The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development is eyeing a tie-up with the University of the Philippines to arm its current and incoming personnel with the technical know-how that is critical in the performance of its mandate.
Representatives from the UP School of Urban and Regional Planning, headed by its dean Hussein Lidasan, recently presented a training program for DHSUD’s senior and middle managers and technical staff, saying that being the sole agency responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies and strategies in housing and urban development, it is important for the DHSUD and its personnel to understand its mandate and role in development planning.
Housing czar Eduardo del Rosario welcomed the partnership, especially as the department is in the midst of hiring new personnel in its central and regional offices.
“I think this is a very welcome opportunity for us to engage the professionals from the private sector so that they can help us enhance the capacity of our human resources,” he said.
“This is a very important activity for our department, which is the youngest of all the agencies in the bureaucracy.”
Among the department’s thrust for 2021 are the capacity-building of its personnel and developing a Strategic Human Resource Development Plan that would help the organization to function effectively and efficiently.
“We must ensure that its backbone, our employees, are capable and competent,” Del Rosario said.
“The strategic human resource development plan will support our staff’s professional growth and enable our officials and employees to reach their highest potential.”