PPP Center
Press Release
15 October 2012

 

53 local government units (LGUs) from across the Zamboanga Peninsula participated in the region-wide Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Orientation-Workshop organized by the PPP Center at the Grand Astoria Hotel, Zamboanga City last October 9, 2012.

 

Zamboanga City Administrator Antonio Orendain, Jr. welcomed in behalf of Mayor Celso Lobregat the participants to the Region IX LGU PPP Orientation-Workshop held last October 9, 2012 at the Grand Astoria Hotel, Zamboanga City.

 

A total of 104 participants composed mostly of Planning and Development Coordinators (PDCs) and designated Local Economic Investment Promotion Officers (LEIPOs), and some local chief executives were present during the workshop.

Aimed at providing LGus the basic understanding of the PPP option for local infrastructure and development projects, the workshop for Region IX was conducted in partnership with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) IX and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) IX with the support of the Philippine Councilor’s League Zamboanga Peninsula (PCL-ZamPen) Chapter.

 

PPP Center Director Eleazar Ricote, Capacity Buiding and Knowledge Management Service, discussed the Philippine PPP Progam to Zamboanga Peninsula LGUs during the region-wide LGU PPP Orientation Workshop.
PPP Center Director Eleazar Ricote, Capacity Buiding and Knowledge Management Service, discussed the Philippine PPP Progam to Zamboanga Peninsula LGUs during the region-wide LGU PPP Orientation Workshop.

 

The Department of Finance’s Municipal Development Fund Office (MDFO) also joined the Center in the conduct of the regional workshops to promote the PPP Fund. The PPP Fund, sourced from the Municipal Development Fund-Second Generation Fund (MDF-SGF), is a PPP financing window which LGUs can tap to support pre-investment studies that will ensure the viability of their infrastructure development projects.

 

Ms. Clyde Padilla, OIC of the Project Evaluation Division of Municipal Development Fund Office under the Department of Finance, presented the PPP Fund to Zamboanga Peninsula LGUs during the region-wide LGU PPP Orientation Workshop.
Ms. Clyde Padilla, OIC of the Project Evaluation Division of Municipal Development Fund Office under the Department of Finance, presented the PPP Fund to Zamboanga Peninsula LGUs during the region-wide LGU PPP Orientation Workshop.

 

The next Regional PPP Orientation-Workshop is set for the Ilocos Region on October 22 at the Diego Silang Hall, La Union Provincial Capitol, San Fernando City, La Union.

The PPP Center have also partnered with the League of Municipalities of the Philippines- Leyte Chapter to conduct a region-wide Seminar and Project Matching with municipalities in the Eastern Visayas this October 25-26 at the Oriental Hotel, Palo, Leyte.  The Center will discuss with various local chief executives the PPP program and how projects can be effectively implemented locally.

In all workshops with the PPP Center, participating LGUs are provided free copies of the three-volume LGU PPP Manual which includes discussion on the PPP concepts and framework, project preparation and development processes, and a compilation of template documents and sample PPP project templates for shopping center and public market, government administrative center, and water supply system.

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