UP CIDS contributes directly to two (2) of the goals in the University's Strategic Plan: 1) contributing to national development, and (2) promoting access and diversity. The first half of 2018 saw the completion of several segments of the research projects implemented by the UP CIDS programs.
EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM
Activities Pursued from January to June 2018
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The HERPR program is in the process of developing a website that will contain the program's publications and knowledge materials. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, served as an intern of the HERPR program for two months (PHOTO BY CLARISSE CULLA / UP CIDS PUBLICATIONS UNIT).
PROGRAM ON HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REFORM
The HERPR program submitted proposals to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC) for possible research grants. The program is also working on a policy brief for the Department of Health on understanding the supply and demand of medical professionals in the Philippines.
Program Outputs from January to June 2018
This will also solve the problem of filling the shortage of doctors in the country. The survey also shows that there is a lack of high-performing teacher training courses at the country's higher education institutions.
UP CIDS MID-YEAR REPORT / JANUARY–JUNE 2018
The data analysis found a robust relationship between nursing licensure exam pass rates and variables such as school size, school type, location, year of establishment, and student-faculty ratio. Results reveal that the number of Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) annually is not enough to meet the demand of the basic education sector in the Philippines.
Proposed Activities for July to December 2018
The paper, titled School Licensing Exam Performance and the Engineer Shortage in the Philippines, found that small schools in each of the four engineering fields (civil engineering, electronic engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering) fared much worse than larger schools, and that the student-faculty ratio was reversed commensurate with passing the licensing exam. The Program on Data Science for Public Policy aims to build capacity of University of the Philippines (UP) faculty in data science applied to challenges in public policy and governance.
Data Science for Public Policy
In this regard, the Program strives to build and engage a faculty community and encourage the pursuit of problem-oriented interdisciplinary research using high-level quantitative analysis. The program is convened by UP Diliman Vice Chancellor for Research and Development and UP Institute of Mathematics Professor Fidel R. Nemenzo, D.Sc., and co-convened by Professor Clarissa C. of the UP College of Mass Communication.
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The Program held its first Public Forum on Data Science for Public Policy as part of a planned series of forums and workshops that will run from April to September 2018. Participants of the Introduction to Python Workshop along with members of the Program UP CIDS for data science for Public Policy (PHOTO JALTON G. TAGUIBAO, PH.D.).
Program Outputs from January to June 2018
Escaping the Middle-Income Trap
Chains for Change
PROGRAM ON ESCAPE FROM THE MIDDLE INCOME TRAP: CHAIN FOR CHANGEThe program aims to investigate the link of.
PROGRAM ON ESCAPING THE MIDDLE-INCOME TRAP: CHAINS FOR CHANGEThe Program aims to examine the nexus of
Her Excellency Marion Derckx, Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Philippines, organized a forum on inclusive entrepreneurship, where Dutch companies in the Philippines (e.g. Shell, ING Bank, East West Seeds, Friesland Campina, Unilever and Philips) were invited to attend the EMIT listen. :C4C presentation. Pedro Alviola IV from UP Mindanao facilitated the discussions as the moderator of the workshop. Emmanuel de Dios from the UP School of Economics (Escaping the middle-income trap and the role of inclusion and competitiveness in agriculture), prof.
Ronald Chua (Agricultural Finance) of the Asian Institute of Management, and program researchers Jane Capacio (Cooperatives, Property Rights UP CIDS Executive Director Teresa S.
PROGRAM ON ESCAPING THE MIDDLE-INCOME TRAP: CHAINS FOR CHANGEand Agriculture Contracts) and Reinier de
EMIT:C4C through the Foundation for Integrative and Development Studies and Unifrutti Tropical Philippines, Inc. also signed a memorandum of agreement on the continuation of action research and on the donation of EMIT:C4C funds. In the spirit of action research, where researchers and practitioners collaborate in a learning and working environment, EMIT:C4C. Jane Capacio, Senior Researcher, presented key findings from the first set of EMIT:C4C action research projects.
An output of EMIT:C4C's first loop of action research is the Breaking Barriers in Agriculture Financing paper, which is the key The EMIT:C4C Research Team with officers and members of the.
PROGRAM ON ESCAPING THE MIDDLE-INCOME TRAP: CHAINS FOR CHANGEfindings on the financing mechanisms in two of
ESCAPE THE MIDDLE INCOME TRAP PROGRAM: CHAINS FOR CHANGE findings on financing mechanisms in two of the.
Alternative Development
PROGRAM ON ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Projects Under the Program
Yet, after the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s, Marx was considered irrelevant and relegated to the margins of popular discourse. In the aftermath, there was renewed interest and discussion about the works of Karl Marx. In the Philippines, while developing its own national road safety plan, the Philippine Road Safety Action Plan (PRSAP, the various stakeholders of the advocacy) agreed to a target of 20 percent reduction in fatality rates for road traffic fatalities.
Provide support in advocacy, promotion and communication of road safety policies, legislation and other initiatives.
Project Leaders and Staff
DILG–UP CIDS Project on Federalism for Metro Manila: “Reclaiming Public Services: Returning Ownership and Control to Local Governments”. It is a project initiated by the Quezon City Government and the Department of the Interior and Local Government and contracted to UP CIDS to make proposals on the role and functions of the Metro Manila region under a federalism setup . For the AltDev programme, the focus will be on proposals for the recovery of public services and bringing them under public control and management.
