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Signing of a bilateral agreement creating a Philippine Institute for Small-Scale Industries (ISSI) as a special four-year project between the governments of the Philippines and the Netherlands.

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Signing of a memorandum of understanding between the National Economic Council (now the National Economic and Development Authority) and the University of the Philippines delegating the task of implementing the terms of the bilateral agreement.

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Formal inauguration of the ISSI, manned by a core group of Dutch small industry experts and their Filipino counterparts.

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Launching of a "Management Clinic" which extended specialistic advice and technical assistance to small businessmen, particularly in project study preparation.

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Maiden issue of the Small Industry Journal, quarterly magazine for entrepreneurs and development workers of small enterprises.

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Designation of the ISSI as National Productivity Center of the Asian Productivity Center and the subsequent implementation of all APO training programs in the Philippines.

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Opening of the first training program of the ISSI, a nine-month Management Consultancy Course for Small Industries.

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ISSI library opened in 1966 with a few hundred books-- mostly loans from the UP College of Business Administration and donations by the Netherlands Government.

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First General Convention on Small and Medium Industries.

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Creation of the National Council for Small and Medium Industries by virtue of Executive Order 237, with the UP ISSI Director as action officer.

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Created as an organic research and extension unit of the University of the Philippines by virtue of Republic Act 6041 on 4 August 1969.

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Opening of the first Low-Cost Automation (LCA) Course and Inauguration of the Low-Cost Automation laboratory.

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Opening of the first Regional Industrial Development (RIDE) Course.

This six-month course covers the following fields of
study: Introductory Economic Analysis (Microeconomics
and Macroeconomics), Regional Development, Statistics,
the Development of an Industrial Enterprise and interdisciplinary
and related institutional topics which include
Management, Sociology and Entrepreneurship. In addition
to lectures, the RI DE Course includes fieldwork in a region,
province or municipality, organization or agency actively
engaged in regional development.

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implementations of the Supervised Credit Program for Small Industries in collaboration with the Social Security System which became the forer111111er of all specialized credit programs for small entrepreneurs in the country.
Organization of a Project Evaluation and Supervision Department In the ISSI In support of the Supervised Credit Program.

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Opening of the first Managers' Course for Small Industries, a three-month distillate of the extensive Management Consultancy Course. Graduated 33 participants.

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Opening of the first International Course on the Development and Management of Small Industries participated in by nationals from Asia-Pacific countries. signaling the emergence of the ISSI as a regional center for small enterprise development training.

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Designation of the ISSI as national participating agency of Technonet Asia, a regional technology information network of the international Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada.

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Launching of a series of countryside Entrepreneurship Development Programs (EDPs) In cooperation with the National Manpower Youth Council (NMYC) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP).

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Organization of the Industrial Technology Department for the purpose of technological research and guidance to small industries.

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Creation of the multi-agency Commission on Small and Medium industries (CSMI), with the ISSI as training and research arm. This marked the beginning of a series of training programs for small industry development workers of various CSMI member-agencies and a series of research studies geared towards policy and program evaluation.

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Designation of the ISSI to the policy-making Review Committee of the Industrial Guarantee and Loan Fund. a nationwide specialized credit program for small and medium industries.

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Inauguration of the ISSI building, named the Enrique Virata Hall, In the U.P. Campus.

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Establishment of the ISSI Pilot Extension Office In Region 8 with support from the Georgia institute of Technology.

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Founding of the Small Enterprises Research and Development Foundation (SERDEF). a private sector group, aimed to complement the ISSI's efforts in small industry development.

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Organization of the first conference 0n Appropriate Technology in the Philippines which gave impetus to the organization of the Associatio11 for the Development of Appropriate Philippine Technology (ADAPT) based in the ISSI.

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Managed the CSMI Newsletter

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Won the Anvil Award for Company External Publications Category for the Small Business Entreprenews given by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines.

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Renewal of ties with the Netherlands Government through collaboration in various research and training programs.

