From the target of 27,000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) for the year, the regional office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI 11) has assisted 8,496 (31 percent) MSMEs as of April.
MSMEs belong to the category of enterprises with a capitalization of P100 million and below.
“For this year we would like to highlight that we have an annual target year of 27,000 for MSMEs assisted. From 27,000 MSMEs, as of April naa natay natabangan nga 8,496 or 31 percent of the total. Kung muingon ta ug assisted lain lain ang atoang interventions nga gihatag sa ilaha,” said Jenny Grace M. Mendoza, regional information officer and knowledge management coordinator of DTI 11 during Wednesdays media forum at Habi at Kape at Abreeza Mall.
DTI 11 offers free seminars, product development training, and assisting MSMEs in terms of developing their own labels and packaging materials.
“Because we believe na dili lang magfocus hangtod didto sa production lang apan hangtod sa promotion and marketing. We have several MSMEs in Davao Region who have graduated na, kung musulti ta ug graduated nakasulod na sila sa export market ug wala lang sila nagfocus sa local market apan naa na pud sila sa international trading arena na,” Mendoza said.
Meanwhile, DTI 11 has accomplished 53 Negosyo Centers (NCs) in the Davao Region as of April this year.
DTI 11 has maintained 53 NCs and assisted 10,223 clients.
These NCs conducted 300 pieces of training attended by 7,205 participants 5,012 were females (70 percent of the total number of participants). Of these training, 37 percent or 110 were classified as entrepreneurial, 16 percent or 49 were skills, 19 percent or 58 were productivity, 9 percent or 27 were regulatory, 7 percent or 21 were financing, 6 percent or 17 were livelihood/product development, 5 percent or 16 were learning visits/techno demo/forum, and 1 percent or two were from trade training.
Also in April this year, DTI 11 conducted the launching and orientation of the Kapatid Mentor ME (KMME) and Money Market Encounter (KMME-MME) Program via Zoom that was participated by 51 mentees from the Davao Region.
KMME is a program that aims to help MSMEs scale up their business thru coaching and mentoring.
