ALL ABOUT ME: AN INTRODUCTION

Pardon for introducing myself in my own blog. There have been questions about (and suggestions to post) my background from blog readers and friends. I thought it's better to post a brief biosketch to save time answering e-mails asking for my background.

Dr. Ebinezer R. Florano is Assistant Professor of the University of the Philippines-National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG).

Dr. Florano obtained his doctoral degree in Public Administration from the International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo, Japan in June 2004. ICU is one of the elite universities in Japan where classes are held in English for the benefit of non-Japanese speaking students. He was under the supervision of Dr. Tatsuro Kunugi, former Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, and later, Dr. Thomas Schoenbaum, a world-reknown scholar of international trade and environmental law. His doctoral dissertation is entitled, "Regional Environmental Governance: A Study on the ASEAN Regional Haze Action Plan" which he wrote with funding from the Fuji Xerox Setsutaro Kobayashi Memorial Fund Foreign Students Research Grant. The grant enabled him to travel to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines in 2003 to gather data. In Indonesia, he spent his days at the headquarters of the ASEAN Secretariat (Environment Unit) to collect information.

He also have two master’s degrees in International Relations which he obtained from the International University of Japan (IUJ) in June 1999, and Public Administration (major in Public Policy Analysis and Program Administration) from the then UP-College of Public Administration (CPA) in November 1995 (Dean's List). He also obtained his bachelor's degree in Public Administration from the same college in 1991 (cum laude).

Dr. Florano has provided consultancy services to various local, national, and international organizations, mainly in the area of “Environmental Governance.” His most recent job (2005-2006) was with the Environment Unit of the Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta, Indonesia where he wrote the draft of the Third ASEAN State of the Environment Report 2006 or ASOER 2007 (I can send a PDF copy: I will post the "unpublished" data of the ASOER 2006 from my files in this blogsite soon).

Dr. Florano just finished writing his fellowship report entitled, “Rapid Appraisal of the Philippine Compliance with, and Implementation of Its Various Multilateral Environmental Agreements’ Obligations.” He was ably assisted by Eugene Antonio Dig and Prejean Prieto. The fellowship was funded by the University of the Philippines. (Still looking for funds/sponsors to publish the 400+ -thick report).

Courses Taught at UP-NCPAG (as of March 2007):

1. Public Administration (PA) 11: Introduction to Public Administration
2. PA 108: Philippine Administrative System
3. PA 113: Office and Systems Management
4. PA 141: Public Policy Analysis
5. PA 161: Ethics and Accountability in Public Office
6. PA 191: Introduction to Environmental Governance
7. PA 191: Multi-Level Environmental Governance
8. PA 191: Environmental Compliance and Sustainable Development
9. PA 191: International Affairs Management

Research and Teaching Interests:
a. Environmental Governance
b. Transboundary (Haze) Pollution
c. International Environmental Law
d. ASEAN
e. Policy Analysis
f. International Relations/Foreign Policy Analysis
f. 日本語　「Japanese Language」

If you have questions or feedback, I can be reached at efloranoy@yahoo.com