Road toward Herd Immunity: Where does the Philippines stand? The World Bank (2021) discussed in their report, Global Economic Prospects,that investments and widespread roll-out of vaccines will likely be the keys in sustaining recovery in the global economy more than a year into Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization also shared that the second year continue reading : CBILLS THURSDAY TALKS WEBINAR 1

The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), through its Productivity and Development Center, recently concluded the “Training of Trainers on Developing Future-ready Agribusiness Social Enterprises (SEs)” last 3-5 March 2021. The three-day training program, sponsored by the DAP with the Asian Productivity Organization (APO), an intergovernmental organization that seeks to increase productivity in the Asia-Pacific continue reading : DAP Successfully Conducts the APO Digital Multi-Country Training of Trainers on Developing Future-ready Agribusiness Social Enterprises

Eight (8) Local Government Units (LGUs) participated in the Smart and Creative Communities webinar conducted by the Development Academy of the Philippines and Consulus last March 18, 2021. The webinar aimed to inspire LGUs to become smart and creative communities through comprehensive planning and a people-centered and holistic approach to place development. The LGUs that continue reading : DAP AND CONSULUS WORK TOGETHER TO HELP LGUS BECOME SMART AND CREATIVE COMMUNITIES

(DAP President and CEO Atty. Engelbert Caronan, Jr., and Udacity, Inc. CEO Gabriel Dalporto signed the Memorandum of Understanding. Mr. Celso Santiago, Jr., Managing Director of the DAP Institutional Marketing Center, and Ayah Sashaa, Global Director for Government of Udacity, Inc. were witnesses to this event) Opportunities to learn the latest technological skills opened up continue reading : DAP PARTNERS WITH UDACITY TO INNOVATE EDUCATION

Twenty-four high ranking officials from 18 government agencies across the country are now part of the 10th batch of the PMDP Senior Executives Class (SEC10). The opening ceremony was hosted via Google Meet and streamed live on PMDP’s Facebook page. A warm welcome started the ceremony from DAP President and CEO Atty. Engelbert C. Caronan. continue reading : PMDP HOLDS ITS OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE 10TH BATCH OF THE SENIOR EXECUTIVES CLASS

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is set to conduct an impact evaluation of the PMDP. The details of this engagement were discussed during the kickoff meeting last March 9, 2021 which was attended by DAP Senior Vice President Magdalena L. Mendoza, PMDP Managing Director Nanette C. Caparros, PMDP M&E Program Manager Sheryl D. continue reading : DAP Teams Up with PIDS for the Outcome Evaluation of PMDP

In celebration of women’s month, Kabayan Partylist, in partnership with Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) and Chevening Alumni Foundation publishes a summary of its stakeholder consultation held in December last year entitled “The state of maternal and children’s health and nutrition during pandemic.” Sharing a common advocacy of pushing for women’s and children’s health continue reading : DAP, KABAYAN PARTYLIST, CAFPI LEAD DISCUSSION ON CHALLENGES IN MATERNAL AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH, NUTRITION DURING PANDEMIC

The Development Academy of the Philippines – Productivity and Development Center (DAP – PDC), announced the selected ten 2020 best practices from the 71 entries in the GBPR or the Government Best Practice Recognition at the virtual ceremony held last 22-23 October 2020. “We congratulate the GBPR recipients, and express gratitude to our panel of continue reading : Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) announced the Government Best Practice Recognition (GBPR) 2020 recipients

In spite of the challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline government agencies and staff still got an almost good overall nationwide satisfaction score of 70.14 out of 100, according to the results of the 2020 Citizen Satisfaction e-Survey (eCitSat) that was participated by 2,066 respondents across the country. Based on the e-survey result, Mindanao topped continue reading : Government frontliners get an almost good score: National CitSat Survey Report 2020

The photo shows some of the participants and speakers together with DAP President and Chief Executive Officer Engelbert C. Caronan, Jr., (first row, second from left), DAP Senior Vice President and Dean Lizan Perante-Calina (first row, third from left), GQMC Chairperson and DBM Secretary Wendel E. Avisado (first row, rightmost), and DAP Vice President Arnel continue reading : GQMC chair urges public servants to look at motivation, goals, and processes behind a smart government