PROFILE
Jephte Olimpo Muňez
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Management and Development Studies
University of the Philippines Open University

- Land Valuation
- Land Governance Assessment Framework
- Citizen’s Participation in Governance
- Valuation Education
- Metropolitan Administration and Governance
- Accountancy Education
- Public Financial Management
- Corporate Finance
- Taxation
“Citizens’ Participatory Internal Audit (CPIA) in Philippine Communities: A Social Accountability Program in a Monitory Democracy” has been published in Pax Romana 2020. A publication of The International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS-Pax Romana) and The International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs (ICMICA-Pax Romana): Switzerland.
“Personal Balanced Scorecard for Spiritual Bliss” has been published in “Actas del II Simposio UNIJES de Pensamiento Social Cristiano La Iglesia en el Mundo: la autonomia de la realidad a la luz de la fe. En el cincuentenario de Gaudium et spes (1965-2015) IQ – ESADE (Universidad Ramon Llull) Aristos Campus Mundus, Barcelona, Espana. Editor Jose Sols Lucia. Claret Publishing Group : Spain. ISBN:978-84-9136-090-2.
Sustainable Budgeting for SDGs: Human Development and Poverty Reduction Focused Policy Response from the Philippines. Research Project with the Governance Futures Lab of University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration
Immersive Learning Curriculum in Land Valuation Education: Ramifications on Sustainability for the World Immersive Learning Labs 2025 to be held on April 13-15, 2025 at the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies in Kyoto, Japan
Metropolitan Administration and Governance in South East Asia: Call for Innovation for the International South East Asian Studies in the UP Open University Tri-Conference 2025 to be held on February 24 to 28, 2025 at the UP Open University International Convention Center in Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines.
- “Consolanians on Personal Balanced Scorecard: Introspection Towards Spiritual Bliss”, La Consolacion University of the Philippines, Malolos, Bulacan, December 1 to 3, 2023
- “Governance Recalibration Towards Fiscal Accountability for a Sustainable and Positive VUCA World” Philippine Society for Public Administration International Conference 2023, Green Leaf Hotel, General Santos City, November 24 to 26, 2023
- “Sustainable Budgeting for SDGs: Human Development and Poverty Reduction Focused Policy Response from the Philippines”, Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration National Convention Center, Hanoi, Vietnam, October 17 to 20, 2023
- “Fiscal Futures as a Public Sector’s Budgetary Reform: RamificationsTowards Sustainable Development in the Philippines”, Governance and Public Administration in Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning,Innovations, and Reforms in Managing Global Changes 2022 Eastern Regional Organization in Public Administration Virtual Conference, Nepal, September 14-15, 2022
- “Digitization in accountability systems: rituals, reinforcement and responsiveness of e-participation in regulatory governance”, Virtual International Conference of the Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) and RANEPA, Moscow, Russian Federation, October 7-8, 2021
- “e-Participation in Public Procurement and Internal Audit: Reinforcing Transparency, Accountability, and Stewardship in Regulatory Governance” Virtual International Ph.D. Conference – “Megatrends in Asia”: Changing Societies and Economic Development Technical, Sociological, Economic and Political Shifts in East Asia, Based in Budapest, Hungary Organized by Oriental Business and Innovation Center, Budapest Business School, University of Applied Sciences, May 6-7, 2021
- “Spiritual Scorecard for Personal Bliss towards the Future” and Moderator in the session Spiritual Futures” Asia-Pacific Futures Network Virtual International Conference – Regenerating Asia 2050 Using Futures Literacy to Transform Governance, Culture, and Economy, Based from Manila, Philippines Organized by the Philippine Futures Thinking Society, November 19-21, 2020
- “The Challenges of Quality Education in the Philippines’ Public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): COVID 19 Regime and Beyond” and “Urban Governance Framework of Nascent Philippine Start-Up Ecosystems: Ramifications, Challenges and Opportunities “Asian Association for Public Administration Virtual International Conference Based from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China on September 25,-26, 2020
- “Financing for Students in Philippine Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives for Inclusive Human Capital Development” and “Government Procurement at the Community Level: Administrative Efficiency towards Democratic Governance in the Philippines”. Philippine Public Policy Network Inaugural Conference. International Center for Public Administration, National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. November 21-22, 2019
- Comparative Civil Service Systems in the Philippines and China Resource Speaker in the 2019 International Seminar of the Chinese Academy of Personnel Services with the theme “The Transformation of Economic Drivers and New Trends in Human Resource Management” Chinese Academy of Personnel Services, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China, November 4-5, 2019
- Redefining Roles of Intellectual Capital Towards Environmental Governance Resource Speaker, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, October 23, 2019, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Linking New Communitarianism and New Public Governance, Organizational Citizenship Behavior Towards Citizens’ Participatory Internal Audit as a Mediator for Stronger Institutions, 3rd National Conference on Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development, September 25-27, 2019, Saint Paul School of Professional Studies, Palo, Leyte
- 36th Certified Forensic Accountant Program, Institute of Certified Forensic Accountants, August 24 and 31, 2019, Ortigas, Metro Manila, Philippines
- “Gurong Pilipino: Handa sa Makabagong Pagbabago”, Regional Seminar organized by Leadership in Education Academy and Development Resource Speaker, October 5, 2019, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Development Controls and Construction
- Land Laws and Planning for Development
- Statutory Valuation
- Public Fiscal Administration
- Government Accounting
- Management Control System in the Public Sector
- Public Personnel Administration
- Introduction to Public Administration
On-going LVM 300 Thesis Faculty-in-Charge and Thesis Adviser
2nd Semester AY 2024-2025
Technical Specialist
Unified Student Financial Assistance for Tertiary Education (UniFAST) Secretariat
UP Ayala Technohub
University of the Philippines Diliman
1101 Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
June 7, 2016 to June 30, 2019