than the usual sports inherited from the country’s former colonizers. This  was the gist of the Development Academy of the Philippines’ Larong Pinoy Olympics 2015, the government think tank’s sportsfest that marked its 42nd anniversary recently. continue reading : Indigenous games for DAP sportsfest (July 31, 2015)

The Public Management Development Program (PMDP) welcomed 38 high performing and high potential section and division chiefs from various national line and attached agencies who comprise the ninth batch of the Middle Managers Class (MMC) through an opening ceremony at the DAP Conference Center last April. National Economic and Development Authority Deputy Director General for continue reading : DAP WELCOMES 9TH BATCH OF PMDP-MMC SCHOLARS (July 14, 2015)

Members of the AO 25 Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the Harmonization of National Government Performance, Monitoring, Information  and  Reporting  Systems  met  recently  to  assess  performance of departments, state universities and colleges (SUCs), other executive offices (OEOs), local  water  districts  (LWDs)  and  government-owned-or-controlled corporations (GOCCs) for the purpose of  determining  eligibility  for  the grant of continue reading : AO 25 Interagency Task Force Holds Meeting on the 2014 Performance-Based Bonus (July 14, 2015)

  It was Friday, the 26th of June, 2015.  It was graduation time.  Vincent De Asis, the Chief Officer with the toothy grin, was at the microphone.  He wore, for once, a serious demeanor.  He confessed that before attending the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 6.09 training course, his prime motive for taking the Instructor’s Course continue reading : DAP Developments: IMO 6.09 Turns Seafarers into Competent and Committed Maritime Instructors (June 30, 2015)