25 SMEs to attend Training Course on Trade Promotion via Video Conferencing

Twenty five (25) Small and Medium Enterprises will attend a seminar on “Philippine Overseas Training Course on Trade Promotion” via video conferencing connecting Iloilo, Manila and Osaka, Japan on October 5- 7, 2005, 8:30 am-5:00 pm at the Educational Media Center, Central Philippine University (CPU), Jaro, Iloilo City.

Participants of this seminar are micro and medium-sized exporters and would be exporters, whose focus sectors are food, furniture and sundries (novelty items), who are interested to venture into the Japanese market.   

The 3-day seminar will include lecture and group discussions on how to do business with Japanese companies, how to improve one’s product competitiveness through quality control, logistics management and marketing, how to resolve managerial issues within the company and how to adapt measures to address these issues.  Resource Speakers include Department of Trade and Industry Undersecretary for Small Enterprise Development Group Zorayda Amelia Alonzo; Senen Mangalile, Consul of the Republic of the Philippines, Philippine Consulate General in Osaka, Japan; Roman G. Baltazar, Commercial Counselor, Philippine Trade and Investment Center; Diosdado P. Cadena Jr., Iloilo Provincial Director, Department of Trade and Industry; and Japanese business consultants and importers.

A seminar fee of P300.00 will be charged per participant to cover incidental expenses.  For more details please contact DTI Regional Office c/o Ma. Dinda R. Tamayo, telephone number 335-0060.
The seminar is facilitated by the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry Region-6, Pacific Resource Exchange Center (PREX) and supported by the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) of Japan.  (Ruby M. Melliza)