Policy forum to tackle impact of globalization
THE UPCOMING policy forum in Mindanao will focus on the impact of globalization to the island, an official of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said.
“This year’s forum will be focusing on the potential effects of the new globalization in terms of the environmental integrity, preservation of the different cultural designs and on social coalitions”, Sheila Mae Almasa, MinDA-Policy Formulation Division development management officer said.
The fifth edition of the Policy Research Forum will be held on September 10 at the Mindanao State University-General Santos City and is part of the commemoration of the Development Policy Research Month.
Almasa added: “We are hoping to invite decisionmakers, policy-makers, academe, researchers, private sectors, business sectors and other sectoral representation to take part and listen to the different studies that we will be presenting.”
She said the forum hopes to generate enough attention to researchers and policy makers to come up with fact-based policies that will address the increasing hazards of climate change and the preservation of cultural heritage.
She added that one area of discussion will be on the impact of technology as well as how it can be harnessed as tool for development and mitigate disasters.
The commemoration of the DPRM, a one-day event, is embodied in the Presidential Proclamation No. 247, issued in 2002, stresses the importance of policy research as it mandates the the Philippine Institute for Development Studies as the lead agency.