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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

The 2008 Budget: Whose Pie Is It Anyway? (Third World Studies Center Policy Dialogue Series 2007)



November 19, 2007 (Monday)
2:30-4:30 p.m.
Conference Room, Balay Kalinaw
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City



In its commitment to contribute to meaningful dialogues in the search for alternatives and viable policy options, the Third World Studies Center's Policy Dialogue Series 2007 focuses on key policy issues that determine the trajectory of the 14th Philippine Congress. The series brings to fore major multisectoral policy concerns vis-a-vis the executive's and legislature's policy agenda and, more importantly, to come up with policy proposals for a more responsive new legislature.

Entitled The 2008 Budget: Whose Pie Is It Anyway?, the first installment of the three-part series In Session: Legislations in the 14th Philippine Congress will focus primarily on the question of making the process for drafting the national budget a participatory exercise. It seeks to elicit insights from various stakeholders on the following questions:
  1. Does the proposed national budget meet your sector's needs for 2008?
  2. Did your organization actively engage Congress in drafting the budget?
The Third World Studies Center would like to invite to the dialogue those who are willing to share their insights on these questions.

Program


2:00-2:30
Registration

2:30-2:35
Welcome Remarks
Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem
Director,Third World Studies Center
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman

2:35-2:45
Introduction of the Discussants and Format of the Dialogue

The 2008 National Budget: Whose Pie Is It Anyway?

2:45-3:00
Emilia T. Boncodin
Professor, National College of Public Administration and Governance
University of the Philippines-Diliman
and former Secretary, Department of Budget and Management

3:00-3:15
Leonor M. Briones
Professor, National College of Public Administration & Governance
University of the Philippines-Diliman
and former National Treasurer

3:15-3:30
James Miraflor
Researcher
Freedom from Debt Coalition

3:30-4:15
Open Forum

4:15-4:30
Last Comments from the Discussants and Synthesis


Moderator

Celito Arlegue
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman





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