Legal Basis

The Development Academy of the Bangsamoro shall be the central human capital development training and research arm of the Bangsamoro Government for its agencies and employees. It shall be attached to the Office of the Chief Minister and shall have the following powers and functions:

a.Provide training programs and technical assistance services to BARMM officials and employees, with the end in view of maintaining high-efficient workforce, output-producing bureaucracy, and socially-responsible institutions;

b.Conduct development-oriented research projects and policy studies that promote institutional productivity and address issues affecting government service delivery;

c.Conduct knowledge exchange programs with BARMM officials and employees that promote discussions on the best practices and strategies, challenges, and opportunities affecting government service delivery;

d.Create, update, and manage a pool of external experts and specialists that shall be tapped for the institutional development needs of agencies of the Bangsamoro government;

e.Create, update, and manage a pool of external experts and specialists that shall be utilized as technical resource for training and research services of the Academy;

f.Call upon any official, employee, or agency of the Bangsamoro Government to participate in the training and other capacity-development services of the Academy;

g.Call upon any official, employee, or agency of the Bangsamoro Government to participate in interviews/ surveys necessary for the conduct of its research projects and policy studies;

h.Call upon provide feedback, and offer assistance to any agency or employee of the Bangsamoro Government regarding its performance and service delivery reflected from the latest performance assessment and needs analysis of the Academy;

i.Adopt and promulgate policies and guidelines governing human capital development of all agencies of the Bangsamoro government designed to strengthen workforce capacity and institutional productivity;

j.Adopt and promulgate policies and guidelines governing the design and conduct of capacity-development programs of all agencies of the Bangsamoro government, with an end view of ensuring that such programs are implemented with socio-economic development outcomes, aligned to the regional plans and interests, effectively achieving its program objectives; and

k.Establish and maintain training and research center/s in the region with spaces that shall cater to various trainings, conferences, seminars, workshops, researches, and other related activities.

The Academy shall be headed by an Executive Director with a rank of Director II to be assisted by five (5) Division Chiefs, with support staff. It shall be composed of the following divisions:

1. 1.Finance and Administrative Division (FAD) - The FAD shall provide for the administrative and financial support services needed by the Academy.
2. 2.Center of Training and Assessment (CTA) - The CTA shall offer and implement development services such as training and other capacity building programs, projects, services and activities for Bangsamoro Government employees;
3. 3.Center of Research and Policy Development (CRPD) - The CRPD shall design, conduct and formulate research and policy development agenda of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.
4. 4.Center of Education and Extension (CEE) - Designs and implements short-term course offerings and specialized graduate degree programs for qualified Bangsamoro employees; and prepares curricula, modules and other instructional technologies; and conducts regular reviews of the same.
5. 5.Center of Knowledge Management (CKM) - The CKM shall develop and maintain technologies or communication channels, implement programs and activities to allow the exchange of knowledge, practices and strategies among the Bangsamoro’s workforce towards improved performance and competitive advantage.

There shall be an Executive Committee composed of the Academy’s Executive Director II as Chairperson, with the Division Chiefs as members.

The Executive Committee shall administer the affairs of the Academy in accordance with such powers, functions and responsibilities as may be delegated by the Office of the Chief Minister.

The operations and the management functions of the Academy shall be vested in the Executive Director with a Salary Grade of 26 and who shall be appointed by the Chief Minister. S/he shall serve for a fixed term of six (6) years without prejudice to reappointment. The Executive Director shall have the following powers, duties and functions:

a.Serve as the head of the Academy;

b.Preside over meetings of the Academy;

c.Represent the Academy in all meetings and other undertakings relevant to the mandates of the Academy;

d.Manage the day-to-day affairs of the Academy;

e.Sign contracts with donor institutions, partners and other institutions relevant to the mandates of the Academy;

f.Issue orders and directives to all Academy’s officers, consultants and employees in the exercise of the Academy’s mandates;

g.Promulgate policies and guidelines governing human capital development and conduct of capacity-development programs in the region;

h.Receive in trust legacies, gifts, donations of real properties and personal property of all kinds and administer the same in behalf and for the benefit of the Academy; and

i.Perform such other powers and functions as delegated by a competent authority.