The global pandemic has heightened the productivity imperative in the public sector. The accurate measure of productivity is important for policy given that the public sector is a major employer in most economies. This is the main point stressed by Firas Raad, World Bank Country Manager based in Malaysia at the International Roundtable on Public continue reading : DAP JOINS THE WORLD BANK IN DISCUSSING PUBLIC SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT EFFORTS

TOP L-R: VP IMELDA CALUEN FROM DAP-CFG, AND DIR. EMELITA BAILON MENGHAMAL FROM DBM; MIDDLE L-R: SVP MAGDALENA L. MENDOZA FROM DAP, ASEC. JOSELINE P. NIWANE FROM DSWD,  FORMER USEC. LAURA PASCUA FROM DBM, AND DR. ROMULO EMMANUEL M. MIRAL, JR. FROM CPBRD HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; BOTTOM: CHIEF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST ROCHELLE F. RAMIREZ continue reading : DAP tackles the Mandanas ruling in CBILLS Thursday Talks

The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), through its Productivity and  Development Center (PDC), is proud to formally launch the #QMSPHGov, an online community  of practice for QMS practitioners in the government, on 23 July 2021 at 2:00 – 4:00 PM via  Zoom Meeting, Facebook, and Youtube streaming. The #QMSPHGov is a Facebook group that continue reading : DAP launches the Community of Practice (CoP) Group for Quality Management System (QMS) Practitioners in the Government

The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), through its Productivity  and Development Center, in partnership with the Asian Productivity Organization  (APO), an intergovernmental organization in the Asia-Pacific region, is conducting the  Workshop on Modern Food Transportation and Regulation on 13 to 15 July 2021  via Zoom.   The workshop will highlight the importance of smart transformation continue reading : DAP and APO to Conduct a Workshop on Modern Food Transportation and Regulation

Despite the difficulties arising from the current pandemic, frontline government  agencies and offices can aim for better frontline service delivery using actual feedback  from citizens nationwide.   Using the results of the national survey conducted by the Development Academy  of the Philippines (DAP), under the initiative of the Government Quality Management  Program, government agencies and offices continue reading : DAP survey captures key drivers of citizen satisfaction in frontline government service during pandemic

Congratulating the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) on its 60th anniversary in 2021 and  applauding the tenacity of the organization in continuing the momentous journey that began in 1961;   Commending the APO’s standing as an international organization that has consistently and effectively  pursued its mission and goals since its establishment;  Appreciating the close cooperation among APO continue reading : Tokyo Statement on the Centrality of Productivity: A Tribute to Productivity on the Diamond Jubilee of the APO

Tokyo, Japan: As the economic and humanitarian crises in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic  escalate to epic proportions and the world reels at the grim prospects of viral variants described as “far more  deadly” by the WHO, the 21 countries that make up the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) offer a sliver of  hope continue reading : Tokyo Statement on the Centrality of Productivity

The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), through its Productivity  and Development Center’s Modernizing Government Regulations (MGR) Program,  guested in the DZME’s iARTA na sa Serbisyong Bayan of the Anti-Red Tape Authority  (ARTA) on 1 June 2021. iARTA na sa Serbisyong Bayan is a public service  radio/online show that features the initiatives of ARTA on continue reading : DAP joins the ARTA in an interview to discuss partnership in Advocating Good Regulatory Practices

Top L-R: Asec. Roderick Planta from NEDA, and Dr. Catalina Cabral from DPWH; Middle L-R: Dr. Kristoffer Berse from UP-NCPAG, and Dr. Philamer Torio from Ateneo School of Government; Bottom L-R: Dr. Mario Delos Reyes from UP School of Urban and Regional Planning, and Mr. Francis Cruz from Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry – continue reading : DAP discusses the status of infrastructure development in CBILLS Thursday Talks Webinar Series

More than 50 DTI technical staff and supervisors attended the short Online Courses on Basic Research and Policy Development and Evaluation on 1-4 June 2021 through the DAP Center for Governance-Policy Research Office (CfG-PRO), in partnership with DTI Academy. Each course ran for one and a half days with PRO Dir. Gilbert Lumantao serving as continue reading : DTI Academy partners with DAP in Conducting Courses on Basic Research and Policy Development and Evaluation