Confederation of Filipino Consulting Organizations, Inc. (COFILCO) - Philippines

In the last 20 years, COFILCO has been in the forefront of advocating the use of local expertise in government-funded consulting projects, assisting the Filipino consulting firms and individuals expand their business and competitiveness not only in the Philippine market but overseas as well, providing training programs, seminars and workshops on various relevant topics that benefited not only the members but the public as well and providing inputs to improve the procurement system and process for government projects, e.g., Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the NEDA Guidelines on the Hiring of Consultants including the amendments thereafter, IRR of Republic Act No. 9184 (Government Procurement Reform Act, 2003), IRR of Executive Order No. 278 (Guidelines on the Selection of Contractors and Consultants for Foreign- Assisted Projects, 2004.