NEGROS Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has welcomed Project Uitzending Managers (PUM) in the Netherlands Expert and Program Manager Sylvia Celestine Schram who paid a courtesy visit at the Provincial Capitol Building in Bacolod City Tuesday afternoon, July 11.
Composed of about 2,000 senior experts providing knowledge and expertise in at least 50 sectors of the economy, PUM Netherlands is a non-profit organization which was established in cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Development Aid, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Central Employers Federations in the Netherlands.
PUM aims to assist industry and to transfer general management, professional and technical skills. In Negros Occidental, it focuses on the local cacao industry.
Schram was with PUM representative Nancy Pestano.
They were also welcomed by Provincial Administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz II Provincial Environment Management Office (Pemo) Head Atty. Julie Ann Bedrio, Technical Support Services Division Head Dr. Maria Elena San Jose, Program Management Division Head Dr. Eriberto Madalag, and Upland and Coastal Coordinator Luisa Tutor. (PR)