UP National College of Public Administration and Governance

The Center for Public Administration and Governance Education (CPAGE) is in-charge of the academic programs offered by the college: the Bachelor of Public Administration (BPA), the Master of Public Administration (MPA) and the Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) programs. Its director also serves as the College Secretary and Director of Studies.

The Center for Policy and Executive Development (CPED) is a policy think tank, research and consulting arm of NCPAG. CPED has been extensively involved in capacity development initiatives and institution building programs in the country as well as among developing countries in the region. The Center provides public institutions, non-government organizations, public corporations, and other local institutions and international organizations with the necessary professional expertise in dealing with issues of public policy, executive and administrative development, and governance. CPED has designed and implemented training courses as well as developed instructional materials for national and local governments, non-government organizations and international government agencies.

The Center for Local and Regional Governance (CLRG) has been at the forefront of research, consulting services and facilitated learning on local governance and devolution in the country since 1965. Emerging from the Local Government Center (LGC) created through Republic Act 4223, CLRG has expanded its scope to include regional governance, urban and metropolitan management and federalism. It collaborates with local and international institutions in promoting decentralization and in publishing materials for the benefit of PA students, teachers and researchers as well as local government practitioners and other stakeholders. Today, at least 3,000 local government officials graduate from CLRG programs each electoral term while national government agencies, international donor organizations, CSOs, corporations, and individual local governments continue to engage the services of the center.[4]

The Center for Leadership, Citizenship and Democracy (CLCD) undertakes research, training, and consultancy on the issues, problems, and processes of leadership and citizenship. Its efforts are guided by the vision of a society striving to be peaceful, democratic, just, and humane. It grants leadership and research fellowships, organizes public lectures, and publishes books resulting from the lectures and other studies.

The NCPAG Library provides bibliographic and information support to the curricular, research and extension programs of the college. It serves primarily the needs of its students, faculty and research staff. Its book collection consists of over 38,000 volumes in the field of public administration and related subject fields. Its periodical collection consists of over 300 titles and maintains linkages with over fifty local and foreign exchange partner institutions. A special collection of Philippine government publications consisting of over 20,000 pieces of administrative and statistical reports, research studies, periodicals, handbooks and manuals, and general descriptive information on the functions and activities of the different agencies of the Philippine government is likewise maintained. The Library also serves as a supplementary source of materials in the social sciences to students, faculty and researchers of other UP units. It also accommodates government and private researchers, as well as graduate students from other schools, under certain conditions.

Manages the publication of the Philippine Journal of Public Administration (PJPA), one of the longest running academic journals in the country. The Office also publishes books, occasional papers, monographs, and other teaching and training materials.