Philippine Institute for Development Studies(PIDS)

October 21, 2022 Dear Ms. Docena, Thank you for your request dated October 21, 2022, under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for the Institutional brochure of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies. We received your request on October 21, 2022, and will respond on or before November 11, 2022, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations. Thank you, NOVIE D. SALCEDO FOI Receiving Officer

October 25, 2022 Dear Gladys Mae Castillo Docena, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated October 21, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for a copy of an institutional brochure with information about the organizational structure, mandate, and functions of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). Response to your request All of the information you have requested is already available online. You may visit our website and browse the Transparency Seal section using this link: https://pids.gov.ph/transparency-seal. You may also refer to the following links for the information that you need: 1. Organizational structure: https://pids.gov.ph/content/public/view?slug=organizational-structure 2. Mandates and functions: https://pids.gov.ph/content/public/view?slug=pids-strategic-plan-2019-2025 Further information about the Institute’s mandate, roles, programs, and services is available in the PIDS Strategic Plan 2019-2025 which can be downloaded using this link: https://pids.gov.ph/media/default/document/1636685026_618dd4e2a4d96.pdf. Please help us improve our service by answering this feedback form: https://forms.gle/tg4MxTnGz9zVUkgs8 Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by writing to the Central Appeals and Review Committee through [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result, within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Novie D. Salcedo FOI Officer