A LECTURE FORUM IN CELEBRATION OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATENEO PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
ENSURING GROWTH THAT MATTERS:
ASEAN Integration and Inclusive Growth
THE ATENEO PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS • LAW SCHOOL
SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT • SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
ABOUT THE ATENEO PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
The Ateneo Professional Schools
The Ateneo Professional Schools is a globally competitive center of excellence in
graduate education, Jesuit and Ignatian in spirit, multi-disciplinary in orientation. It
is at the forefront of efforts to build a better nation through solutions-oriented and
policy-relevant research, institutional outreach to society and the professions,
and the formation of technically excellent and values-driven professionals.
The Ateneo Professional Schools is the collective entity gathering four graduate
schools of the Ateneo: the Ateneo Graduate School of Business (AGSB), the
Ateneo Law School (ALS), the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG), and the
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (ASMPH).
AGSB
ALS
ASoG
ASMPH
www.ateneo.edu/aps
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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About The Ateneo Professional Schools
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About the Lecture Forum
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Venue
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Plenary Session
ASEAN Economic Integration and Equitable Development
Regional Economic Integration and Inclusive Growth in Asia
Regional Economic Integration and Inclusive Growth in Vietnam
Regional Economic Integration and Inclusive Growth
in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Regional Economic Integration and Inclusive Growth
in the Philippines
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10
Parallel Sessions
Track 1
The Philippine Manufacturing Sector and Regional Production Networks
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Track 2
Education and Human Capital Development in the Philippines:
Bridging the Developmental Divide
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Track 3
Social Development Policies and Programs in Southeast Asia:
Towards a Truly Participative and Inclusive Development in ASEAN
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ABOUT THE LECTURE FORUM
40th Ateneo Professional Schools Anniversary Lecture Forum
ENSURING GROWTH THAT MATTERS:
ASEAN Integration and Inclusive Growth
The fast-approaching milestone date of 2015 to realize the ASEAN Economic Community
(AEC) has raised many questions with no clear-cut answers. On one end of the spectrum are
questions that relate to the Philippines’ preparedness to compete with ASEAN neighbors in
supplying goods and services to a burgeoning single market of around 600 million people.
On the other end are questions more profound and compelling: how can ASEAN economic
integration benefit the poor? Can the AEC’s promise of economic growth also bring about
inclusive growth, which is the centerpiece of our development agenda?
This year, the Ateneo de Manila University’s Professional Schools (APS): Graduate School of
Business, School of Law, School of Government, and School of Medicine and Public Health,
celebrates its 40th anniversary. As part of its yearlong anniversary celebration, the APS organized
a Lecture Forum Ensuring Growth that Matters: ASEAN Integration and Inclusive Growth.
The Lecture Forum focuses on the opportunities and challenges presented by the 2015
ASEAN economic integration, with a special emphasis on measures we need to take to ensure
that the anticipated economic growth will benefit the least privileged among us. Apart from
providing a general overview of ASEAN integration, the programme will feature special sessions
on regional production networks, human capital development, and social development policies
and programs in Southeast Asia.
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VENUE
DATE:
12 November 2014
8:00AM to 5:00PM
The 40th Ateneo Professional Schools Anniversary Lecture Forum will be held at the
APS ROCKWELL CAMPUS
For the Morning Plenary Session:
VENUE: Auditorium | Basement 1
For the Afternoon Parallel Sessions:
Track 1: The Philippine Manufacturing Sector and Regional Production Networks
VENUE: Justitia | 4th Floor
Track 2: Education and Human Capital Development in the Philippines:
Bridging the Developmental Divide
VENUE: Amphitheater | Ground Floor
Track 3: Social Development Policies and Programs in Southeast Asia:
Towards a Truly Participative and Inclusive Development in ASEAN
VENUE: Veritas | 4th Floor
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PROGRAMME
40th Ateneo Professional Schools Anniversary Lecture Forum
ENSURING GROWTH THAT MATTERS:
ASEAN Integration and Inclusive Growth
12 November 2014 | 8:00AM to 5:00PM
MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:00 - 9:00
Registration
9:00 - 9:03
Prayer
Mr. Dennis Ryan V. Cruz
Coordinator for Student Activities and Formation Program
Ateneo Graduate School of Business
9:03 - 9:05
National Anthem
9:05 - 9:10
Welcome Remarks
Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, SJ
President
Ateneo de Manila University
Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, S.J. is the Ateneo de Manila University’s 30th President. Before his election as
University President, Fr. Jett was President of Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan since 2005.
Fr. Jett was born in Manila on January 30,1960. He started formal education at Lourdes School in Sta.
Mesa Heights, Quezon City and was introduced to Jesuit education when he entered Ateneo High
School in 1976, and later on received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, graduating magna cum
laude from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1980. A year after graduation, Fr. Jett entered the Society
of Jesus and at the same time studied in the Juniorate program in English and Filipino literature and
composition then later on completed Philosophy studies in 1985. He later pursued a Master of Science
degree in Physics from Marquette University in 1987 and in 1992 earned his Ph.D. in Atmospheric
Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Fr. Jett’s works as a scientist earned him the National Outstanding Young Scientist in 2000 by the
National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). His work on greenhouse gas emissions made
Fr. Jett a part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a team of climate scientists that won
the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize together with Al Gore. Fr. Jett is also an active member of several local and
international environment and climate groups. Internationally, he is lead reviewer of the UN Convention on
Climate Change and has worked with UN Consultative Group of Experts for Developing Countries. He
also currently chairs the board of the Manila Observatory.
9:10 - 9:15
Opening Remarks
Dr. Antonette Palma-Angeles
Vice President for the Ateneo Professional Schools
Dr. Antonette Palma-Angeles is Vice President for the Professional Schools of the Ateneo de Manila
University where for the past 30 years, she has taught courses like Foundations of Moral Value, Business
Ethics, Theory of Knowledge, Ethical Leadership, and Creative Problem Solving. She is a regular visiting
professor at Kyushu University in Japan. From 1998 to 2009, she was Ateneo’s Academic Vice President
and Director of the Office of International Programs. She is currently convenor of the Ateneo Leadership
Institute; Vice-Chair of the Ethics Committee of The Medical City; board member of Swift Foods, Inc.;
a trustee of the Board of Trustees of Ateneo de Zamboanga University and Ateneo de Naga University;
a member of the advisory committee of United Board’s Institute for Advanced Study of Asian Cultures
and Theologies (IASACT) in Hong Kong and board member of the US-based Colleagues in Jesuit
Business Education (CJBE). She is a Leadership consultant for the First Pacific Leadership Academy,
which handles leadership training of companies like Meralco, PLDT, etc. She is part of an Ateneo crossdisciplinal team that does research and writes on defining Filipino leadership. She received her Ph.D.
from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium.
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MORNING PLENARY SESSION
PLENARY SESSION
The Plenary Session will provide an overview of ASEAN economic integration - its aspirations,
pillars, progress, and prospects post 2015. The overview will cover ASEAN’s guiding principles
for inclusive and sustainable growth, as well as the ASEAN initiatives that support these
principles. These include market access for less developed regions, prioritizing infrastructure
investments that cater to peoples’ basic needs, education and skills development for enhanced
productivity, small and medium enterprises development, and social protection schemes.
Following the overview will be presentations on ASEAN Economic Community’s impact on
ASEAN as a whole, and in selected countries, with particular emphasis on inclusive growth.
Chair and Moderator
9:15 - 9:45
Keynote Address:
ASEAN Economic Integration
and Equitable Development
Mr. Edgar A. Zaragoza
Faculty
Ateneo Graduate School of Business
Mr. Rodolfo C. Severino, Jr.
Head, ASEAN Studies Centre
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
Former Secretary-General of ASEAN
Mr. Rodolfo C. Severino is the head of the ASEAN Studies Centre at the Institute of Southeast Asian
Studies in Singapore and a frequent speaker at international conferences in Asia and Europe. Having
been Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 1998 to 2002,
he has completed a book, entitled Southeast Asia in Search of an ASEAN Community and published
by ISEAS, on issues facing ASEAN. He has produced a book on ASEAN in ISEAS’ Southeast Asia
Background Series and one on the ASEAN Regional Forum. Mr. Severino has also written a book on
the Philippine national territory. He has co-edited several books, including Whither the Philippines in
the 21st Century? Southeast Asia in a New Era, and The ASEAN Economic Community: A Work in
Progress. He writes articles for journals and for the press. Before being ASEAN Secretary-General,
Mr. Severino was Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, the culmination of 32 years
in the Philippine Foreign Service. He twice served as ASEAN Senior Official for the Philippines. Mr.
