PMDP WELCOMES ITS FINAL BATCH OF SCHOLARS FOR 2020

January 14, 2021 News

23 November 2020 – The Program opened its doors to the 25th batch of the Middle Managers Class comprising of 32 scholars from 17 government agencies. The ceremony was held virtually and streamed on PMDP’s official Facebook page.

DAP President and CEO Atty. Engelbert C. Caronan Jr. kick-started the ceremony with a welcome address and highlighted the value and essence of their being part of the Academy’s pool of government officials on training. He emphasized how their actions can have a lasting impact and can contribute to the greatness of the nation. He therefore exhorted the scholars to open themselves to the competencies and skills development offered by the Program as the Filipino people look up to government leaders to navigate them around living in strange and surreal times and help them survive in a volatile environment.

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MMC 20 & 21, ADD TO PMDP’S POOL OF ALUMNI

November 9, 2020 News

25 September 2020 – Forty three division and section chiefs and promising specialists from the 20th and 21st batches of the Middle Managers Class and one from the 11th batch capped their academic journey with PMDP in the successful 19th Graduation Ceremony held virtually via Google Meet.

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39 MIDDLE MANAGERS BEGIN THEIR PMDP JOURNEY

October 21, 2020 News

14 September 2020 – PMDP welcomes 39 additional scholars for it 24th batch of the Middle Managers Class. The program, following the structure of the recent ceremonies since the start of the local quarantine was hosted via Google Meet and streamed live on PMDP’s official Facebook page.

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SEC OPTIMUS & AWANGGAN CONCLUDE PMDP JOURNEY IN THE FIRST VIRTUAL PMDP COMMENCEMENT

October 19, 2020 News

Graduation rites are perhaps the most awaited part of every academic journey. For the scholars of PMDP, it is no different; however, with the general quarantine guidelines still in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, holding this tradition under the present circumstances has been deemed unsafe. Despite this, PMDP needed to recognize the efforts made in completing its rigorous training course hence, the Program mounted its 18th Graduation Ceremony virtually for Senior Executives Class Shuttle Course Batch 1-Optimus and Senior Executives Class Batch 8-Awanggan last 12 June 2020 via Google Meet.

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PMDP HOLDS PDP ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

October 8, 2020 News

The Public Management Development Program of the Development Academy of the Philippines successfully mounted a roundtable discussion on the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) via Google Meet last 9 July 2020 for its eminent faculty pool.

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PMDP ALUMNI CLUB MEET VIRTUALLY

October 7, 2020 News

7 August 2020 – The Public Management Development Program Alumni Club officers, together with 11 batch presidents and representatives of Middle Managers Class and Senior Executives Class, convened online for the first time this year for an Alumni Officers Meeting to update the Club’s plans presided by the Club’s President Atty. Roselyn A. Borja.

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PMDP EXPANDS PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS, CONDUCTS ONLINE ORIENTATION

October 6, 2020 News

June 26, 2020 – PMDP held a virtual orientation session about its structure and classes via Google Meet as it adapts to the new normal. The online event was initiated by DSWD, one of the national line agencies that has consistently been endorsing staff members as scholars of the Program since 2012.

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PMDP WELCOMES 9TH BATCH OF SENIOR EXECUTIVES

September 6, 2020 News

3 August 2020 – PMDP welcomes the pilot batch of Senior Executives Class (SEC) to undergo its new modality. In an online ceremony held via Google Meet, the 29 public servants representing 19 agencies across the country of SEC 9 were inducted into the Program’s pool of “high-performing, high-potential” scholars.

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SECOND QUARTERLY NGCESDP INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD

August 12, 2020 News

After 8 years of implementation, PMDP asked the Philippine Institute for Development Studies to design an Outcome Evaluation on the program. This was the main agendum during the 2nd quarterly meeting this year of the NGCESDP Inter-Agency Steering Committee Meeting held last 24 June 2020 via GMeet. PIDS President Celia Reyes and Dr. Sonny Domingo, together with their team, presented the proposal to the Steering Committee comprised of DBM Undersecretary Laura Pascua, DOF Director Alvin Diaz, and CESB OIC-Executive Director Marcy Ballesteros, and NEDA Undersecretary Mike De la Rosa, as presiding officer.

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A HISTORIC WELCOME FOR MIDDLE MANAGERS CLASS BATCH 23

July 13, 2020 News

June 1, 2020 – PMDP’s first class to undergo flexible learning officially started today, marking another milestone for the Program in the year 2020. The Opening Ceremony, though conducted virtually, maximized alternatives to the traditions observed in the past via Google Meet.
Although most universities and learning institutions still view education as an activity that is most efficiently delivered face-to-face, mass gatherings at this time continue to be prohibited. In fact, PMDP’s Sensing Journey and Foreign Study Mission that previously required physically immersing in local and international communities, respectively, have to be re-imagined in a way that caters to the current situation without compromising the learning objectives. Using available digital collaborative platforms, the PMDP community laboriously re-worked the Program to be able to conduct classes for its scholars from various agencies across the country. Though discussions on adopting virtual learning have circulated in the past with much reservation especially among the higher management, the current public health situation has inadvertently provided the impetus for this transition. While internet connectivity still remains the biggest challenge, PMDP remains hopeful and ready to troubleshoot as the need arises.

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