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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 June) – Some 300 business leaders from all over the country are expected to gather here for a two-day consultative meeting on President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s 10-point socio-economic agenda to promote inclusive growth.
Dubbed “Sulong Pilipinas: Hakbang Tungo sa Kaunlaran,” the two-day event, led by incoming Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez in partnership with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Mindanao Business Council, will be held at the SMX Convention Center Davao on June 20 to 21.
“Sulong” is envisioned to be the first of a yearly series in the next six years of the Duterte administration.
Finance Secretary-designate Carlos Dominguez (center) , shown here with incoming Local Goverments Secretary Michael Sueno (L) and incoming Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol ( R ) will present the 10-point socio-economic agenda during the two-day consultative meeting in Davao City with business leaders from all over the country. MindaNews photo by Carolyn O. Arguillas
“This effort is not a stand-alone undertaking. It is anchored on the long-term Filipino 2040 vision and the next medium-term Philippine Development Planning cycle, both led by NEDA (National Economic Development Authority)” press briefer said.
The consultative meeting, it added, will be to enlist help from the private sector to ensure “widespread participation of key stakeholders in formulating plans and programs” and to “generate recommendations from the business community for the incoming Duterte administration” on the 10-point socioeconomic agenda.
Day 1 will open with incoming National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) director general Ernesto Pernia giving an economic situationer while Dominguez will be presenting the 10-point socio-economic agenda and how it will address major challenges in inclusive growth.
Results of the consultative meeting will be presented to Duterte in the afternoon of the second day.
The 10-point socioeconomic agenda: