The Cebu Enterprise Month (CBM) 2024 festivities are in full swing, with the latest “Enabling Cebu’s Competitiveness by way of Digital Transformation and Innovation Discussion board” convening business consultants and enterprise leaders to discover the transformative energy of assorted modern methodologies held at Seda Ayala Middle Cebu on June 20, 2024.
Digital commerce, digital economic system, digital ecosystem, [and] tech glomerate—it’s a blessing to have all of those current as a result of these are the issues that can propel us. If we do it proper, with the precise pace and the precise focus, it will propel us into that imaginative and prescient of ours within the chamber, to be globally aggressive.
Jay Y. Yuvallos
CCCI President
The meeting organized by the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Business (CCCI) additionally focuses on accelerating enterprise transactions by embracing cutting-edge applied sciences and upright methods to amplify competitiveness and make Cebu a wise metropolis, fostering sustainable improvement.
CCCI President Jay Y. Yuvallos addresses the visitors throughout the Digital Transformation and Innovation Summit
“Digital commerce, digital economic system, digital ecosystem, [and] tech glomerate—it’s a blessing to have all of those current as a result of these are the issues that can propel us. If we do it proper, with the precise pace and the precise focus, it will propel us into that imaginative and prescient of ours within the chamber, to be globally aggressive,” cites CCCI President Jay Y. Yuvallos.
Yuvallos additionally added that digitizing enterprise processes is confirmed to enhance efficiencies, cut back transaction prices, and easily democratize companies.
CBM 2024 Digital Transformation and Innovation Summit Poster
The occasion underscored Cebu’s dedication to leveraging digital developments as a part of its agenda to realize financial development and sustainability. It served as a platform for exchanging insights and greatest practices, paving the best way for a extra dynamic and aggressive enterprise panorama within the area.
Ease of doing enterprise
Anti-Crimson Tape Authority (ARTA) Secretary Director Normal Ernesto V. Perez
In a concerted effort to bolster financial development and improve the convenience of doing enterprise within the Philippines, the Anti-Crimson Tape Authority (ARTA) has been on the forefront of forwarding initiatives underneath the management of Secretary Director Normal Ernesto V. Perez. Emphasizing the dedication of the present nationwide administration, ARTA has undertaken important steps to streamline authorities rules and processes, aiming to foster a extra conducive surroundings for enterprise and funding by way of the combination of digital options for the whole lot of Cebu.
“By embracing digital transformation and innovation, Cebu positions itself not simply to outlive however to actually thrive in right this moment’s dynamic competitiveness,” exclaimed Secretary Perez throughout his speak on the Enabling Cebu’s Competitiveness by way of Digital Transformation and Innovation Discussion board.
Along with the incumbent Philippine President’s imaginative and prescient, ARTA is devoted to reworking the supply of presidency companies by championing initiatives that prioritize effectivity, transparency, and accountability, thus cementing a business-friendly surroundings for Cebu and the remainder of the Philippines.
Present state of competitiveness
Division of Commerce and Business (DTI) Undersecretary for Competitiveness and Innovation Dr. Rafaelita M. Aldaba
In a dynamic period the place digital transformation and innovation are pivotal to financial development, the Undersecretary for Competitiveness and Innovation of the Division of Commerce and Business (DTI), Dr. Rafaelita M. Aldaba, shares that there’s a want for Cebu to step up and synergize its state of competitiveness by way of mindfracturing, a knowledge- and innovation-driven industrial technique.
“We have to embrace the fourth industrial revolution applied sciences, we have to develop and develop extra modern MSMEs and startups, [and] we have to combine our business improvement, commerce, and funding insurance policies. And one other vital pillar is regional improvement, regional industrialization by way of innovation, and the usage of important applied sciences for the event of regional industries,” states DTI undersecretary Aldaba throughout her dialogue on the lately concluded discussion board by the CCCI.
Whereas primarily targeted on good manufacturing, upsizing MSMEs and accelerating their development, increasing commerce and funding alternatives, and selling regional improvement, Aldaba additionally highlighted that simplifying processes with automation and upskilling the workforce could be instrumental for furthering Cebu’s aggressive efficiency.
Innovation hub
Leopoldo John F. Acot, Assistant Normal Supervisor of the Company Communications Group on the Nationwide Growth Firm (NDC)
On the 2024 Cebu Enterprise Month’s “Enabling Cebu’s Competitiveness by way of Digital Transformation and Innovation Discussion board,” Leopoldo John F. Acot, Assistant Normal Supervisor of the Company Communications Group on the Nationwide Growth Firm (NDC), highlights the company’s essential function in supporting strategic tasks that contribute to the nation’s progress because the funding arm of the nationwide authorities.
“We are literally of a strong mandate to enter into ventures and tasks for the event and good thing about the economic system as mandated by our constitution,” cites Acot.
Not too long ago, NDC has been concerned in a wide range of developments, together with the institution of the primary cement agency, the primary textile agency, a communication firm, a nationwide shipbuilding, and even renewable vitality and healthcare tasks.
Digitalization of the federal government
Division of Data and Communication Expertise (DICT) Director IV June Vincent Manuel Guadan
Director June Vincent Manuel Guadan of the Division of Data and Communication Expertise (DICT) emphasised in his dialogue on the second leg of the 2024 Cebu Enterprise Month’s roster of boards the transformative affect of the eGovPh software. It serves as a cornerstone within the authorities’s efforts to reinforce public service supply by way of digital means, guaranteeing comfort for residents and companies alike by centralizing companies on a single platform.
“[eGovPh App] is a crucial innovation that’s finished by DICT due to the truth that we are attempting to have a citizen-facing software na nandoon na po lahat ng mga companies ng ating gobyerno.”
[The eGovPh App is an important innovation that is done by the DICT because of the fact that we are trying to have a citizen-facing application that already has all government services.]
The citizen-centric and whole-government-encompassing platform, eGovPh, encapsulates the next options: Nationwide Authorities Businesses (NGAs) and Native Authorities Items (LGUs) companies; jobs for resume technology and attempting to find profession alternatives; tourism showcasing the nation’s high journey locations; journey for immigration, departure, and arrival inquiries; start-ups for rising companies; well being that includes an inventory of trusted hospitals and well being facilities; and extra, together with agriculture, SIM card registration, report, and a nook for OFWs.
Comparatively, within the motion to foster innovation by way of collaboration, CCCI has lastly inked a memorandum of settlement with the Nationwide Growth Firm (NDC), and one other with the Anti-Crimson Tape Authority (ARTA), all for the sake of boosting the competitiveness of Cebu’s enterprise panorama by way of digital transformation.
For extra details about the discussion board and to be up to date on the longer term actions of this 12 months’s Cebu Enterprise Month, proudly organized by the CCCI, you might contact their official Fb web page.
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