Introducing OurselvesPHILIP EMMANUEL C. PENAFLOR
Philip is a former Executive Director of the Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA), a national NGO network in the country involved in sustainable rural development. He is also a former Deputy Executive Director of the Philippine Development Assistance Programme, Inc. (PDAP), an umbrella of NGO networks in the Philippines and Canada supported by the Canadian International Development Agency or CIDA. From 2005 to 2009 he served as Program Specialist on Monitoring and Evaluation with the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), an international development organization with headquarters in the Philippines. At IIRR he was the focal point for Monitoring and Evaluation of PROLINNOVA, an international network in promoting local innovation on ecologically-centered agriculture and natural resources management. He is currently Technical Adviser on Monitoring and Evaluation for the Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries (MARF) of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) based in Juba, Southern Sudan. Philip holds a Master’s Degree in General Sociology from the Asian Social Institute (ASI), Manila, where he also taught the course “Philosophy of Commitment to Total Human Development”. He also holds a Master’s Course in National Security Administration from the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) and is a commissioned Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. He is currently writing his PhD dissertation in Applied Cosmic Anthropology at ASI, entitled: “A Phenomenological Exploration of Community Intangibles in Lautem District, Timor Leste, and Its Implications for Development Planning”. |
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Philip has extensive experience in development work with both government and non-government organizations in various capacities such as program management, monitoring and evaluation, management of NGO networks, capacity development, resource mobilization and financial management, network-building and multi-stakeholder relations; his professional experience in development work encompasses diverse sectors including food security, agrarian reform and rural development, environment and sustainable development, disaster risk-reduction, institution development, peace and security, grassroots social movements and Church and social issues.