Entrepreneurship Training Programs for SMEs

The compendium of 2003 HRD and Entrepreneurship Training Programs for SMEs being offered by government training institutions is done in support of the National SME Development Agenda, a priority program of the government. The Department of Trade and Industry is the lead government agency tasked to implement the Agenda and provide SMEs with seamless access to government agencies. HRD and Entrepreneurship Training is one of five core elements of the Agenda including financing, marketing, product development and technological intervention, and advocacy for an enabling environment.

Objectives:

The training and entrepreneurship development programs of the National SME Agenda seek to provide existing and potential entrepreneurs with the necessary skills and knowledge to become competitive players in the local or global market. It also seeks to create a pool of SME trainers, advisors and counselors who can effectively assist SMEs nationwide.

Training programs in this compendium are classified into categories and their coverage are as follows:

• Business Technology and Livelihood Skills
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• General Management
• Human Resources
• Information Technology
• Marketing
• Production, Quality and Productivity

Implementing Training Institutions:

• The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP)
• Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (DOLE-TESDA)
• Industrial Technology Development Institute – Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ITDI)
• Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC)
• Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI)
• Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI)
• Bureau of Product Standards (DTI-BPS)
• Bureau of Small and Medium Enterprise Development (DTI-BSMED)
• Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (DTI-CIAP)
• Center for Industrial Competitiveness-National Industrial Manpower and Training Council (DTI-CIC/NIMTC)
• Cottage Industry Technology Center (DTI-CITC)
• Construction Manpower Development Foundation (DTI-CMDF)
• UP Institute for Small Scale Industries (UP-ISSI)
• Technology and Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC)
• Philippine Trade Training Center (DTI-PTTC)

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For more information and updates to the compendium, please see www.dti.gov.ph

LGU/NGO List of Training Centers

updated: 4/23/09, photo from diversityfocus.org