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Community & migrant entrepreneurs get an upgrade

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Thursday, 24 June 2010 10:05
At least 30 migrant and community entrepreneurs attended the Social Enterprise Management Training conducted by Unlad Kabayan on April 19 – 21, 2010 in Unlad Bag-ong Linamon SEEDS Center, Upper Poblacion, Linamon, Lanao del Norte. The three-day training equipped the participants with new and innovative principles, processes and tools in managing social enterprises. Topics discussed in the training were: Understanding Social Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Technical Production & Operation and Human Resources Management. Workshops followed after lectures where the participants were tasked to create their own marketing plans and business plans. The participants also learned from each other's experiences in managing social enterprises, including the challenges they encountered and solutions/actions they took. Among the participants were Elsa Belarmino, a migrant returnee who is now managing a rice center in Surigao del Norte, and Marcelo Cabante of the Lanao Seaweed Growers Multi-Purpose Cooperative. This activity was funded by the European Union through the EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative.
Last Updated on Thursday, 24 June 2010 10:40

LGU Sensitivity Training & Workshop held

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Thursday, 24 June 2010 09:53
Unlad Kabayan held a two-day Local Government Unit (LGU) Sensitivity Training & Workshop on May 30 – 31, 2010 in Unlad Bag-ong Linamon, SEEDS Center, Upper Poblacion, Linamon, Lanao del Norte. The training-workshop aimed to develop the capacities of non-government organizations (NGOs) to deal substantially and comprehensively with local government units (LGUs) and to provide them skills in influencing/transforming LGU plans and programs. At least 40 individuals participated: Municipal Mayor of Linamon, Noel Deaño; municipal councilors from Linamon, Matungao and Kolambugan; NGO representatives from Metro Manila, Davao and Lanao del Norte; community leaders and entrepreneurs. Resource speakers were faculty members of the Political Science Department of the University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, namely: Dr. Jorge Tigno (Board of Trustees member of Unlad Kabayan), Dr. Maria Ela L. Atienza, Dr. Ruth Lusterio Rico and Associate Professor Nelson Cainghog. Among the topics discussed were: The Importance of Local Governance; The Local Legislative Process; Crafting Local Legislative Measures and Developing a Legislative Agenda: Local Legislation for Social Enterprise Development. In between lectures, there were open forums to give the participants a chance to share their experiences in working with LGUs. The participants applied what they learned from the lectures in the workshops, where they were given different cases and tasks to tackle. The participants said the knowledge they have gained from the training workshop will be beneficial in implementing projects, particularly those involving the collaboration between LGUs and NGOs. This activity was funded by the European Union through the EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative.
Last Updated on Thursday, 24 June 2010 10:42

OFWs in SG attend Managing Your Money and Intro to Entrepreneurship training

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Friday, 15 January 2010 02:41

Conducting training among the Filipino migrant workers is one component of the Migrant Savings for Alternative Investments (MSAI) Program. The MSAI program encourages migrant workers to take active role in the economic development in the Philippines by channeling their resources toward building enterprises in their home communities. The MSAI Program was launched in Singapore in May 2008.

Seventy-five overseas Filipino workers attended training sessions on Managing Your Money and Introduction to Entrepreneurship Unlad Kabayan conducted on August 30 and September 6 in Singapore. The trainees were members of the Jeremiah 29:11 International and Solidarita Migran Scalabrini (SMS). Jeremiah 29:11 International is an organization in Singapore that offers business opportunities and skills training to OFWs. SMS meanwhile is an independent non-religious affiliated grassroots organization comprising members who are or were women migrant domestic workers.

The training sessions provided the migrants practical textbook learning and hands-on application on managing their income and expenses, including their monthly remittance back home. It also discussed basic information about entrepreneurship.

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