Media Advisory
SME WEEK 2011 CELEBRATIONS
SME SUMMIT - Thu • 07 July 2011
FREE Entrepreneurship Training Programs
Fri • 08 July 2011 & Sat • 09 July 2011
Philippine Trade Training Center, Roxas Boulevard, Manila
SME Summit 2011
SME Week is celebrated every second week of July to promote entrepreneurship among micro, small and medium enterprises.
For this year's celebration, there will be an SME Summit to be held on THURSDAY, 07 JULY 2011, at the Philippine Trade Training Center.
The SME Summit will be attended by entrepreneurs, national government agencies, LGUs, trade and industry associations, business development services providers, and international donor institutions, and other SME advocates.
The programme for the SME Summit is attached for your reference.
If you would like to do a pre-event live interview about SME Week and the SME Development Plan, you may contact:
Director Rhodora (Doddit) Leaño
Bureau of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise Development (BMSMED)
Department of Trade & Industry
Contact Number : 897 1693 or 741 5076
Free Entrepreneurship Training Programs
To encourage more Filipinos to participate in the SME sector, DTI will offer Free Entrepreneurship Training Programs on Friday, 08 July 2011 and Saturday, 09 July 2011, at the Philippine Trade Training Center.
Participants will be accepted on a first come, first served basis, with registrations starting at 7:30AM. For more information, please call DTI-BMSMED at telephone numbers 897 1693 or 751 5076.
The free training programs will consist of Business Development Briefing Sessions and also Business Management and Demo Skills Training. The scheduled training programs are as follows:
FRI • 08 JULY 2011
How to be an entrepreneur
Awareness on Product Standards Law
How to acquire a BFAD certificate
Orientation on HALAL certification
Packaging design and labeling
Registering for patents, trademarks & trade names
E-marketing – setting up a webstore
Perfume and cologne making
Meat processing 1 & 2
Laundry and cleaning aids
Barangay Micro Business Enterprise (BMBE) Law
Consumer rights and protection
Integrated business licensing
Cleaner production for small business
Product design awareness
Basic hilot
How to set up a laundry business
Herbal soap making
Basic beadworks
Gift-wrapping
SAT • 9 JULY 2011
Basic photography
Managing a money changer shop
How to start a business
Siopao and dimsummaking
Polvoron and pastillas making
Apartment/commercial stall rental business
Advanced beadworks
Flowers and balloon arrangement
Flip-flops making
Financing and lending programs
Food safety
No-bake cakes
Buying a franchise
Perfume and cologne making
Cleaning aids 2
Empanada, pizza rolls
Early morning TV shows might want to send a crew to cover the start of registrations on Friday, 08 July 2011. There is usually a long line of those who are interested in starting their own business, so this is a rich source of human interest stories.
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