PAGADIAN
CITY: A grand launching of the Consumers Roving Academy (CRA) will be held here
next week by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), information reaching
Misamis News Digest said.
The
CRA will include micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) all over Zamboanga
Peninsula, DTI OIC-Regional Director Sitti Amina Jain said.
The
SRA is scheduled Nov. 10 to 14 and will be one of the banner projects of DTI in
bringing its programs closer to clients.
The
CRA, according to DTI, aims to safeguard consumer rights by imparting consumer
education through advocacy campaigns, regular monitoring of establishments, and
facilitating resolution of consumer complaints.
The
CRA is being initiated by DTI to also heighten consumer awareness and
responsibilities and for business to undertake customer-centered operation.
Participants
will be taught on components traceability of food to ensure good quality of the
products, exporting to Asean Economic Community, and Rubber Quality Improvement,
Jain added.
She
said the participants of the SRA will be from the food industry, rubber
processors, and potential exporters.
Jain
said the SRA will start on Nov. 10 in Dipolog and Zamboanga del Norte and will continue the next
day in Pagadian and Zamboanga del Sur; in Ipil and Zamboanga Sibugay on
Wednesday, in Zamboanga City on Thursday and will return to Dipolog on Nov. 14.
In
Misamis Occidental, the CRA grand launching was made last October 27.
The
CRA in Misoc included DTI’s “Bagwis” program, product standards, consumer
welfare desk, fair trade laws, “diskwento” caravan, and consumer complaints and
procedures.
(NEWS POSTED ALSO IN HARDLINE WEEKLY, PAGADIAN CITY)