Center for Global Best Practices

Delays in construction permits and clearances arise due to the conflicting interpretation of the Building Code of the Philippines among the government authoriti es, technical professionals, property owners and developers. It is time set the records straight! The Center for Global Best Practices will host a training entitled, “ Property Developers’ Guide to the Building Code IRR of the Philippines ” to be held on Wednesday & Thursday, March 20 & 21, 2019 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. This two-day program is designed to provide a clear guideline to the 2005 IRR of the Building Code of the Philippines. This training is to help different stakeholders align their referral codes in architecture, structure, plumbing, electronics, sanitation, electrical, mechanical and interior design to the building code. Attendees will learn valuable insights on how to fast track building permits, updates on the latest government issuances, memoranda, and decided...

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 How to Joint Venture Effectively with the Government ” to be held Friday, October 12, 2018 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 authori...

The delay in obtaining the right-of-way (ROW) access is one of the major problems to complete the implementation of the government’s Build, Build, Build programs and investors’ infrastructure projects. To help address this issue, the Center for Global Best Practices (CGBP) will launch a pioneering training entitled, “ Resolving Right-of-Way Issues ” to be held on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Learn everything you need to know about the best practices in solving your ROW problems and challenges. Topics will include the new Right-of-Way Act, salient features of its IRR, modes of acquisition and transfer, guidelines and process of expropriation, rules on negotiated sale, standards for the assessment and compensation of subject properties, environmental issues, strategies, judicial and administrative remedies for attendees to become more effective and efficient in expediting their ROW access. This will feature two exp...

There's a revised set of bidding documents that is required by the government aligned with the new Procurement Law IRR that took effect on October 29, 2016.  To help those in the private sector who wants to participate in the bidding transactions with the government as well as to assist public officials in understanding these changes, the Center for Global Best Practices will hold a two-day special program entitled, “ Best Practices Guide on How to Prepare Your Bidding Documents ” to be held on Thursday and Friday, June 28 & 29, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines.  This program is highly recommended for  heads of procuring entities, bids and awards committees (BACs) of National Government Agencies, Local Government Units, GOCCs, BAC secretariat members, suppliers, contractors, consultants, and everyone who wants to  participate in bidding for government projects.  This program is to provide participants with a better under...

If you want to be ahead of the game and capture government projects, you must learn how to successfully prepare unsolicited proposals. To give your organization a head start, the Center for Global Best Practices will host a pioneering seminar entitled, How to Prepare Unsolicited Proposals for Government Projects on Thursday and Friday, April 19 & 20, 2018 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel, Makati City, Philippines.  This two-day training will comprehensively cover all the legal, technical, financial and environmental aspects in preparing unsolicited proposals. Know the right ingredients to a winning proposal for different kinds of infrastructure projects including land development, transport systems, water supply market redevelopment, among many others. Let your proposal standout with a step-by-step guide from technical design and evaluation, financial modeling and performance measures, to technical and environmental considerations and many more. Get valuable insights f...