By Richmond S. Mercurio (The
Philippine Star) | Updated October 16, 2015 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - The Bases
Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is sending a 100-man delegation
involved in the planning and development of Clark Green City to Singapore for
an executive training program to ensure a world-class output for the 9,450-hectare
project.
BCDA president and chief executive
officer Arnel Paciano Casanova said human and social capital development is
required to achieve the vision for a new metropolis that is environmentally
sustainable, socially inclusive, economically competitive and technologically
integrated.
“We expect that the training program
will make us effective in helping improve lives of Filipinos through Clark
Green City,” Casanova said.
Comprising the Philippine delegation
are senior personnel of the BCDA and the National Economic and Development
Authority (NEDA) Central Luzon office, as well as mayors and planning officers
from the province of Tarlac.
BCDA said tuition and accommodation of
the Philippine delegation would be funded by the Singapore-based Temasek
Foundation, an organization which supports training and capability-training
programs in public administration and disaster-response, health care, and
education across communities in Asia.
“The two-week training per batch is
expected to educate mayors, urban planners and members of BCDA with the wealth
of experience of Singapore in urban planning, governance, human resource
management, leadership and economic development,” the agency said.
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