The Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) launched an innovative training platform aimed at helping micro, small and medium Enterprises in international trade understand and apply the export rules and procedures.
Accessible at PTTC-Arise Plus Training Platform, it offers Filipino MSMEs practical resources for navigating the complex regulations and processes to sell their products on foreign markets.
It provides access to six comprehensive courses including rules of international trade, rules of origin for Filipino exporters, pro forma invoice, reducing cross- border inefficiency, exporting food from the Philippines to the European Union and working with freight forwarders.
These courses will also be offered through interactive training workshops, with the inaugural session taking place on Dec. 5, 2023.
PTTC’s trainers, who received training from ITC, will conduct these workshops following ITC’s Digital Workshop methodology. The approach harnesses innovative teaching techniques, digital tools and detailed trainer instructions to ensure participatory, consistently high-quality, and easily replicable training experiences.
PTTC will further strengthen its capacity to sustain both online and in-person training, integrating them into their core training offerings for Filipino MSMEs.
The initiative is part of ARISE Plus Philippines, a project of the government, with the Department of Trade and Industry as lead partner together with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, Bureau of Customs, the Department of Science and Technology and the private sector. It is funded by the European Union with the ITC as the technical agency for the project.
PTTC is an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) that provides innovative and demand-driven training programs, consultancy and advisory services to MSMEs to make them competitive in the global market.