DTI-Aurora to launch SME Roving Academy on July 23 BALER, Aurora, July 19 (PIA) – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Aurora will launch the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Roving Academy on July 23, 2013 at Machiavelli Lodge Function Room in Baler, Aurora in partnership with the Provincial Micro Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council (PSMEDC), the Provincial Government of Aurora (PGA), other government agencies, private entities and micro and small enterprises (MSMEs). The launching activity is part of the celebration of this year’s SME Week. DTI-Aurora Provincial Director Edna D. Dizon said, “the SME Roving Academy aims to have a continuous learning program for the development of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to make them become competitive in the local and international markets along with other industry players.” MSMEs are expected to benefit more in the program by using various strategies such as integration of business development services for MSMEs at the national and local levels, establish the provincial entrepreneurship development networks and managing an exclusive promotion program, said Dizon. According to the DTI-Aurora Provincial Director, the program also has seven learning stages which includes start-up and capability building, market awareness, market readiness, export readiness, export market entry, export sustainability and export expansion. Said stages are the step-by-step business endeavor to assist entrepreneurs through various interventions. An example of this is the provision of Shared Service Facility (SSF) project which intends to provide them with trainings, machineries and market linkages among others that would alleviate poverty in the community and enhance the growth and development of MSMEs. Dizon said, part of the one-day event will be the holding of a Financing Forum to provide opportunities for financing access and linkages. To contribute to the objective of the SME Roving Academy for continuous learning program, conduct of skills and technology trainings shall also be facilitated to benefit would-be and existing MSMEs, she added. (JSL PIA-3/with report from DTI-Aurora)
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:47:23 +0000