eNews

Digital Democracy Project: Participative Democracy: CSOs Embracing the Digital Space

    Last January 18, 2022, the Makati Business Club organized a knowledge sharing session with CSOs in the Philippines through the Digital Democracy Project entitled “Participative Democracy: CSOs Embracing the Digital Space” via Zoom.

    MBC invited Chia-liang Kao, co-founder of g0v, and Czarina Medina-Guce, Governance Specialist of the UNDP, to share the innovative trends in e-Participation, best practices on using online tech tools to gather data on an issue, and the challenges to online consultation in the Philippines today. MBC also presented its Digital Democracy Roadmap, a planning tool to enable civil society groups better listen to their communities using digital tools, followed by a breakout session with the participants to discuss its use in their own organizations.

    Holistic Support to Move People, Not Cars

      21 January 2022 – Representatives from government, business, and civil society shared their support for cyclists at the 3-day Cycling & Active Transport Expo in January 2022.

      Foodpanda’s Director of Operations Patricia Jacinto and SM Supermalls’ Chito Bauzon recommend putting sustainability at the core of business operations and forming partnerships with like-minded organisations. Dutch experts, Wim Bot (Dutch Cyclists Union) and Mirjam Borsboom (Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Netherlands) advised that for starter countries like the Philippines, safety infrastructure and political leadership with a clear vision for active transport are crucial in improving the cycling scene.

      The Future of Circular Economy in the Philippines

        Makati Business Club (MBC) organized a circular economy event in partnership with the Embassy of Netherlands in the Philippines and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines. The forum gave participating companies, civil society organizations, and government institutions the opportunity to share their plans and best practices for a circular economy. The event was also conceived as part of the commemoration of 70 years of diplomatic ties between the Philippines and the Netherlands.

        Date: November 15, 2021

        Bike Back to Work: Bike-Friendly Initiatives For Your Company

          Biking employees are productive, healthy, happy employees, Dutch biking experts said at a Makati Business Club-Embassy of the Netherlands activity where the experts also shared easy ways for companies to help achieve these.

          “If your employees cycle, they become healthier and that leads to increased productivity, less sick leaves, and in the end, happier employees,” Teije Gorris, Team Leader of Capacity Building at DTV Consultants, a Dutch traffic consultancy with 30 years experience, said at the event on 12 November 2021.

          Date: November 12, 2021