by admin | May 25, 2017 | ASEAN agenda, Business, DTI Updates, Headlines, National News, Negosyo Center Updates
Manila, Phl – 23 May 2017 – 16 Delegates from ASEAN China Center (ACC) arrived for a two-day briefing on trade and investment expected to bolster cooperation between the two countries.
Led by the Department of Trade and Industry, officials from the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB), Board of Investments (BOI), and Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) organized a Business Matching and Networking Dinner at the South Ballroom, Diamond Hotel to enable an environment where Philippine and Chinese companies can do business together.
As DTI Assistant Secretary for Trade and Investments Promotion Group Rosvi C. Gaetos stated in her welcome remarks, “As we host the ASEAN Summit on its 50th founding anniversary with the theme “Partnering for Change, Engaging the World”, we continue to reaffirm our readiness for deeper economic partnerships within the ASEAN region and with our extended neighbors such as China”.
In photo: DTI Trade and Investments Promotion Group Assistant Secretary Rosvi C. Gaetos welcomed the delegates from ASEAN China Center on 23 May at the Diamond Hotel in Manila.
by admin | May 25, 2017 | DTI Updates, Headlines, Infrastraktura, National News
Front/Center (from left to right): Yu Shinjo (Executive Director, Jellyfish Inc) and Mr Shunjiro Furuhama (Matsuzawa Kawaraten Co., Ltd)
The Construction Manpower Development Foundation (CMDF) in partnership with the Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of the Government of Japan, and the Foundation for International Transfer of Skills in Construction (FITS, Japan) conducted a seminar on ‘Measures to develop construction skills of Foreign Human Resources in Japan’ last March 16, 2017 at the Dusit Thani Manila.
The seminar’s main objective is to explore measures to advance the human resource development of Filipino construction skilled workers trained in Japan. Mr. Keita Ohtsu, Subsection Chief, Construction Market Division, Land Economy and Construction Industries Bureau of MLIT gave a talk on frameworks and recent measures used in Japan.
The present Technical Intern Training System allows for foreign trainees from developing nations to stay in Japan for a maximum period of 3 years to acquire skills through OJT. There is also the Foreign Construction Workers Acceptance Program which allows skilled workers in Japan to address temporary construction demands like the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
Mr. Shunjiro Furuhama (Matsuzawa Kawaraten Co., Ltd) discussed the necessity of human resource development to conduct step-up training for trainees with acquired technology and skills to actively participate in the development of the construction industry within their home countries. The Skills Education and Training Program System allows for contents of curriculum, accomplishment levels, and employed materials to be systemized and stored digitally for efficiency. The system helps trainees understand contents and schedule of curriculum to be more cost conscious. There is also a proposal to use Japanese technology in building and improving large scale power plants with the Numata Off-grid Model.
Jellyfish a web-based registry for construction industry workers returning home from Japan was introduced by the Executive Director of Jellyfish Inc., Mr. Yu Shinjo. It aims to filter users based on skills, nationality, language ability, qualification and work experience to come up with job matches. The system protects users’ privacy by having companies request for access from Jellyfish before making contact with a worker. The system also automatically takes out a user from the registry after getting employed.
On the domestic front, CMDF is developing Construction Industry One Registry System (CIORS) a web based registry for construction industry workers and professionals in the Philippines. CMDF sees an opportunity to improve the system by emulating Jellyfish. CIORS plans to include job matching feature in the registry system to benefit both workers/professionals and construction companies. It also aims to map out construction industry workers/professionals in the Philippines with a workforce mapper.
The seminar highlighted the current strategic partnership between the Philippines and Japan and future opportunities of the construction industry in both countries to further develop and invest in improving the sector.
by admin | May 25, 2017 | DTI Updates, Headlines
The Department of Trade and Industry, Bohol Provincial Office (DTI-BPO) is set to conduct a one-day Re-orientation Seminar to all certified BAGWIS establishments in the province. This will be on May 30, 2017 from 9 o’clock in the morning to 4 o’clock in the afternoon, at JJ’s Seafood Village, Tagbilaran City.
