A total of 54 program and project managers as well as members of the technical staff of various government agencies and corporations underwent a five-day basic course on project management conducted by the Development Academy of the Philippines’ Center for Governance-Operations Management Office recently at the Virata Hall of the DAP Building in Pasig City.  continue reading : DAP conducts basic project management course

Thirty-three delegates from the League of Vice Governors of the Philippines (LVGP), headed by its national president, Isabela Vice Governor Antonio Albano, and its chairman of the board, Oriental Mindoro Vice Governor Humerlito Dolor, recently attended the foreign study “Driving Excellence in Governance” at the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public continue reading : 33 Philippine vice governors, officials attend Singapore study

The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), through its program on Modernizing Government Regulations (MGR), recently conducted the Training Course on Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) for regulatory agencies at the Harolds Hotel in Cebu City. The training, the second this year after its first run in March, featured Dr. Shin Kim, senior research fellow at the Korea continue reading : DAP conducts Cebu training on regulatory impact analysis

The Philippines, through the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), will be hosting the International Conference on Public Sector Productivity (ICPSP) in cooperation with the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) on October 10 to 12, 2017 at the DAP Conference Center in Tagaytay City. The ICPSP is one of the major activities of the Philippines as the designated continue reading : DAP, APO to hold international conference on public sector productivity in October

PASIG CITY, July 20 — The Development Academy of the Philippines has entered into an agreement with the Environmental and Climate Change Research institute, a non-government research institution that aims to create positive impact to society and the environment through groundbreaking researches, to promote and implement the “F-E-W for U” System: A Climate Change Adaptation-Disaster Risk continue reading : DAP ties up with environmental group to promote food-energy-water project

Development Academy of the Philippines President and Chief Executive Officer Elba S. Cruz recently told the fourth batch of graduates of the Master in Productivity and Quality Management-Major in Microfinance (MPQM-MF) that they can play an important role in alleviating poverty among the Filipino people.  This can be achieved by strengthening the rural extension system continue reading : DAP prexy tells microfinance graduates they can play a vital role in alleviating poverty

The Development Academy of the Philippines, through its Center for Governance-Policy Research Office (CfG-PRO), recently completed the training of some 43 national government employees on basic policy process. The three-day training, which aimed to contribute to improving the competency of participants in developing and crafting policies geared towards fulfilling their agency mandates, involved technical staff continue reading : DAP trains 43 national government employees on basic policy process

Students and academics get their copies of the book The ASEAN Drama: Half a Century and Still Unfolding, signed by the authors during the book’s launch held at UP Diliman recently. Inset shows the cover of the book. (Photos by Meg Matias and Ped Garcia) The Development Academy of the Philippines, through its Council of continue reading : DAP, UP launch book on ASEAN