In the 1980s, privatization became the preferred policy of governments in economic development and the provision of public services as a means to reduce government involvement in business, infrastructure development and maintenance of services and to increase competition, efficiency and promote productivity.
PROGRAM ON ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENTSilme Domingo and Gene Viernes. These
The Philippine government's debt burden has long been a barrier to achieving social and human development in the country. This workshop, held on April 11, 2018 at the UP CIDS Conference Hall, aimed to finalize an operational framework for the debt audit that is consistent with the agenda of the Freedom from Debt Coalition and the Program on Alternative Development, and in line with the interests of the Filipino people. The lecture, which was held at the UP CIDS Conference Hall, featured Dr. Malay's assessment of the various Marxist movements in Paris, Prague, Vietnam and the Philippines.
The second alternative practices workshop was organized with the Department of Community Development of the UP College of Social Work and Community Development, CAMP Asia, the Igting Organization and Bantay Kalusug Pampamilya.
Program Outputs from January to June 2018
Ariate also presented on Panitikan Bilang Armas Pandigma (Literature as a Weapon of War): A Survey of Philippine Proletarian Literature (2000 to 2010), which delved into proletarian literary production that “can be studied from the standpoint of its material inequality and its historical given certain contradictions from which they arose” and appear as “unevenly resolved conflicts in the text.” The second workshop on alternative practices in the Philippines was held on June 29 and 30, 2018 at the UP CIDS Conference Hall. AltDev's Project on Alternative Practices led a workshop cum writeshop, building on the previous Alternative Practices Workshop held in May 2018.
The workshop focused on enabling participants from NGOs and POs to write documentation about their alternative practices using a participatory writing exercise.
Activities and Deliverables for July to December 2018
Social and Political Change
CO-CONVENORS
Tigno, DPA
PROGRAM ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE Region (NCR), the Department of the Interior
Program Research Projects
Activating intra- and inter-regional alliances to build the institutional resilience of metropolitan Manila in the context of disaster risk reduction and management. Go, MA (UP Department of Political Science). Reconfiguring Metro Manila: Exploring Regionalization, Metropolitanization, and Other Forms of Geospatial Arrangement for Better Governance in the Capital Region. Environment and solid waste management in the national capital region (NCR) in the context of the proposed transition to a federal administrative region. UP Department of Political Science).
In the case of Taiwan, the growth of the middle class in the 1950s through the 1980s paved the way for greater democratization.
PROGRAM ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE
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In this lecture, Professor Ginsburg spoke about his forthcoming book, How to Save a Constitutional Democracy, which he co-authored with Aziz Huq. In her book, Ginsburg presented the causes of democratic erosion and offered solutions that can save constitutional democracy.
Program Output for January to June 2018
Islamic Studies
ISLAMIC STUDIES PROGRAM
Marasigan worked on the status of madrasah schools and educators in Lanao province, while Madam ISP, together with the UP Institute of Islamic Studies (UP IIS), the Research Association for Islamic Social Sciences (RAIS) and the Embassy of the United States States (USA) in Manila, launched a program titled Suara Muslim Initiative for Leadership Empowerment (SMILE) on May 30, 2018 at the Virata Hall, UP Institute of Small Scale Industries. About a hundred people participated in the event, including Muslim lawmakers, leaders, experts, academy members and stakeholders.
Macapado Muslim (Presidente ti Mindanao State University sadiay Marawi), ken dati a Ranao Rescue Team Commissioner Samira Gutoc-Tomawis.
Program Outputs for January to June 2018
Proposed Activities for July to December 2018
Plan future activities and areas for further collaboration to improve the quality of madrasah education in the Philippines;. 1st international workshop on publishing opportunities on "Islam in Southeast Asia" and conference on the role of the state, education, community outreach, responsible media and religio-cultural dialogues in combating violent extremism. The purpose of the workshop and conference is to produce book and journal article publications aimed at improving Islamic Studies scholarship in the Philippines.
The program is also targeting Palgrave Macmillan, Brill, Routledge, IB Tauris, SAGE, UP Press, Ateneo de Manila University Press, among others to participate in the book fair.
Strategic Studies
STRATEGIC STUDIES PROGRAMThe Program will continue to bring issues of
The objective of the Round Table Series (RTD) is to provide a platform for experts from various fields to discuss and share their views on selected important issues with the aim of contributing to the discourse on national security and development. RTD focused on the state of energy security in the Philippines with representatives from government agencies, members of academia, and experts from various private institutions. SSP Assistant Professor and Research Fellow Nelson Cainghog of the UP Department of Political Science gave opening remarks and expressed the need for RTD-like efforts aimed at contributing to the national security discourse.
Department of Energy Undersecretary Jesus Cristino P. It was attended by representatives of government agencies, members of the academy and experts from various private institutions.
STRATEGIC STUDIES PROGRAMPosadas presented the policies of the current
Local-Regional Studies Network
CORDILLERA STUDIES CENTER (CSC)
CENTRAL VISAYAS
STUDIES CENTER (CVSC)
LOCAL-REGIONAL STUDIES NETWORK
Cordillera Studies Center (CSC) – UP Baguio
Residents and officials of target barangays have already been interviewed about their role in the conservation and utilization of resources within the Park. Key informants were also interviewed about their role in government programs, projects and activities for Mt. These interviews were consolidated into a summary of local practices and a summary of government programs, projects and activities in the area.
Outputs from January 2018 to June 2018
Central Visayas Studies Center (CVSC) – UP Cebu
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