The NCIP through Director Dahlialyn D Dait-Cawed, MNSA, of the Foreign Assisted Programs and International Relations Office (FAPIRO) and Director Reynaldo A. Dingal of the Office of Empowerment and Human Rights (OEHR) represented the NCIP to the 4th EU-GSP+ Monitoring Mission.

Following the successful submission of the Philippines’ response to the 4th EU-GSP+ Monitoring Scorecard through the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) with other concerned government agencies, to the European Commission in 2020 and relative supplementary response in 2021, the Philippines (PH) is now at the last stage of the ongoing 4th GSP+ monitoring process.

The Monitoring Mission aims to tackle the implementation of the country’s commitments under the 27 International Conventions on Human Rights (HR), Labor, Environmental Protection, and Good Governance.

Issues/concerns indicated in the EU Parliament Resolution on the recent human rights developments in the Philippines were discussed, PH delegation shed light on matters at hand. The PH delegation composed of different government agencies answered EU delegation’s questions with factual data.

The outcomes of the event will form an integral part of the European Commission’s country report on the Philippines that would illuminate the country’s future beneficiary status under the EU-GSP+ scheme.

Finally, the NCIP Directors proudly turned-over copies of NCIP-Project Epanaw’s three (3)-volume Coffee Table Books (CTBs), the 2019 and 2020 Annual Accomplishment Report, and the 2019 NTF-ELCAC Accomplishment Report to the EU Delegation to the Philippines composed of the following:

Mr. Nikolaos ZAIMIS

Senior Advisor on Trade and Sustainable Development, the General Scheme of Preferences and Economic Partnership Agreements with Africa and Pacific Countries

Directorate-General for Trade

Ms. Alessandra FORZANO

Desk Officer, Trade and Sustainable Development, General System of Preferences Unit

Directorate-General for Trade

Ms. Helene RETSINIS-STALSBO

Policy Officer, South and Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand Unit

Directorate-General for Trade

Mr. Lluis PRATS

Head of Unit for International Affairs

Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Ms. Agata WOŹNIAK

Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Mr. Maurizio CELLINI

Trade Section Head

Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines

Ms. Rose Anne PAMITTAN

Trade Officer

Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines

Ms. Theresa YOSUICO

Trade Officer

Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines

Mr. Javier MARTÍN CERRACÍN

Policy Officer, Human Rights Division

European External Action Service

Ms. Agata NOWICKA

Desk Officer for the Philippines and Malaysia

European External Action Service

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