The University of the Philippines-National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG), the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and The FVR Legacy Initiative launched the UP NCPAG – FIDEL V. RAMOS LEAD4R Fellowship Program on Advanced Governance and Leadership for Public Sector Reform last 19 March 2024.
Implemented by NCPAG through its Center for Leadership Citizenship and Democracy (CLCD), the program is an advanced governance and leadership course for continuing professional education open to current and emerging leaders from the government, civil society, and the private sector who believe in the power of collaboration, transparency, accountability, and inclusion to advance public sector reform and achieve sustainable and resilient development.
The initial batch of LEAD4R Fellows recently concluded Module 1 which was developed by former Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Federico Macaranas, UP Professor Emeritus and former Local Government Academy Executive Director Alex Brillantes Jr., and former Agrarian Reform Secretary Ernesto Garilao. Upon completion of the program — an equivalent of six units of a masteral program — LEAD4R Fellows will join the wide network of fellows, alumni, and graduate students of UP NCPAG to further advance their ideas and ideals.
The 10-month non-degree executive program offers six (6) modules designed to equip participants with results-oriented leadership tools, holistic and critical thinking skills, a collaborative mindset for problem-solving, and a “bibingka” approach to policy and program implementation. Through the experiential learning component of the course, LEAD4R Fellows will also be exposed to good practices and innovations in the Philippines and abroad in pursuing meaningful changes at the organization, community, national level.
The Fellowship Program aims to cultivate and inculcate the enduring legacy of President Fidel V. Ramos who solidly affixed democratic principles to economic development, and in succeeding, gave his nation, the region, and the world a leadership model worthy of emulation. A leading political actor, President Ramos was a soldier who became a statesman through various leadership roles as his country emerged from the Cold War. He undertook these roles by systematically attending to both political and economic empowerment. The economic growth that he thought to be the true foundation for democratic reform defined his presidency, both in his home country and internationally.
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