“From previously being identified with the political protest and opposition movement, civil society organizations (CSOs) should now function as the government’s partners for political reform,” declared International Center for Innovation, Transformation and Excellence in Governance (INCITEGov) Executive Director Tanya Hamada at the start... more...

In laying down the ground work for a seamless transition of program implementation to local partner organizations and stakeholders, the National Consortium held its first organizational meeting on 28 November 2012 in Manila to define its working principles... more...

As part of a series of roadshows and regional public fora, the Criminal Code Committee held its fifth regional consultative activity in Iloilo City, Iloilo last 16 November 2012. The one-day roadshow and regional public forum is one of several consultative activities being implemented... more...

In collaboration with its Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) offices in Indonesia and Thailand, the Philippine office hosted senior police officials from Indonesia and the Royal Thai Police visiting their... more...

In an effort to push forward the Top-Level Policy Dialogues on Human Rights, the partners and stakeholders of the project “Community-based Dialogue Sessions on Human Rights Promotion and Protection... more...

In line with planned activities for the year, PinoyME Foundation (PinoyME) and the Hanns Seidel Foundation/Germany (HSF) convened on 11-12 October 2012 its partners from microfinance institutions (MFIs) and educational institutions (EIs) which are implementing... more...

Last September 26-28, 2012, the Philippine National Police’ (PNP) Human Rights Affairs Office (HRAO) conducted a three-day training for police officers who comprise the PNP’s core trainers on rights-based and community-policing. Police officers from all over the country were taught how to conduct and manage practical training activities... more...

The pioneering course on Microfinance was launched in Bicol University (BU) in school year 2009-2010. With the course on its fourth year of implementation in BU and recently by other educational institutions around the country, the program partners conducted a monitoring... more...

“Take your studies seriously, then practice, practice, and practice some more,” is what Police Superintendent Ildebrandi Usana advises police officers and recruits undergoing training. Usana, along with three other officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) officers... more...

As part of the implementation of the Microfinance Capacity Building Program anchored on the Dual Training System (DTS) and Competency-Based Education (CBE) approach, a 3-day “Faculty Development Training on Microfinance Management” was... more...

The AHSFSPI Oktoberfest 2012 is an annual activity of the Association of the Hanns Seidel Foundation Scholars of the Philippines (AHSFSPI), the organisation of former scholars of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) to Germany. Guests to the activity, which follows the traditional festival celebrated every October in Munich... more...

After the successful launch and in preparation for the conduct of the Top-Level Policy Dialogues on Human Rights this year, a Policy Discussion Session was held on 13 September 2012 to finalize the policy agenda for the top-level policy dialogues involving the heads... more...

The Assistant Secretary Geronimo L. Sy of the Department of Justice was interviewed by the Global News Network last 23 August 2012 during its program, “Ikons in Circles” hosted by Anna Marie Ablan. This interview is part of the integrated communications plan of the joint project of the Department of Justice... more...

Four Philippine National Police (PNP) officers recently came back from a six-week exposure and information visit to police training programs to the Second Stand-by Police Academy in Eichstätt (II. Bereitschaftspolizei Abteilung). The visit gave the officers strategic knowledge... more...

The drafting of the new Criminal Code for the Philippines entered its second phase last 4 July 2012 when the Criminal Code Committee (CCC) convened the Experts Group in Manila to present the status of the draft of the new “Criminal Code Book 1”, which was transmitted to the Office of the President last June, and to set the general direction... more...

The Philippine National Police (PNP) Human Rights Affairs Office (HRAO) successfully concluded two batches of human rights desk officers and trainers’ training for a total of 53 police officers from six administrative regions of Mindanao comprising Regions IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)... more...

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has been a partner of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) since 2008 in the promotion of Human Rights, respect for the Rule of Law, and police training in general, as well as related exchange study programs... more...

The Philippine National Police (PNP) Human Rights Affairs Office (HRAO) successfully concluded a human rights desk officers and trainers’ course for a total of 38 police officers from three administrative regions of the country comprising Western, Central and Eastern Visayas... more...

Stakeholders in the justice sector took centre stage during the “Criminal Code Committee Roadshow and Regional Forum: Presentation Forum of the New Criminal Code Book 1”, the one-day roadshow and regional public forum conducted in Legazpi City, Albay last 25 May 2012... more...

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...