The BOI-LOKAL 2026: Learning Festival on Local Economic Development opened today at Diversion 21, bringing together government officials, business stakeholders, and development partners to discuss investments and strategies that can help boost local economic growth.
The two-day learning festival features speakers who share insights on investment opportunities, business development, innovation, and the role of local governments in creating a more business-friendly environment.
The activity also highlights the importance of stronger coordination among the national government, provincial government, local government units, and the private sector to make investment facilitation easier and more responsive.
In her welcome remarks, Provincial Tourism Officer and Provincial Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion Officer Aulynn Yue Sin emphasized that local economic development should create opportunities that reach communities.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐จ๐ฐ,โ Yue Sin said.
She also stressed the need for Iloilo to move beyond being investment-ready and become more welcoming to investors and new technologies.
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ-๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บโ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ,โ she said.
Meanwhile, Hon. Ferjenel G. Biron, MD., Representative of the 4th District of Iloilo, served as the inspirational speaker and discussed โEase of Doing Business as a Catalyst for Local Economic Development and Investments.โ
Biron emphasized that the success of investments should not be measured by figures alone, but by their impact on communities and the people of Iloilo.
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐บ๐ด,โ Biron said.
The learning festival serves as a venue to strengthen partnerships and share ideas that can help local governments better support businesses and potential investors.
BOI-LOKAL 2026 continues with learning sessions focused on strengthening local economic development and helping Iloilo become more investment-ready, investor-friendly, and innovation-ready.
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