The seminar is also open to prospective businesses through their owners or representatives, who are interested to be certified as a BAGWIS establishment. During this activity, the following topics will be discussed by an invited speaker (1) Implementing Guidelines on the Grant of BAGWIS Award, and (2) the Shortchanging Act.
Prior to this event on the 30th, DTI-Bohol called a meeting with business owners and their representatives last May 5, 2017, where they were apprised about the BAGWIS program, when it started and what it takes to be a certified establishment.
Business owners who are interested to know more about the BAGWIS program and those who are interested to be certified are invited to attend the seminar on May 30.
For reservations, please call us at 501-8828 and look for Mercy or Miguel.
by admin | May 24, 2017 | DTI Updates, Headlines
The Department of Trade and Industry – Bohol Provincial Office launched on May 17 the Kapatid Mentor Me Program (KMMP), in partnership with the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE) and the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI).
The KMMP is a 12-module mentoring session for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs), to help scale-up their business through weekly coaching and mentoring by business owners and practitioners on the different areas of entrepreneurship. The goal of the program is to produce confident entrepreneurs with the right mindset and business knowhow that will enable them to sustain and scale-up their business.
More than 300 participants coming from the business sector, government and other private institutions attended the whole day activity, which included a signing of the Memorandum of Agreement among DTI, PCE and BCCI to make official their partnership under the program.
Twenty five (25) mentees who earlier signed their commitment contract to the 9-week mentoring sessions began their modules 1 and 2 early in the afternoon together with the rest of the participants.
Speakers and KMMP mentor Mr. Rey Calooy of RNC Marketing Philippines delivered Module 1: Entrepreneurial Mind-Setting and Values Formation while local mentors Engr. Arnold Labunog of Jojie’s Bakeshop/Jojie’s Painitang Bol-anon and Dr. Ed Escalona of Our Delibread also shared their stories during the Inspirational Forum. On the other hand, Mr. Henry Tenedero of the Center for Learning and Teaching Styles-Philippines (CLTS) also delivered Module 2: Marketing.
KMMP Modules 3 to 12 will be held every Wednesday until July 12, 2017 with KMMP mentors from Cebu and Manila. The graduation ceremonies will be on July 21, 2017 during the Sandugo Regional Trade Fair, where the mentees are expected to showcase their products.
Among those who were present during the launch were retired DTI Undersecretary Engr. Merly Cruz, who is currently the PCE Advisor for SME Development, DTI-7 Regional Director Aster Caberte, PCE Visayas Coordinator Dean Virgilio Espeleta, BCCI President Engr. Albert M. Uy. #
by admin | May 24, 2017 | Headlines, Photo Story
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DTI PARTNERS WITH NEW ZEALAND TO IMPROVE EASE OF DOING BUSINESS. Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez (center) and New Zealand (NZ) Ambassador to the Philippines (PH) H.E. David Strachan (4th from L) recently (2 May 2017) discussed government-to-government (G2G) cooperation between both sides, touching on the streamlining of government regulatory processes to improve ease of doing business (EODB) in PH. The trade chief is optimistic that the PH-NZ partnership would be a game changer in achieving reforms in the country’s regulatory environment in order to attract more investments and create more jobs for Filipinos. Following this, a two-week ‘G2G Know-How’ scoping mission by experts from NZ was conducted in Quezon City, Cebu City, and Davao City from 2 to 12 May 2017 to identify hurdles in the business registration process and showcase NZ’s expertise in EODB, being one of the top countries in the EODB Report. The EODB agenda is a priority thrust of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), anchored on President Rodrigo Duterte’s socio-economic agenda. Also in the meeting were National Competitiveness Council (NCC) Co-Chairman Guillermo Luz (3rd from L), DTI Assistant Secretary for Competitiveness and Ease of Doing Business Group (CEODBG) Arturo Boncato (2nd from L) and Competitiveness Bureau Assistant Director Mary Lou Gesilva (leftmost).
