APEC2015 : Information Officers and Media to meet for APEC 101

In order to brew effectively good news, information officers and Cebu media will undergo  Asia Pacific Economic Council “APEC 101” by foreign affairs officials.

On Friday August 7, 2015, government information officers from national and local government agencies will gather at the Capitol Social Hall from 9 am to 2 pm.

Expected to attend are the members of the Association ofGovernment Information Officers (AGIO) and the Cebu Association of City andMunicipal Public Information Officers (CAOCAMPIO).

They will also be joined by reporters, photographers and editors from Cebu’s quad media.

APEC 2015 Media Operations Committee Substantives Division Head and Philippine Information Agency Deputy Director General Virgilio Galvez will be around to introduce the main speakers.

These include Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Charles Jose, the official APEC Spokesperson who will talk about “APEC History Briefer”.

DFA Asec Charles Jose 

“APEC Core Issues and Philippine Priorities” will then be discussed by Undersecretary Laura del Rosario from the DFA Office of the Undersecretary for  International  Economic Relations.

Del Rosario is also the chair of the APEC Senior Officials Meeting.

A question and answer portion will then cap the event moderated by Jo Paulo Espiritu from the APEC 2015 Media Operations Committee Media Services.

Usec Laura del Rosario 

The main goal of APEC is to provide an avenue in creating and maintaining sustainable economic growth and prosperity in the region. This vision was translated to the Bogor Goals of 1994 of free trade and open trade and investments in the Asia-Pacific. During its creation, APEC aimed at attaining this goal by 2010 for industrialized economies and 2020 for developing economies.(fcc/PIA7-Cebu)