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Launched the first Productivity Through Effective Supervision course.

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Reorganization of the ISSI extension office in Region 8, this time in collaboration with the UP College in Tacloban, Visayas State College of Agriculture and the local government.

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Preparation of a project proposal towards a financially self-reliant Institute for Small-Scale Industries by 1987.

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Managed the Asia Pacific Centre for Technology Exchange and Transfer project of the Department of Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry, and Department of Foreign Affairs.

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Set up a technology business incubator for technology-based business startups.

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Was conferred the Asian Regional Training and Development Organization Award.

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Launched the Start Your Own Business course.

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The DTI-Bureau of Small and Medium Business Development (DTI-BSMED) entered into a negotiated consultancy contract with the University of the Philippines Institute of Small Scale Industries (UP-ISSI) and Small Enterprise Research and Development Foundation Inc. (SERDEF) for

the management of the ACTETSME.

Collaborative projects with international and local agencies/institutions were undertaken with the management and administration of ACTETSME operations of UP-ISSI through its former executive Director, Dr. Fortunato T. Dela Pena, and Deputy Director, Ms. Sonia Tiong-Aquino

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Appointed by the APEC Secretariat as the economy and country institute of the Philippines for the Small Business Counselors Training and Certification Program.

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Became the local partner of the University of Maryland Institute of Reforms for the Informal Sector. The partnership's activities consisted of the identification of marketing experts, conduct of a seminar on various topics on marketing and a survey of small and medium enterprises in the
Philippines.

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ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation, Asian Development Bank, and Intel Philippines were among the major private clients of ISSI Training Department. Client institutions from the government sector were Dept. of Agriculture, Dept. of Science and Technology, and Church-run Social Action Center of Pampanga also trained with ISSI.

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Launching of Best Business Plan Competition. Most of the entries were participants of the Start Your Own Business Course.

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Book launching of Dreamers, Doers, Risk Takers 2: Couples in Business

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Policy Workshop on Creation of New Business Ideas.

The ASEAN-METI (Japan) Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee (AMECC) Working Group on Small and Medium Enterprises, Supporting Industries and Rural Industries agreed to support a Policy Workshop on Creation of New Business Ideas to be held in manila.

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Book Launching of Iskolar ng Bayan Gives Back, the Enterprising Way.

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Introduced information and communications technology-enabled services such as the conduct of e-learning courses, an online store for digitized publications, and a digital library of resource materials in the library.

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Launched its own radio program, That’s Entreptainment!. The program is a collaborative project between the Institute and the UP Diliman College of Mass Communication. Daisy Cayos and Ian de Vera were the regular hosts of the program.

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Catholic Mass Media Awards UP ISSI as the Best Business News or Business Feature.

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Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc. (MCPI) tapped UP ISSI for the mentoring program of the Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards (CMA) program from 2015-2020.

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UP ISSI celebrated its 50th founding anniversary.

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UP ISSI’s 1st MSME Conference at UP Bonifacio Global City.

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DOST-PCAARRD collaborated with UP ISSI to lead the overall implementation of the SciCAT program.

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UP ISSI Benchmarking Trip on MSME Development and Innovation in Thailand

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Asian Society for Innovation and Policy (ASIP) 2019 9th Conference on “Technology and Innovation for SMEs”

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#AI4SMEs: Artificial Intelligence for SMEs
Challenging Our Business Sense Through Disruptive Technological Trends

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Pagdiriwang ng Dangal at Kahusayan sa Saliksik, Malikhaing Gawa, at Ekstensiyon. A festival of honor and excellence in research, creative and extension works.

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Launch of UP ISSI Online Mentoring for MSMEs

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Opening of the 1st e-Start Your Own Business (SYOB) Course

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Opening of the 1st Online Digital Marketing Course.

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Opening of the 1st e-Managers' Course via Zoom platform. Facilitated by Ms. Maria Fe Reyes as Program Manager and Ms. Loida de Vera as Program Coordinator.