Seminar on guidelines for entering into JV slated

MANILA, Philippines - Do you know the latest regulation in relation to joint ventures? Effective May 11, 2013, the revised procedures, requirements and approval requisites released by the National Economic and Development Authority will have a significant impact on how the private sector and the government transact joint venture agreements.

The Center for Global Best Practices, in collaboration with Forensic Solutions, is launching a one-day special seminar titled “New Guidelines and Procedures for Entering Into JV Between Government and Private Entities,” on Nov. 27, 2013 at EDSA Shangri-La, Mandaluyong City.

This pioneering program will explain and provide all the answers to eliminate all risks in crafting JV contracts and confusion in the implementation of this new regulation. This will benefit businessmen, entrepreneurs, officials from national government agencies, government-owned and controlled corporations, and local government agencies, decision makers from financial institutions, construction companies, lawyers, business consultants and all those interested in the latest implementing rules and regulations for entering into joint ventures.            

Joint ventures, as a public-private partnership (PPP) modality, will be discussed in detail and how this affects transactions between the government and the private sector. This comprehensive seminar will feature Alberto C. Agra, former Secretary of the Department of Justice.

He is a certified PPP specialist and certified regulation specialist an IP3 senior alumni associate, a PPP law professor at Ateneo Law School, a proponent of PPP Codes and Frameworks for Philippine (six provinces and three cities, to date) and Indonesian local governments, and Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

He is a PhD candidate, Leadership Studies major in Public Management at Ateneo School of Government.

For details and a complete list of seminars, you may log on to www.cgbp.org or call (02) 842-7148/ 59 and 556-8968/69, Cebu lines: (032) 512-3106 or 07 or Baguio line: (074) 423-5148.