Message from the Dean

Welcome to the Graduate School of Public and Development Management! 

The task of continually equipping our public servants with practical and adaptive skills cannot be understated as challenges continue to assail Philippine organizations from all directions. There are calls for, among others, transparency in public affairs, managing delicate political transitions, accelerating local government units to become cities of the future, introducing new leadership frameworks in both the public and private sectors, and addressing the growing demand for professional care in light of new healthcare laws and challenges. Government is called to respond to these increasingly complex issues. While we dutifully respond to the needs of our respective organizations, in the process, we learn that these needs are becoming multi-sectoral and interconnected, and the possible solutions involve local communities and regions of nation-states alike.

As the Development Academy of the Philippines’ academic arm, GSPDM is at the forefront of responding to the needs of the Philippine bureaucracy, the private sector, and the rest of the country’s organizations to help them rise above the aforementioned challenges. Ever since its creation in 1994, GSPDM has achieved significant strides in the capacity-building of public sector human resources and as a facilitator for institutional synergy to spur change and sustainable development.