By Michael Vincent D. Cajulao
ZAMBOANGA
CITY – Micro,
Small, and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) will once again be receiving
valuable assistance from the government to help them grow their businesses and
become big players in the region’s economy thru the 2013 SME Roving Academy to
be held region-wide from July 1-7.
Formerly known as SME Caravan, this
year’s activity is still the same as the previous years with the sole intention
of extending help to SMEs by way of technical and even financial support thru
the convergence of all concerned government line agencies in the region, with the
Department of Trade and Industry IX as the lead agency.
The activity also encourages everyone
to venture into business to strengthen the region’s economy, provide added
family income, and also address unemployment in this part of the country. Moreover,
it will serve as a venue for existing SMEs to work hand in hand with the
government to improve their products and look for potential local and
international markets.
“If our SMEs grow more, we will have
a stable regional economy and there will also be more job opportunities”, DTI
IX Assistant Regional Director Sitti Amina Jain said during last SME Core Group
meeting.
The SME Roving Academy will
officially start in Dipolog City from July 1-2 with topics focusing on Business accounting and Marketing eco-tourism which
include product packaging, destination events and promo materials preparation.
The group will then proceed to Pagadian City for the second leg on July
3-4 wherein participants will be trained on quality and productivity management
in manufacturing, and internet/online marketing with fraud detection.
Next
stop will be Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay Province where quality and productivity management in rubber and
abaca production and processing will be tackled since Zamboanga Sibugay is the
region’s rubber capital.
The Zamboanga City and Isabela City leg which was originally set on July
16-17 and 19 respectively, will be moved to September.
DTI is encouraging interested participants to register with the nearest
DTI offices in their areas. (PIA9)
