The IPAG sprang from the defunct Local Governance Academy (LGA) which in 2006 started offering continuing education in four-modular Executive Course in Local Governance to local government officials and employees in Cagayan de Oro City. Graduates had the option to apply for degrees in Public Administration with major in Local Governance through the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) in MUST.

Today, IPAG offers a two-stream program with the same option of getting degrees either in pure public administration, or public administration with major in local governance through ETEEAP. It caters to both national and local government officials and employees in the entire area of Mindanao, as well as, undertakes researches and publication in public administration and governance. To date, it has produced 761 graduates from the executive course. Moreover, from among alumni who proceeded to work for academic degrees through ETEEAP, 30 have received bachelor and 17 masters degrees.

The Restructured Modules for the Two-Stream Program

Modules I and II contain the common subjects and Modules III and IV accentuate the two streams: for pure Public Administration, and for Public Administration with major in Local Governance.

COMMON COURSES
(Minimum of 5 hours per subject)

Module I ONWARDS TO BETTER GOVERNANCE

PA/LG I-1 Introduction to Public Administration and Governance
PA/LG I-2 Management Communication System
PA/LG I-3 Seminar on National Security and Disaster Control

Module II MANAGING LOCAL RESOURCES

PA/LG II-1 Seminar on Cooperativism
PA/LG II-2 Government Planning, Budgeting and Fiscal Management
PA/LG II-3 Policy Studies, Execution and Accountability

LOCAL GOVERNANCE STREAM
(Minimum of 5 hours per subject)

Module III SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE

LG III-1 Handling Sessions for Local Legislative Bodies
LG III-2 Local Government Administration
LG III-3 Seminar on Environmental Management

Module IV WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS PROGRESS

LG IV-1 Community Organizing and Local Governance
LG IV-2 Gender Advocacy, Social Services and Utilities
LG IV-3 Technology Management and Local Governance

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION STREAM
(Minimum of 10 hours actual contact time per subject)

Module III SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

PA III-1 Seminar on Organizational Development
PA III-2 Human Resources and Personnel Management in Government Service
PA III-3 Sustainable Administration of Programs and Projects

Module IV KEEPING ABREAST WITH TRENDS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

PA IV-1 Modern Trends in Public Administration
PA IV-2 Quantitative Methods in Decision Making
PA IV-3 Methods of Research in Public Administration

IPAG Executive Committee

Chairman/ MUST President Ricardo E. Rotoras, D. Eng.
Member/Project Manager Montano F. Salvador, DPA
Member/ABCA Administrator Soc Anthony M. Del Rosario, MPA, DE Asia

Office Staff
Executive Secretary Arvela B. Fanega, MPA
Finance Officer Jovelyn C. Regular
Utilityman Melvin Tejeros, Jr.

Contacts
Tel. No. (088)856-1738 local 103
Fax (88) 856-4696
Mobile Nos. 0920-4661078; 0920-4661078; 0927-6832581
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