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MCDCB-RPOD Meets with Mega Cebu Stakeholders from Private Sector

by Lord Anjelo Guia| March 23, 2018

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Recognizing the role of the private sector in achieving the Mega Cebu vision, the Metro Cebu Development and Coordinating Board Research, Program, and Organizational Development (MCDCB RPOD) gathered stakeholders to update them on important developments.

The gathering, called the Mega Cebu Report to the Private Sector Stakeholder, was held last March 1, 2018 at the Plenary Hall of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI)-Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center.

Fifty-eight leaders and representatives from the business sector, academe, religious groups, and civil society attended the gathering, who were updated on Mega Cebu accomplishments, activities, and plans. 

RAFI VP for Governance and Linkages and MCDCB-RPOD Program Management Office Director Evelyn Nacario-Castro reported on the updates of initiatives and projects, while also highlighting the importance of the involvement of the private sector, of the Mega Cebu program. After the report, an open forum was conducted to open the floor to questions from the private sector partners. 

Several Mega Cebu conveners were present in the meeting including Gordon Joseph and Dr. Leonor Caneja of Cebu Business Club; Bunny Pages of Cebu Leads Foundation, Inc.; Eric Mendoza of Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry; MCDCB RPOD FABCom on Infrastructures and Utility Chair Engr. Jun Sanchez; MCDCB RPOD FABCom on Environment and Public Safety Co-Chair Arch. Socorro Atega; and Roberto Ybañez.

The gathering was also attended by Regional Development Council Region VII (RDC 7) Chair Mr. Kenneth Cobonpue, RDC 7 Chair of Integrated Development Committee Glenn Anthony Soco, Marken Aboitiz of Arcadis, and architects Yumi Espina and Omar Maxwell Espina of USC-SAFAD.

Joseph, who also serves as the MCDCB RPOD Execom chairperson, expressed in his closing speech the importance of conveying to their fellow private sector constituents the significance of the Mega Cebu initiative. “The private sector needs to create a groundswell of opinion…all of us should  speak about Mega Cebu and talk to our friends, about our hunger for change, and our clamor for a better Cebu for the future generations,” he said.

The Governance and Linkages Unit of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI-G&L) seeks to foster responsive institutions and an engaged citizenry through awards and recognition, good governance and leadership development programs, and active linkages and platforms of engagement and collaboration.

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