In the Philippines, the Business Processing Association of the Philippines or BPAP unveiled new programs aimed at boosting the local outsourcing industry’s strengths. The BPAP Chief Executive Officer Oscar Sanez said that the group is focusing on several areas, this is in presenting the plans during the e-service 2009 conference. They see as crucial of the industry wants to move forward. The BPAP has been working with organizations like the Technical Education and skills Development Authority or TESDA and schools to develop the local talent. The crucial things that the industry move forward is the language skills, competency assessment, scholarship programs and leadership training.
The organization plans to grow partner schools offering Advance English Proficiency Training (ADEPT). THe organization has collaborated with about 10 schools. The goal is to grow up to 110 schools and train over 5,000 students. They want to have 1000 partner schools offering Advance English Proficiency Training, this is their goal. The BPAP plans to launch a national competency assessment, this is the certification program for applicants to business process outsourcing companies. The program will integrated into a school that plan to create their own business process outsourcing.
According to BPAP the additional budget worth P350 million will also be used for the joint BPAP and TESDA project. The PGS started in 2008 with an operating budget of P260 million, base on BPAP over 40,000 certificates were issued and over 60 percent of near-hires who underwent the training were hired in the program. To implement its new Training for Offshoring and Outsourcing Leadership program is the BPAP plans that intends to create more managers for BPO firms.
With the Ateneo De Manila Graduate School of Business and the De La Salle Graduate School of Business for Tool, adding the program aims to produce 150 managers by the end of 2009. The commission and Information Communications Technology presented the governments “next wave cities program, which the identities outsourcing locations outsourcing locations outside of Metro Manila and other metropolitan areas like Cebu.
Even though there is a global economic recession, the Philippine outsourcing industry remains to be the sunshine industry. It earned about $6 billion in revenues. The industry has also created over 70,000 jobs last year, it is still stands to produce 100,000 people to accommodate demand. The local industry should also considering an innovative pricing models to entice foreign clients.
The outsourcing becomes the best because of its benefits. It helps all things to be possible, this is the fastest growing industry now. Our company know that one of the solution in the problems of the business is outsourcing.
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