Severino has a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Humanities from the Ateneo de Manila University and a
Master of Arts degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
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PROGRAMME
9:45 - 10:05
Regional Economic Integration
and Inclusive Growth in Asia
Mr. Arjun Goswami
Director, Office of Regional Economic Integration
Asian Development Bank
Mr. Arjun Goswami has been with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) since November 1996. At
present, he is Director at the Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI) from August 2013.
At OREI, he manages four teams dealing with the four pillars of ADB’s Regional Cooperation and
Integration Strategy, namely: Trade and Investment; Monetary and Financial Integration; Infrastructure
Connectivity; and Regional Public Goods.
Prior to OREI, he was in Southeast Asia’s regional operations for ADB from November 2006 where he
was Country Director, Cambodia Resident Mission and Director, Regional Cooperation and Operations
Coordinator. He was the administrator of the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund and head of ADB’s GMS
secretariat.
Mr. Goswami holds a Degree in Law (Juris Doctor) from the American University in Washington D.C.,
USA; a Master of Laws degree (Public International Law) from Cambridge University; a Master of
Arts degree (Modern History) from Oxford University; and a Master of Science Certificate in Financial
Management from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, United Kingdom.
OPEN FORUM
10:05 - 10:15
10:15 - 10:35
10:35 - 10:55
Regional Economic
Integration and Inclusive
Growth in Vietnam
Regional Economic
Integration
and Inclusive Growth in Lao
People’s Democratic Republic
Dr. Vo Tri Thanh
Vice President
Central Institute for Economic Management
Vietnam
Dr. Leeber Leebouapao
Director General
National Economic Research Institute
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Dr. Leeber Leebouapao is Director General of the National Economic Research Institute under the
Minister of Planning and Investment. Dr. Leeber holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Germany. He
contributed and wrote various key research papers on social economic development in Lao People’s
Democratic Republic. He is leading Lao research teams on conducting research on the Lao economy,
providing quarterly and yearly macroeconomic report for the Lao Government. Importantly, he is
assigned by the Lao Government to take lead on the preparing and formulating of the Lao National
Vision 2030 and the 10 Years Socio-Economic Development Strategy (2016-2025) for the Lao
Government.
Dr. Leebouapao is a National Project Director for several Development Partner Projects. He is an active
member of the following: Lao National Academia of Social Science (LNASSS); Lao National Research
Network; Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia - Regional Research Institute Network
(ERIA-RIN); Greater Mekong Sub-region Development Analysis Network (GMS-DAN); and East Asia
Development Network (EADN).
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MORNING PLENARY SESSION
BRE A K
10:55 - 11:10
11:10 - 11:40
Regional Economic
Integration
and Inclusive Growth
in the Philippines:
A Macroeconomic
Perspective
Dr. Alvin P. Ang
Faculty
Economics Department
Ateneo de Manila University
Dr. Alvin P. Ang completed his Ph.D. in Applied Economics at Osaka University and his Master
in Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, both as a Government Scholar. He is the
immediate Past President of the Philippine Economic Society. He won first prize (together with
Jeremaiah Opiniano) in the Outstanding Research for Development in the 2011 Global Development
Awards. He was Director of Social Research at the University of Santo Tomas. Presently, he is a
Lecturer at the Ateneo School of Government, Professor of Economics, and Senior Fellow of the
Eagle Watch of the Economics Department of the Ateneo de Manila University.
O PE N F O R U M
11:40 -11:50
11:50 - 12:00
Recap and Synthesis
Rapporteur:
Dr. Carolina S. Guina
Faculty
Ateneo Graduate School of Business
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PROGRAMME
AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS
1 The Philippine Manufacturing Sector and Regional Production Networks
Venue: Justitia | 4th Floor
This session will focus on the Philippine manufacturing sector as an important source of
inclusive growth because of its potential to generate more high-wage and high-productivity
jobs, compared to the services sector. The manufacturing sector, which has been the primary
beneficiary of regional production networks, became a dominant business model and a major
driving force of growth in Asia in the 1990s. Despite the Philippines’ participation in regional
production networks, the performance of the manufacturing sector has stagnated.
The session’s overview presentation will examine this phenomenon by focusing on the factors
that unpin the Philippine manufacturing sector and regional production networks, its past and
prospective performance under the ASEAN Economic Community scenario, and the extent to
which it could play a role in promoting inclusive growth through the job market.
