Ebinezer Florano

Administrative Positions

Program Chair – Master of Public Management Program, U.P. Open University (June 2007-present).

Duties and Responsibilities: Supervises the screening of applications for admission; acts as program adviser; coordinates program development, review, revision, and promotion; recommends teaching assignments as well as service load of regular faculty members; determines courses to be offered per semester; ensures that teachers submit course guides, assignments, grades, and other requirements on time; coordinates the evaluation of teachers; and recommends to the university candidates for graduation.

Courses handled

(a) Introduction to Public Administration (b) Philippine Administrative System (c) Office and Systems Management (d) Introduction to Public Policy Analysis and Program Administration (e) Tools and Methods of Policy Analysis (f) Ethics and Accountability in Public Office (g) Internship in Government Offices (h) Strategic Environmental Assessment (i) Governance of the Coastal Environment (j) Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (k) Introduction to Environmental Governance (l) Multi-Level Environmental Governance and International Environmental Law (m) Environmental Compliance and Sustainable Development (n) International Affairs Management (o) Research Methods in Public Administration I (p) Research Methods in Public Administration II (q) Civic Welfare and Training Service I and II: Citizen Report Card

Publications

A. International

• Author, “Governance of Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change: Delineating the Roles and Tasks Between State and Communities Using the Coupled Social-Ecological Systems and Entry-Exit Transition Points (A Preliminary Analysis).” Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements in the 2010 Summer Institute for Advanced Study of Disaster and Risk held on 2-13 August 2010 at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

• Principal Author (with Prejean Prieto and Eugenio Antonio Dig) (2008), “Rapid Appraisal of the Philippine Compliance with, and Implementation of Its Various Multilateral Environmental Agreements’ Obligations,” published in the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (London: Cameron May and INECE Secretariat), pp. 363-374.

• Author, “Regional Environmental Cooperation without Tears and Fear: The Case of the ASEAN Regional Haze Action Plan (RHAP),” Toward Collective Action: Proceedings of the International Conference on International Environmental Governance, pp. 93-114. Edited by Laurence Tubiana, Benoit Martimort-Asso, and Philippe Le Prestre (Paris, France: Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI) and Observatoire de le écopolitique internationale of the Institut Hydro-Québec en environnement, développement et société (Université Laval, Québec), 2007). Available online only at : http://www.iddri.org/Publications/Ouvrages-en-partenariat/TowardCollectiveAction_oeu.pdf

• Consultant-Writer, Third ASEAN State of the Environment Report 2006, for the ASEAN Secretariat, May 2005-February 2006.

• Author, “Regional Environmental Governance: A Study on the ASEAN Regional Haze Action Plan (RHAP).” A monograph published by Fuji Xerox Setsutaro Kobayashi Memorial Research Grant for Foreign Students this year.

• Author, “Assessment of the ‘Strengths’ of the New ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution,” International Review of Environmental Strategies, 4 (Summer 2003): 127-147.

B. Local

• Co-Author (with Mendoza, Ma. Fe V., Minerva S. Baylon, and Allan Grand A. Sobrepeña) (2008), Fostering Democratic Governance: Lessons Learned, Gains Sustained and the Next Step Towards Shepherding Reforms (Quezon City: UP-NCPAG).

• Co-Author (with Cariño, Ledivina V., Leonor M. Briones, and Kristine Follosco), “Reinventing Government in East and Southeast Asia: Public Sector Capacity and Globalization” Philippine Journal of Public Administration, Vol. XLIX, January-April 2005 (1-2): 150-204.

• Author, “Fine-Tuning Health Devolution: Policy Issues and Recommendations,” Public Administration Bulletin, June 1995, Vol. IV, No. 2, pp. 20-24.

• Author, “Administering the Calamity Fund,” Public Administration Bulletin, March 1994, Vol. III, No. 1, pp. 16-20.

• Author, “The Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor: Bridging the Gap Between the Poor and Government,” Public Administration Bulletin, December 1993, Vol. II, No. 4, pp. 16-19.

• Author, “DAR: Fast-Tracking the Agrarian Reform Program,” Public Administration Bulletin, June 1993, Vol. II, No. 2, pp. 1-2 and 8-11.

• Author, “Sectoral Thrusts of National Governmental Administration,” Public Administration Bulletin, December 1992, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 8-11.

Awards and Recognitions

2009 Centennial Faculty Grant – given by the University of the Philippines System for outstanding publication in celebration of its Centennial Celebration; in recognition of the publication of the book chapter, “Rapid Appraisal of the Philippine Compliance with, and Implementation of Its Various Multilateral Environmental Agreements’ Obligations,” published in the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (London: Cameron May and INECE Secretariat), pp. 363-374.

Lectures

Green Vote, Green Growth