Dr. Candido Cabrido Jr.

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Candido A. Cabrido, Jr. was formerly Dean and Professor of the School of Urban and Regional Planning of the University of the Philippines, Diliman. He is presently a Consultant of the Board of Trustees of the Malampaya Foundation, Inc.

Dr. Cabrido is a licensed Environmental Planner with more than 35 years of work experience in the Philippines and abroad as a consultant and technical adviser on urban and regional planning, climate change and disaster risk reduction management studies, environment and natural resources planning and management, and sustainable development policy and modeling to government, private and international organizations. As Environmental Planner, he had prepared 68 plans for 32 various national government agencies and local government units and international organizations.

He was awarded in 2011 by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) the Most Outstanding Environmental Planner of the Year. He was also awarded in 1999 the Professorial Chair on Sustainable Development at the University of Asia and the Pacific by the Shell Philippines Explorations, Inc.

• Ph.D. in Environmental Science at the University of the Philippines;
• MSc. in Environmental Engineering and Diploma in Environmental Science and Technology from the Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering in Delft, the Netherlands
• BS and MSc. in Biology from the University of Santo Tomas.
• Post graduate studies and training in Strategic Business Economics from the University of Asia and the Pacific
• Public Enterprise Policy from the Institute for International Development at Harvard University.

• Present: Team Leader and International CCA/DRR Specialist, EU-AFD Project on Disaster Risk Management and Institutional Strengthening of the DILG; Team Leader of the Baguio City Urban Carrying Capacity Project; and Land Use Planning Specialist of the UNDP Project on Sustainable Land Management.
• Team Leader and CCA/DRRM Specialist, ADB-JFPR Technical Assistance on Climate Resilience and Green Growth in Critical Watersheds
• Former Dean and Professor of the School of Urban and Regional Planning of the University of the Philippines, Diliman
• Consultant, UN FAO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNEP, The World Bank, ADB, AUSAID, USAID, GTZ, French Agency for Development (AFD), JBIC, DENR-FASPO, EMB, FMB, BMB, DA, BSWM, BFAR, DAR, DILG, NEDA, NDCC-OCD, CCC, NAMRIA, DOT, and various LGUs.

• Urban and regional planning
• Climate change and disaster risk reduction management studies
• Environment and natural resources planning and management
• Sustainable development policy and modeling to government, private and international organizations.