Advocacy and Research

 

The Advocacy Division is comprised of ten (10) Sectors headed by a Vice President.  Under the Sectors are the Committees, which may be chaired by the Sector VP himself/herself or chaired by an industry leader.  A specialist is assigned to provide technical assistance and coordination activities for the Sectors.

The Sectors serve as forum for discussing common issues as well as for taking initiative and action.  Advocacy initiatives are aimed at influencing public policy, practices and social

systems that affect the economy in general, and the business community in particular.  Through an array of activities that include conducting meetings, forums and seminars, building coalitions, lobbying and media relations, the Sectors articulate on issues and concerns to affect decision-making processes in favor of business and the investment environment.

Allowing its members’ voices to be heard, the Advocacy Sectors maintain active, positive and open dialogue with government and other stakeholders to influence and protect pro-business policies.  The Division ensures that the PCCI members are updated with the latest developments on key issues and mobilizes the business community when decisions affecting business comes before decision-makers.

PCCI’s members are encouraged to join the committees which represent their company's strategic interests.

ECOP Opposed To Legislated Wage Hike, TUCP Petition

The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) said the P125 a day across-the-board legislated wage hike being pushed by the House Committee on Labor raises false hopes for workers, unduly alarms prospective foreign investors, and may turn off local businesses to force them to hold off expansion plans and new ventures.

ECOP President Edgardo G. Lacson noted that the pending wage hike bill would further worsen the income disparity between workers in the formal sector and those in the informal sector. The proposed legislated wage increase would benefit only 16.26% of wage and salary workers in the formal sector or around 5.7 million workers to the exclusion of the vast majority outside the formal sector who account for 77.63% or about 27.2 million, consisting of the self-employed; homeworkers; jeepney, tricycle and pedicab drivers; those employed in family-operated farm or businesses; unpaid family workers; and household workers. Read more...

The Philippines: On Course for Higher Growth

A combination of strong consumer demand, increased state investment and sound monetary policy have combined to put the Philippines’ economy on course for a strong performance this year, leading analysts and financial institutions to revise their growth forecasts upwards to near 5%.

While some risk factors remain, such as the possible impact of a prolonged slump in global markets, observers are confident that the move to make funds available for the country’s infrastructure development will steady fluctuations in business confidence and prevent a repeat of last year’s lower-than-expected growth of 3.7%.

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