Private Sector Voices: Carl Bryan Pontillas, Assistant Vice President of Syntactics, Inc.
Syntactics is based in Cagayan De Oro City, Philippines. It is an outsourcing company that offers digital services such as marketing as well as software and web design development. Syntactics…
Work-Based Learning Briefer
WBL content is integrated into the USAID Opportunity 2.0 program. This means youth participating in the program have gone through a Life Skills training program that strengthens work readiness skills…
Young, stay-at-home mom learns agribusiness online
“Para po sa kagaya kong out-of-school youth, mahirap po talaga na makahanap ng trabaho o makapagsimula ng kahit maliit lang na pagkakakitaan. Hindi po talaga namin alam kung paano magsisimula,”…
Highlights of the DTI-USAID Opportunity 2.0 Agreement Signing (Video)
On May 18, 2021, the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry formalized an agreement with USAID Opportunity 2.0 to collaborate and pursue common goals of making enabling the vulnerable Filipino…
USAID, DTI ink partnership to strengthen entrepreneurship training for OSY
The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), signed a partnership with the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to enhance entrepreneurship training programs for…
Upskilled and Ready: An Agile Workforce for the Economic Reboot (Video)
Private sector stakeholders in the Philippines require a competent and professionally-trained human resource to contribute to the growth and sustainability of their business. The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the…