CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION CIRCULAR

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 247, s. 2002, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) will lead the annual Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) celebration in September. The celebration serves as a platform to promote and draw nationwide awareness of the importance of policy research in the formulation of national development plans, programs and policies.

This year’s theme, “#CloseTheGap: Accelerate Post-pandemic Recovery through Social Justice” or in Filipino “#AlisinAngAgwat: Pabilisin ang Pag-ahon Mula sa Pandemya sa Pamamagitan ng Katarungang Panlipunan”, aims to highlight how the pandemic exacerbated existing socioeconomic disparities in the country and disproportionately affected the vulnerable and marginalized sectors of society. Hence, to make opportunities equitable, reduce socioeconomic and political inequalities, and remove cultural inequities, it is crucial to make social justice a guiding principle of the country’s post-pandemic recovery plan, particularly in the areas of human capital development and social protection, public health services and infrastructure, and environmental resilience.

To promote public awareness in the observance of the event, all government agencies are encouraged to undertake the following activities/initiatives:

1. Display of the DPRM 2022 official banner within the agency’s premises or the electronic banner in the agency’s respective websites and social media accounts. Template of the banner may be downloaded at https://bit.ly/2022dprm and https://dprm.pids.gov.ph/resources/dprmbanner. For the banner specifications, agencies may email Ms. Rica Thea Ladaga at rladaga@pids.gov.ph.
2. Feature DPRM Promotional videos, infographics and related announcements on the agency’s respective websites and social media accounts.
3. Encourage personnel to visit the DPRM website and the Annual Public Policy Conference (APPC) subsite and follow PIDS’s official social media accounts.
4. Participate in DPRM virtual events this September such as the kickoff forum and the APPC webinar series. All events are open to the public and will be streamed live on the PIDS Facebook Page.
5. Organize activities - virtual or otherwise - that may be relevant to the theme or to policy research.