SSF cooperators get updates, plan strategies for
full utilization of managed facilities

AGUSAN DEL SUR, May 1 (PIA) - Thirteen cooperators
of the Shared Service Facility (SFF) Program of the Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI) Agusan del Sur (AdS) recently acquired additional inputs to
ensure maximum utilization of the facilities they managed.
These cooperators, associations, cooperatives, and
groups of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are currently producing
abaca fiber, abaca handicrafts, processed meat, bread and pastries, organic
products, coco-coir and other value-adding products using SSF equipment.
During the SSF Consultative meeting held recently
at SAFRAGEMC Event Hall in San Francisco, the DTI-ADS facilitated in getting
feedbacks and other issues and concerns from the cooperators. Before the day
ended they agreed to maximize the use of the facilities, to give feedback on
the status of their equipment, and they also signed the amended SSF
documentations.
To date, the Agusan del Sur SSF cooperators are: 1)
San Martin Farmers Multi-purpose Cooperative (SAFAMCO); 2) Barangay 2 Women’s
Association; 3) Sibagat Federation Women’s Association Incorporated (SFWAI); 4)
Ago Magsaysay Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-purpose Cooperative; 5) Noli
National High School; f) Dakutan Bag Makers Association; g) Foundation of the
Development of Agusanons, Inc. (FDAI); 6) Salvacion National High School; 7)
Office of the Economic Enterprise-Prosperidad; 8) Barangay Local Government of
San Isidro, Trento; 9) Marcelina National High School; 10) Kaagap Multi-purpose
Cooperative Development (KAAGAPMUCO); and 11) Municipal Agriculture Office-San
Francisco, Agusan del Sur.
Of these cooperators, eight were awarded for their
prompt submission of monthly reports. They were as follows: 1) Office of the
Economic Enterprise-Prosperidad; 2) Barangay 2 Women’s Association; 3)
Municipal Agriculture Office-San Francisco; 4) Marcelina National High School;
5) Noli National High School; 6) Novele National High School; 7) KAAGAPMUCO;
and 8) Barangay Local Government Unit of San Isidro-Trento, Agusan del Sur.
SSF program aims to provide the MSMEs the
machinery, equipment, tools system, skills and knowledge that can be shared and
implemented in both government, non-government and private association that
encourage productivity and business. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Beneficiaries of AFP, PNP’s KIA, WIA members
acquire skills, entrepreneurial inputs to start business
AGUSAN DEL SUR, May 1 (PIA) - The Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI) Agusan del Sur (AdS) is taking part in equipping the
beneficiaries of the Killed in Action (KIA) and Wounded in Action (WIA) members
of the Philippine Army (PA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) by
providing inputs on Entrepreneurial Mind Setting, Packaging and Labeling, and
Visual Merchandising.
Recently, the said inputs were integrated in the
two-day training conducted at the Agusan del Sur School of Arts and Trades
under the “Comprehensive Social Benefit Program (CSBP),” a program for the
dependents of the killed and wounded members of the AFP and the PNP in battle
or on duty.
Aside from entrepreneurial inputs, the Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) discussed financial literacy, to educate the 13
trainees in managing their finances.
Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) also provided skills training in meat processing (tocino,
beef tapa and longganisa) which can be their option to engage in business.
KIA beneficiaries will receive an amount of
P500,00.00 while P200,000.00 for WIA.
The activity was organized by TESDA, in partnership
with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), BSP,
Presidential Management System (PMS), PNP, AFP, Department of National Defense
(DND) and DTI. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
