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Strategic Functions
& Services
Principal Functions:
To develop and gear industries in
the province towards world-class industrialization by fostering the growth
of domestic trade, support export development and increase investments
through the:
- promotion
of industries with potential and actual comparative advantage
by providing technical assistance in production, marketing, financing
and human resource development
- development
of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as indirect exporters
- dispersal
of industries to the countryside
- ensure consumer
welfare through the implementation of Fair Trade Laws
- strengthening
of support institutions and provide necessary resources to increase
productivity
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To
reinforce the country's competitive presence in the world market.
Programs and Services.
1. Trade Development
- Provides
general and direct market information to exporters/traders in
the province
- Conducts
necessary skills development training programs
- Prepares
industry profiles and trade promotional brochures
- Prepare,
compile and update statistical information materials on trade
and investment for dissemination to the public
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2. Industry Development/Investment
Promotion
- Facilitates
technical and managerial training programs
- Extends consultancy
services and disseminates information relevant to productivity
improvement, profitability and competitiveness of enterprises
in the province
- Promotes
the development of Provincial Industrial Estates
- Conducts
and facilitates Local Study Missions
- Establishes
cooperative information exchange networks with other government
agencies and other private institutions
- Render information
assistance to prospective local and foreign investors
- Perform
databanking and networking with other line agencies, local government
units and private groups for information sharing purposes
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3. Business Regulation
and Consumer Protection
- Processes
and approves applications for business name registration and accreditation
for service and repair shops
- Issues licenses
and permits for real estate brokers/salesman, realty service practice,
fire extinguisher and bonded warehouse
- Creates and
maintains Consumer Welfare Desks (CWD) in Local Government Units
(LGUs) and business establishments.
- Conducts
consumer information drives and symposia to create awareness on
product quality, safety and standards
- Acts and
resolves consumer complaints
- Promotes
consumer organization, protection and development
- Enforces
Fair Trade Laws and Quality Standards for priority, mandatory
and Philippine products
- Conducts
price monitoring activities of basic commodities
- Supervises
sales promotions
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4. Institutional
Development
- Strengthens
key sectoral organizations and non-government organizations (NGOs)
in Cebu Province
- Conceptualizes,
develops and implements economic development projects in the countryside
- Provides
management consultancy services to SMEs and NGOs
- Facilitates
market linkage and financing assistance through networking
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