A seminar-workshop for UP Diliman (UPD) personnel that aims to “promote and discuss appropriate information regarding the updated rules and processes when applying for international mobility programs like study leave abroad and special detail” was successfully organized and completed by the UPD Office of International Linkages (OILD).

The series of workshops dubbed as Dáloy was held at the UPD National Center for Transportation Studies Seminar Rooms A and B and gathered participants from the university’s four clusters.

Representative personnel from the Arts and Letters cluster attended Dáloy on Oct. 8, while those from the Management and Economics cluster attended on Oct. 11. The Social Sciences and Law cluster representatives participated in the Oct. 15 seminar-workshop, as those from the Science and Technology cluster attended the last session on Oct. 18.

In her message to the participants, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Maria Vanessa Lusung-Oyzon said she hopes the event was able to provide insights on the importance of career planning for faculty and REPS [research, extension, and professional staff], and help applicants to identify which international mobility program aligns with their units’ goals and plans.

“Hopefully, we were able to meet the objectives of Dáloy to help applicants clearly identify which international mobility program aligns with your home unit’s goals and plans… Sana po naging mas klaro how you can craft better applications so that we can avoid the common reasons para magtagal o kung minsan ay nadi-defer iyong mga endorsements,” Lusung-Oyzon said.

According to OILD, Dáloy has four objectives: Help applicants to clearly identify which international mobility program aligns with their [applicant’s] home unit’s goals and plans; provide faculty and REPS with insights useful for their career planning; stress the importance of career planning to faculty, REPS, and units; and craft better applications that avoid common reasons for deferment of endorsements of international mobility program applications.

For his part, Director Arthur A. Gonzales III of the UPD Human Resource Development Office (HRDO) thanked the participants on the last day of Dáloy.

Dáloy was held in partnership with the HRDO Development and Benefits Division.