IN PHOTOS: (Left) Forum with LGU of Tuguegarao towards Smart City, (Right) SPARTA Online Roadshow Pasig City, July 21 – To continue fostering the data science and analytics (DSA) ecosystem in the Philippines, Project Smarter Philippines through Data Analytics R&D, Training and Adoption (SPARTA) held and actively participated in several online events from April to continue reading : SPARTA’s advocacy for a data-driven Philippines continues

The Development Academy of the Philippines, through its Productivity  Development Center, is conducting a nationwide survey entitled, “The Impact of Covid 19 to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).” Its run started on 28 June and will end  on 14 July 2021.   The study is a joint initiative between the Asian Productivity Organization (APO)  and Asian continue reading : DAP conducts Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 to SMEs

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