Leadership and Dynamism

BCCI has a secretariat, composed of an Executive Director and a staff. It now holds office at NIA Compound, Dao District, Tagbilaran City. It has One Hundred Sixty-Six dynamic members actively participating in all activities organized by the chamber, a modest increase of 17 members from year 2006.

BCCI is in the forefront of instituting advocacy programs which geared towards enhancing the business climate especially the tourism industry in the Province of Bohol. It has been actively involved in matters related to the promotion of trade and investments.

BCCI’s stands and comments on local and national issues pertaining to taxation, power and water utilities, wage increase, agrarian reforms, peace and order, tourism, community and social responsibility, and importance of food safety.

The Chamber has established strong linkages and networking with local and provincial government-line agencies and has always been consulted in every venture that the City and Provincial Government undertakes. The BCCI President represents the Chamber in the following committees and councils:

  • Chairman – Provincial Small and Medium Enterprises Development (PSMED)Council
  • Vice-Chairman – City Small and Medium Enterprises Development (SMED) Council of Tagbilaran
  • Vice-Chairman – Bohol Investment Board (BIB)
  • Co-Chairman – Regional Development Council (RDC)
  • Vice-Chairman – Bohol Council of Prime Movers (BCPM).

    • It also is a member of the following committees/councils :

  • Local Steering Committee of the Land Administration and Management Project (LAMP 2)
  • Project Assurance Team (PAT) on Bohol Agricultural Value Chain Study
  • Provincial Stakeholders Committee (PSC) of the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP)
  • Alay-Lakad Committee
  • Central Visayas State College of Agriculture, Forestry and Technology (CVSCAFT) Board
  • Bohol Sandugo Foundation
  • Panglao Island Tourism Estate (PITE)
  • Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC)
  • City Peace and Order Council (CPOC)
  • Bohol Local Peace Forum (BLPF)
  • Provincial Technical Educations and Skills Development Committee (PTESDC)
  • Provincial Development Council (PDC)
  • Provincial Tourism Council (PTC)
  • Bohol Integrated Water Resources Management Board (BIWRMB)
  • City Tourism Council (CTC)
  • Tripartite Industrial Peace Council of DOLE
  • Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Provincial Council
  • Provincial and City Bids and Awards Committee (BAC)
  • Port Management Advisory Council (PMAC)
  • Management Sector of the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC)
  • Bohol Tourism Council

    • The Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry not just assesses the shortcomings of the City and Provincial Government but also recognizes and commends individuals and organizations that have gone out of there way to contribute to the progress, safety and well-being of the community and the city as a whole. Photos below show the awarding of cash and certificates to the groups and individuals as an offshoot to the robbery incident of the Bank of Commerce – Tagbilaran branch last Aug. 28, 2007 after which, the suspects were summarily apprehended.