A Western Visayas Development Partners Forum will be held for Negros Occidental on Sept. 20 to be sponsored by the National Economic and Development Authority, a government press release said.
The general objective of the forum is to develop a partnership between the government and the private sector in responding to problems and issues identified in the Regional Development Plan and local development plans, particularly concerns along poverty, education, health, gender, housing, and environment, the press release said.
It is also expected to strengthen the collaboration between government and the private sector in pursuing projects and activities that contribute to poverty alleviation and socio-economic growth, the press release said.
The forum will identify priority problems and issues that could be resolved in partnership with the private sector.
Participants will also learn about good practices and challenges in community projects implemented through corporate social responsibility and in collaboration with NGOs.
Interventions by non-government and private sector organizations in response to problems and issues in specific localities will also be discussed, as well as identification of priority areas for collaboration and effective resource mobilization mechanisms to improve public-private partnership in addressing development issues in the six provinces in the region.
Rob Nazal, head of the Globe Telecom Corporate Social Responsibility, and Lorna de los Santos, program officer from the World Vision-Philippines, have been invited to be resource persons, the press release said.
Invited to attend the forum are regional line agencies, local government units and the private sector – corporations, non-government organizations, civic and professional groups and higher education institutions, it added.*
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