Over 100 participants from Northern Mindanao’s Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) backed by the Department of Trade and Industry Region 10 attended the Propak Processing and Packaging Technology event for Asia that was held at Bangkok International Trade and Exposition Center (BITEC) in, Thailand on June 13-16, 2018, reported Tuesday.
The delegates were all accommodated at the Hotel Galleria 12, Asok, Sukhumvit in Bangkok.
During the preparation period, the component activities done by the representatives of DTI Region 10 were the following: (1) campaigns for participation which started on March 2018, (2) confirmation of participants, (3) passport application assistance for delegates with no passports, (4) ensure flight schedules of each participant, (5) collection of registration fees (6) facilitation of deposits of registration fees, (7) constant RO-PO coordination, (8) briefing and giving of pre-departure updates, (9) updating of itineraries, (10) and dissemination of general advisories to delegates.
Upon arrival, assistance were rendered to delegates include (1) arrangement of hotel rooms, (2) arrangement of participants and schedules of benchmarking sessions, (3) monitoring on the whereabouts of delegates while in Bangkok to ensure that itineraries were fully attended and, (4) the facilitation for the attendance sheet of all of the participants.
Aside from the packaging expo at BITEC, one of the important benchmarking activities conducted was the Thailand OTOP Midyear Exhibit 2018 held at the Impact Arena Exhibition and Convention Center in Muang Thong Thani, Thailand on June 14, 2018.
The exhibit showcased successful One Tambon, One Product (OTOP) brand of products. Both food and non-food products were displayed at a 60,000 sqm arena with a total of over 2,000 exhibitors. The stalls were well arranged according to product focus and observed to be patronize by their local residents.
On June 15, 2018, another equallyelevant bench marking activity conducted was the group visit to the Organic Mulberry Tea Processing Facility and the Siam Banana Processing Factory both located at the Kanchanaburi, Thailand. In both activities, the owner shared the success stories and best practices of the business in mainstreaming local and international markets of their products. (DTI-10)
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