The La Salle Institute of Governance in partnership with the University of British Columbia's Centre for Human Settlements through the UBC-UN Habitat Exchange, and with the support from the DLSU-Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Zonal Research Center, is organizing an international training course entitled Research and Capacity Building on Collaborative Governance. This will be held on August 5, 2010, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at De La Salle University-Manila.

The course will enable the participants to achieve the following: (1) to understand the role of the university in delivering capacity building programs to various clients; (2) to determine how to establish research teams; (3) to see the need to integrate teaching, research and community service learning programs; (4) to learn how to conduct research and governance assessments; and (6) to realize the challenges in developing collaborative governance research partnerships.

Lectures will be delivered by resource speakers from the University of British Columbia (Canada), Florida State University (United States), and De La Salle University. Collaboration exercises and action planning activities to be facilitated through the use of interactive learning tools will be conducted. There will also be a sharing session on how to apply for research assistance and other grant opportunities from CHED.

For more inquiries about the training, please contact Ms. Jessa Pacheco at tel. no. +632 527-1248 or +632 524-4611 local 524 or email jessa.pacheco@dlsu.edu.ph.