Negosyo Center now open for MSMEs

DAVAO CITY- The City Government of Davao will be opening its Negosyo Center to assist Micro Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs).

Formal opening is slated tomorrow (July 9). The office is located at Door 6-7 Davao City Investment and Promotion Center (DCIPC) office in Magsaysay Park.

With the Negosyo Center MSMEs can avail of various assistance and services such as Business Registration and Licensing for Business Name and the Barangay Micro-Business Enterprise (BMBE); Business Advisory Services such as Training, Consultancy, Financing Facilitation, Market Linkage and Trade Promotions; and Business Information and Advocacy such as Networking with other government agencies, information facilitation, among others.

This is the first local government-based Negosyo Center in the country. The office has a floor area of 110 square meters and is complete with reception and working areas, mini-library, product showcase, consultancy area and training room.

 Cooperators and partners who will provide daily business advisory and counseling services in the Negosyo Center include Mindanao Micro-Finance Council (MMFC), PhilExim, SB Corporation, Department of Trade and Industry Davao City Field Office (DTI DCFO), Department of Science and Technology City Science and Technology Center (DOST CSTC), Department of Labor and Employment Davao City Field Office (DOLE DCFO), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Davao City, Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII), Food Processors Association in Davao City (FPAD), ICT Davao Inc. (IDI), Chamber of Furniture Industry Development (CFID) – Davao City Chapter, Floriculture Industry Development, Inc. (FIDI), and Metalworking Industry Association in Philippine (MIAP) – Davao City Chapter.

The City Government’s agencies like Davao City Investment Promotion Center (DCIPC), City Cooperative Development Office, City Treasurer’s Office, Business Bureau, City Tourism Operations Office, City Planning and Development Office, City Environment and Natural Resources Office will also provide support.

The Negosyo Center was created by virtue of  Executive Order No. 12, series of 2015, signed by City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in March of this year, the EO sets the establishment and management of a Negosyo Center in the City.

Mayor Duterte’s EO is in support to Republic Act 10644 or An Act Promoting Job Generation and Inclusive Growth through the Development of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises or the Go Negosyo Act authored by Senator Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV.

Interested persons or MSMEs can call the Negosyo Center Davao City at telephone no. 2272860 and/or email tonc.davaocity@gmail.com. (PIA/RG Alama)