PROGRAM

Event Activities

Day 1. 15 August 2011 (Monday)

 

 

 

8:30 - 9:00

9:00 - 9:15

Registration

National Anthem and Invocation
DOLE Central Office Choir

   

9:15 - 9:25

 

 

 

9:25 - 10:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome Remarks

Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac, Department of Labor and Employment

 

Opening Statements of Co-Convenors
Hon. Mary Ann Lucille Sering, Secretary, Climate Change Commission
Hon. Leon G. Flores III, Chairperson, National Youth Commission
Hon. Marlo Mendoza, Assistant Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Hon. Merly Cruz, Undersecretary, Department of Trade and Industry
Mr. Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Country Director, International Labour Organization

 

Intermission Number

10:00 - 12:00

PLENARY SESSION 1
Theme: “Green Jobs: Employment, Environment and Labor Policy Framework”

Chair: Ms. Elisea “Bebet” Gozun, Presidential Adviser on Climate Change (TBC)

 

Panelists

 

Greening the Philippine Development Plan 2011 - 2016

Director Sheila Marie Encabo, National Economic Development Authority

 

Greening the Philippine Labor and Employment Plan 2011 - 2016

Undersecretary Lourdes Trasmonte, Department of Labor and Employment

 

Climate Change and Green Jobs, Managing the Link

Undersecretary Naderev Saño, Climate Change Commission

 

Green Jobs: Employment & Decent Work in a Climate-Challenged World   Mr. Vincent Jugault, Senior Technical Adviser, Green Jobs Initiative

 

Open Forum

   
12:00 - 1:00

LUNCH

Break - Intermission Number

   
1:00 - 2:30

PARALLEL SESSION 1.1

Theme: Jobs in the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Sector"

Chair: Atty. Pete Maniego, National Renewable Energy Board

 

Panelists

 

Mr. Fortunato Sibayan,Solar and Wind Energy, DOE

Mr. Jerome Cainglet, First Gas Philippines

Mr. David De Montaigne, Green Power Panay

Mr. Antonio Asper, Federation of Free Workers

 

Open Forum

   
1:00 - 2:30

PARALLEL SESSION 1.2

Theme: “Green, Decent Jobs in Solid Waste Management

Chair: Ms. Len Alanzalon, League of Municipalities of the Philippines

Ms. Glenda De La Cruz, Presidential Commission of the Urban Poor

 

Panelists

 

   
2:30 - 4:00

PARALLEL SESSION 2.1

Theme:Job Multipliers in Natural Resource Protection and Management”

Chair: Assistant Secretary Marlo Mendoza, DENR

 

Panelists

 

 

Open Forum

   
2:30 - 4:00

PARALLEL SESSION 2.2

Theme:The Green-Shift of Technology, Skills and Bottomlines in Basic Industries”

Chair: Professor Rene E. Ofreneo, UP

 

Panelists

 

 

Open Forum

   
   

 

Day 2. 16 August 2011 (Tuesday)

 

8:00 - 9:30

 

PLENARY SESSION 2

Theme:GREENerations: Leading the Path to a Greener Future”

Chair: Atty. Gia Ibay, Head, Climate Change and Energy Programme of the World Wide Fund

 

Panelists

 

 

Open Forum

   
9:30 - 10:30

PLENARY SESSION 3

Theme:GREEN MSMEs”

Chair:  Professor Nestor Raneses, UP ISSI

 

Panelists

 

Mr. Jose Sales De Villa, Giga Enterprises

Ms. Jeanie Javelosa, Echo Store

 

Open Forum

   
10:30 - 12:00

PLENARY SESSION 4

Theme:“The Philippine Imperative for Climate-Resilient Growth and Development: Disaster Risk Reduction and Management”

Chair: Undersecretary Naderev “Yeb” Sano, Philippine Climate Change Commission

 

Panelists

 

 

Open Forum

   
12:00 - 12:30

Puerto Princesa Underground River Text Campaign

   
12:30 - 1:30

Closing Plenary Session: Answering the Green Call

Messages of Support for Call to Action For Green Jobs
Mr. Edgardo Lacson, President, Employers Confederation of the Philippines
Atty. Alex Villaviza, Vice President, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines
Atty. Jose Sonny G. Matula, President, Federation of Free Workers

Ms. Sachiko Yamamoto, Regional Director
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, ILO

 

KEYNOTE MESSAGE
Hon. Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz
Department of Labor and Employment

 

Signing of Call to Action For Green Jobs

 

Closing

 

   
   

 

Contact Information
Address:
5/F DOLE Building, Intramuros, Manila
Telephone:
527-3490 / 527-3447
Fax:
527-3491
Email:
philgreenjobs@yahoo.com

 

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