The Local Government Academy Training Center (LGATC), formerly the Community Development Center (CDC), is the national training institution of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Established in 1957 by the former Presidential Arm on Community Development (PACD), it is located within the cool and green campus of the University of the Philippines, in Los Baños, Laguna. The training center, whose architecture blends that of the 50's and 90's, serves as venue for training of local government officials and functionaries nationwide and of DILG Central and Field Offices personnel.
Thousands have participated in the many in-service trainings, orientation courses, third country trainings, seminars, workshops and conferences that have been held in the center and it continues to house more trainings. The center's facilities can also be availed of upon request of any government and non-government agencies, private associations, local governments and other foreign organizations.
