Thursday, March 19, 2009

Entrepeneurship Seminar and Skills Training in Central Visayas


The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is currently conducting free business seminars and skills trainings in Central Visayas.

The photographs here were taken during the Cebu entrepreneurship seminar and skills training held last March 13.

Displaced workers, OFWs and their families, unemployed and prospective entrepreneurs took advantage of the free seminars and trainings. There were more than 200 participants during the Cebu activity.

These seminars and trainings is part of the Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP) of the Philippine government

CLEEP aims to “save or create millions of new jobs to weather the effects of the current global economic crisis.”



With the rising number of workers affected by the present global situation, the DTI is taking the necessary interventions as fast as it can.






For companies interested to avail of entrepreneurship and business related seminars and trainings for its workers, they may contact the following DTI representatives: Elias Tecson for Cebu at tel no. 253-2631 or 4121863; Marisol Balistoy for Bohol at tel no. 411-3302 or 501-8260; Bing Sumanoy or Araceli Maypa for Negros Oriental at tel. no. 225-7211 or 422-1764; Marlene Patria for Siquijor at tel. no. 344-2238 or 480-9065