Story & photo by Rizal Raoul Reyes
THE chief executive of Adec Group Philippines Corp. believes his firm can gather all data and information needed for the study of the Philippines’s health programs.
“We are in the process of rolling out a system to bring all the parties on the best practices of the [country’s] health sector,” James M. Donovan said.
“We believe the Philippines has to contribute more in the global health care through health information.”
Donovan told reporters they believe the business-process outsourcing firm will play a key role in the establishment of a Specialist Center for Excellence for the Private-Public Partnership Program in the health sector to achieve sustainable development goals.
The 193-member of United Nations General Assembly formally adopted on September 25 the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which is composed of 17 goals and 169 targets to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change over the next 15 years.
In a news briefing last week, Donovan said the company’s initiative comes after the UN Economic Commission for Europe formed a partnership with the Philippines through the Adec Innovations Foundation Inc.By giving the Philippines a stellar role in the program, Donovan said the country “will be aiming for the next big step of becoming a thought leader and managing large programs.”
Aside from the Philippines, other countries selected for the program were Spain and France.
Historically, the UN is always interested in pursuing health projects in the Philippines, because of the country’s rich experience in the build-operate-transfer scheme, the predecessor of the PPP, according to Donovan. He added that the PPP is relevant in developing countries, such as the Philippines because “it complements government’s policy- making with its resources.”
Adec Vice President for Innovations Roberto Figueroa said the foundation can lead in organizing activities in the future to develop generate more ideas reach out to different organizations to get their consensus,
“We’ll be using Philippine capability to study the problems and develop best practices. In addition, the Philippines has the capability to handle the big data to be used for our projects.”
Figueroa added that the Adec Group will tap its 5,000 workers spread in seven countries.
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