Mission and Vision | Executive Committee | Members
HDNs vision is to build an environment for Filipinos where they can develop their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accord with their needs and interests. Human development is about enabling people to have wider choices and expanding capabilities that will allow them to live a full life as human beings.
Fundamental to enlarging people’s choices is building human capabilities to lead long and healthy lives, to be knowledgeable, to have access to the resources needed for a decent standard of living and to be able to participate in the life of the community. Without these, many choices are simply not available, and many opportunities in life remain inaccessible.
Our mission is to build knowledge that will help strengthen institutional capacity in achieving human development outcomes primarily through research and advocacy. Projects and programs are conducted while in constant consultation and engagement with stakeholders from civil society, research and academic institutions around the country, and the Philippine government.
HDN is a non-stock non-profit organization comprised of around 150 development practitioner- members from government agencies, international organizations, civil society organizations, and research institutions. In terms of discipline and areas of work the group includes some of the country’s foremost economists, sociologists, political scientists, statisticians and specialists in public administration, education, labor, and social work.
The Network began as an informal group of development practitioners who first got together in 1992 through the initiative of Professor Solita Collas-Monsod and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Kevin McGrath. Through a series of meetings, the group discussed how best to apply the major findings and conclusions of the first Philippine Human Development Report. The HDN became a registered organization in 1997.
Honorary President: President Fidel V. Ramos
Founding President: Solita Collas-Monsod
President: Arsenio M. Balisacan
Vice President: Cynthia Rose Banzon-Bautista
Secretary: Fernando Aldaba
Treasurer: Winfred Villamil
Auditor: Erlinda Capones
Execom Members:
Coordinator: Toby Melissa Collas Monsod
Project Team
Romelo R. Credo – Administrative Clerk
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Victor A. Abola Carmen A. Abubakar Jose V. Abueva Tomas P. Africa Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr. Michael M. Alba Fernando T. Aldaba Gemma C. Araneta Dennis Arroyo Maria Ela L. Atienza Arsenio M. Balisacan Cynthia Rose B. Bautista Victoria A. Bautista + Maricor E. Baytion Edsel L. Beja, Jr. Pia Bennagen-Raquedan Allan Benedict I. Bernardo Lisa Grace Bersales Emilia T. Boncodin + Manaros B. Boransing Ann Rose A. Bordon Sulog Bra Alex B. Brillantes Jr. Leonor M. Briones Yasmin Busran-Lao Finardo Cabilao + Ruth S. Callanta Marissa Camacho-Reyes Dante B. Canlas Jessica Reyes Cantos Erlinda M. Capones Joseph Capuno Ledivina V. Carino + Gelia T. Castillo Lina Castro Paula Collado Mercedes B. Concepcion Nieves R. Confesor Karina C. David Clarissa David-Vergara Emmanuel S. de Dios Edicio de la Torre Corazon Alma E. de Leon Marian S. de los Angeles Maria Lourdes G. de Vera-Mateo Estrella Domingo Maria Luisa C. Doronilla Geoffrey Ducanes Rolando Dy Rose Edillon Rene O. Encarnacion Carmelita N. Ericta Emmanuel Esguerra Francis Estrada Felisa U. Etemadi Mario Feranil Mary Ann Z. Fernandez-Mendoza Elmer M. Ferrer Miriam Ferrer Delfin J. Ganapin Jr. Victoria P. Garchitorena Marides Gardiola Ernesto D. Garilao Margarita F. Gomez Andrew Gonzalez Eduardo T. Gonzalez Milwida M. Guevara Cielito F. Habito Pilar Habito Carolina Hernandez Alejandro N. Herrin Alber Husin Milagros M. Ibe Napoleon B. Imperial Ponciano S. Intal Brigida L. Jayme Gonzalo Jurado Herman Joseph S. Kraft Leonardo Lanzona Zosimo Lee Patricia B. Licuanan |
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Jose Victor Lobrigo Francis Lucas Guillermo M. Luz Juan Miguel Luz Rosario G. Manasan Dennis Mapa Ma. Claret M. Mapalad Juan Mercado Virginia A. Miralao Solita C. Monsod Toby Monsod Noel Morada Cristi Marie C. Nozawa Wilfredo G. Nuqui Rene E. Ofreneo Salvador O. Orara, S.J. Aniceto Orbeta Jr. Trinidad S. Osteria Laura B. Pascua Erlinda C. Pefianco Aurora E. Perez + Nicanor P. Perlas III Sharon Faye Piza Wilfredo B. Prilles, Jr. Victoria V. Quimbo Teresita Quintos-Deles Mary Racelis Teresita R. Ramirez Fidel V. Ramos Corazon M. Raymundo Ma. Lourdes G. Rebullida Celia M. Reyes Jana Grace P. Ricasio Remedios I. Rikken Temario C. Rivera Felicitas Rixhon Jesse Robredo Dionisia A. Rola Segundo Romero, Jr. Rozanno E. Rufino Augusto B. Santos Soliman Santos Jr. Corazon J. Soliman Danilo A. Songco Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III Patricia A. Sto. Tomas Minda C. Sutaria + Richard J. Szal Ana Maria L. Tabunda Mario M. Taguiwalo Edita A. Tan Ancheta K. Tan Jorge V. Tigno Crisline G. Torres Philip Arnold Tuaño Peter U Corazon Urquico Sofronio B. Ursal Luis Rey Velasco Wilfrido V. Villacorta Lorna G. Villamil Winfred Villamil Romulo A. Virola Felizardo K. Virtucio, Jr. Julkipli M. Wadi Josef Yap Cecile Joaquin Yasay Charina Zarate |
