The Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines in collaboration with the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) and National Economic and Development Authority Regional Offices (NROs) in Luzon rolled out the capacity building program on Joint Ventures (JVs) for local government units (LGUs) through a three-day workshop on September 25-27 in Angeles City, Pampanga.
As part of the Local PPP Strategy of the PPP Center, it is expanding and strengthening support to LGUs in implementing PPP projects through JVs. The Center forged a partnership with the CDIA to formulate a capacity building program to improve the technical capacity of LGUs on JV. The JV workshop for LGUs covered JV Concepts, the Policy and Legal Framework, Overview of Solicited and Unsolicited JV Process, and Salient JV Agreement Clauses.
With the assistance from the NEDA Regional Offices, the participants of the first rollout were selected LGUs in Cordillera Administrative Region, Region I, II and III. Those who participated are representatives from City of Alaminos, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, City of San Jose (Nueva Ecija), Municipality of Tuba, and Municipality of La Trinidad. The next rollout of this program will be conducted in Cebu and Davao City before end of this year.
