In partnership with the Philippine Disaster
Resilience Foundation (PDRF), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region
4-A through the Negosyo Center and SME Roving Academy conducted a two-day
training course on Business Continuity Planning among the micro, small, and
medium enterprises (MSMEs) and the Negosyo Center program management staff in
Calamba City, Laguna on 2-3 April 2019. The training program aimed to promote
and develop awareness, appreciation, and understanding of the business
continuity management concepts, practices, and requirements as applied to the
MSME context.
“We, in the DTI, recognize the major role of
our MSMEs in the country’s economic development through income and job
generation. Thus, in CALABARZON, we want to enable our MSMEs to understand the
process in developing Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) as this will serve as a
very helpful tool to help them prepare for future disruptions to their businesses.
After this training program, we want to transform our MSMEs to ‘resilient
MSMEs,’” said DTI Region 4-A Director Marilou Q. Toledo during her Welcome
Message.
According to a survey conducted by the DTI- Bureau of
SME Development and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, only 6% of 513 survey
respondents from all over the Philippines have a BCP in place. Training
activities on BCP for MSMEs have the potential to raise awareness of the
importance of business continuity in private sector resilience and community
resilience. An efficient and effective
business continuity program should be applicable to any enterprises for them to
recover and survive after a disaster. Moreover, as MSME development is one of
the core functions of the DTI, the Negosyo Center staff should be equipped with
the knowledge and tools to enable them to assist enterprises to be resilient in
the face of disasters.
The training program was based on the simplified training
module prepared by PDRF aligned to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
SME Guidebook on BCP. The training module covered the introduction to the
Business Continuity Management Framework, overview of the BCP in the MSME
context, risk assessment, business impact analysis, and the development and
implementation of business continuity strategies and the BCP.
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