The
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Davao Region is strengthening the
skills of various business counselors and advisors assigned in Negosyo Centers
in a bid to provide more relevant assistance to existing and would-be
entrepreneurs in the region.
To
achieve this, the agency recently conducted a five-day training on
Comprehensive Small Business Consellors Course with experts from the University
of the Philippines Institute of Small Scale Industries (UPISSI) as the resource
persons.
The
week-long extensive training was attended by 31 participants who are involved
in running the Negosyo Centers. Specifically, they are composed of DTI staff
who are handling or directly involved in assisting the micro, small and medium
enterprises; staff manning the Negosyo Centers; and Investment and
Promotion Officers of local government units (LGUs).
DTI-Davao
Regional Director Maria Belenda Q. Ambi shared that the main objective of the
course was really to enhance the competence and effectiveness of the Negosyo
Centers staff, whether DTI Enterprise Counselors or those who are from the LGUs
or academe, in providing managerial and technical assistance to their MSME
clients.
She
noted that it was deemed necessary as well in developing them, along with the
other participants, into becoming well-rounded, confident and polished business
counselors.
“This
is one of the many strategies that DTI has been doing in order to fully equip
our MSME counsellors as they get engaged with MSMEs who are in different stages
of their business,” Ambi pointed out, while adding that provision of proper and
tailor-fit consultancy services is very critical for the growth of local
entrepreneurs.
The
Comprehensive Small Business Counselors Course was divided into three modules.
The
first module included a three-day lecture on The Role and Responsibilities of
MSME Counselor; Effective Business Counselling; Business Planning and
Management; The Enterprise Assessment Plan; Business Diagnosis; and Diagnosing
and Analyzing the Production, Marketing Functions of an Enterprise.
In
the second module, an enterprise visit was done for the participants to do an
actual business diagnosis.
As
with the third module, the participants were asked to submit and present their
Enterprise Assessment Reports which were then critiqued by the resource
speakers and other participants. DTI11/JMM
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