Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Private sector reps to join UPLB confab
A CONFERENCE for the private sector representatives (PSRs) of the Regional Development Councils (RDCs) nationwide will be held next week at the University of the Philippines in Los Baños from November 12 to 14.
This was announced on Tuesday by Bert Barriga, vice-president of the ICT Davao Inc., saying that this will be the first time that the PSRs of Davao Region will join the conference.
"During the conference, we will be interacting with other private sector representatives of other regions. It is a big conference which has been going on for the past six or seven years already," Barriga said.
Barriga said the conference will discuss important matters on how to align the direction of the regional PSRs in the country to the national development.
He said all PSRs in Southern Mindanao will be participating in the conference which include the representatives from the ICT industry; Mining, Forestry and Environment; Academe; Tourism; Crops and Grains; Livestock and Poultry; Fisheries; Energy; Coop Farmers' Fisherfolk; Labor; Urban Poor; IPs Cultural Community; and Women, Children, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities.
He added that PSRs are part of the Regional Development Council (RDC), which is under the National Economic Development Authority (Neda).
RDC is composed of representatives from the private sector, different local government units (LGUs) such as governors and mayors, and national government agencies (NGAs). (JGRS)
