Pangasinan is now host to the 22nd national convention of the League of Local Planning and Development Coordinators of the Philippines on May 16 to 20 where some 600 local planning officers coming from the different regions of the country are expected to attend the convention at the newly-built Pangasinan Training and Development Center (PTDC) here.
Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr., who expressed elation for hosting the event, said that the undertaking will serve not only as a tool for social change and development but also as a challenge for people to become catalysts for a green and healthy environment which is depicted in the theme, “A Pro-Poor Total Development in a Green Environment: A Strategy Towards Socio-Economic Progress.”
Opening program follows at the Sison Auditorium after the registration today from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Topics for the convention proper include the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016, Land Government Project Monitoring System Updates and Seal of Good Housekeeping, Updates on Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board and Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) Policies, Mainstreaming Tourism in CLUP with Disaster Risk Reduction Management System (DDRM), DRRM, Cyclonic Wind Power for Local Government Units (LGU), Sustainable Energy, Human Development in a Green Community, Solid Waste Management, LGU Financing on Income Generating Projects, Managing the Water Resources for DRRM and Pomology:Tropical Fruit Trees for Carbon Sequestration.
The participants will be treated to a fellowship night on Tuesday at the Capitol beachfront and to a provincial tour on Wednesday.
A tree-planting activity is likewise scheduled on Thursday in support to Presidential Proclamation No. 125 declaring 2011 as “National Year of the Forests.”
