APO, DAP accept participants for self-learning
e-course
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 12 (PIA) – The Asian Productivity
Organization (APO), in cooperation with the Development Academy of the
Philippines (DAP) as the National Productivity Organization (NPO), is currently
accepting participants in the self-learning e-courses on Rural Entrepreneurship
Development until February 10, 2018, and on Agritourism Business Development
until December 2 , 2017.
The target participants for the e-course on Rural
Entrepreneurship Development are managers of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs),
government officers, representatives of non-government organizations (NGOs),
academics, extension officers and other personnel engaged in planning, training
and/or promoting rural businesses and startups and consultancy services on
profit-generating economic activities in rural communities.
According to National Economic Development
Authority (NEDA) Caraga Regional Director and acting Regional Development
Council (RDC) Chairperson Mylah Faye Aurora CariΓ±o, the course was designed to
build the capabilities of the participants who are engaged in business advisory
services and are interested to initiate businesses in rural areas.
“The first module will be an introduction to entrepreneurship
development, followed by developing entrepreneurial ideas into action plan, to
financial modelling for sustainable rural enterprise, and so on and so forth,”
said CariΓ±o.
On the other hand, the e-course on Agritourism
Business Development aims to help enhance the knowledge and skills of
agritourism development advocates necessary for successfully organizing,
planning, and funding the identification, development, and promotion of
high-potential farm-based tourism experience.
The seven modules for the said e-course include the
introduction to agritourism opportunities; tourism trends and traveller
behavior; sustainable tourism development; engaging stakeholders for collective
impact; developing differentiated agritourism experience; creating effective
agritourism promotional strategies; and successful case studies of agritourism.
Accordingly, the e-courses consist of seven to nine
modules and three quizzes. The participant has to take intermittent quizzes for
self-assessment and one final examination, with a minimum score of 70 percent
to qualify in acquiring an e-certificate courtesy of APO, and also be given
preference for the selection to attend the follow-up face-to-face multi-country
APO project.
Interested individuals can register directly in the
APO web portal, http://www.eapo-tokyo.org. Those already registered can access
the course by using the assigned username and password.
For queries, participants may contact Michael del
Mundo or Bonna Frias of APO/NPO secretariat at (02) 631-2143 or (02)
631-0921 local 110, or email them at apolugrantees@yahoo.com.ph.
(VLG/PIA-Caraga)
SurSur vulnerable sectors craft disaster
preparedness advisory for local radio
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, October 12 (PIA) –
Some persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens in Bayabas, Surigao
del Sur have team-up for the crafting of a public service announcement on
disaster preparedness to be aired over local radio stations here.
Accordingly, the produced public service announcement
focuses on preparedness measures of every family, particularly the vulnerable
and marginalized groups.
The script was originally written by PWDs and
senior citizens during the conduct of the focused group discussion (FGD) held
in Bayabas town, facilitated by the Action Against Hunger.
“We are happy that we were able to work with
persons with disabilities and that our voices are now being heard. It is our
first time to involve meaningfully in the decision making,” said Laurentino
Deligencia, a senior citizen.
Action Against Hunger Program Manager Ruel Fegarido
said that the public service announcement is aimed to increase the awareness of
the communities living in areas prone to any forms of hazards, on preparedness
measures and to have them the right mindset and attitude before, during and
after any forms of hazards.
Fegarido added that the project also seeks to
reduce losses of lives, infrastructures, and social assets incurred as a result
of disasters, and to strengthen the humanitarian response and disaster risk
reduction systems.
The conduct of the said activity is one of the
initiatives of Action Against Hunger and Save the Children in strengthening
disaster preparedness and improving the effectiveness of response to
humanitarian crises in the Philippines. This initiative is supported by Agencia
Espanola de Cooperacion Inaternacional Para el Dessarollo (AECID). (PIA-Surigao
del Sur)
