ILOILO CITY, Oct. 1 (PIA6) - - The National Economic and Development Authority VI through its Regional Research Utilization Forum provided anew a venue to discuss and share the findings and recommendations of four significant studies.
Dr. Gilberto Llanto, President of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) who discussed his study titled "Water Financing Program in the Philippines: Are We Making Progress” led the presentors during the activity held at the NEDA VI Office, Iloilo City, September 30, 2014.
Llanto’s study has identified seven policy recommendations for a coherent water financing framework. It recommends to improve and maintain the database on the water sector and make it accessible to analysts and the public; rationalize the financing programs in the sector; ask Government Financing Institutions to develop more innovative solutions to the water financing problem; and have a greater private sector involvement through innovative models of financing, PPPs, output-based schemes.
The study further recommends to improve the policy and regulatory framework for the water sector; consolidate small and unviable water districts/utilities to take advantage of scale and scope economies; and reform and strengthen the Local Water Utilities Administration.
Other presentors from PIDS, an attached agency of NEDA, were Dr. Danilo Israel for his study "Assessment of the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Reforestation Program of DENR and Dr. Roehlano Briones for his study "Impact Assessment of the Agricultural Production Support Services of the DA on the Income of Poor Farmers/Fisherfolk:Review of Evidence”.
Engr. Efren Linan, Professor of Capiz State University also shared his study "Drastic Model and GIS-Based Assessment of Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination in Boracay Island”.
NEDA 6 Assistant Regional Director Raul Anlocotan said the Regional Research Utilization Forum is being sponsored by NEDA 6 every year in order to promote the utilization and sharing of information and knowledge on researches that are conducted in and outside of the region which directly or indirectly impact Western Visayas.
The forum attended by representatives of the provincial governments, highly urbanized cities, state colleges and universities, regional agencies and private sector organizations in the region also aimed to determine what needs to be done in terms of policy-making, program development and better projects implementation. (JCM/LAF/PIA-Iloilo)
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