Chair and Moderator
1:30 - 1:40
Opening Remarks
1:40 - 2:10
Main Presentor
Atty. Anthony A. Abad
Lecturer, International Economic Law
Ateneo Law School
Ms. Rafaelita M. Aldaba
Assistant Secretary
Industry Development and Trade Policy Group
Department of Trade and Industry
Ms. Rafaelita M. Aldaba has recently been appointed Assistant Secretary of the Department of Trade
and Industry specifically designated to the Industry Development and Trade Policy Group. Prior to
her appointment, she served as Senior Research Fellow and Acting Vice-President of the Philippine
Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). She has extensive research experience on development
issues with focus on industrial policy, regional economic integration, international trade, foreign direct
investment, competition policy, and small and medium enterprises. Some of her research projects
include: FTA Comparison and RCEP (May 2014); Study on FDI Policy and Performance in ASEAN
Countries (March 2014); ASEAN SME Policy Index: Philippines (2012-2013); Micro Data Project:
Understanding the Impact of Globalization on SME Survival (March 2014); and Manufacturing Industry
Roadmap (Project Director/Principal Investigator, 2012-2014).
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PARALLEL SESSION 1
The Philippine Manufacturing Sector and Regional Production Networks
2:10 - 3:10
Panel Discussion
Sen. Paolo Benigno A. Aquino, IV
Chairman, Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship
Senate Committee on Youth
Senator Paolo Benigno ‘Bam’ A. Aquino, IV is the youngest senator of the 16th Congress of the
Republic of the Philippines and is a world-renowned social entrepreneur. He currently chairs the
Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship and the Senate Committee on
Youth.
In 1999, he graduated with summa cum laude honors from the Ateneo de Manila University with
a degree in Management Engineering. He was also the class valedictorian and student council
president.
In 2003, Sen. Bam Aquino became the youngest head of a government agency when, at 25, he
was appointed as the Chairperson of the National Youth Commission, the primary national policymaking body for Filipino youth.
After his stint in government service, he co-founded the social enterprise The Hapinoy Program
that helps lift Filipinos out of poverty through micro-finance and micro-enterprise support. For their
innovative work with the poor, it has received numerous awards, both locally and globally.
In 2008, he was awarded a scholarship to the Executive Education Program on Public Policy and
Leadership of the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.
Because of his work, he has been named a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum
in 2006, one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines in 2010, one of the Asian Social
Entrepreneurs of the Year in 2011, and one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World
in 2012.
Sen. Bam Aquino has dedicated his entire career to empowering the youth and the poor, helping
thousands of Filipinos improve their lives through access to opportunities and crucial support
systems.
On his first year, he authored the Go Negosyo Act, the first pro-poor and inclusive growth bill in
the 16th Congress, and sponsored the Philippine Lemon Law, a measure that further protects
consumers. On July 15, 2014, both bills were signed into laws by the President.
For his second year, Sen. Bam Aquino is pushing for more policies that would create an environment
where micro and small entrepreneurs can grow their businesses, consumers are protected and
address youth unemployment. Some of these are the Fair Competition Act of 2014, Poverty
Reduction through Social Entrepreneurship and Youth Entrepreneurship Bills, and the Credit Surety
Fund Bill, among others.
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PROGRAMME
Mr. Tennyson G. Chen
President
Bounty Fresh Food, Inc.
Mr. Tennyson G. Chen is the Chief Executive Officer of Bounty Fresh Group. He is also the President
of Inoza Industries, Inc.; Director of Hypig Genetic, Inc.; Director of Bounty Farm, Inc.; and President
of Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. & Bounty Fresh Food, Inc.
Prior to this, he held various positions, such as: Director of Holly Farm, Inc.; President of La Filipina
Construction; and Production Manager of La Filipina Enterprises.
Mr. Chen holds a Bachelors degree in Industrial Management Engineering and is a candidate for a
Masters degree in Business Administration. He was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The
Year in 2010. He is a member of the Entrepreneur of the Year Academy.
Dr. Carolina S. Guina
Faculty
Ateneo Graduate School of Business
Dr. Carolina S. Guina is a lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University Graduate School of Business.
