A two-day job analysis workshop for Branch Managers of the Microfinance industry was held on 15-16 May 2012 in Manila in response to the need for enhancing the initial competency profile developed in 2008 for the position of Branch Manager in microfinance institutions (MFIs)... more...

The Project “Community-based Dialogue Sessions on Human Rights Promotion and Protection between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Local Communities” has launched the Top-Level Policy Dialogues on Human Rights... more...

The Philippine National Police (PNP) Human Rights Affairs Office (HRAO) successfully concluded two sets of human rights desk officers and trainers’ course for a total of 65 police officers from four administrative regions of the country comprising Central and Northern Luzon... more...

The Bicol University, the premier state university of the Bicol Region, has conferred the degree in Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa (Posthumous) upon former President Corazon C. Aquino on 17 April 2012 at Malacañan Palace, Manila... more...

In furtherance of the Dual Training System Competency-based Education (DTS CBE) Program for Microfinance, the key partners comprising of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) and Educational Institutions (EIs) for the pilot implementation of the program held a 2-day workshop... more...

Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome gave the keynote address at the opening of the instructors’ development training course on human rights-based policing for forty human rights officers taking place from March 19 to 30, 2012. This activity is a step towards institutionalizing the PNP’s core of human rights officers... more...

Under the auspices of the Microfinance Capacity Building Program jointly undertaken by the PinoyME Foundation (PMEF), the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF) and the Hanns Seidel Foundation/Germany... more...

The Philippine National Police (PNP) strengthened its commitment to respect and adhere to the principles of human rights in its community policing activities with the signing of the 2012 Memorandum of Understanding with the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Philippine Project Office, on February 27, 2012 at the PNP Headquarters... more...

In a landmark undertaking, the PinoyME Consortium, Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation and the Hanns Seidel Foundation/Germany along with other key sponsors brought together about 80 outstanding and promising micro-entrepreneurs (MEs) from all over the country for a 2 ½-day convention in Manila titled “ME Naman!... more...

Former Federal Minister for Economics and Technology, Mr. Michael Glos, MdB, a Senior Member of the German Federal Parliament and Member of the Board of Directors of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), recently concluded a fruitful visit to the Philippines for the period... more...

As a pioneering effort, PinoyME Foundation (PMEF), with the support of the Hanns Seidel Foundation/Germany (HSF), put in motion the development of advanced teaching materials for the incoming senior students of the Bicol University (BU) taking Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) major in Microfinance... more...

As part of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF)’s partnership with Philippine institutions related to Justice Sector Reform, specifically the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Foundation, in cooperation with the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) and the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor)... more...

In a pioneering undertaking, the University of Makati (UMak) in cooperation with PinoyMe Foundation (PME) and the Hanns Seidel Foundation/Germany (HSF) set in motion on January 13, 2012 the BS in Microfinance Equivalency Program. The University Secretary, Dr. Elyxzur Ramos and the Dean of the College of Business Administration... more...