A total of 300 Filipina small business owners will receive their training from the International Labor Organization (ILO) on using digitals tools to boost their operations amid the pandemic.
Dubbed as Rebuilding Better: Fostering Business Resilience Post-Covid-19, the ILO program, in partnership with J.P. Morgan, aims to give access to critical support services, such as financial resources, training, market information and networks through the use of digital tools.
ILO media officer Minette Rimando said the project was launched on Tuesday, May 17, 2021, will run until June 30, 2022.
“So far…the International Training Centre in Turin and Google Primer has worked with us to jointly develop resources to support women entrepreneurs targeted by the project,” Rimando told BusinessMirror in a text message.
Aside from Philippines, she said, the project will also benefit 600 other people in Malaysia and Thailand.
“The targeted sectors in the Philippines are F&B and food manufacturing, wellness services as well as handicraft, design and fashion trade,” Rimando said.
ILO said it came out with the project as the novel coronavirus disease compelled more businesses to become more reliant on the Internet to continue their operations.