Senator Leila M. de Lima urged the fifth batch of the Senior Executives Class of the Public Management Development Program to have a heart for public service as she stressed the importance of serving the people whose interest should be at the top of the government’s list of priorities. Serving as keynote speaker at the continue reading : Senator De Lima urges PMDP SEC Batch 5 to ‘have a heart for public service’ (July 8, 2016)

The fourth annual meeting of the Network of National Schools of Government under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development was held last April at the Scuola Nazionale dell’Administrazione in Rome, Italy, with discussions centering around the theme “Building Blocks for Public Sector Innovation: New Skills and Learning.” The meeting focused on the necessary innovation continue reading : Network of gov’t schools holds 4th meeting (July 5, 2016)

The South China Sea dispute between the Philippines and China should be viewed beyond the issues of sovereignty and territory, according to the panelists in the recent Maritime Security Symposium sponsored by the Development Academy of the Philippines Graduate School of Public and Development Management and the Philippine Navy. DAP-GPSDM Dean Gloria Jumamil-Mercado, summing up continue reading : WEST PHILIPPINE SEA ISSUE SHOULD BE VIEWED BEYOND SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORY, SYMPOSIUM PANEL SAYS (July 4, 2016)

An alumni homecoming featuring a program that honored former Development Academy of the Philippines stalwart and outgoing Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio “Babes” Singson was one of the highlights of the Academy’s 43rd anniversary celebrations on Monday, June 20, 2016. DAP President Antonio D. Kalaw Jr. said feting Singson, who used to be the continue reading : ALUMNI HOMECOMING HIGHLIGHTS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS (June 21, 2016)

The Development Academy of the Philippines, through its Council of Fellows, held the third of its series of roundtable discussions for the year last May 31with focus on strategic foreign policy and the development of Mindanao marking the activity, which is the Academy’s contribution to mainstreaming public discourse on development as well as a means continue reading : NEW FOREIGN POLICY FRAMEWORK, MINDANAO DEV’T PUSHED IN DAP ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION (June 14, 2016)

Migration, one of the relevant issues affecting the Philippines and the Filipino people, was the center of attention when the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducted an orientation for the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) and select local government units (LGUs) on May 11, 2016 at the Confucius Room of the DAP Building in continue reading : DAP, LGUs get UNDP orientation (June 13, 2016)

Employees and colleagues, as well as friends from way back, honored President Antonio Kalaw Jr. on the occasion of his 10th anniversary as top executive of the Development Academy of the Philippines on June 1.  Kalaw, who was elected by the DAP Board of Trustees as the Academy’s seventh president on June 1, 2006, has continue reading : Employees, colleagues fete Kalaw on his 10th year as president (June 2, 2016)

The Development Academy of the Philippines’ expertise continued to be instrumental in honing the skills of government officers.  This was again demonstrated when some 26 officers and technical staff of the central and regional offices of the Bureau of Local Government Finance underwent an intensive four-day training course called “Course on Project Management” and another continue reading : Local gov’t finance officers undergo CFG-led training (May 24, 2016)

Shortly after the opening of the Middle Managers Class Batch 11-Bagwis last February 19, the Public Management Development Program has yet again proven that breakthroughs can happen even in just a short gap after a previous achievement.  In its fourth year of implementation, the program is running its 12th batch of Middle Managers Class composed continue reading : PMDP WELCOMES 12th BATCH OF MIDDLE MANAGERS CLASS (May 10, 2016)