Earlier today, September 9, 2025, stakeholders gathered at the Guimaras Trade and Information Center (GTIC) Board Room in the Province of Guimaras for the Consultative Meeting on the RISE Expansion Pilot Project implementation in Guimaras. This proposed project will be implemented in the municipality of San Lorenzo with the San Lorenzo Vegetable Growers Association as the direct project implementer and project recipient.
The RISE Program, launched in October 2023, is one of the DILG’s flagship program initiatives in strengthening Local Economic Development (LED) through partnerships with local governments, national government agencies, and local resource institutes (LRIs).
The activity highlighted the proposed RISE expansion project in Guimaras by DILG, the presentation of the draft Memorandum of Agreement, and an open discussion with the participants and ways forward to further strengthen collaboration in this pilot implementation.
This will be a three-year development project and the whole process will be documented to establish a pilot LED business model for possible replication in other LGUs.
PEDO thank our partners from DILG Region VI headed by Mr. Medel Espinosa- OIC Division Chief, LGCDD, Mr. Mark Joenel Castillo and Ms.Aizel M Padilla both LGOO IV and Ms, Karen Joy Mansuelo, representatives from DILG Guimaras Ms Ma. Lynette Urquiloa and Mr. Vincent Albert Aaron Andaya, Guimaras State University representative Ms. Daisy Ibieza, and POAS representative Mr. Joseph Velagio, Municipal Agriculturist Ms. Caroline Brasileńo, and the partner beneficiaries from San Roque Vegetable Growers Association (SLOVEGA) for their active participation and valuable contributions to the success of today’s activity.
Together, let us move forward for a more enhanced local enterprise development in Guimaras.
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