Provincial SMED Council Strategic Planning Workshop set
The Iloilo Small and Medium Enterprises Development Foundation, Inc. in cooperation the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the Department of Trade & Indsutry will hold its Strategic Planning Workshop on May 7, 2008 at the Iloilo Grand Hotel, Iznart St., Iloilo City.
The harmonization of the Provincial SMED Plan with the National SMED Plan was completed in October 2007. To support the harmonized Provincial Plan and come up with concrete work plans, this strategic planning workshop will be conducted. This planning workshop aims to capacitate the Provincial SMED Council to prepare its strategy in achieving its goals and objectives and to plan, implement and monitor its Annual Work. The activity involves the revisiting of the mission and vision statement of the Iloilo SMED Foundation and identifying of activities for 2008 with collaborating agencies.
Ms. Rhea Ledesma, GTZ Regional Coordinator will facilitate the planning workshop. Target participants include officers and representatives from the different agencies namely, Quedancor, Iloilo City Government, Iloilo Provincial Government, Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Iloilo, DTI, Ilonggo Producers Association, DOLE, DA, BFAR, DOST, TESDA, TSKI, DILG, DENR, DAR, DOH/BFAD among others.
The establishment of the Iloilo SMED Foundation, Inc. was made possible through Republic Act 6977 (Magna Carta for SMEs). It was created to effectively spur the growth and development of small and medium enterprises in the city and province of Iloilo and to carry out the policy declared in the Magna Carta for SMEs. (DTI-Iloilo)