By Perfecto T. Raymundo, Jr.
QUEZON CITY -– The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) is set to conduct an Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Briefing with newly-appointed Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs (SAPIEA) Secretary Frederick D. Go on Jan. 24, 2024.
With the theme: “Charting Progress through Strategic Investment and Boosting Economic Opportunities,” the EODB Briefing will serve as yet another avenue for collaboration between the government and private sectors.
The event will facilitate the promotion of government programs aimed at stimulating economic growth and boosting both local and foreign investments in the country.
To achieve this goal, the ARTA is partnering with the Department of Finance (DOF), National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Securities and Exchange Commission, and Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
Expected to take part in the event are about 200 participants from the diplomatic corps, National Government Agencies (NGAs), State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Government-Owned and/or -Controlled Corporations (GOCCs), local and foreign chambers of commerce, business groups, and non-government organizations (NGOs).
As part of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr.’s thrust to improve bureaucratic efficiency in the country, the EODB Briefing will be the first official economic forum headlining Go following his appointment as SAPIEA and Chairperson of the Economic Development Group (EDG) by virtue of Executive Order No. 49.
