News and Updates
Shining a spotlight on economic investment opportunities in 10 LGU Alliances
Go LOCAL and Multiply: Networking for Investment Opportunities in Agribusiness and Tourism is aimed at encouraging partnerships, exchanging industry practices and attracting investments. Designed to bring together the 10 local government unit (LGU) alliances supported by LGSP-LED, prospective investors, national government agencies and international donors, this forum will find ways of taking advantage of the [...]
How the convergence of the rural development agencies supports LED
Article by Usec. Jerry Pacturan, Department of Agrarian Reform – Among the three rural development (RD) agencies, it is only the Department of Agriculture (DA) who is a member of the economic cluster of the Cabinet, but the mandates and the work of the other two rural development agencies, the Departments of Agrarian Reform (DAR) [...]
LGUs to lead convergence for local economic development through sustainable agricultural and rural development; tourism is next!
In mid-2010, the Departments of Agriculture (DA), Agrarian Reform (DAR), and Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) operationalized the National Convergence Initiative (NCI) for Sustainable Rural Development to address fragmentation in the delivery of agricultural and rural development services to local communities. To date, pilot local convergence agro-enterprise clusters (LCAECs) in 10 provinces have been launched [...]
Global Report on Women in Tourism 2010 (A Joint Report by UNWTO and UN Women) – Download a copy
Developed by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and UN Women, the Global Report on Women in Tourism 2010 marks a first attempt to map the participation of women in the tourism industry worldwide. Focusing on five areas – Employment, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Education and Community – the study presents a detailed picture of women’s involvement in [...]
LED successes and innovations shared during Biyaheng Pinoy celebration
Copies of presentation materials and videos shared during the Biyaheng Pinoy LED Forum: Growing Local Economies and Enhancing Competitiveness are now available at: http://sites.google.com/site/bpledforum/
Videos on OPAL ecotourism sites available in the LED Knowledge Hub
Visit the Tourism section of the LED Knowledge Hub to view videos of two ecotourism destinations in OPAL: the Cacupangan Caves, one the country’s top 10 longest cave systems, in the municipality of Mabini; and the Bangrin Marine Protected Area, one of only 13 birdwatching sites in the Philippines identified by the Department of Tourism, [...]
Becoming business-friendly and pursuing sustainable, market-driven LED
New LGSP-LED LGU/Alliance partners gathered last July 4-8, 2011 for a five-day LED Fundamentals Course, designed to develop and enhance the capacities of LCEs and their LED Teams in supporting entrepreneurship and business development in pursuing local economic development. The full course is comprised of three modules that was delivered in two stages. Module 1, [...]
Entrepreneurial Leadership for Sustainable LED
“The pressure brought about by the country’s poor rankings in global competitiveness and high governance standards have a direct bearing on local governments, who are at the forefront of addressing these concerns. Local governments need to partner with multiple stakeholders, including the private sector, to improve the delivery of services in pursuing local economic development,” [...]
BPLS Help Desk now open!
The BPLS Help Desk is an online help facility that serves as the repository of data, information and other resources on the streamlining of business permits and licensing system (BPLS) in the country. Its objectives are: (1) to disseminate information to the public on the government reform program for making business registration more efficient; and [...]
Public-Private Partnerships for LGUs: new opportunities
National and regional representatives from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), as well as select local government units such as the Provinces of Bohol, Guimaras, Iloilo, Leyte and South Cotabato and the League of Provinces and League of Municipalities, [...]