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About the HDN
The Human Development Network Foundation Inc. (HDN) is a non-stock, non-profit organization whose mission is to propagate and mainstream the concept of sustainable human development through research and advocacy.

The HDN is a group of development practitioners who first got together in 1992 through the initiative of Professor Solita Collas-Monsod, past HDN President, and the previous Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Kevin McGrath. The group met in a series of "brainstorming" sessions to discuss how best to apply the major findings and conclusions of the Human Development Report in the Philippine setting. From an informal group in 1992, the HDN became a registered organization in 1997.

There are now about 134 HDN members from national government agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and research institutions. In terms of discipline and background, the group is composed of political scientists, sociologists, and specialists in public administration, education and social work.

The UNDP has been providing financial and technical assistance to the HDN for the preparation of the Philippine Human Development Reports and advocacy activities since 1994.

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies provides both advocacy and administrative support.

Executive Committee
Honorary President: Fidel V. Ramos
Founding President: Solita Collas-Monsod
President: Arsenio M. Balisacan
Vice President: Cynthia Rose Banzon-Bautista
Secretary: Fernando Aldaba
Treasurer: Winfred Villamil
Auditor: Erlinda Capones
Execom Members:
            Gelia T. Castillo
            Emmanuel S. de Dios
            Romulo A. Virola
Coordinator: Clarissa David
Members

Carlos Abad-Santos
Victor Abola
Carmen Abubakar
Jose Abueva
Michael Alba
Fernando Aldaba
Filomena Aguilar
Dennis Arroyo
Maria Ela Atienza
Arsenio Balisacan
Laura Banzon-Pascua
Ma. Cynthia Rose Bautista
Victoria Bautista
Maricor Baytion
Edsel Beja, Jr.
Allan Benedict Bernardo
Pia Bennagen-Raquedan
Lisa Grace Bersales
Emilia Boncodin
Manaros Boransing
Sulog Bra
Alex Brilliantes
Leonor Briones
Yasmin Busran-Lao
Finardo Cabilao
Ruth Callanta
Marissa Camacho-Reyes
Dante Canlas
Erlinda Capones
Joseph Capuno
Ledivina Cariņo
Gelia Castillo
Lina Castro
Paula Monina Collado
Solita Collas-Monsod
Mercedes Concepcion
Nieves Confesor
Karina Constantino-David
Gemma Cruz-Araneta
Clarissa David
Corazon Alma De Leon
Maria Lourdes De Vera
Edicio Dela Torre
Estrella Domingo

Geoffrey Ducanes
Rolando Dy
Rosemarie Edillon
Rene Encarnacion
Emmanuel Esguerra
Francis Estrada
Felisa Etemadi
Mario Feranil
Elmer Ferrer
Miriam Ferrer
Victoria Garchitorena
Marides Gardiola
Ernesto Garilao
Margarita Gomez
Eduardo Gonzales
Milwida Guevara
Cielito Habito
Pilar Habito
Alber Husin
Carolina Hernandez
Alejandro Herrin
Milagros Ibe
Napoleon Imperial
Ponciano Intal
Gonzalo Jurado
Herman Joseph Kraft
Leonardo Lanzona
Zosimo Lee
Patricia Licuanan
Jennifer Liguton
Fr. Jovic Lobrigo
Fr. Francis Lucas
Guillermo Luz
Rosario Manasan
Dennis Mapa
Mary Ann Mendoza
Juan Mercado
Virginia Miralao
Toby Monsod
Noel Morada
Cristi Marie Nozawa
Wilfredo Nuqui
Rene Ofreneo
Aniceto Orbeta, Jr.

Trinidad Osteria
Erlinda Pefianco
Aurora Esquivel Perez
J. Nicanor Perlas III
Sharon Faye Piza
Wilfredo Prilles, Jr.
Victoria Quimbo
Teresita Quintos-Deles
Mary Racelis
Fidel Ramos
Corazon Raymundo
Ma. Lourdes Rebullida
Celia Reyes
Jessica Reyes-Cantos
Remedios Rikken
Temario Rivera
Felicitas Rixhon
Jesse Robredo
Dionisia Rola
Segundo Romero, Jr.
Rozanno Rufino
Augusto Santos
Soliman Santos, Jr.
Corazon Soliman
Danilo Songco
Filomeno Sta Ana III
Patricia Sto. Tomas
Ana Maria Tabunda
Mario Taguiwalo
Edita Tan
Jorge Tigno
Crisline Torres
Philip Arnold Tuaņo
Peter Lee U
Corazon Urquico
Sofronio Ursal
Luis Rey Velasco
Lorna Villamil
Winfred Villamil
Romulo Virola
Felizardo Virtucio, Jr.
Julkipli Wadi
Josef Yap
Charina Zarate


Project Team
Mitzirose D. Legal - Research Associate
Romelo R. Credo - Administrative Clerk

 The Secretariat
Room 334, 3/f UP School of Economics, UP Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Philippines

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