Guide to private-public joint ventures seminar

Joint ventures are increasingly becoming popular as a faster and easier approach towards implementing infrastructure, development and social service-related projects at the national and local government levels. To accelerate more economic growth through public-private partnerships, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) released the 2013 revised JV Guidelines applicable for government-owned and -controlled corporations, government instrumentalities, government financial institutions, and state universities and colleges. For local government units (LGUs), they are governed by their own JV ordinances. The authority of LGUs to enter into JVs and provide their own guidelines has been affirmed by the Department of Interior and Local Government and the Department of Justice.

The Center for Global Best Practices will be holding a pioneering seminar entitled, “Business and public officials’ guide on how to effectively joint venture legally with LGUs and GOCCs” on Nov. 9, at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel. For details and all other best practices seminars you may check www.cgbp.org or call Manila at (02) 8427148/59; 5568968/69; Cebu (032) 5123106 to 07 and Baguio at (074) 4235148.

This special program will feature Atty. Alberto Agra who is a certified PPP specialist, certified regulation specialist (Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, VA, USA), PPP Law and Local Government Law professor and a Political Law Bar reviewer (Ateneo Law School). Presently, he is serving the government as chairman of the Philippine Reclamation Authority.