Presentation by Guillermo M. Luz, Private Sector Co-Chairman,National Competitive Council, Philippines, at the OECD Southeast Asia Forum, 25-26 March 2014, Bali, Indonesia. Further information is available at http://www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/southeast-asia-regional-forum.htm

1. OECD Southeast Asia Regional Forum
Hotel Grand Nikko, Bali
25 March 2014
GUILLERMO M. LUZ
Private Sector Co-Chairman
ACTORS OF REGULATORY REFORM
The Role of the Private
Sector

2. Executive Order 44
• Advise the President and Cabinet on policy matters affecting
competitiveness
• Promote and develop competitiveness strategies
• Provide inputs to the Philippine Development Plan, Budget
Plan, legislative agenda
• Recommend to Congress proposed legislation regarding
competitiveness

3. Membership
Public Sector Chairman
Secretary of Trade and Industry
Secretary of Finance
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Tourism
Secretary of NEDA (Planning Agency)
Membership
Private Sector Co-Chairman
Business Community
CEO – Ayala Corporation
CEO – Shell Group
CEO – Jollibee Food Corporation
CEO – Tallwood Venture Capital
CEO – JG Summit

4. Our Mission
To build up long-term competitiveness of the Philippines
through :
– policy reforms
– project implementation
– institution-building
– performance monitoring

5. Work Program
 Benchmark against key global competitiveness indices
 Map each indicator to the agency responsible
 Gameplans to address performance indicators
 Track city / municipality competitiveness indicators
 Working Groups concentrate on specific projects
 Link Competitiveness Plan to Philippine Development
Plan, National Budget, Congress, Cabinet Agenda

6. Projects
 Working Groups (sectoral focus)
 Regional Competitiveness Committees (geographical focus)
 Ease of Doing Business Task Force (process improvement
focus)
 Balanced Scorecards (institutional focus)
 Monitoring and Evaluation (measuring customer
experience)
 Simplification (regulatory focus)

7. Building Blocks
National
Competitiveness
Working
Groups
Doing Business
Task Forces
Regional
Competitiveness
Governance

8. REPORT
CHANGE 2013 VS
2012
CHANGE OVER 3
YEARS
1. World Economic Forum Global
Competitiveness Index + 6 + 26
2. IFC/WB Ease of Doing Business
Report + 30 + 28
3. IMD World Competitiveness Report +5 +3
4. Transparency International
Corruption Perceptions Index +11 +35
5. Economic Freedom Index +10 +18
6. Global IT Report (WEF) 0 0
7. Travel and Tourism Report (WEF) +12 +12
8. Global Innovation Index +5 +17
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GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
PERFORMANCE

9. Public – Private Collaboration is
important and effective. We learn
from each other.
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