She is also an independent consultant engaged mostly in projects of the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) in the areas of regional cooperation and economic integration, trade and trade facilitation, and
institution and capacity building. Her work in ADB involves the preparation of regional strategies for
Southeast Asia, including ASEAN and the Greater Mekong Sub-region, and more recently, for Central
Asia and South Asia. Her most recent works involved a mapping study of ASEAN and sub-regional
program links in Southeast Asia, trade facilitation strategy for South Asia, and the long-term regional
cooperation strategy for Central Asia.
In the mid-2000s, she was commissioned by UNIFEM (now part of UN Women) and UNDP to do
various studies on gender and children, the Paris Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals.
Dr. Guina worked for the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta where she headed the ASEAN Cooperation
Unit, and was Assistant Director of the AFTA Bureau. She helped formulate the ASEAN Socio-Cultural
Plan of Action, one of the three pillars of the ASEAN Community. Prior to her stint at the ASEAN
Secretariat, she held various senior positions at the National Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA), with responsibilities for international trade and finance; and as Assistant Director General, with
responsibilities for the public investment program and official development assistance.
Dr. Guina obtained her Doctor of Public Administration degree from the University of the Philippines,
and her Masters degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University.
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PARALLEL SESSION 1
The Philippine Manufacturing Sector and Regional Production Networks
Dr. Danilo C. Lachica
President
Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines, Inc.
Dr. Danilo C. Lachica is the President of Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines,
Inc. (SEIPI). It is the association representing the electronics industry, which makes up $22B or 40%
of total Philippine exports and provides livelihood for 2.2M Filipinos.
Dr. Lachica has extensive experience in semiconductor, electronics, solar, and consumer goods
manufacturing. After 16 years in Silicon Valley, he repatriated as expat Managing Director of Iomega
Corporation (Utah) Philippine operations. Prior to early retirement, he was SVP of First Philippine
Holdings. He held leadership positions at Iomega Malaysia, Hewlett Packard (California), Motorola
(Arizona), American Microsystems Inc. (Idaho), and Procter & Gamble (Philippines).
Dr. Lachica is an expert in Six Sigma (Black Belt), Lean, Balanced ScoreCard, and Total Productive
Maintenance. He is a recipient of the Dr. Joseph Juran National Medal (Philippine Society for
Quality), and Outstanding Electrical Engineer (University of the Philippines).
A Philippine Science High School alumnus, Dr. Lachica currently sits in the PSHSS Board. He has
a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of the Philippines as an NSDB
scholar; MSEE units from Stanford; a Masters degree in Business Administration from San Jose
State University, California; and a Doctor in Business Administration (With Honors) from De La Salle
University.
Mr. Guillermo M. Luz
Private Sector Co-Chairman
National Competitiveness Council
Mr. Guillermo Manuel Luz is the private sector co-chairman of the National Competitiveness Council,
a public-private body that develops strategy for the long-term competitiveness of the Philippines
through policy reforms, project implementation, institution building and performance monitoring.
He is associate director of Ayala Corporation, the holding company of one of the oldest and largest
business groups in the Philippines, with business activities in real-estate development, banking
and financial services, telecommunications, water infrastructure development and management,
automotive dealership and distribution, business process outsourcing, electronics manufacturing
solutions, and new investments in power, renewable energy and infrastructure.
From December 2006 to May 2011, Mr. Luz was executive vice-president and chief operating
officer of Ayala Foundation, which manages projects in education, environment, entrepreneurship,
arts and culture, and community development. He also served as director of Ayala Museum in 2010
and 2011. He was executive director of the Makati Business Club, a leading business organization
and think-tank, from 1987 to 2006 and served on its staff since 1983. He was Secretary-General
of NAMFREL from 1992 to 2006.
3:10 - 3:25
BRE AK
3:25 - 4:05
O PE N F O R U M
4:05 - 4:15
Recap and Synthesis
Rapporteur:
Mr. Rodolfo P. Ang
Dean
Ateneo Graduate School of Business
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PROGRAMME
AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS
2
Education and Human Capital Development in the Philippines:
Bridging the Developmental Divide
Venue: Amphitheater | Ground Floor
This session will focus on the impact of ASEAN integration on labor markets and the challenges
that this implies for education and human development. Jobs are the mediation channels through
which the goal of inclusive growth can be achieved. Although 2015 is basically a milestone
date, the gradual evolution of the ASEAN region into a borderless space will accentuate national
comparative advantages and inevitably change the patterns of consumption and production.
