TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 12
PTTC Marks 32nd Year with
Global MSME Academy
Signing the Memorandum of Agreement: (Left to Right) Nestor
Palabyab, Executive Director- Philippine Trade Training Center;
Atty. AJ Tobias; Engr. Cesar S. Sanqui, Jr., President- New San
Jose Builder; Sec. Ramon M. Lopez, Secretary - Department of
Trade & Industry; Dean Pax Lapid, PhD and Maria Teresita
Dimaculangan signing the Memorandum of Agreement.
“Secretary Mon Lopez expanded the role of PTTC to cover the development and
upgrading of MSMEs to become innovative and competitive for the local and foreign
markets,” says PTTC Executive Director Nestor Palabyab, CESO III.
T
he Philippine Trade
Training Center, the
training arm of the
Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI), marks its
32nd year this February.
Marking this milestone is
the establishment of the
Global MSME Academy
(GMEA) under PTTC’s auspices.
“Secretary Mon Lopez expanded the role of
PTTC to cover the development and upgrading of MSMEs to become
innovative and competitive for the local and foreign markets,” says
PTTC Executive Director Nestor Palabyab, CESO III.
GMEA pushes PTTC’s training framework to the next level –
that is, helping MSMEs globalize. “PTTC has always provided our
entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs with cohesive training
programs that will allow them to pursue either an export-oriented
business, or one that is focused on the domestic market. But through
the Global MSME Academy, our MSMEs can be equipped with the
necessary knowhow to take their operations to different parts of the
world,” says Palabyab.
Republic Act No 9501, the Magna Carta for MSMEs, recognizes the
vital role of MSMEs in economic growth. DTI’s MSME Plan 2017-2022
envisions MSMEs that are regionally integrated, sustainable and
among the key drivers of innovation. PTTC’s MSME mentorship role
is articulated in the Administrative Code of 1987 and Executive Order
no. 133, series of 1987.
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