Empowering leaders in Local Economic Development (LED)

The local government units (LGUs) played a pivotal role in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goal-Fund (MDG-F) Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth in the four pilot provinces, namely Masbate, Antique, Agusan del Sur and Maguindanao.

The local government units (LGUs) play a pivotal role in the implementation of the MDG Fund Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth in the four pilot provinces, namely Masbate, Antique, Agusan del Sur and Maguindanao. They serve as channels to establish and strengthen partnerships with private sector, NGOs, financial institutions and other government agencies to create employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for the youth.

In view of this, the ILO aims to mainstream the local economic development (LED) initiatives into the development plans and programmes of the LGUs. This necessitates enhancement of their capacities on LED strategies, tools and approaches to enable them to design gender-responsive programmes and projects on youth employment.

A capacity building program on LED to promote youth employment is implemented in the four pilot provinces in partnership with the Ateneo School of Government. Five training courses will be conducted on the following schedule:

1. Empowering leaders in Local Economic Development, 23-27 January 2012, Tiara Oriental Hotel, Makati City

2. Local Economic Development (LED) Policy Development and Analysis, 7-10 February 2012, Manila

3. Local Economic Development (LED Project and Management, 28 February-1 March 2012, Manila

4. Public Finance Management and Resource Generation, 7-9 March 2012, Manila

5. Entrepreneurship Development for Youth, 19-21 March 2012, Manila