The Department of Trade and Industry Region 1 continues to strengthen its campaign on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) development through bolstering Shared Service Facility (SSF) Projects.
Four (4) new SSF projects were turned over to different cooperative groups in the provinces of Pangasinan and La Union on March 22-23, 2022. Regional Director Grace Falgui-Baluyan and Provincial Directors Natalia B. Dalaten and Merlie D. Membrere personally led the launching programs.
The projects that were turned over were the SSF for Packaging Improvement of Market Ready Products to Manufacturers and Exporters of Region 1 (MER1) at Basista, Pangasinan worth Php 678,000.00; SSF for the Cacao Processing of the Cacao Growers and Marketing Cooperative (CGMC) at Pozzorubio, Pangasinan worth Php889,800.00; SSF for Product Technology Improvement Facility for Processed Foods and Nuts of the Pangasinan Entrepreneurs Development Association, Inc. (PEDAI) at NFMC Compound, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan worth Php1,473,800.00 and the SSF for Dairy Processing for Rosario Dairy Farmers Cooperative at Dairy Box, Rosario, La Union worth Php 602,000.00.
The DTI SSF Project aims to improve the quality and productivity of microenterprises and SMEs by addressing the gaps and bottlenecks in the value chain of priority industry clusters through the provision of processing machines/equipment for the common use of the Microenterprises and SMEs within the said industry clusters all over the country.
To date, DTI Region 1 has already 239 SSF Projects amounting to P217, 154, 206.91 million for the entire region benefitting 2, 153 MSMEs and 200 cooperators regionwide.
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