The Inter-Program Inception Meeting and Workshop on Public Policymaking was held last April 29-30, 2024 at the Cebu Parklane International Hotel, Lahug, Cebu City. The workshop was jointly spearheaded by the Urban Studies Program (USP) and the Program on Data Science for Public Policy (DSPP) of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS). The workshop was joined by the project teams of the Urban Studies Program from UP Cebu, UP Visayas, and UP Mindanao and the Local Regional Studies Network (LRSN) from the Central Visayas Studies Center (CVSC) and the Center for West Visayan Studies (CWVS). The workshop was designed to orient UP CIDS program and project leaders, fellows, and staff on harnessing and translating research data and findings into evidence-based public policies and recommendations. It was also designed to level off, update, and map the direction of the Urban Studies Program, as a new program of UP CIDS from constituent universities in the Visayas-Mindanao region, and its activities and objectives for the year 2024.