DTI launches MSME mentoring program

The Department of Trade and Industry and the Philippine Trade Training Center launched the “Building an Entrepreneurial Society of Tomorrow Bootcamp: Accept, Adapt and Act,” or BEST Bootcamp: 3A program, to provide business mentoring and entrepreneurial training to workers displaced by the pandemic and those who wanted to start their own business.

“This entrepreneurship program is part of DTI’s 7Ms Framework for Successful Entrepreneurship, which covers Mindset, Mastery, Mentoring, Market, Money, Machines, and Models of Negosyo. The 7Ms are essential components for micro, small and medium enterprise development and will provide our people the needed entrepreneurial skills and knowledge,” said Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez.

“All participants of the program will gain knowledge on the best practices for a successful entrepreneurship journey, coming from the experiences of our mentors and experts who have specialized in their fields of business,” he said.

The 3A program conducts an integrated approach using lectures, case studies, business pitching workshop, mentoring, recital and drillmaster sessions. It is designed specifically for employees of MSMEs, private school teachers and other retrenched workers affected during the pandemic.