BY: JUJU MANUBAG-EMPUERTO
CEBU CITY, March 31 (PIA) --- The
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Central Visayas is organizing
the ASEAN Economic Integration Workshop for the Manufacturing,
Trade/Retail, and Creative Industries on April 4, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. at the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel, this city.
The workshop is in cooperation with the Export Marketing Bureau, Regional Development Authority (NEDA-7) and Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI).
The activity seeks to identify action
plans and strategies that would prepare and capacitate industry sectors for the
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) integration.
The Manila resource speakers will discuss on the overall direction of industry development, the impact of AEC integration and its advantages to the manufacturing, retail/trade and creative industries.
The resource speakers from Cebu will
share their knowledge, experiences and expectations to the upcoming ASEAN
Economic Community integration.
Outputs of the workshop will be utilized as main inputs to the Central Visayas Roadmap to AEC integration and will serve as guiding document for the stakeholders in their preparation for the AEC integration.
Those who are interested to participate
and join the ASEAN Economic Integration Workshop may call the DTI 7 Business
Development Division for registration at 2550036, 255-0037 or 412-1989 local
601.
Year 2015 will mark the birth of
the ASEAN Economic Community and
the start of free trade between the 10 member-countries where products and
services, among other things, will have a single market and production base and
where labor, investments and capital will have a freer flow.
(rmn/JSME/PIA-Cebu/DTI7)