VIGAN CITY - A Luzon-wide consultations in preparation for the multi-sectoral national summit on labor and employment was successfully held at the Clark Special Economic Zone in Angeles City, Pampanga last week, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) office here. This developed after representatives from the Regional Development Councils (RDCs), Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs), Regional Tripartite Industrial Peace Councils (RTIPCs), youth sector, and civil society from Luzon's eight regions attended the two-day conference slated last October 21 and 22.
The participants represented the National Capital Region (NCR), Regions 1, 2, 3, 4-A, 4-B, 5, and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). While the island-wide consultation in Mindanao was held from October 26 to 27, and the Visayas consultation will be conducted from October 28 to 29. DoLE Region 1 Director Henry John Jalbuena said that the consultation was a preparatory for the multi-partite National Summit on Labor and Employment on December 1 in Manila. The summit, which carries the theme "Developing our human resources, promoting full and productive employment and ensuring social protection for all," aims to convene DoLE's multipartite national and regional stakeholders towards the formulation, validation, and presentation of the Labor and Employment Agenda as an input to the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan for 2011 to 2016. (Freddie G. Lazaro)
