Photo Gallery 2 | Development Academy of the Philippines

Members of the first batch of graduates of the Certificate in Public Management, Master in Public Management major in Development and Security pose with DAP President Antonio Kalaw Jr., SVP and GSPDM Dean Dr. Gloria Jumamil-Mercado, PPSC President Dr. Ricardo de Leon and members of the faculty. (Ped Garcia)

Members of the first batch of graduates of the Certificate in Public Management, Master in Public Management major in Development and Security pose with DAP President Antonio Kalaw Jr., SVP and GSPDM Dean Dr. Gloria Jumamil-Mercado, PPSC President Dr. Ricardo de Leon and members of the faculty. (Ped Garcia)

New poster. DAP President Tony Kalaw Jr., SVP for Programs Dedeng Mendoza and PMDP Director Nanette Caparros (partly hidden) admire a sample of the PMDP poster launched at the end of the opening ceremony for Batch 12 as Fortunato “Boy” de la Peña (left), lead faculty of the program, applauds. (Liz Ranola)

Living up. Two members of MMC Batch 12 pin feathers onto a giant wing display as a symbol of their commitment to their goals as their batch mates look on. (Liz Ranola)

Ready to fly even higher. The PMDP unclipped the wings of 40 high-performing, high-potential middle managers in the bureaucracy during the opening ceremony for its 12th batch last April 25 at the DAP Conference Center in Tagaytay City. The managers are shown here with DAP officials led by President Antonio Kalaw Jr. and Senior Vice President for Programs Dedeng Mendoza. (Liz Ranola)

DAP officials led by President Tony Kalaw and SVP for Programs Dedeng Mendoza pose with members of the MMC Batch 12. (Ped Garcia)

Lilian Salonga, an alumna of the PMDP’s SEC Batch 3, speaks before members of the program’s MMC Batch 12 at the opening ceremony for the latest PMDP class. (Ped Garcia)

The cover of the trail-blazing book on Public Sector Productivity is shown here.

President Aquino, US Ambassador Philip Goldberg (in suit), DILG Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento, DAP President Antonio Kalaw Jr. and GSPDM Dean Dr. Gloria Jumamil-Mercado are shown with some of the MPM-LGD graduates in Malacañang. (Ped Garcia)

President Aquino exhorts the graduates to learn the lessons of Yolanda. (Ped Garcia)

Bicol graduates Batch 3 with (front row L-R) Associate Dean Dr. Ma. Corazon Lopez, DILG Region V Dir. Elouisa T. Pastor, DOH Asst. Sec. Dr. Nestor Santiago Jr., DOH Region V Dir. Dr. Napoleon Arevalo, DAP SVP Bernardo Dizon, and ZFF VP Arlene Gella.

Central Luzon Batch 1 graduates with (front row L-R) Associate Dean Dr. Ma. Corazon Lopez, former Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral, DAP SVP Bernardo Dizon, and DOH Region III Director Leonita Gorgolon.

MIMAROPA MLGP graduates with (top row L-R) DAP Chief of Staff Atty. Gideon Mortel, DOH Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo, DAP-GSPDM Associate Dean Dr. Ma. Corazon Tapang-Lopez, ZFF Vice President Arlene Gella and Mr. Daniel Zuellig.

Members of the Programs Management Team led by SVP Magdalena Mendoza are a picture of joy as they pose for a shot during their three-day retreat in Orani, Bataan.

The BAI‘s Strategy Map is unveiled during the same program. In photo are (from left) Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Livestock Davinio Catbagan, DA Undersecretary/Chief of Staff Dennis Guerrero, DA Undersecretary for Operations (Livestock) Jose Reaño, DAP President Antonio Kalaw, BAI Acting Director IV Rubina Cresencio, and Assistant Secretary for Regulations/Executive Director of the National Meat Inspection Service Minda S. Manantan.

DAP President Antonio Kalaw, Jr. turns over a copy of the BAI’s strategic plan to Acting Director IV Rubina Cresencio in exchange for the latter’s certificate of project completion as BAI Acting Director III Simeon Amurao Jr. looks on. The turnover was made in rites at the bureau’s 86h anniversary celebrations.

Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno fields a question as his Zamboanga City counterpart Beng Climaco listens during the panel interaction portion of the CLGP colloquium. (Ped Garcia)

Susan Brems, mission director of USAID Philippines, hands the certificate of completion to Atty. Victor Reginald Dimacuha, Batangas City’s chief of staff, and his team as Zuellig Family Foundation president Ernesto Garilao and DAP SVP Magdalena Mendoza look on during the CLGP Colloquium and closing program. (Ped Garcia)

The Development Academy of the Philippines can now depend on a distinguished diplomat who is credited with spearheading the organizational requirements of the highly successful Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Meeting hosted by the Philippines in November last year. This is because Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Laura Q. del Rosario has become a member of the Academy’s Council of Fellows. Del Rosario became the latest member of this elite group of think-tankers when she was presented her certificate of conferment in simple ceremonies attended by fellow members of the council at the Virata Hall last February 12. Del Rosario became Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for International Economic Relations on October 3, 2011. She rose from the ranks and has served as the Philippine Ambassador to such countries as Vietnam and India while having also been assigned to Vienna, Singapore and Washington D.C. Photo shows Del Rosario (sixth from right) after her conferment while being flanked by other members of the Council of Fellows, DAP officials and colleagues from the DFA (from left): Antonio Basilio of the APEC Business Advisory Council, Eminent Fellow Dr. Orlando Mercado, Acting National Economic and Development Authority and Planning Secretary Dr. Emmanuel Esguerra, Executive Fellow Dr. Carlos Tabunda Jr., Eminent Fellow Corazon Alma de Leon, Eminent Fellow Dr. Sixto Roxas, DAP President Antonio Kalaw Jr., Foreign Service Institute Assistant Director Julio Amador and members of the DFA staff.

Members of the champion White team bask in victory after their 66-65 win over Red that gave them the championship in the DAP basketball tournament.

Part of the fullhouse crowd at the UP School of Economics Auditorium that honored Paderanga is shown here.

executives – with the academic merit and managerial competence for leadership positions. “A collaborative CHED-DAP project, (the) HECS was among the many projects Dondon envisioned the DAP to be passionately engaged in,” the CHED commissioner related. “He had hoped to interest myself and some of the convenors of the UP Center of Integrative and Development Studies in the 1990s in doing what we did then, (but) this time in (the) DAP.

The family of the late Chairman Cayetano Paderanga Jr., which was led by wife Delia, poses for a group shot with UP colleagues at the university’s School of Economics after the necrological program.

PCC Chairman Arsenio Balisacan (front row, second from left) and DAP President Antonio Kalaw Jr. show off the documents they signed after formalizing a partnership between the two agencies as PCC commissioners Johannes Bernabe (to Balisacan’s right) and Stella Alabastro (to Kalaw’s left) as well as other DAP and government officials witness. That’s NEDA Assistant Director-General Kenneth Tanate in between Balisacan and Kalaw on second row.

Philippine Competition Commission Chairman Arsenio Balisacan and DAP President Antonio Kalaw Jr. sign the memorandum of understanding making the Academy the development partner of the new agency.

Participants from various local governments units strike a pose with PADK on the first day of the course.

DAP President Antonio D. Kalaw Jr. welcomes participants in the Basic Course on Child Rights-Responsive Governance.

Eminent Fellow Dr. Orly Mercado and Prof. Jose Tabbada (fourth and fifth from left), co-authors of the book ASEAN Integration: Status, Issues, and Prospects along with Executive Fellow Carlos Tabunda Jr. (third from left), look at the cover of the book after it was unveiled during its launching ceremonies. Also in picture are (from right) Lisa Makinano, Neil Philipps, Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Hellen de la Vega, President Tony Kalaw, Ma. Anthonette Allones and Arthur Luis Florentine.

The assembly also conducted socials where 29 participants engaged in a dancing contest, among others. Shown are members of the winning group with DAP President Antonio Kalaw Jr. , SVP Bernardo Dizon, and VP Ermarie Mondejar after receiving their prizes.

Balisacan: From ‘Sick Man of Asia’ to ‘Asia’s Rising Star.’

BIR Deputy Commissioner Estela Valdez-Sales tells graduates of the MMC Batch 7 that government reforms are “necessary and doable.” Listening on stage are (from left) Session Director Arsenia Gavero, DAP Senior Vice President for Programs Magdalena Mendoza, Career Executive Service Board Executive Director Ma. Anthonette Allones, DAP President Antonio Kalaw Jr., former Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Alma de Leon, former Science and Technology Undersecretary Fortunato de la Peña, and MMC 7 Session Director Richard Peñaflor.

DAP President Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr. (center) says that DAP targets to be more recognized internationally this year .

DAP President Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr. reiterates the value of unity in achieving the organization’s goals and surpassing challenges the DAP may face this year.

