Belmonte launches country’s first vendor business school

belmonte launches country’s first vendor business school

In collaboration with the Consultancy Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIR) Resilient Cities Project, the Quezon City local government unit formally launched its own Vendor Business School (VBS).

In collaboration with the Consultancy Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIR) Resilient Cities Project, the Quezon City local government unit formally launched its own Vendor Business School (VBS).

The first batch included 49 public vendors, 60 hawker vendors, and 60 temporary vendors who will undergo six months of training on entrepreneurship, food safety, market technology, adaptation to climate changes, and proper calorie content for their food products.

The CGIAR Resilient Cities Project, headed by Dr. Simon Heck, is an international research group whose objective is to strengthen the flow of food systems in big cities of the world for food security.

Quezon City and Nairobi City Kenya are the only countries in the world with vendor business schools.

belmonte launches country’s first vendor business school

Mayor Joy Belmonte said the VBS was also an offshoot of the city’s membership to the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, a group of cities pushing for better food systems in the world and ending hunger.

Under the program, training, coaching, and mentoring of vendor business students will start this month and end in July. Upon graduation, they will be included in the PangkabuhayangQC Program under the SBCDPO where a small business grant will be given ranging from P10,000 to P20,000 as added capital.

Dr. Silvia Alonso, co-lead of CGIAR Resilient Cities Initiative, said in a video message that this is an innovative work of how to capacitate

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