Thursday, May 21, 2009

NCC Roadshow


The National Com-petitive Council (NCC) conducted a one day NCC Road Show billed as "Public Private Partnership Towards Competitivenes." It was held on May 19 in Sampaguita Gardens, New Washington, Aklan.

The road show provided opportunity for the NCC to generate cooperation tie-up with local chambers of commerce, LGUs and Non-Government Organizations (NGO) on how to push forward the NCC priority action agenda for com-petitiveness. It also provides pertinent information to the MSMEs and exporters concerning access to easy financing. The NCC is created by virtue of Executive Order No. 571 to implement the action agenda for com-petitiveness. It aims to improve competitiveness in six areas as: human resource, management, financing, transaction costs and flows, infrastructure, and energy.

Discussed are: Public–Private Sector Partnership Towards Competitiveness by Rey Y. Moreno, director for operations, NCC; Effective Access to Financing Loan Programs of GFIs/Banks and Testimonials of clients. This was jointly presented and discussed by Dulce Q. Rañosa, Arthur Genavia, Emmanuel Torres, and Julie Jean S. Tidon; PMSMED Center–Services and Publications for MSMEs by Leila S. Sualog; and Export Promotion Fund by Elsa Valenzuela, policy officer, NCC.

Governor Carlito S. Marquez presented "Aklan Province’s Pursuit for Com-petitiveness". Guidon I. Dela Cruz, of the PCCI gave the opening message, and Engr. Diosdado P. Cadena, Jr., provincial director – DTI Aklan the closing statements. /MP

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