UThe ground breaking signalled the start of the construction of the P11.4 million three-story training center, which is targeted to open in January 2024.
The ceremony was attended by CCDO head Luzminda Eblamo, Assistant Administrator for Operations Janis Louis Esparcia, Councilor Jessica Bonguyan, Davao City Cooperative Development Council Chairperson Agripino L. Torres, representatives from the Integrated Gender and Development Division (IGDD), Mindanao Development Authority affiliates, department heads and other public officials.
Eblamo, in her speech said, the training center will not be limited to women entrepreneurs or cooperative enterprises but will also be open to all aspiring entrepreneurs hoping to establish small, micro and medium enterprises (SMEs).
“This Magnegosyo Ta Day training center is not exclusive to the cooperative sector. It will be a common service facility,” Eblamo said in a report from the City Information Office.
“All SMEs and all marginalized sectors, which our beloved mayor has focused on like the IPs, solo parents, senior citizens, farmers, fisherfolks— all the marginalized sectors in Davao City will be able to avail of the services of this training center,” Eblamo said.
Esparcia also said empowering the people by educating them how to create their own livelihood will bring about a higher degree of freedom and stability at the grassroots-level of the community.
Mayor Sebastian Duterte, whose message was read by Bonguyan said that making entrepreneurial and skills training more accessible to the community will promote inclusive economic development in the city.
The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), Technical Division and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Agriculture (DA), and other national agencies and non-government organizations will provide the training in the center.
Photo from Davao City Government
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