NEW GOVERNMENT BLUEPRINT FOR DECENT EMPLOYMENT. The “Trabaho, Negosyo at Kabuhayan: A Blueprint for Decent Employment and Entrepreneurship 2017-2022” prioritizes decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, formalization and growth of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), youth unemployment reduction, education and training. The Blueprint was signed by Secretaries Ramon Lopez (rightmost) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Silvestre Bello III (4th from L) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at the Trabaho, Negosyo at Kabuhayan (TNK)-Employment and Livelihood Summit on 2 December in Taguig. The Blueprint, which was presented to Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. (3rd from L), envisions full employment at 5% unemployment rate by creating 7.5 million jobs, by 2022, mainly in key employment generating sectors (KEGS) such as manufacturing including food processing, construction, tourism, Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM), transportation and logistics, and retail trade. Also shown here are DOLE Undersecretary Dominador Say (leftmost) and DTI Undersecretary Rowel Barba (2nd from L), who both chaired the Summit’s breakout sessions on livelihood and employment.