1. PROPOSED CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM FOR DTI AND DILG ON THE STREAMLINING OF BUSINESS PERMITS AND LICENSING SYSTEMS (BPLS) IN THE PHILIPPINES: STATUS REPORT Organizational Meeting of the BPLS Oversight Committee 2:00 p.m., June 25, 2010 Audio-Visual Room, BOI Penthouse

2.  Indicative Budgets/Activities  Timetable  Next Steps/Activities  Government Responsibilities Regional/Provincial offices’ submissions

3. Components of the Project  Knowledge Products  Training Team  Trainers’ Training Workshop - Local Study Tours  After-Workshop Coaching - Web-Based BPLS Portal - Organization of BPLS Coaching Team

4. For the Trainers’ Training (1) Course Design (Programme): GTZ/Spain (2) Manuals for the Standards  Business renewals: GTZ  New business applications: Spain (3) Course Design for LGU Training: GTZ/Spain (4) Web-Based Portal: Spain (5) Study Tour Curriculum: GTZ

5. Others (1) Policy Note on BPLS Experience in the Philippines: LINC-EG/USAID (2) Development of Business Models for ensuring Sustainable BPLS Implementation: GTZ (3) Evaluation Reports: Training Teams (4) Regional Action Plans: DTI/DILG/Training Teams

6. GTZ: ₋Visayas: Regions VI, VII, VIII ₋Mindanao: CARAGA ₋Luzon (Northern Luzon): CAR, Regions I & II USAID (LINC-EG): ₋Northern Mindanao: Regions IX, X ₋Southern Mindanao: Regions XI, XII Spain (AECID/SLGP): ­ Region V IFC ­ Region III and IV ­ NCR (for inclusion/to be confirmed)

7. GTZ: Team A to handle the 3 workshops Northern Luzon, Visayas & CARAGA and coaching after the workshops LINC-EG: Team B to handle the workshops in Mindanao and coaching after the workshops Spain: Team C for Region V and coaching after the workshops

8. GTZP’ 000 Trainers’ Training1,494 Training Team (incl. travel costs)820 Knowledge Products232 Coaching (to be determined after TOT) BPLS Coordinator (incl. travel costs, etc.)300 Total2,846

9. LINC-EGP’ 000 Trainers’ Training1,111 Training Team (incl. travel costs, lodging and coaching) 1,838 Total2,950

10. Embassy of Spain (AECID/SLGP)P’ 000 Trainers’ Training413 Knowledge Products (incl. printing)234 Training Team170 Coaching Team155 Roll-Out (to be determined)255 BPLS Portal (to be determined) Total1,227

11. IFCP’ 000 Trainers’ Training Training Team Coaching Total1,070

12. DateActivity June 25Organizational Meeting of the BPLS Oversight Committee June 28 Meeting of the Training Team on the Course Design of the LGU Training and TOT June 29 Meeting of the Training Team on the BPLS Manual Preparation July 12 Submission of the first draft of the Manuals (parts assigned to respective training team) July 15 Submission of comments by the government and the other training team July 22Submission of first draft of the consolidated BPLS manual July 26 Consultation meeting with selected representatives of cities (a.m.) and municipalities (p.m.) July 28 Meeting of the Oversight BPLS committee (gov’t) to approve standards

13. DateActivity July 30Meeting No. 2 of the Oversight Committee August 9-11TOT in Region V TOT in Northern Luzon August 16-18TOT in Visayas TOT in Northern Mindanao August 23-25TOT in Visayas and CARAGA TOT in Southern Mindanao August 30-31, September 1 TOT in Regions IV-A, III, and NCR September 6Submission of Final Report

14. BPLS Training Roll-out to LGUs: Spain for Region V and CARAGA Coaching: Sept-Nov Preparation of BPLS Policy Note: (no details yet/no budget yet): LINC-EG BPLS Portal: Spain BPLS Business Plans: GTZ

15. A.Send out memo/letter of invitation B.Confirmation of participants and resource persons C.Overall approval of course & study tour designs, manuals D.Preparation of MOA between DTI and DILG E.JMC on BPLS standards

16. RegionDTIDILGBPLOs/ LGUs BFPAcademeChambersOthersTotal II882211-22 III15167-11-40 IV-A12------ IV-B8------8 V7-3-22-14 VI(no submission) VII10------ VIII14 -2---30 IX6-4--4216 X8-8-31121 XII(no submission) XIII-10----- Total8848244793183