Meeting with IPD

August 15, 2006

Honorable Punong Barangay
Honorable Kagawad Chair on Trade, Commerce or Business Affairs
Barangay Secretary
Barangay Treasurer

Barangay 34-D
Barangay Bucana 76-A
Barangay Ma-a


Greetings!

Our partners from the Institute for Popular Democracy - European Union are coming on August 21-23 for the Free and Open Source System (FOSS) for the computerization of the registry of barangay micro enterprises.

We would like to invite you to a conference on August 22 at 9 am at the 3rd Floor of the City Council.

We look forward to your active participation.

Daghang salamat!


Councilor Peter T. Lavina

Pilot survey

The pilot survey for the registry of micro enterprises under our FOSS project will now commence next week.

The three pilots barangays are Bucana 76-A, Ma-a, and 34-D.

Later this month, the team from IPD will be here to install the software program and test the registry system.

The registry of the micro enterprises in the barangays would be the basis for organizing them into a Barangay Business Club (BBC). Hopefully, within the next two months we shall be able to complete this pilot testing for both the registration and BBC organizing so it can be replicated in the other barangays.

SME Week

The 8th SME Week opened yesterday with various activities slated at the SM Entertainment Center.

Led by the Davao City SME Development Council, the celebration aims to focus on the important role of micro, small and medium enterprises in the development of the city's economic growth.

Part of the activities include a showcase of various products and services, seminars, trainings and micro-finance forum.

Wealth gap

Want to help bridge the wealth gap?

Here is how Billy Esposo and his Two "Angels of Hope" are doing through the business model called the "Economy of Communion."

Pushing the BMBE law

An inter-agency collaboration is in the works to push for the implementation of the Barangay Micro Business Enterprise law.

It grants incentives to qualified and registered businesses with capital not exceeding P3 million such as tax holidays and exemption from certain provisions of the Labor Code.

Free seminars

There are free seminars at the Food Proceesing and Packaging Mindanao Expo 2006 currently going on at the Central Bank Convention Hall.

The exhibit formally opened this morning and will end on June 24.

Here are the schedules:

June 21 - Seminar Room A

11 am - Environmental compliance for the food sector
2 pm - Heat penetration test procedures for processed food packed in pouches & semi-flex containers
4 pm - Food safety & quality control monitoring program

June 21 - Seminar Room B

11 am - Smart warehouse management
1 pm - energy conservation & energy audit
3 pm - hazard communication
5 pm hygienic pumps for food manufacturing

June 22 - Seminar Room A
11 am - Complete thermal process monitoring system
1 pm - Total productive maintenance "IPM"
3 pm - International food labeling requirements

June 22 - Seminar Room B
11 am - All about franchising seminar
1 pm - Mega profits in the coffee business
2 pm - Retail technology trends
3 pm - Why we need to cut down the cost of food by Mr. Johnlu Koa, founder, The French Baker

June 23 - Seminar Room A
11 am - New manufacturing facilities specially designed for food-compact plastic packaging
12 nn - Competence in food & packaging industry
2 pm - Food safety & hygiene awareness
4 pm - Lubrication for food manufacturing equipment "Foodgrade Lubricants - Oil & Greases"

June 23 - Seminar Room B
1 pm - How to source agrifood supply from Mindanao
3 pm - Determining boiler efficiency & boiler preventive maintenance

June 24 - Seminar Room A
12 nn - Hzard analysis & critical control point (HACCP)
3 pm - The application of ISO 22000 (Food safety management system) in the food processing & packaging industry

June 24 - Seminar Room B
1 pm - Cake talk, etc. (Learn how to make sweet dough varieties, cake decoration & chocolate molding

TACDRUP pushes for organic farming

Farmers can help sustain agriculture production and earn more with nature farming technologies being pushed by the Davao City-based TACDRUP.

More than 2,700 farmers from Davao City, Davao del Sur and North Cotabato have benefited from its program which has increased the yield and income of small farmers.