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Economic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director-General Arsenio Balisacan (seated, right) and Canada’s Ambassador to the Philippines Neil Reeder (seated, left) endorsed the six-year women economic empowerment project called Supporting Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Philippines (SWEEP).

The Governments of the Philippines and Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a PhP320-million bilateral project to improve economic development for women in the Philippines last November 27, at the NEDA Executive Lounge.

Economic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director-General Arsenio Balisacan (seated, right) and Canada’s Ambassador to the Philippines Neil Reeder (seated, left) endorsed the six-year women economic empowerment project called Supporting Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Philippines (SWEEP). In partnership with the private sector, SWEEP aims to develop market-tested models that would enhance the productivity of women micro-entrepreneurs and increase their access to productive resources such as higher-value materials, technologies and markets.

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