SULONG PILIPINAS

                                                                             SULONG

                                                                            PILIPINAS

                                                         HAKBANG TUNGO SA KAUNLARAN

                                      Consultation Workshop with the Business Community

                                                        On Promoting Inclusive Growth

                                                    June 20 to 21, 2016, SMX, Davao City

The proposed 10-Point Socioeconomic Agenda (see “Annex A”, p. 4) of the incoming Duterte Administration emphasizes the need to maintain accelerated economic growth while ensuring that gains are broadly shared by the Filipino people. To further flesh out the details of these socioeconomic development priorities and ensure widespread participation of key stakeholders in formulating programs, the economic team of the new government, led by incoming Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominquez, is convening the Sulong: Hakbang Tungo sa Kaunlaran consultative workshop.

In strategic partnership with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well the Mindanao Business Council, the event will bring together more than 300 representatives of the Filipino business community from all over the country in SMX Davao from 20 to 21, 2016.

Sulong Pilipinas is not a stand-alone event. It is anchored on the long-term Filipino 2040 vision and the medium-term Philippine Development Plan, both led by NEDA. Sulong is also envisaged as a yearly event; the first of an annual series over the next six years, and perhaps beyond, in tandem with a civil society conference and continuous consultation via the web and other channels.

The objective of this year’s conference is to generate recommendations from the business community for the incoming Duterte Administration regarding proposed 10-Point Socioeconomic Agenda. This will be achieved by:

·         Cultivating a shared understanding of the country’s economic situation among participants (economic situationer by incoming NEDA DG Ernesto M. Pernia);

·         Presenting the 10-Point Socioeconomic Agenda and how it builds on progress made and will achieve progress for all (incoming Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominquez);

·         Providing an opportunity for informed discussion and debate among participants (workshops and 21^st century town hall);

·         Reporting summary results to President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte, with a response from the President-Elect.

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                                                                         PILIPINAS

                                                        HAKBANG TUNGO SA KAUNLARAN

                                      Annex A: Proposed 10-Point Socioeconomic Agenda

                                                 Of the incoming Duterte Administration

1.           Continue and maintain current macroeconomic policies, including fiscal, monetary, and trade policies.

2.           Institute progressive tax reform and more effective tax collection, indexing taxes to inflation.

3.           Increase competitiveness and the ease of doing business. This effort will draw upon successful models used to attract business to local cities ( e.g., Davao)

4.           Accelerate annual infrastructure spending to account for 5% of GDP, with Public-Private Partnership playing a key role.

5.          Promote rural and value chain development toward increasing agricultural and rural enterprise productivity and rural tourism.

6.           Ensure security of land tenure to encourage investments, and address bottlenecks in land managements and titling agencies.

7.           Invest in Human Capital development, including Health and Education systems, and match skills and training to meet the demand of businessman and the private sector.

8.           Promote science, technology, and the creative arts to enhance innovation and creative capacity towards self-sustaining, inclusive development.

9.           Improve social protection programs, including the government’s Conditional Cash Transfer Program, to protect the poor against instability and economic shock.

10.      Strengthen implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law to enable all, and especially poor couples to make informed choices on financial and family planning.