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UPOU-FMDS MSW Graduate Honored at 2025 CSC-CAR’s Gawad Lingkod Bayani
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) proudly celebrates one of its alumnae, Rojhelea An Marie Claur, a Master of Social Work (MSW) graduate, Read more
UPOU Students and the Municipal Government of Balayan Collaborate on Formulating the Local Shelter Plan (LSP)
Aimed to create a roadmap addressing the shelter needs of both formal and informal sectors in the Local Government Unit (LGU), the Municipal Government of Balayan, Batangas collaborates Read more
UPOU-FMDS Dean Finaflor F. Taylan Serves as Session Chair and Discussant in the Gender Statistics Session at the 16th National Convention on Statistics
On 01 October 2025, Dr. Finaflor F. Taylan, Dean of the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) at the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), Read more
Inspiring Sustainability for Livable Archipelagic (ISLA) MIMAROPA Team partners with LGU-Bulalacao for Local Climate Change Action Planning
  Group photo of ISLA MIMAROPA Team with the Municipal Mayor of Bulalacao Ernilo Villas, Technical Working Group (TWG) Local government unit heads, barangay representatives and CSOs. As Read more
UPOU-FMDS Let’s Talk it Over Highlights Indigenous Knowledge as Key to ASEAN’s Sustainable Future
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), through the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), concluded its ASEAN Month celebration with a hybrid webinar titled “Let’s Read more
UPOU FMDS Project team conducts a Scoping Visit and MOA Signing with Atbang Farm–Food Forest
On September 2025, members of the project “Participatory Approach in Assessing and Promoting Women-led Permaculture among Selected Permaculture Sites in the Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources (AANR) Sectors Read more
UPOU FMDS Project team conducts a Courtesy Call to the LGU of Calape, Bohol, and DTI Bohol
The project team of “Participatory Approach in Assessing and Promoting Women-led Permaculture among Selected Permaculture Sites in the Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources (AANR) Sectors in the Philippines” Read more
UPOU, DSWD, and UNICEF Equip LGUs to Champion Child Protection
The University of the Philippines Open University Foundation, Inc. (UPOUFI), through the UPOU Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), in partnership with the Department of Read more
Dr. Leo Mendel Rosario invited to deliver Plenary Talk on Sustainability Education at the 2025 Manila International Research Conference (MIRC)
Assistant Professor Leo Mendel Rosario delivered his plenary talk entitled “Advancing Sustainability Education in the Philippines: Pathways, Progress, and Possibilities” during the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM)’s 2025 Read more
UPOU-FMDS congratulates Faculty Members promoted in the latest UP Faculty Merit Promotion
The Faculty of Management and Development Studies congratulates its regular faculty members promoted in the latest system-wide Faculty Merit Promotion. within Professor rank promotees Dr. Primo G. Garcia (Professor Read more