The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Directorate of Military Training Cooperation of the Canadian Armed Forces recently concluded their bilateral Business Planning Course to enhance both military's "strategic planning, resource management, and decision-making skills."

In a statement Saturday, AFP Public Affairs Chief Col. Xerxes Trinidad said 33 military and civilian students from 8 different countries participated in this year's Business Planning Course, a training co-hosted by Philippines and Canada, held at Clark, Pampanga from 23 to 27 October.

Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines David Bruce Hartman and AFP AFP Deputy Chief of Staff for Education, Training and Doctrine MGen. Noel Beleran jointly graced the culmination activity for the course.

Beleran said the course remains crucial to national defense planning and the judicious use of limited resources in the military organization.

"I believe that with all the briefings and lectures provided within the course, you have achieved the course's goals, that is to gain familiarity with business planning processes and products to contribute to national defense planning," he added.

"We hope that we will all become good stewards of all the resources entrusted to us."