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Raphael N. Móntes, Jr.
Research Areas:

Federalism, regional autonomy, transparency and accountability,
open data, inter-local cooperation, local policymaking, local political dynamics, participatory budgeting, comparative local government, intergovernmental relations

Expertise:

Development of knowledge & training products, conference management, e-learning development and implementation, organization and management study for LGUs, design & implementation of citizen/client satisfaction survey and governance metrics

Short Bio:

Raphael has been with the Center since 1999. He is the Center's resident expert on federalism. He served as Philippine Project Leader for CLRG’s federalism studies and knowledge exchange cooperation program with the Institute of Federalism (IFF)-University of Friboug, Switzerland. He was also a Visiting Research Scholar at the IFF in 2008. He occasionally lectures on federalism at UP NCPAG and outside the university. 

​He is in-charge of CLRG's partnership programs with the Vice Mayors' League of the Philippines (VMLP) and National Movement of Young Legislators (NMYL). He has served as conference manager for many national and international conferences, dialogues and forums convened by CLRG.

He is NCPAG's regular delegate to Local Government Initiative and Network-Asia (LOGIN-Asia), a network of local governance stakeholders in the Asian region. He was a Member of the Board of Trustees of the UP Public Administration Research and Extension Services Foundation, Inc. (UPPAF), UP NCPAG's contracting arm.

He has a BA in Political Science from the University of the Philippines; a Diploma (Federalism) from the Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg; and a Certificate of Expertise on e-Learning Development from the Tele-akademie, University of Fürtwangen, Germany.

Recent Publications/Articles:

Reviving Youth Councils in the Philippines (2018). Blog - LOGIN Asia.

Assessing fiscal data openness in local governments in the Philippines (2017). HanPil: Occasional Papers on Korea and the Philippines, Vol. 1, March 2017, UP Korea Research Center. (with Erwin Alampay and Pauline Bautista)

A Beginner's Guide to Transparency in Local Government (2013).

State of Local Democracy in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (2013). International IDEA.

Learning Modules on the Critical Ingredients for Inter-Local Cooperation (2012). GIZ Decentralization Program. (with Zita Concepcion Calugay and Elyzabeth Cureg)

Federalism: The Future of Local Autonomy (2009). CLRG and Konrad Adenauer Foundation. (with Alex Brillantes Jr. and Simeon Ilago Eds.)

A Province-less Federal Philippines? (2010). Local Government Development Foundation. (with Simeon Ilago)

Federalism and Multiculturalism (2006). Editor and contributing author.

Recent Activities:

Consultant: PDP-Laban Federalism Institute Study Group on Federalism

Resource Person: "Adaptive Uses of Parliamentary Rules for AFCs" Continuing education program for Agriculture and Fisheries Councils, Department of Agriculture-Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries
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Research Leader: Comparative Study on Subnational Design in Federations, June to August 2017

Course Manager: Introduction to Excellence in Local Legislation (iExceLL), June to November 2016 

Course Manager: Legislative Skills Enhancement Training for Local Legislators (SETLLE) July and August 2014

Contributing Writer/Technical Adviser: A Decade of Citizen-Lead Democracy Assessments. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (July-September 2013).

Conference Manager: International Conference—A Decade of German Assistance to Good Local Governance in the Philippines. Closing Conference of the GIZ Decentralization Program (March 2013)

Lecture: Understanding Federalism and Policy Issues for the Philippines (February 2013). UP NCPAG Doctoral Class (PA 257) Metropolitan Governance.

Lecture: Political Dynamics in Local Governments (January 2013). DSWD-National Capital Region Training for New 4Ps Coordinators.

Lecture: Assessment of the Sangguniang Kabataan (22 August 2012). University of the Philippines-Alternative Classroom Learning Experience.
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