The Government Best Practice Recognition (GBPR) 2025 merges with GBPR 2026 for a more strategic recognition program! Prepare your agency by participating in the Benchmarking Capability-Building Program and take your best practices to the next level. Scan the QR code for more details, or contact us at govbestpractices@dap.edu.ph.

A new chapter in local leadership excellence begins!  Let’s welcome a new wave of public servants as they embark on their learning journey as scholars of the Local Government Executives and Managers Class (LGEMC) Batch 18 under the Public Management Development Program.  Date: 16 September 2025 (Tuesday) Time: 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM  Venue: DAP continue reading : Invitation to the LGEMC Batch 18 Opening Ceremony

Calling all CC-FFT graduates! The Development Academy of the Philippines, through the Graduate School of Public and Development Management (DAP-GSPDM), cordially invites all graduates of the Certificate Course on Foresight and Futures Thinking (CC-FFT) to the inaugural SINAG: Foresight and Futures Thinking Fellowship, with the theme “Illuminating Pathways of Leadership: Pioneering Futures Thinking in the continue reading : Invitation to SINAG: Foresight and Futures Thinking Fellowship

CP Book Launch: A Thousand Innovations is a Wrap!  Capstone Projects & Papers Book of Abstracts, Volume I is Now Available! We are proud to present a monumental achievement in the DAP Public Management Development Program (PMDP)— A Thousand Innovations, a groundbreaking collection of 1,000  innovative, impactful, and replicable capstone projects and papers authored by continue reading : Capstone Projects & Papers Book of Abstracts, Volume I is Now Available!

The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) and the National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to undertake  a feasibility study for NMP’s proposed Regional Maritime Training Center in Tanza, Cavite. Leading the signing ceremony were DAP Acting President and CEO Dr. Leocadio S. Sebastian and the NMP Executive Director Victor continue reading : DAP, NMP partner on feasibility study for Regional Maritime Training Center

The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) welcomed the Academy of Journalism and Communication (AJC) of Vietnam on August 29, 2025, at the DAP main office in Pasig City, strengthening professional ties and academic cooperation between the two institutions.  The AJC delegation, led by AJC Vice Rector Associate Professor Dr. Luu Van Quang, was formally continue reading : DAP welcomes Academy of Journalism and Communication of Vietnam for collaborative study visit

As the focal organization of the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Center of Excellence on Public-Sector Productivity, the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) empowers public-sector organizations with innovative tools, principles, and techniques to boost efficiency and elevate service delivery.   While often linked to manufacturing’s precision, Poka Yoke spirit thrives in offices, hospitals, and service industries, continue reading : DAP: Enhancing Public Service