The NEDA Regional Office 7 – Central Visayas and the Urban Studies Program (USP) of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies are
organizing a roundtable discussion on the study of Prof. Dr. Paul Hutchcroft from the Australian National University and Dr. Weena Gera of the UP Cebu and Convenor of the USP program: “The Fizzling of “Ceboom”: How Jurisdictional Battles and Warring Factions Undermined Cebu’s Development Coalition.”
The roundtable discussion will be held on 3 December 2024, at the NEDA Regional Office 7, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City. It aims to engage key stakeholders across sectors, including government, business, civil society, and the academe, to present the study’s findings and analysis and set the tone for a policy conversation on concrete and innovative institutional reform solutions for urban governance and sustainability. This informs NEDA’s Beyond Border initiatives as it contemplates strategic solutions that involve effective multi-actor engagements.
Although the article is centered on Metro Cebu, the roundtable discussion aims to generate insights that can serve as a springboard for reflection and effective strategic planning that can be gleaned by emerging metropolises of the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
The study can be viewed through this open access article: https://journals.sagepub.com/…/10.1177/18681034241262800