The Japan team (5th Floor A) won first place in the floor decoration and group presentation competitions, and second place in food booth decoration.

DAP President Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr. wants improved delivery mechanisms.

PPP Center Deputy Executive Director Eleazar Ricote, DAP President Antonio Kalaw, Jr., PPP Executive Director Cosette Canilao and DAP Senior Vice President for Programs Magdalena Mendoza hold up the signed memorandum of understanding. Also present in the MoU signing were PPP Center Policy Formulation, Project Evaluation and Monitoring and Services Director Victor Martin Lorenzo (extreme left) and DAP Vice President Imelda Caluen (extreme right). Imee Caluen (extreme right).

Participants of the four-day strategic planning workshop included senior executives and managers of the BAI.

Undersecretary for Operations (Livestock) Jose C. Reaño discusses the livestock sector plan and policy directions for the animal industry of the Department of Agriculture.

The Muntinlupa City government team is shown with COER founder and head Dr. Robin Mann (left), general coordinator of the Dubai Government Excellence Program Dr. Ahmad Al-Nuseirat (second from right), and DAP Chairman Cayetano Paderanga, Jr. (right).

Winners of the 4th International Best Practice Competition, the Al Jazeera International Catering LLC and Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services, pose with COER founder and head Dr. Robin Mann (left), general coordinator of the Dubai Government Excellence Program Dr. Ahmad Al-Nuseirat (third from right), and DAP Chairman Cayetano Paderanga, Jr. (right).

DAP President Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr. (right) receives the certificate of recognition from APO Sec.Gen Mari Amano (left) designating the Philippines as the Center of Excellence on Public Sector Productivity, with Budget and Management Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad (second from left) and DAP Chairman Cayetano Paderanga, Jr. (third from left) as witnesses.

APO Secretary General Mari Amano congratulates the Philippines for having been designated as the Center of Excellence on Public Sector and Productivity.

DAP Chairman Paderanga, Jr. welcomes guests and participants during the International Conference on Productivity and Innovation 2015.

Family of former DAP Chairman Boy Morales, Jr. with DAP President Antonio Kalaw, Jr. (farthest right) receives the plaque of enshrinement of Morales as one of the heroes and martyrs at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani.

Former DAP Chairman Horacio “Boy” Morales, Jr (stock photo).

The book, “The Fellows Speak” , unveiled on October 22, 2015 features discussions from DAP’s Eminent Fellows on myriad social issues .

PM Cesar Virata, one of DAP’s Eminent Fellow and first Chairman of the institution, signs a book on the launch of The Fellows Speak at DAP Bldg., Pasig City .

Graduates of the Master in Public Management in Health Systems and Development listen to their commencement speaker, Asec. Ubial.

DOH Asec. Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial, representing Sec. Janette Loreto-Garin, emphasizes the significance of the DAP’s and DOH’s partnership in producing graduates of MPM-HSD.

Assisi Development Foundation Vice Chairperson Viel Aquino-Dee (left) receives the posthumous citation for the late President Cory Aquino on behalf of the Aquino family while Tricia Robredo (right) reads the speech of her mother, Rep. Leni Robredo.

Master in Productivity and Quality Management major in Microfinance Batch 3 graduates with (2nd row seated from L-R) DAP-GSPDM Associate Dean Ma. Corazon T. Lopez, DAP Senior Vice President and GSPDM Dean Gloria Jumamil-Mercado, PhD, MNSA, CARD-MRI Managing Director Dr. Jaime Aristotle B. Alip, former AFP Chief of Staff General Alexander B. Yano, DAP President Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr., and CMDI Director Edzel A. Ramos.

DAP Chairman Cayetano W. Paderanga, Jr. (left) discusses the role of emerging Asia in the global economic growth during his welcome remarks to the 22 Japanese participants of the Asian Business Leaders Program Module 2.

Members of MPM-HSD Batch 6 with (first row) DOH Human Resource Management Officer Gywn Dacurawat (5th from right), DAP-GSPDM Associate Dean Ma. Corazon T. Lopez (4th from right) and DAP-GSPDM Institute of Public Management Acting Director Dr. Evelyn Cruzada (3rd from right).

Former Agrarian Secretary and current Zuellig Family Foundation President Ernesto D. Garilao sharing his thoughts and experiences in public health

APEC National Secretariat Director-General and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Laura Q. Del Rosario discussing APEC 2015 and the Philippine priorities at a lecture forum hosted by the Development Academy of the Philippines in Pasig City.

