SDRC Elected to Head Local Governance Research Network

Results of the recent Local Governance Training and Research Institute-Philippine Network—or LoGoTRI-PhilNet—Board of Directors election were recently released, naming the DLSU Social Development Research Center as the new President for 2019-2022.

Held during the BOD meeting in Pasig City on April 24, the elections were conducted to select a new set of officers to carry on the network’s programs toward promoting excellence in local governance among empowered and responsive local resource institutions.

Other institutions elected to lead LoGoTRI-PhilNet in the coming three-year term are the Gerry Roxas Foundation as Vice President for NCR and Treasurer; the Ateneo de Naga Center for Local Governance as VP for Luzon; Holy Name University as VP for Visayas; Father Saturnino State Urios as VP for Mindanao; Tanggol Kalikasan as Secretary; and Eastern Samar State University as Auditor.

The Jesse Robredo Institute of Governance of DLSU, together with Western Philippine University and Misamis University, will also be on the Board of Directors for the 2019-2022 term.

SDRC Research Fellow and Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines (SWAPP) Executive Vice-President Dr. Marlon Era has represented the Center in LoGoTRI-PhilNet since 2004, and will continue to do so through the next three years.

LoGoTRI-PhilNet aims to assist in the capacity building of stakeholders in local governance all over the country. Its members are more than a hundred institutions nationwide, mostly consisting of State Universities and Colleges, private universities, NGOs and CSOs. SDRC has benefited from its membership in the network with a number of research projects.

In pursuit of its vision, LoGoTRI-PhilNet adheres to the following principles: Synergy through partnership and teamwork; collegiality in diversity; participation of stakeholders; respect for individual members’ autonomy; excellence in governance; professionalism; and integrity.

LoGoTRI-PhilNet will eventually be joining membership in the LoGOTRI-Asia-Pacific (the Network of Local Government Training and Research Institutes in Asia and the Pacific).