Skip to main content

How to Joint Venture Effectively with the Government

Joint Ventures (JVs) are increasingly becoming popular as a faster and easier approach towards implementing infrastructure, development and social service-related projects at the national and local government levels.

To guide the private sector on how to JV with the government and vice versa, the Center for Global Best Practices will host its yearly training entitled, “Business and Public Officials’ Guide on Howto Joint Venture Effectively with the Government to be held Friday, November 29, 2019 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City Philippines. 

To accelerate more economic growth through Public-Private Partnerships, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) released the 2013 revised JV Guidelines applicable for government-owned and controlled corporations, government instrumentalities, government financial institutions, and state universities and colleges.  For local government units (LGUs), they are governed by their own JV ordinances. The authority of LGUs to enter JVs and provide their own guidelines has been affirmed by the Department of Interior and Local Government and the Department of Justice.

This one-day special program will deal on the definition of a JV, requirements, cash and non-cash contributions of parties, procedures for selecting partners, bundling or unbundling of project components, and trends, opportunities and challenges. Examples of existing and prospective JV projects such as water, reclamation, public markets, bus terminals, land development, government centers, power, transport, and more. Participants will get soft copy compilation of templates of actual and proposed JV ordinances.

This special program will feature former DOJ Secretary, Atty. Alberto C. Agra, who is one of the only two in the world who is both a Certified PPP Specialist™ and Certified Regulation Specialist™. He drafted a proposed PPP Code / Ordinance for LGUs which to date has been adopted by 81 LGUs in the Philippines – and is now the official template of the DILG with over 100 LGUs adopting his version.

He was also part of the team who developed the NEDA JV Guidelines. He has conducted over a hundred lectures on PPPs and JVs. He is also the author of the Proposed PPP Ordinance: Annotated and co-author of the book, Knowing PPP, BOTs & JV: A Legal Ordinance. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Philippine Reclamation Authority, and is a PPP, Local Government Professor and Political Law Bar Reviewer at the Ateneo Law School.


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Legal Best Practices in Crafting your HR Code of Discipline

You may have your HR policies and contracts in order, but do you have an effective code of discipline aligned with the updated labor laws?  The code of discipline is your manual that defines the penalties for violation of company policies.  It is the common point of reference for the employer when disciplinary or legal actions may be taken on the part of wayward and rogue employees. To help the management and HR practitioners implement discipline on their organizations, the Center for Global Best Practices will host a special training entitled, Legal Best Practices in Crafting your HR Code of Discipline to be held on Friday, December 7, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. This one-day training will teach you how to design and craft your code of discipline – the right way . Learn the best practices on how to prepare, establish and implement disciplinary policies guaranteed to promote professionalism, industrial harmony and ward off any temptation

BIR CAS Compliance for Contractors and Property Developers

  Inviting all medium and large taxpayers to this one-day seminar on  “BIR Computerized Accounting System Compliance for Contractors and Property Developers”  to help those organization who are having difficulty setting up, getting accreditation, and running a successful computerized accounting system (CAS) in compliance with the BIR regulation 2009-9.  This program is to provide guidance and assistance to these companies who are large taxpayers and medium sized (ones who are soon to be re-classified as large taxpayers).  This includes those top 500 medium taxpayers in each revenue districts whose will have the same compliance requirement as the large taxpayers.  This event is scheduled on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines.  The lecture is also applicable for other types of large taxpayers. Given the Duterte administrations need for more funding for infrastructure, it has set its focus as one of its priorities to strengthen it’

Families’ Guide to the Inheritance Law of the Philippines

“How would you know your entitlement to an inheritance? Is there a right way to compute your shares? If childless, who will inherit your assets legally?” To address all the confusions and even prevent conflicts arising from inheritance issues, the Center for Global Best Practices (CGBP) will host a program entitled, “ Families’ Guide to the Inheritance Law of the Philippines”  on Friday, February 23, 2018 at EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines.  This pioneering program will provide you and your family a comprehensive understanding of the inheritance law of the Philippines. Its coverage will include general principles as well as solutions to specific cases and issues faced by grandparents, parents, children (legitimate, illegitimate, adopted), immediate family members and other relatives and stakeholders who will benefit from an inheritance. This special lecture will also include relevant and recent Philippine Supreme Court rulings on inheritance disputes w