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Council Activities
Business to Business
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Provides primary forum and focal point for networking between Australian and Philippine business communities |
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Co-hosts trade and investment missions from the Philippines e.g. Infrastructure development, the BOT - build, operate and transfer - program, opportunities in mineral resources and mining. |
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Provides informed and influential business contacts in the Philippines via its sister body, the Philippines-Australia Business Council (PABC) |
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Organises special business lunches in the major capital cities with prominent leaders as guest speakers. |
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Provides useful information, via the APBC newsletter concerning business and economic developments in the Philippines, as well as about Australia-Philippines trade, investment and aid. |
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Affords regular opportunities, via regular APBC/PABC Joint Meeting, for the top level contact with business counterparts, Ministers and senior government official. |
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Provides matching business opportunities for investment, joint venturing and export development. |
Business to Government
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Provides primary forum for Australia-Philippines business government issues and dialogue |
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Liases with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Austrade and AusAID (Australian Agency for International Development) on the relevant trade, investment and development aid matters, and with other Federal and State government departments and agencies as appropriate. |
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Makes representations at senior official and Ministerial level on specific bilateral issues as necessary |
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Liaise
with Philippines Embassy and trade representative in Australia, and Australian Embassy and Austrade in the Philippines. |
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Provides access for members, when required, to Ministers and senior officials in both Canberra and Manila. |
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