Some sectors will grow, and some will diminish as production factors realign to reveal industries
and firms that are able to produce a commodity at a lesser opportunity cost than others. Such
realignments will affect national labor markets in terms of skills demanded and the supply that
education and training institutions provide. With ASEAN economies converging however, labor
markets begin to transcend national borders, expanding the sources of supply, and responding
to opportunities elsewhere. Labor mobility and intra-ASEAN migration are key driving forces that
will further shape these markets.
Chair and Moderator
1:30 - 1:40
Opening Remarks
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Dr. Manuel M. Dayrit
Dean
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
PARALLEL SESSION 2
Education and Human Capital Development in the Philippines:
Bridging the Developmental Divide
1:40 - 2:10
Main Presentor
Atty. Hans Leo J. Cacdac
Administrator
Philippine Overseas and Employment Administration
Atty. Hans Leo J. Cacdac has a Juris Doctor and a Master of Comparative Law degree.
He worked for several years as an associate lawyer for an NGO representing the underprivileged
before being appointed as Executive Director of the Philippine National Conciliation and Mediation
Board for five years. From August 2006 to August 2010, he served as the Deputy Administrator
of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and later assumed the position of
Undersecretary for Labor Relations of the Department of Labor and Employment from September
2010 to December 2011. On January 2012, Atty. Cacdac returned to POEA and was appointed
as its Administrator.
His involvements in international policy formulation include: ILO deliberations on Domestic Workers
Convention; drafting the ASEAN instrument for the protection of migrant workers; Tripartite
Workshop on Private Employment Agencies in ILO; and ILO Experts Meeting on Formulation of
Maritime Labour Convention Flag and Port State Inspection Guidelines.
2:10 - 3:10
Panel Discussion
Hon. Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz
Secretary
Department of Labor and Employment
Hon. Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz is a Filipino lawyer, Civil Servant, Labor Arbiter, and a current
Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) of the Philippines under the
administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
She was a practicing lawyer before she joined the Department of Labor and Employment. She is
a commissioned officer with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Reserve Force, Philippine Army,
Armed Forces of the Philippines. She holds the designation of Career Executive Service Officer I
(CESO I), the highest career executive service rank in the Philippines.
After Aquino won landslide in the 2010 presidential elections, Hon. Dimapilis-Baldoz was tapped
to join the cabinet to head the labor portfolio. She replaced then acting labor secretary Marianito
Roque, a former Administrator of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
As Labor Secretary, she now presides over the POEA governing board as chairperson. Hon.
Dimapilis-Baldoz also sits in the board of directors of Land Bank of the Philippines.
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PROGRAMME
Dr. Jose Y. Cueto, Jr.
Member, Professional Regulatory Board of Medicine
Professional Regulation Commission
Dr. Jose Y. Cueto, Jr. is a Member of the Professional Regulatory Board of Medicine of Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC). Prior to his designation as Member of the Board of Medicine, he is
also a member of the Task Force for the ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework (AQRF) and
Overall Technical Coordinator for the Philippine Qualifications Framework, Technical Working Group
for International Alignment. He is likewise the Philippine Representative for ASEAN Joint Coordinating
Committee for Medical Practitioners, ASEAN MRA.
Dr. Cueto has degrees from the University of the Philippines (BS Pre-Medicine), UP College of Medicine
(MD), Masters in Health Professions Education (UP-NTTC-HP). He was a Fellow of the Philippine
College of Surgeons and of the Foundation for the Advancement of International Medical Education
and Research (FAIMER, Philadelphia, USA).
Mr. Lawrence Jeff Johnson
Country Director
International Labor Organization
Mr. Lawrence Jeff Johnson is Country Director of the International Labor Organization (ILO). He is
one of the leading experts on labor market indicators, trends and evaluation, employment and labor
market policy. He has specialized in areas such as wages and compensation, as well as hours of work.
Prior to his appointment as Director of the ILO country office for the Philippines, Mr. Johnson was the
Chief of the ILO’s Employment Trends Department, the team responsible for a number of the ILO’s
flagship reports, which included the Global Employment Trends, Key Indicators of the Labour Market,
the World Employment Report and reports dealing with specific vulnerable groups such as women
and young people.
Before joining the ILO, Mr. Johnson served as Labor Market Economist and Manager of the US
Department of Labor in Washington.
