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Business Review
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April 2011
Volume XXVII No. 4
Philippine Retirement and Healthcare Sector
Servicing the Global Silver Market 4
editorial
Business Climate Action Summit
Making the Philippines a Retirement Destination
Human Capital Club 2nd Executive Roundtable
Materials R&D Awarded 1M Funding for 2011
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CHAMBER@WORK
Meeting with Executive Secretary Ochoa
ECCP Partners with Business Mirror and Philippines Graphic
Materials Library’s new Road Show System at CFIF’s Cebu Next 2011
28 Special Feature
Meeting with the PRC
Social Media – Listening, Engaging, and Improving the Customer Experience
Meeting with Executives of DOLE
Meeting with DOF
Meeting with SC Chief Justice Corona
16 INTEGRITY INITIATIVE
Integrity Initiative Talks with Government
Meeting with CSC Senior Officers
Bringing the Initiative Down South
Meeting with BIR Commissioner Henares
19 FEATURE
31 ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Meeting with Budget Sec. Abad
32 MEMBERS’ CORNER
10 EVENTS
ECCP, CBC, MCCI hold Money and Investment Forum
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14 ECCP Management The new man at the 19th floor
Will you still need me? Will you still feed me? When I’m 104?
24 Green Business
SCP: The Bankers’ Perspective
19 BUSINESS REVIEW
Data leaks Can They be Avoided?
29 Europe News
Medical Devices & the EU Market
30 Internship
ECCP / DLSU’s Applied Corporate Management – A unique internship program
34 Fairs & Exhibition 36 IMPRESSUM
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The new man at the 19th floor By Rodel Alzona From his office at the 19th floor of the Philippine AXA Life Centre in Makati City, Michel Miloda has a very good view of the hustle and bustle inside the country’s premiere financial district. Miloda is the new Vice President and General Manager of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP). He is replacing Henry Schumacher, the man who has long been associated as the face of the chamber. However, Schumacher will remain at ECCP for the chambers advocacy work and special projects, as Vice President for External Affairs. “I see tremendous growth when I look out there. It is a city that offers a lot of opportunities,”Miloda said in describing what he sees outside his windows.
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The Swiss-born Miloda is now heading the ECCP’s operations and charting its future directions.
cific, said that for heavy volumes of investments to come into the country, a predictable business environment must be established.
Undersold The 57 year old Miloda is no stranger to the Philippines having been in and out of the region from 1974 to 1984 and then again from 1992 to 2001. His last stint in the country was with the Zuellig Group of Companies as general manager of one of its subsidiaries. “The Philippines has been undersold internationally. In Europe, the country is primarily seen as a holiday destination,” Miloda said. Miloda, who was a former Osec Business Network Switzerland Senior Consultant for Asia Pa-
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“There must be a fair chance for a return for the investor,”Miloda said. The on-going Integrity Initiative and the recently presented Arangkada Philippines 2010 roadmap are steps in the right direction. He cited the country’s electronics, food, furniture, gifts / home décor, tourism, household- and BPO industries as those with the highest potentials in Europe. He said the country has to address two concerns to be competitive – infrastructure, and a stable supply of quality workforce.
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Will you still need me? Will you still feed me? When I’m 104? By Art Villasanta
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he 1st Philippine Retirement and Healthcare Summit held April 12 at the Dusit Thani Hotel rekindled the determination among stakeholders to push the Philippines as the preferred international retirement destination. Input from the summit will result in the drawing-up of a high-level roadmap leading to a comprehensive retirement program.
Summit partner was the Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA); the RHC cooperated with the Philippine Retirement, Inc. (PRI) in this endeavor. PRA is a government owned and controlled corporation whose job is to attract foreign nationals and former Filipino citizens into investing, residing and retiring here.
Critical to this roadmap’s success, however, is a tectonic shift in the process of managing retirement programs. In this new paradigm, stakeholders will veer away from a business model where “Silver Aristocrats” are treated by some as gold mines to be exploited and instead adopt an approach that treats retirees with dignity.
PRI is a non-stock and non-profit company that supports this sunrise industry; the main shareholders are the leading real estate conglomerates.
The 10 speakers at the summit talked about the international retirement market; the importance of retirement villages; healthcare services and the regulatory environment affecting the retirement industry. The summit was organized by the Retirement and Healthcare Coalition, Inc. (RHC), an organization consisting of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines; the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines; the Korean Chamber of Commerce Philippines and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines.
These chambers of commerce united in the RHC represent the major markets targeted by the Philippines’ international retirement industry. RHC aims to promote and win recognition of the Philippines’ value as a retirement haven, and as a center of excellence for medical and managed care services for retirees from all over the world.
