GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The Mindanao Trade Policy Center (MTPC)
will be launched here next Friday to push the business sector's agenda in
helping shape the economic growth in the Southern Philippines.
MeAnne Lunasco, project officer
of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Mindanao (PCCI-Mindanao),
said the launching would be the highlight of the forum on the Asean Regional
Integration, which is expected to materialize in 2015.
"The MTPC will serve as the
policy center for Mindanao business chambers. It will facilitate the advocacy
programs that the Mindanao chambers are channeling to the government for
possible intervention," Lunasco said.
She was referring to the
"Mindanao Business Policy" submitted to the Office of the President
after the annual Mindanao Business Conferences (MinBizCon).
The MinBizCon is one of the major
annual business events in Mindanao that was started in 1991. It gathers
business and government leaders to discuss issues confronting the sector as
well as to promote the investment climate of the island.
The United States Agency for
International Development, through its Growth With Equity in Mindanao program,
has been supporting the MinBizCon since its birth.
Lunasco said the MTPC would also
act as the information center for the Asean Integration programs and
initiatives.
It will also act as linkage for
business chambers in Mindanao to face the Asean block as one market in Asia,
she added.
Ricardo C. Juliano, PCCi-Mindanao
vice governor, said the Asean 2015 Regional Integration forum on August 24
seeks to increase the awareness of people in Mindanao on the Asean Charter,
which was signed during last year's Asean summit.
The Asean Community, which is
expected to materialize in 2015, will be based on three pillars namely "a
security community, an economic community and a socio-cultural community,"
the group's briefer said.
The formation of the Asean
Community is expected to lead to the creation of a single market and
production-based region with a free flow of goods, services and capital, it
added.
The 2015 Asean Integration seeks
to make the bloc a key player in international economy and politics like the
European Union.
Bong S. Sarmiento
Business & Investment Opportunities
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