PMDP-MMC Batch 10 opens (September 17, 2105)

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)

DOT and DILG join forces for local tourism development (August 20, 2015)

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)

Tourism Guidebook for LGUs finally rolls out (August 19, 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)

PMDP Welcomes Back Alumni in First Leadership Conference (August 18, 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)

Indigenous games for DAP sportsfest (July 31, 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)

DAP Photo Release: PMDP Opens Batch Eight of Middle Managers Class

In photo: Public Management Development Program (PMDP) Middle Managers Class Batch 8 Scholars with (first row standing L—R) Class Session Manager Sheryl Dela Cruz, Assistant Program Manager Jenalyn Ferrer, PMDP Alumna Karen G. Dagñalan (MMC Bulawan); DAP SVP for Programs Magdalena L. Mendoza, DAP President Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr., PMDP Program Manager Nanette C. Caparros, continue reading : DAP Photo Release: PMDP Opens Batch Eight of Middle Managers Class

DAP Developments: NKTI and PSALM Scholars Top PMDP Classes

Dr. Romina A. Danguilan and Rowena M. Tolentino were awarded with the highest honors at the joint graduation ceremonies of the Public Management Development Program (PMDP) Senior Executives Class (SEC) and Middle Managers Class (MMC) last 30 January 2015 at the DAP Conference Center in Tagaytay City. Danguilan, Medical Specialist IV at the National Kidney continue reading : DAP Developments: NKTI and PSALM Scholars Top PMDP Classes

DAP Developments: BALISACAN MULLS PMDP IN 2016 AND BEYOND

Tagaytay City — Three years and a full cycle of training three batches of senior government executives and five more of middle rank managers under the Public Management Development Program (PMDP), Arsenio M. Balisacan, socio-economic planning secretary and chairman of the steering committee of the National Government Career Executive Service Development Program (NGCESDP) believes that continue reading : DAP Developments: BALISACAN MULLS PMDP IN 2016 AND BEYOND

DAP Developments: DAP-GSPDM and CARD-MRI produced the 3rd batch of microfinance practitioners

The Development Academy of the Philippines Graduate School of Public and Development Management (DAP-GSPDM) awarded certificates to some 41 microfinance practitioners from the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development – Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD-MRI) for completing their course on Master in Productivity and Quality Management major in Microfinance (MPQM-Microfinance) on January 28, 2015 at the continue reading : DAP Developments: DAP-GSPDM and CARD-MRI produced the 3rd batch of microfinance practitioners