The Supreme Court of the Philippines invited IPA for a courtesy call with the newly appointed Chief Justice of the Philippines, Honorable Diosdado M.Peralta, to introduce IPA and to provide a briefing on the ongoing IPA Supreme Court engagement.Court Administrator Jose Midas P.Marquez and Deputy Clerk of Court and Judicial Reform Program Administrator Attorney.Laura del Rosario was also in attendance.Country Director Nassreena Sampaco-Baddiri, Research Coordinator Heather Richmond, and researchers Aniceto Orbeta Vicente Paqueo presented on IPA, M&E engagement work, the research designs with preliminary findings, and opportunities for future work.

On December 11th, IPA hosted a workshop to discuss promising approaches and interventions to address child stunting. This event took place as part of IPA's Consolidation Research Initiative, which aims to move evidence-based approaches to reduce child stunting from proof-of-concept to scalable programs and policies.