PARTICIPANTS TO COURSE ON PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERSHIP VISIT EMBASSY
16 June 2025 – Ambassador Irene Susan Natividad welcomed Director Ma. Antoniette P. Aristoza of the Plenary Affairs Bureau of the Senate of the Philippines and twenty-five (25) participants to an International Learning Course (ILC) on Public Policy and Public Sector Leadership during their visit to the Embassy.
The course was developed by the Development Academy of the Philippines’ (DAP) and The Hertie School in Berlin and forms part of the Emerging Leaders’ Track of the Capability Building on Innovative Leadership for Legislative Staff (CBILLS) Program. It seeks to expose the participants to Germany’s best practices and strategies in evidence-based policy-making, legislation, governance, and leadership; identify new trends and competencies required from legislative staff/officers and public policy managers; and compare the different approaches and challenges of the legislative process between the Philippines and Germany.
Director Gilbert Lumantao of the DAP’s Policy Research Office outlined for the Ambassador the CBILLS-ILC’s objectives, while Minister Mary Luck Hicarte presented an overview of PH-DE bilateral relations to the participants.
Commemorative notes issued for the 70th anniversary of Philippine-German relations were given to the participants as a souvenir of their visit to Berlin.
