DTI-BOI fortifies Negosyo Center frontline services

CEBU, Philippines - The Board of Investments continues to enhance DTI and Local Government Units frontline officers’ skills in assisting investment-related inquiries and in promoting ease of doing business in the Philippines through capability building trainings.

The activities dubbed as “Investment Briefing / Counseling Seminar and Capability Building Training on Investments Promotion” is conducted nationwide for frontline staff, particularly those in charge of Negosyo Centers.

DTI explains that the trainings intends to refine the skills of the DTI regional and provincial frontline staff and the Local Economic and Investment Promotion Officers (LEIPOs) assigned in the regional Negosyo Centers in assisting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and providing advanced advisory services on investments.

Also, these trainings enhance knowledge of Negosyo Center staff on various laws, rules, and regulations on How to Do Business in the Philippines, as well as offer techniques on how to deal with local and foreign investors, DTI says.

Negosyo Centers are one-stop shops built to cater to the needs of entrepreneurs in processing requirements necessary to establish a business and in accessing information essential for their growth.

In Central Visayas, Negosyo Centers are ready to serve MSMEs  at DTI Cebu Provincial Office, tel# (032) 253.2631, email [email protected]; Bogo City Hall at tel # (032) 260.5310, email [email protected];  DTI Negros Oriental Provincial Office at tel# (035) 422.5509, email [email protected];  Dumaguete City Hall at tel# (035) 225.4563; DTI Bohol Provincial Office at tel# 501.8260, email [email protected]; Tagbilaran City New Capitol Building at tel# (038) 501.8063 / 411.0905, email   nc.boholprovince @gmail.com; DTI Siquijor Provincial Officeat tel# (035) 480.9065, email  [email protected];  DTI 7 Regional Office at tel# (032) 253.2779, email  [email protected]

BOI is the lead government agency responsible for the promotion of investments in the Philippines and assists investors to venture and prosper in desirable areas of economic activities in the country. (FREEMAN)