Improving regulatory efficiency is integral in promoting productivity and competitiveness of key sectors as outlined in the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028. This aligns with RA 11032, or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018, which aims to establish effective practices for efficient government service delivery and curbing graft and corruption. The PDP also recognizes that enhancing bureaucratic efficiency is crucial to accelerating socio-economic transformation. In line with its role as the National Productivity Organization of the Philippines, the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) is dedicated to creating interventions that bolster national productivity and competitiveness. A major intervention in this effort is the Modernizing Government Regulations Program (MGRP), which focuses on driving improvement in regulatory quality and coherence, thereby boosting national competitiveness and ease of doing business. The MGRP is implemented in partnership with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). It aims to review existing regulations to streamline unnecessary regulatory rules and reduce compliance costs for citizens, businesses, and government entities. The MGRP is composed of four interdependent components – program management, industry regulatory review, capacity development, and program advocacy. The first component involves coordinating with oversight agencies on reportorial requirements and various regulatory reform initiatives, as well as developing a Regulatory Management System (RMS). Industry regulatory review is the research component concerned with analyzing regulations to identify areas for improvements and propose corresponding regulatory and non-regulatory alternatives. The component of capacity development is focused on capability-building interventions on Good Regulatory Practices (GRPs) and in aiding the institutionalization of RMS. The training on GRPs encompasses regulatory impact assessment, regulatory compliance cost assessment/regulatory cost model, public consultation, and other GRP tools. Lastly, program advocacy promotes the awareness of citizens on regulatory reform initiatives through discussions and publications. In cognizant of the need to conduct an evidence-based evaluation of the MGRP more than five years after its inception, the Productivity and Development Center (PDC) has engaged the Center for Governance – Policy Research Office (PRO) to conduct a tracer study of the participants under the program’s capacity development component. This will measure how the specific training interventions have enhanced participants’ competencies on regulatory reforms and improvements and the application of acquired learning and skills at their respective workplace. The findings from this study seek to inform the PDC’s efforts to refine its program design and contribute to the ongoing external review of the Academy.