Partnership and Advocacy for Competitiveness and Trade (PACT) - Targeted Interventions in Economic Reform and Governance (TIERG) Project
Project Leader:  Dr. Tereso Tullao, Jr.
Funding Agency:  United States for International Development (USAID) 
Duration:  October 2004 to June 2008

Objectives
Under a Cooperative Agreement with USAID-Philippines, the De La Salle University (DLSU) Consortium implements the "Partnership and Advocacy for Competitiveness and Trade (PACT)" Project. The project aims to achieve the following objectives:

• To improve the regulatory environment towards greater competitiveness in the domestic economy;
• To improve public sector governance to create an environment that will attract investments into the country and to improve the delivery of public services;
• To develop the capability of institutions and sectors to manage the challenges of an open and liberalized economy within a democratic setting; and
• To strengthen the capability of the partner institutions to provide timely technical and advocacy support to groups that advocate policy reforms consistent with project's framework.

Key sectors for assistance

• One Global Filipino
• Local production network
• Knowledge network
• Philippine Service Coalition
• Philippine export development
• World Trade Organization (WTO) technical issues and tariff/nontariff reduction
• Inter-island and overland transport
• Investment and private sector
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issues
• Telecommunications development

Forms of assistance
The DLSU Consortium aims to address the objectives set forth by the PACT Project through program of studies, technical assistance, advocacy, and institution building activities.

Consortium members
Principal partner:

• Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (PHILEXPORT)

Secondary partners:

• Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
• Foundation for Communications Initiatives (FOCI)
• La Salle Institute of Governance (LSIG)
• Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)

See here the PACT research outputs