Events

27 May 2014 | 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Marco Polo Ortigas, Manila,
Meralco Avenue and Sapphire Street, Ortigas Center, Pasig City

Local governments play an essential role in contributing towards inclusive local economic growth – to create and maintain a positive climate for business to grow and expand and jobs to be created – particularly for poor Filipino men and women. This must be planned and implemented in ways that will make their communities more resilient to the impacts of climate change.

 

This Forum intends to facilitate a conversation among government, the private sector and other stakeholders to reignite interest and provide impetus to move towards a more meaningful and sustainable contribution to the inclusive growth strategies of the Philippine government.

This Forum is an activity of the Local Governance Support Program for Local Economic Development (LGSP-LED), a cooperation program of the Governments of Canada and the Philippines through the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to assist LGUs to work better with their private sector and community in growing businesses and creating jobs.

For the past six years and with LGSP-LED support, 11 provinces, 8 cities, and 60 municipalities have worked relentlessly to implement local economic development initiatives in their communities. These LGUs attracted almost PHP 6 billion in investments from 2011 to 2013 and created over 2200 new jobs for their communities.

Join us in this Forum to hear about some of LGSP-LED’s key successes and learn about the 9 new projects in 11 provinces, keenly interested in implementing inclusive tourism development initiatives for their communities. In addition, DILG will recognize the project’s 9 current local economic development champions and their LED initiatives in engaging the government and private sector to support the growth and expansion of tourism and agribusiness communities.

Program

TimeActivity
9:30 AM Registration Room A
10 AM SIMULTANEOUS LEARNING SESSIONS: STORIES AS TOLD BY CHAMPIONS*
  Room B Room C Room D
  Building Allah Valley into a Sustainable Eco-cultural Tourism Destination Public-Private Partnership for ‘Naga X’ Restarting Tourism in Palompon, Leyte After Typhoon Yolanda
  Allah Valley is a landscape that runs through the provinces of South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat. Despite perceived security and safety issues, the Allah Valley Landscape Development Alliance reported up to PHP 394 million tourism-related investments made in the area. ‘Naga X’ or Naga Excursions is a destination brand developed by a public-private consortium of tourism stakeholders in Metro Naga that led to a 93% increase in tourist arrivals in Metro Naga from 2011 to 2013. Typhoon Yolanda decreased tourist arrivals and affected all 1,474 tourism establishments in Palompon, Leyte. This session will show the economic development progress in the area before Yolanda and how the LGU and private sector jointly rebuild the tourism economy after the disaster.
  Governor Daisy Avance-Fuentes,
South Cotabato		 Mayor John Bongat,
Naga City		 Mayor Ramon Oñate,
Palompon, Leyte
12 NN Lunch Break Room A
1:00 PM LEADER’S FORUM: GROWING LOCAL ECONOMIES *
1:05 PM Messages Undersecretary Austere A. Panadero, Department of the Interior and Local Government
1:15 PM Canadian Ambassador Neil Reeder, Embassy of Canada, Manila
1:30 PM Audio Visual Presentation: Creating Local Economic Development (LED) Champions
1:35 PM RECOGNIZING CHAMPIONS: LGSP -LED PARTNER- LGUs
 
  • Allah Valley Landscape Development Alliance (AVLDA)
  • Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Economic Development Council (MIGEDC)
  • Metro Naga Development Council (MNDC) Province of Leyte
  • Panglao-Dauis-Baclayon Bohol Marine Triangle (PADAYON BMT)
  • Province of Bohol
  • Dapitan-Dipolog-Polanco-Katipunan-Roxas-Manukan Growth Corridor,(DDPKAROMA)
  • One Pangasinan Alliance of LGUs (OPAL)
  • Province of Guimaras
1:55 PM Promoting Investments for Local Economic Growth
Atty. Miguel Varela, Chairman, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2:05 PM Audio Visual Presentation: Tourism Is Everyone’s Business
2:15 PM LAUNCHING THE NEXT WAVE OF PARTNER- LGUs
 
  • Province of Albay
  • Province of Aklan
  • Province of Antique
  • Province of Cebu
  • Province of Davao Del Norte
  • Province of Iloilo
  • Province of Negros Occidental
  • Province of Negros Oriental
  • Province of Palawan
  • Province of Siquijor
  • Province of Sorsogon
2:30 PM Press Interviews at Media Breakout Room

 

*Panel leaders and speakers invited

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