Women take centerstage on RIS’ Digital Marketing and e-Commerce training

The Department of Info and Communications Innovation (DICT), through its Rural Effect Sourcing (RIS) Technical Training Program, selected 25 ladies which will go through Digital Marketing and e-Commerce training course last September 21, 2018 at the Community Hall of Taytay, Rizal.RIS Technical Training for Women is an unique course under the RIS Technical Training Program to ensure that Filipinos especially females can compete in the industry particularly in the age of the Fourth industrial revolution.Trainees will undergo a 10-day in person sessions with practical exercises. A 21-day immersion will follow through wherein students will create digital project techniques for the MSMEs, which can be a place for their future collaboration.This training is in partnership with City government of Taytay, the International Labour Organization(ILO ), and JP Morgan. “We are grateful to be the federal government partner in this effort specifically now that innovation is said to be changing human workforce. We require to gear up Filipinos particularly the countryside with the ideal skills and knowledge that will prepare them as the labor force and workplace change.,” shares DICT’s ICT Industry Advancement Bureau Officer -in -Charge, Ms. Emmy Lou V. Delfin.The RIS Training Program is targeted to be carried out in 65 key locations in thecountryside this year, for the locals to be enabled in competing for online tasks in the freelancing and home-based outsourcing industry sections and firms.Aside from empowering the local talents with the abilities and knowledge, the training is likewise a great venue for collaboration since it likewise provides an internet marketing opportunity for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs ). This training is one of the manner ins which both government and the ICT-BPM market are making sure that Filipinos are future ready.According to the Department of Labor and Work, within the next six years work chances will change and that an estimated

2.5 million tasks that will be offered are mainly home-based. DICT sees this as a chance to continue with its objective for countryside development. #WomenCanDoIT About DICT– The Department of Details and Communications Technology is the Philippine Federal government’s lead agency on ICT associated matters. Its primary thrusts are in the ICT Market Advancement, eGovernment, ICT policy advancement, Internet for all and Cybersecurity.About ILO– The International Labour Organization, a specialized United Nations Agency

is consistent with the development instructions of the Government of the Philippines to create sustainable, good jobs in all kinds of enterprises.