Wellness in Trade & Industry: DTI, DOLE tie up in training OFWs become entrepreneurs - The Philippine Star » News » Business

DTI, DOLE tie up in training OFWs become entrepreneurs - The Philippine Star » News » Business: "The DOLE, through the National Reintegration Center for OFWs has tapped the DTI through the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) to organize a training package for overseas workers and encourage them to venture into business.

These free training sessions, which began this July, consist of key topics on how to start a business, entrepreneurial education activities where they learn the business cycle, market supply and demand, and selling as well as preparing the business plan.

A study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) noted that overseas remittances could spur local development through entrepreneurship. The study also cited the role of government to provide support mechanisms to overseas workers and remittance-receiving families who are self-employed or who have entered into enterprises.

In 2010, the DTI, through the PTTC, has organized similar trainings for som"