Celebration of the 12th Anniversary of the Development Policy Research Month (DPRM)

August 27, 2014 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 067-14 TO : All Internal Revenue Officials, Employees and Others Concerned SUBJECT : Celebration of the 12th Anniversary of the Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) Presidential Proclamation No. 247 issued on September 2, 2002, declared the month of September of every year as the Development Policy Research Month (DPRM). The theme for this year's celebration is "Addressing the Jobs Challenge toward Inclusive Growth", which highlights labor market issues, particularly the pressing need to increase quality job opportunities in order to address the perennially high rates of unemployment and underemployment in the Philippines and accelerate poverty reduction. All agencies of the government and their respective regions/field offices are enjoined to participate and support the celebration, by organizing activities or events that may have relevance to the theme or that may relate to policy research focusing on addressing the jobs challenge toward inclusive growth. In this regards, all Regional and District Offices of the Bureau are requested to provide their own DPRM streamer, to be displayed at their building facade throughout the month of September. BIR employees may coordinate with other participating agencies in their respective areas, for the specific activity that they may want to participate in. Attached is the letter of Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), as well as the DPRM streamer format, for your information and guidance. (SGD.) KIM S. JACINTO-HENARES Commissioner of Internal Revenue ATTACHMENT PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES Surian sa mga Pag-aaral Pangkaunlaran ng Pilipinas NEDA sa Makati Building, 106 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, 1229 Makati City, Philippines Fax: (632) 816-1091; 893-9574 Tel: 893-8350, 893-9573 Trunkline: 893-9585 to 87 http://www.pids.gov.ph July 28, 2014 Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) BIR National Office Bldg. Agham Road, Diliman Quezon City Dear Commissioner Henares: Greetings from the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)! Per Malacaang Proclamation No. 247 dated September 02, 2002, the month of September of every year is declared as Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) to promote and draw nationwide awareness on the importance of policy research in the formulation of national development plans, programs, and policies. SCaDAE In September, we shall be celebrating the DPRM once more. The theme of the 12th DPRM is "Addressing the Jobs Challenge toward Inclusive Growth". We chose this theme to highlight labor market issues particularly the pressing need to increase quality job opportunities in order to address the perennially high rates of unemployment and underemployment in the country and accelerate poverty reduction. The DPRM endeavors to provide the needed venues for the discussion of important issues concerning this theme in support of evidence-based policymaking. The various studies and activities to be presented and organized during the month-long celebration of the DPRM will hopefully provide the appropriate base and support to evaluate our labor market regulations to determine if they are growth and welfare enhancing, and to strengthen complementary reform initiatives toward creating ample, quality jobs for the local labor force. In this regard, PIDS, as the agency designated to lead and coordinate the activities for the annual observance of the DPRM, hereby invites your agency/institution to participate in this year's celebration of the DPRM by: 1. Prominently displaying a banner/streamer within your institution's premises containing this year's DPRM theme (Please see attached design and specifications). You may also come up with your own creative design as long as the DPRM and this year's theme appear in the text. The banner template is downloadable at this link: http://bit.ly/12dprm or at http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/webportal/CDN/HIGHLIGHTS/DPRM12_streamer.jpg Should you have further inquiries on the banner specifications, please contact Ms. Gizelle Manuel at [emailprotected] . 2. Featuring announcements about the DPRM and its theme in your various publications or dissemination outlets as well as in your websites. 3. Organizing activities or events that may be relevant to the theme or to policy research. If you have any of such activities/events, please e-mail the information to Gizelle Manuel at [emailprotected] (copy to Necy Aquino at [emailprotected] ) so that we can include them in the List of Activities/Events for the 2014 DPRM Celebration to be posted on the DPRM website at http://dprm.pids.gov.ph. The site will run throughout the months of September, October, and November 2014. For its part, the PIDS will be organizing a number of fora and other activities in September. More details will be posted on the DPRM website in the coming weeks. Finally, we thank you for your continued support of the objectives of the DPRM and look forward to hearing from you soon. With best regards. Sincerely, (SGD.) GILBERTO M. LLANTO President How to Use the DPRM Banner Template PIDS, as the agency designated to lead and coordinate the activities for the annual observance of the DPRM, is inviting different agencies and institutions to participate in this year's celebration. An agency can participate in the celebration by organizing events and displaying a banner/streamer within their institution's premises. A suggested template of the streamer is shown below: 1) The DPRM banner may be downloaded in actual size (recommended size is 350 cms x 150 cms) from this URL: http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/webportal/CDN/HIGHLIGHTS/DPRM12_streamer.zip 2) Open the JPEG file you downloaded in Adobe Photoshop. The JPEG template looks like this: 3) Insert your agency/company's logo and name as shown in the example below (Example shows banner by CSC for 12th DPRM). For more details, you may reach us at Tel. No. (02) 892-4059 c/o Gizelle or email [emailprotected].