Representatives from national government agencies, other executive offices (OEOs), government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) covered by DBM, and state universities and colleges (SUCs) and SUCs participate in the series of orientation on the FY 2015 PBB Guidelines. (Inset) Asst. Sec. Eddie Nuque of the Office of the President discussing the FY 2015Performance-Based Bonus guidelines.

Participants work in groups in one of their activities on program management. (Photo credits: CFG)

DAP President Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr. discusses the significance of project management in an organization during his welcome remarks. (Photo credits: CFG)

Participants visit Kor Landa Corporation, Mactan Economic Processing Zone, a French company engaged in high-end fashion jewelry based in Mactan, Cebu. (Photo credits: CFG)

An official of the Philippine Mining Service Corporation shows a prototype of a mining site to the Lao delegates during their visit to Bohol. (Photo credits: CFG)

Representatives from national government agencies, other executive offices (OEOs), government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) covered by DBM, and state universities and colleges (SUCs) and SUCs participate in the series of orientation on the FY 2015 PBB Guidelines. (Inset) Asst. Sec. Eddie Nuque of the Office of the President discussing the FY 2015Performance-Based Bonus guidelines.

In photo: Public Management Development Program-Middle Managers Class (PMDP-MMC) Batch 10 scholars with Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA) Secretary-General and former Senator Orlando Mercado (second row, 8th from left), DAP President Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr. (second row, 10th from left), DAP Senior Vice President Magdalena L. Mendoza (first row, 9th from left), PMDP Program Manager Nanette C. Caparros (first row, 8th from left), PMDP Supervising Fellow Arsenia Gavero (second row, 9th from left), and PMDP faculty member Dr. Brian Marson (first row, 6th from right). (Photo from PMDP)

DILG– Bureau of Local Government Development Assistant Director Dennis Villase?or delivers a message for DILG Assistant Secretary Josefina Castilla-Go at the joint planning workshop for DOT and DILG.

DOT Undersecretary Benito C. Bengzon, Jr. addresses the participants at the opening program of the “Planning Workshop for the Roll-Out of the Tourism Guidebook for Local Government Units” at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria on July 09, 2015.

In photo: DOT and DILG representatives from Region II show copies of the Tourism Guidebook. Joining them are: DOT Undersecretary Benito C. Bengzon, Jr. (center); DILG– Bureau of Local Government Development Assistant Director Dennis Villase?or (second from left) and DAP Center for Governance Managing Director Imelda Caluen (second from right).

In photo: The PMDP Alumni with the faculty and PMDP Secretariat led by NEDA Deputy Director General Nestor Mijares (first row, seventh from left); DAP Senior Vice President for Programs Magdalena L. Mendoza (first row, eight from right) and Program Director Nanette C. Caparros (first row left).

In photo: DOT and DILG representatives from Region II show copies of the Tourism Guidebook. Joining them are: DOT Undersecretary Benito C. Bengzon, Jr. (center); DILG– Bureau of Local Government Development Assistant Director Dennis Villase?or (second from left) and DAP Center for Governance Managing Director Imelda Caluen (second from right).

In photo: DAP officers and staff are smiles after the awarding ceremony of the DAP Larong Pinoy Olympics 2015.

In photo (L-R) Middle Managers Class Batch 9 (MMC 9) Session Director Richard G. Peñaflor, MMC 9 Session Manager Raymart Maruquez, PMDP Program Manager Nanette C. Caparros, Philippine Institute for Development Studies Director Renee Ann Jolina C. Ajayi, DAP President Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr., NEDA Deputy Director General Rolando G. Tungpalan, PMDP Senior Fellow and MMC 8 Session Director Ms. Arsenia S. Gavero, DAP Senior Vice President for Programs Magdalena L. Mendoza, and some PMDP faculty members, with the 38 Middle Managers Class Batch 9 scholars.

The AO 25 Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) held its 20th meeting presided by Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene D. Almendras (second from right) at the Bureau of the Treasury’s Marble Hall in Intramuros, Manila. Also in the photo are (from right) Assistant Secretary Eddie Nuque of OP, CSC Commissioner Nieves Osorio and DBM Undersecretary Richard Moya. (Photo by the AO 25 Secretariat)

In photo: Screengrab of ANC TV’s “Inside Business” program hosted by Mr. Coco Alcuaz (right) with guest interviewee Dr. Cayetano Paderanga, Jr., Development Academy of the Philippines’ Chairman and former socioeconomic planning secretary under the PNoy and Cory Aquino administrations.

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