Externally Funded Projects

Dates of Implementation: 19-21 August 2015 Partner Institution: Chulalongkorn University Objective:  document and systematically assess the state of social and sustainability sciences in Southeast Asia, principally among tertiary institutions as well as other national or regional research organizations  analyze what social and sustainability sciences now do, or how they can in the future, contribute to […]

Dates of Implementation/Duration: April 2012 to April 2013 Partner Institution: UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines Objectives: To provide a deeper, evidence-based evaluation of the demographic, temporal, and geographic aspects of the killing of journalists in the Philippines by expanding the categories and the explanatory framework used to analyze their cases To provide alternative insights

Dates of Implementation:    July 2010 to February 2012 Partner Institutions: Philippine Political Science Association, Commission on Higher Education, United Nations Development Programme Objectives: To assess the impact of the 1986 EDSA People Power on the country’s democratization processes and the building of more efficient and accountable governance institutions. Project Description:The project involved the production

Dates of Implementation/Duration:  2011 – 2012 Partner Institution: PSSC regular member-organizations Objectives:    To assess the state of social sciences in the country. Project Description: The project entailed the preparation of assessment papers on the progress made by the social sciences in cultivating a competent pool of Filipino social scientists, examining particularly their capacity to

Dates of Implementation/Duration:  7 July 2010 to February 28 2011 Partner Institution: Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines Objectives: The project aims to examine the state of the country’s democratic processes and governance institutions after the EDSA People Power experience in 1986.  Project Description: In February 2011, the Philippines will mark the 25th anniversary

Dates of Implementation/Duration:  October 2010 Partner Institution: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Civil Service Commission (CSC), Philippine Society for Public Administration (PSPA), Association of Schools of Public Administration in the Philippines (ASPAP) Objectives: The objectives of the youth summit are to:  Lay the platform for public administration and youth involvement towards democratization, decentralization, and development

Dates of Implementation/Duration:  October 2010 Partner Institution: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Civil Service Commission (CSC), Philippine Society for Public Administration (PSPA), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Objectives: The Capacity-Building on Governance and Development was designed for twenty-one focal persons from NEDA-Management Staff and other sector staff who would directly coordinate the formulation of

Dates of Implementation/Duration:  May 24 to June 8, 2010 Partner Institution: Commission on Higher Education Objectives: The three-week training workshop aims to enhance the capacity of CHED technical staff to conduct relevant research using CHED’s own data and records, and to help as well those in graduate school to finish their theses/dissertations. It will be

Dates of Implementation/Duration:  23-26 July 2008 Partner Institution: Ateneo de Manila University, Philippine Studies Association Objectives: The 8th ICOPHIL aims to provide a forum for scholars engaged in research on the general field of Philippine Studies to: a.) share their research and study findings; and exchange views, ideas, and information towards understanding/appreciating various dimensions of

Dates of Implementation/Duration: August 2006-March 2007 Partner Institution: SEAMEO-Innotech Objectives:    To draw out the reflections, expectations and concerns of the Department of Education (DepEd) administrators and personnel on efforts to decentralize the management of Philippine basic education, as embodied under RA 9155 (The Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001). Project Description and Outputs: