MANILA will host the 11th International CEO Forum for Development Banks next week, a global event lured into the country through private sector effort.
It will welcome 100 delegates from 22 countries and has the support of the Tourism Promotions Board, which is encouraging associations to bid for and invite international events into the Philippines.
The Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and Pacific (ADFIAP), helmed by secretary-general Octavio Peralta who is also president and CEO of the Philippine Council for the Advancement of Association Executives (PCAAE), invited the CEO Forum to be held in Manila.
Peralta said hosting the CEO Forum is “in a way voluntary on the part of our (ADFIAP) members…and since I am also involved in PCAAE, I help promote the country as a conference destination through its Tap In Ambassador programme”.
The annual CEO Forum rotates around Asia, and Manila last played host in 2009. The event serves as a platform for development banks to share experiences and ideas on operational practices, issues and challenges as well as to network and undertake cooperation initiatives.
It will be hosted jointly by the Development Bank of the Philippines and Land Bank of the Philippines with support from the Pag-Ibig Fund, Alalay sa Kaunlaran, Inc. and PhilExim, all ADFIAP members in the country.
