Obra-Negosyo-Eskwela Countryside Enterprise Business Upliftment (ONE CEBU)

It has always been the advocacy of the Chamber to promote entrepreneurship especially among the younger generation whom we see as the future business capitalists of the country.

This year, as innovation to the third My Business Idol, MCCI collaborated with the Provincial Government of Cebu and the Commission on Higher Education Region 7 for the project, “OBRA NEGOSYO ESKWELA” where the ten participating Business Administration and Management schools of the My Business Idol will be linked with LGU-nominated country-side entrepreneurs to provide technical assistance and mentorship for the implementation of the business plans.

Obra-Negosyo-Eskwela Countryside Enterprise Business Upliftment (ONE CEBU): A Collaboration of the Province of Cebu MSME Council-Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Participating Universities and Colleges.

What is this program about?

The ONE CEBU is a collaboration of Province of Cebu MSME Council (PC

MSMEC), the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and some

participating Cebu-based Universities and Colleges offering business and

management courses. The overarching goal of the program is the development

of Province of Cebu countryside micro and small enterprises.

What are the objectives of this program?

The partnership is primarily aimed at partnering selected existing country-side

micro and small enterprises of the Province of Cebu with students from the

different participating Cebu-based Universities and Colleges offering business

and management courses in order for the entrepreneurs to be assisted by the

students in planning and organizing the enterprises’ operations and processes,

marketing and financial concerns, among others.

What is the significance of this program?

The Philippine government promotes entrepreneurship as embodied in RA 9501,

otherwise known as the "Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

(MSMEs). In its declaration of policy, the law articulates that the “State shall

recognize the specific needs of the MSMEs and shall undertake to promote

entrepreneurship, support entrepreneurs, encourage the establishments of

MSMEs and ensure their continuing viability and growth and thereby attain

countryside industrialization . . . “

The discipline of entrepreneurship as a subject or a degree is offered by

universities and colleges offering business and management courses. Most of

these courses complement the classroom learning method with the “practicum”

or the “on-the-job” experience which allow students the opportunities to be

immersed and to observe real world business operations.

Encouraging country-side entrepreneurship is one of the major thrusts of the

current administration of the Province of Cebu. Similarly, the Mandaue Chamber

of Commerce and Industry has one of its corporate social responsibility projects

extensding assistance to micro and small entrepreneurs.

The partnerships between the various participating universities and the selected

countryside entrepreneurs are seen to be benefit all parties since the students

will be exposed to, and allowed to act as consultants to the partner-entrepreneurs

and in the process learn from the interaction with the entrepreneurs. Likewise

the entrepreneurs enjoy the assistance of the students, and indirectly the

assistance from the students’ mentors and faculty.

The schools-enterprise partnerships shall likewise profit from the technical

assistance and support from the Province of Cebu MSME Council and the

Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry, these organizations being the

project administrators.

Who administers the program?

The PC MSMEC and MCCI serve as program administrators, providing directions

and advice when needed, monitoring and documenting the progress of the

partnerships, and acting as conduit for any forms of assistance (financial or

otherwise) from the Province of Cebu and/or Mandaue Chamber of Commerce

and Industry and other donors.

The PC MSMEC has a working committee who takes charge of the project

operations such as preparing the program of activities, selecting the

entrepreneurs, partnering these entrepreneurs with the participating schools,

providing the needed logistical and technical support from the PC MSMEC,

ensuring the on-time operations of the activities and the delivery of the expected

outputs and documentation.

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