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 Photo Release: Life’s Purpose.
Life’s Purpose. Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio L. Singson delivered the Keynote Address before the 25 graduates of the Senior Executives Class Batch 3 Sinagtala (SEC 3) and 40 from the Middle Managers Class Batch 5 Dagitab (MMC 5) of the Public Management Development Program on 30 January 2015 at the DAP continue reading : DAP Photo Release: Life’s Purpose.

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
DAP WELCOMES 9TH BATCH OF PMDP-MMC SCHOLARS (July 14, 2015)
The Public Management Development Program (PMDP) welcomed 38 high performing and high potential section and division chiefs from various national line and attached agencies who comprise the ninth batch of the Middle Managers Class (MMC) through an opening ceremony at the DAP Conference Center last April. National Economic and Development Authority Deputy Director General for continue reading : DAP WELCOMES 9TH BATCH OF PMDP-MMC SCHOLARS (July 14, 2015)
AO 25 Interagency Task Force Holds Meeting on the 2014 Performance-Based Bonus (July 14, 2015)
Members of the AO 25 Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the Harmonization of National Government Performance, Monitoring, Information and Reporting Systems met recently to assess performance of departments, state universities and colleges (SUCs), other executive offices (OEOs), local water districts (LWDs) and government-owned-or-controlled corporations (GOCCs) for the purpose of determining eligibility for the grant of continue reading : AO 25 Interagency Task Force Holds Meeting on the 2014 Performance-Based Bonus (July 14, 2015)
DAP Developments: IMO 6.09 Turns Seafarers into Competent and Committed Maritime Instructors (June 30, 2015)
It was Friday, the 26th of June, 2015. It was graduation time. Vincent De Asis, the Chief Officer with the toothy grin, was at the microphone. He wore, for once, a serious demeanor. He confessed that before attending the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 6.09 training course, his prime motive for taking the Instructor’s Course continue reading : DAP Developments: IMO 6.09 Turns Seafarers into Competent and Committed Maritime Instructors (June 30, 2015)