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PARALLEL SESSION 2
Education and Human Capital Development in the Philippines:
Bridging the Developmental Divide
Dr. Patricia B. Licuanan
Chairperson
Commission on Higher Education
Dr. Patricia B. Licuanan is a social psychologist, educator and women’s rights and empowerment
activist. Her teaching, research and practice in social psychology has focused on human factors
in the national development process, education and educational reform, social issues, human
resource development and gender issues. She is currently the chairperson of the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED).
She holds an M.A. in Psychology from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the
Pennsylvania State University. She has been professor and chair of the Department of Psychology
and academic vice-president of the Ateneo de Manila University. She was the immediate past
president of Miriam College, an educational institution committed to social justice, a culture of
peace, environmental sustainability, gender equality and the empowerment of girls and young
women.
Dr. Licuanan has been president of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP) and
chair of the Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC), the Technical Panel on Humanities, Social
Sciences and Communication of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Philippine
Council for NGO Certification (PCNC) and the executive council of the Consortium of Women’s
Colleges (CWC). She served as vice-president of the Catholic Educational Association of the
Philippines (CEAP) and board member of the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools,
Colleges and Universities (PAASCU). She has been member of the board of directors of several
educational institutions and editor-in-chief of the Philippine Journal of Education, a magazine for
teachers. She has served as president of the Association of Women Presidents and Chancellors of
Private Colleges and Universities (SOPHIA) and on the board of advisers of Philippine Business for
Education (PBEd). Recently, she was appointed commissioner and chairperson of the Education
Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
National Commission of the Philippines.
Dr. Licuanan was chair of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) as
the preparatory commission for the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China
in 1995. She has served as chairperson of the ASEAN Women’s Programme, UNESCO Philippine
Focal Point for Women, member and chair of the External Forum on Gender and Development
of the Asian Development Bank, board member of the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics
(CAPWIP). She is a member of the Global Council of the International Museum of Women (IMOW)
in San Francisco.
3:10 - 3:25
BRE A K
3:25 - 4:05
O PE N F OR U M
4:05 - 4:15
Recap and Synthesis
Rapporteur:
Atty. Sedfrey M. Candelaria
Dean
Ateneo Law School
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PROGRAMME
AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS
3
Social Development Policies and Programs in Southeast Asia:
Towards a Truly Participative and Inclusive Development in ASEAN
Venue: Veritas | 4th Floor
This session is organized by the Ateneo School of Government through the Universities
and Councils Network on Innovation for Inclusive Development in Southeast Asia (UNIIDSEA) Project, in partnership with the Association of Schools of Public Administration in the
Philippines, Inc. (ASPAP, Inc.).
Inclusive development is inherent to the ASEAN Integration Agenda, which is targeting to close
the development gap among the ASEAN countries and its peoples. Public administration
and governance, with public policy at the core, becomes critical in shaping, directing, and
accelerating state action and mobilization of resources for key development initiatives in each
country. The rate of success in achieving significant positive social impacts, however, is not
just dependent on sound policymaking and program implementation but also on the level of
engagement of rightful stakeholders, including the target beneficiaries, in the process.
This panel aims to present and discuss game-changing inclusive development policies and
programs that have been instituted or adopted in five ASEAN countries – Indonesia, Malaysia,
the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. The discussion will be anchored on the results of the
5-country policy mapping that was conducted by ASPAP as commissioned by UNIID-SEA, a
regional initiative currently led by the Ateneo School of Government and the National Research
Council of the Philippines and supported by Canada’s International Development Research
Centre (IDRC-CRDI).
Highlighted in the study are the following social policies and programs:
• National Program for Society Empowerment (Program National Pemberdayaan
Masyarakat or PNPM) in Indonesia
• The Private Higher Educational Institutions Act of 1996 in Malaysia
• Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program in the Philippines
• One District, One Scholarship (ODOS) Program in Thailand
• National Program 135 for the socioeconomic development of most vulnerable
communities in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in Vietnam.
