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| PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and QBO Innovation Hub sign the MOA formalizing their partnership on October 9, 2018. (From L-R: Rene “Butch” Meily, President, QBO Innovation Hub; Undersecretary Monchito B. Ibrahim, Regional Operations and Countryside Development, DICT; and Katrina Chan, Director, QBO Innovation Hub. |
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and QBO Innovation Hub (QBO) launched DICT STARTUP BASIQS, an introductory workshop on startup entrepreneurship, in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro last October 3, 2018.
Calapan was the first leg in a series of seven DICT STARTUP BASIQS workshops, which will also be held in Mati City, Tagbilaran City, Clark, Baguio City, Iloilo City, and Cagayan de Oro City. The workshop is designed to grow the country’s startup ecosystem by encouraging budding technopreneurs to realize their ideas through experiential learning and skills building.
“Through the Startup BASIQS Workshop, the DICT is taking on the challenge of providing the startups the support they need so they can start building their digital startups. I hope the startups and technopreneurs in the areas where the workshops will be held will take the opportunity of learning the basics of technopreneurship,” said Undersecretary for Regional Operations and Countryside Development Monchito B. Ibrahim.
The workshops are free and open to the public and participants can look forward to learning about the startup mindset, tech entrepreneurship, and tools such as lean startup and business model canvas– learnings they can add to their toolkit. Students, professors, and aspiring technopreneurs interested in participating in the upcoming workshop can register at https://dictstartupbasiqs.eventbrite.com.
The DICT has formalized their partnership with QBO through the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement on 9 October. QBO is the country’s first public-private partnership dedicated to developing the Philippine startup ecosystem by supporting innovation, technology development, and entrepreneurship. The STARTUP BASIQS workshops are aligned with QBO’s vision to inspire the spirit of entrepreneurship across the country and provide Filipinos with the basic knowledge on how to start a startup. DICT and QBO have been long-time partners in their efforts to establish a strong Philippine Startup Ecosystem
“It’s our vision to see more Filipino startups succeed. We think that through more dynamic collaborations with the government such as this program with DICT to promote the innovation mindset in the countryside, we can realize this vision in the near future” said QBO Director, Katrina Chan.
The DICT STARTUP BASIQS workshops is a component of the seedPH Program, which aims to strengthen the development of communities in the countryside crucial to spreading the startup advocacy in the country. In the form of open innovation systems, startup diversity and maturity, startup support is critical as digital transformation is one of the criteria in the Tholons Services Globalization Index to rank Super Cities.
The workshops also support the Philippine Roadmap for Digital Startup initiative of conducting grassroots activities that encourage holding quality value-generating events.
About DICT – The DICT is the primary policy, planning, coordinating, implementing, and administrative entity of the Executive Branch of the government that plans develops and promotes the national ICT development agenda. About QBO Philippines QBO Innovation Hub is a platform for the startup community to collaborate, develop talent, and grow. It is the country’s first public-private initiative for startups, created through a partnership between IdeaSpace, J.P. Morgan, DOST, and DTI.
Spurred on by the vision of Filipinos startups changing the world, QBO’s mission is to create a globally competitive startup ecosystem in the Philippines. For more information on QBO, please visit www.qbo.com.ph or send an inquiry to hello@qbo.com.ph.
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