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| N. Ecija Governor Aurelio Umali and Vice Governor GP Padiernos address the crowd of more than 3,000 students at the ICT Roadshow in the Next Wave Cities, an event promoting Next Wave Cities or locations or new destinations for BPO companies looking to expand their operations outside established IT-BPO hubs like Metro Manila, Metro Cebu and Clark. |
Nueva Ecija All Set for IT-BPO
Palayan
City – The province of Nueva Ecija is gearing up for the IT-BPO Industry,
playing host to the 2nd leg of a road show promoting Next Wave Cities or
locations or new destinations for BPO companies looking to expand their
operations outside established IT-BPO hubs like Metro Manila, Metro Cebu and
Clark.
Media Contact Person: Roy Espiritu
According
to Nueva Ecija Governor Aurelio Umali, "Our province has made significant
strides to becoming a Next Wave City. We are the first province in the
Philippines to come out with a Private Public Partnership Code as an incentive
for potential IT locators. We are also looking at developing a significant
portion of the Old Capitol site into an IT-BPO Hub. And on the talent
development side, our Language Skills Institute is training Novo Ecijanos to
communicate in various foreign languages.”
Testimonials
and presentations from industry practitioners and professionals were given to
the more than 3,000 students from various colleges and universities in the
province in attendance at the event. BPAP Executive Director for Talent
Development Penny Bongato encouraged students to look at pursuing a career in
IT-BPO: “The jobs that Filipinos look for abroad are being brought to the
Philippines through IT-BPO, enabling Filipinos to work abroad but live here”,
Ms. Bongato said.
The
IT-BPO road show titled “ICT Roadshow in the Next Wave Cities: Harnessing ICT
for a Smarter Countryside” is organized by the Information and Communications
Technology Office of the Department of Science and Technology along with local
ICT Councils such as the IT/BPO Tech-Novo Ecijano Association, Inc. in
cooperation with IT-BPO industry associations: Business Outsourcing Association
of the Philippines (BPAP), Call Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP),
Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA), Game Developers Association of
the Philippines, Animation Council of the Philippines (ACPI) and the Healthcare
Information Management Outsourcing Association of the Philippines (HIMOAP).
The next
leg of the ICT Roadshow in the Next Wave Cities will be on 13-14 September
2012, in Tagbilaran City, Bohol.
About
DOST-ICTO
The
Information and Communications Technology Office of the Department of Science
and Technology is the Philippine Government’s lead agency on ICT related
matters. Its primary thrusts are in the ICT Industry Development, eGovernment,
ICT policy development, Internet for all and Cybersecurity.
Media Contact Person: Roy Espiritu