UPCOMING EVENTS 

For August and September 2006


A fellowship dinner with British Ambassador

A Fellowship Dinner with UK Ambassador Peter Beckingham will
be held on August 22, 2006. This event, to be hosted by the Ambassador himself, aims to provide an opportunity to update
Mr. Beckingham on the Business and Peace Program and to
explore other partnership options. Invited guests are interns of the YuPPeace program, CEOs from the host companies such as
HSBC, Jollibee, Unilever, Nestle and Shell, and PBSP’s officers.

For inquiries about the Business and Peace Program and YuPPeace, please contact Ms. Sherrilyn Samaco of CCC at
(02) 527 3747 to 48 or email sssamaco@pbsp.org.ph.

CVED recognizes business advisers in Mindanao

The PBSP-Corporate Volunteers for Enterprise Development
(CVED) Program will recognize eight exemplary business advisers
in Mindanao on August 25, 2006 at the Grand Men Seng Hotel in Davao City. These volunteer advisers (VAs) coached and mentored eight micro and small enterprises involved in rice production, mango processing, food processing and metal manufacturing during the PBSP FY 2004-2005.

Representatives from the Canadian Embassy, the Canadian International Development Agency, CVED Advisory Committee, PBSP’s Mindanao Executive Committee, PBSP’s Manila office
and from the client-beneficiaries will attend the event.

As of date, CVED Davao has 115 VAs, who come from the Foundation’s member companies, government agencies, academe, professional and civic organizations, and other private companies in Regions IX, X, XI, XII and XIII. These VAs are experts in marketing, organizational management, information & communication technology, operations management, accounting and finance.

The program currently has 48 clients and is still expanding its operations in Cagayan de Oro City, Sultan Kudarat, Kidapawan, Makilala in North Cotabato, Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte and Davao Oriental.

The PBSP-CVED Program provides business advisory service to strengthen micro and small enterprises (MSEs) with the help of volunteer business advisers. A partnership with the Canadian Executive Services Organization (CESO) and with funding support from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),
CVED matches entrepreneurs with its pool of VAs.

For more information on CVED, contact Mr. Virgilio San Juan,
CVED program manager at (02) 527-7741 local 105 or email vasanjuan@pbsp.org.ph.

Visit the PBSP booths in AFCSR 2006

Visit the Foundation’s booths at this year’s Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (AFCSR) on September 25
and 26, 2006 at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ortigas Avenue, Quezon City. With the theme “Harnessing CSR for Development and
Democracy,” PBSP will showcase all its programs and services
that are geared toward the improvement of Filipinos’ lives and are aligned with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). PBSP’s Booths 36 and 37 are located near the hotel’s ballroom.

PBSP will also have breakout sessions and provide a field trip to
one of its STEP-UP communities in Muntinlupa City as a CSR
model of partnerships among the business sector, local government units and homeowners associations.

Around 600 delegates from the Asia and the Pacific region are expected to attend the AFCSR. It has lined up high-caliber
speakers including Malaysia's former Deputy Prime Minster Anwar Ibrahim as the event’s keynote speaker, and the World Bank's President Mr. Paul Wolfowitz who will deliver a taped message.

Organized by the Asian Institute of Management’s Ramon V. del Rosario Sr. Center for Corporate Responsibility, interested participants can check more information about the event at www.asianforumcsr.com, or contact Kristine Jimeno of PBSP’s Membership Development Unit at (02) 527-3740/41 or kljimeno@pbsp.org.ph for registration assistance.