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PARALLEL SESSION 3
Social Development Policies and Programs in Southeast Asia:
Towards a Truly Participative and Inclusive Development in ASEAN
Chair and Moderator
1:30 - 1:40
Opening Remarks
1:40 - 2:10
Main Presentor
Dr. Antonio GM La Viña
Dean
Ateneo School of Government
Prof. Eleazar E. Ricote
President
Association of Schools of Public
Administration in the Philippines
Prof. Eleazar E. Ricote is on his second term as President of the Association of Schools of
Public Administration in the Philippines, Inc. (ASPAP, Inc.). Under his leadership, the ASPAP
Inc. has been engaged in various collaborative researches, development and advocacy
projects and activities on public administration, public policy, governance and related fields
with national and international development partners such as UNDP and USAID. These include
collaborative projects with the Ateneo School of Government such as the mainstreaming of Social
Accountability into PA/Governance Curriculum with ANSA-EAP in 2009, and the current mapping
of Innovation for Inclusive Development Policies in Southeast Asia with the UNIID-SEA.
Prof. Ricote is a Career Executive Officer (CESO), has Bachelors Degree in Political Science
and a Masters Degree in Public Administration (major in Public Policy) from the University of the
Philippines (UP), Diliman. He also took his Masters in Business Administration at De La Salle
University, and is a Doctor of Public Administration candidate at the National College for Public
Administration and Governance of UP. In 2010, he was the lead resource person at the Philippine
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for training, lectures, researches and other related learning
activities. Prof. Ricote is Senior Faculty and former Dean of the Jose Rizal University Graduate
School.
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PROGRAMME
2:10 - 3:10
Panel Discussion
Dr. Bala Raju Nikku
Lecturer, School of Social Sciences
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Dr. Bala Raju Nikku is the founding director of the Nepal School of Social Work, and is currently a
visiting lecturer at the Social Work Program, School of Social Sciences of Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Dr. Nikku completed his M.A. in Social Work at the Acharya Nagarjuna University in India. With a
fellowship from the Ford Foundation and the Wageningen University in the Netherlands, he obtained a
Doctorate degree in the Social Sciences in 2006.
Upon returning, he established the Nepal College of Development Studies in 2007, which led to the
initiation of the Nepal School of Social Work. He published widely on children’s rights, child protection
and social work education on conflict countries. Dr. Nikku was also a visiting lecturer in the Faculty of
Social Administration of Thammasat University in Thailand and served as a member of the Social Work
Curriculum Subject Committee of Purbanchal University, contributing to the Social Work, Child Rights
and Juvenile Justice Curriculum development efforts of other universities in Nepal.
Dr. Purwo Santoso
Director, Department of Politics and Government
Gadjah Mada University
Indonesia
Dr. Purwo Santoso is the Director of the Department of Government Politics at the Faculty of Social
and Political Sciences of Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia. He obtained his Masters degree on
International Development Studies from St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada in 1992, and his Ph.D.
on Government from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1999. Dr. Santoso’s
research interests are decentralization, local politics, and governance.
Dr. Nipawan Thirawat
Lecturer, Master of Business Administration Division
Mahidol University International College
Thailand
Dr. Nipawan Thirawat is a lecturer at the Mahidol University International College, and a visiting
research fellow at the University of Adelaide. Her research interests lie primarily in the areas of public
policy analysis and management, strategic management and international business. She was an
independent consultant and researcher for organizations including the International Institute for
Trade and Development, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and Kasetsart
University. Dr. Thirawat worked as an economist at the Fiscal Policy Office of the Ministry of Finance of
the Thai Government, and was program officer at the Australian Agency for International Development.
She has extensive experience teaching economics, business and management in various universities
in Thailand.
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PARALLEL SESSION 3
Social Development Policies and Programs in Southeast Asia:
Towards a Truly Participative and Inclusive Development in ASEAN
Dr. Dao Thanh Truong
Head, Science & Technology Management
and Policy Science Department
University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Vietnam National University
Dr. Dao Thanh Truong is the vice dean of the Faculty Management Science, and Head of the
Science and Technology Management and Policy Science Department of Vietnam National
University - University of Social Sciences and Humanities (VNU-USSH). He is also the vice director
of the Institute of Policy and Management (IPAM).
Dr. Truong obtained his Doctorate Degree in Sociology from VNU-USSH in 2010. He took a number
of training courses on policymaking and policy analysis from universities and institutes in China and
Germany.
BRE A K
3:10 - 3:25
O PE N F O R U M
3:25 - 4:05
4:05 - 4:15
Recap and Synthesis
Rapporteur:
Dr. Mario C. Villaverde
Associate Dean for Academics
Ateneo School of Government
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