RHC: committed to seniors care RHC is promoting the Long Stay Visitor program as a successful market entry strategy to gain credibility and trust in the Philippines. This program is developed jointly with the Department of Tourism. Successful ‘long-stay visitors’ will eventually buy 2nd homes in the country and will hopefully later retire here.
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Green Business
Materials R&D Awarded 1M Funding for 2011
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CCP Cebu’s Materials R&D program won 1 Million funding from the Department of Science and Technology Region 7 (DOST 7) and the Foundation for A Sustainability Society (FSSI) for research and development programs for 2011.
Under the DOST funding, the Materials R&D Program will be re-opening the Materials Library together with DOST and the Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation at a new location. Situated together with the Cebu Gifts, Toys and Housewares Foundation’s Showroom at DOST 7’s Banilad Science and Technology Complex, the project partners envision the new location to attract more visitors and sponsors, particularly from the universities. Included in the 2011 line-up of events for the Materials Library are seminars on Sustainable Design and Materials and special material exhibitions. A teaser of the new Materials Library was showcased at CFIF’s Cebu Next last March 5-8, 2011 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino to give a preview of the Library’s new Road show system and its offering of local eco-friendly paints.
Materials Library’s new Road Show System at CFIF’s Cebu Next 2011
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he Materials Library and Cebu GTH Showroom will formally open on the 6th of May, 2011.
Likewise, FSSI granted the Program additional funding for the continuation of its Bohol Weaving Project together with the Department of Trade and Industry Region 7, Department of Trade and Industry – Bohol and the weaving centers of Inabanga and Tubigon. Phase 2 of the Bohol Weaving Project will focus on apprenticeship trainings for the centers to address sustainability concerns of the industry. Out of school youth and design students from the local universities will be trained on weaving and a curriculum will be designed at the end of the program. Likewise, Phase 2 will also continue with its market and trend based material development, marketing and promotions. The Materials Research and Development (R&D) Program aims to promote eco-friendly production, creativity and competitiveness through new material manipulation, reinvention and rejuvenation of designs and indigenous materials. The Program also helps exporter companies from the three creative sectors of furniture, home decors and fashion accessories in their design, material and product research and development. For questions and interested partners, please contact Project Manager Ingrid Haufe at ingrid_haufe@eccp.com
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Economic Indicator VISTIOR ARRIVALS TO THE PHILIPPINES BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE JAN. 2011 ASIA Asean East Asia South Asia Middle East AMERICA North America South America AUSTRALIA/ASIA PACIFIC AFRICA EUROPE Western Europe Northern Europe Southern Europe Eastern Europe Eastern Mediterranean Europe OTHERS TOTAL
FEB. 2011
% OF TOTAL
JAN-FEB 2010
GROWTH RATE (%)
23,483 161,999 5,640 3,758
26,151 156,024 4,528 4,288
7.42% 47.56% 1.52% 1.20%
43,652 255,854 5,935 6,568
13.70% 24.30% 71.32% 22.50%
77,494 433 18,067 338
59,561 297 16,017 294
20.50% 0.11% 5.10% 0.09%
120,930 662 29,260 458
13.33% 10.27% 16.49% 37.99%
14,954 15,522 3,235 3,775 800 4,809 334,307
15,197 14,646 2,814 2,520 610 4,163 307,110
4.51% 4.51% 0.90% 0.94% 0.21% 1.34%
27,801 26,953 5,285 4,754 1,410 9,264 538,786
8.45% 11.93% 14.46% 32.41% 0.00% -3.15%
Source: www.tourism.gov.ph
VISITOR ARRIVALS TO THE PHILIPPINES - EUROPE JAN. 2011 EUROPE Western Europe Austria Belgium France Germany Luxembourg Netherlands Switzerland Northern Europe Denmark Finland Ireland Norway Sweden UK Southern Europe Greece Italy Portugal Spain Eastern Europe Eastern Mediterranean Europe TOTAL
FEB. 2011
14,954 1,422 791 3,000 5,645 35 1,934 2,127 15,522 1,609 690 491 1,714 2,439 8,579 3,235 174 1,857 80 1,124 3,775 800 71,997
15,197 1,277 875 3,314 6,021 42 1,645 2,023 14,646 1,571 498 385 1,735 2,197 8,260 2,814 162 1,451 239 962 2,520 610 68,444
JAN-FEB 2010 27,801 2,448 1,461 5,751 11,145 90 3,042 3,864 26,953 2,833 999 908 2,960 3,731 15,522 5,285 341 3,029 164 1,751 4,754 1,410
GROWTH RATE (%) 8.45% 10.25% 14.03% 9.79% 4.67% -14.44% 17.65% 7.40% 11.93% 12.25% 18.92% -3.52% 16.52% 24.26% 8.48% 14.46% -1.47% 9.21% 94.51% 19.13% 32.41% 0.00%
Source: www.tourism.gov.ph
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