e-Bulletin – Vol. 4, Issue No. 17 (20 July 2023)

by | Jul 21, 2023 | Info Notes

MSME Resilience Core Group launches 2nd edition of MSME Guidebook to Disaster Resilience

 

The updated guidebook comes with new sets of data and tools to promote awareness of disaster resilience among MSMEs. Particularly, the MSME Guidebook 2nd edition contains:

  1. A step-by-step guide on crafting your own business continuity plan
  2. Assessment tools to help you evaluate your disaster readiness
  3. Updated Business Continuity Planning roadmap
  4. Updated list of loan and insurance products and services
  5. Most recent local and global data on disaster occurrences and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on MSMEs
  6. Real-life stories of MSMEs who struggled and succeeded during the pandemic
  7. An overview of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan for the year 2020-2023
  8. Helpful mobile applications
  9. Online learning platforms

Download your copy via iADAPT at https://bit.ly/MSME-Guidebook-2nd-Ed

The MSME RCG is a public-private partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), the Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management – Philippines (A-PAD Philippines), the Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (PHILEXPORT), the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).

The Project aims to engage different stakeholders in supporting the development and implementation of policies, strategies, programs and activities necessary to carry out a roadmap for MSME Disaster Resilience that will serve as a framework to link government agencies, private sector organizations and other partners to institutionalize mechanisms for helping MSMEs prepare for and recover from disasters.

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Edgardo Lacson

Chairman of the Board

Edgardo G. Lacson is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), and Director of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). He was formerly President and Honorary Chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).  He was the President of ECOP from 2010 to 2016. Ed Lacson also serves as the President of various business firms, including MIS Maritime Corporation, Safe Seas Shipping Agency, Marine Industrial Supply Corporation, and EML Realty. He serves as Chairman of Metrostore Corporation, MIL Export Philippines, Beacon Environmental Management Services and Primelode, among others.

He is likewise Trustee of both the De La Salle Canlubang, Inc. and Philippine Petroleum Sea Transport Association (PHILPESTA), Managing Director of Link Edge, and a member of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), Philippine Interisland Shipping Association (PISA), and Makati Business Development Council (MBDC).

An alumnus of then De La Salle College and now De La Salle University where he earned his degree in Bachelor of Science in Commerce (BSC) Major in Accounting, Ed Lacson indeed through the years has expanded his horizons.

Edgardo Lacson serves as Honorary Chairman at PCCI. His previous business affiliations include the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), Marine Chemical Corporation, VLK Traders Philippines, Inc., and Esso Standard Eastern.