Section 8October 21, 2008, Sec./Art. 8

Program and Service. - The Center shall provide ivelihood and skills training services that will develop individual and/or collective knowledge, skills and attitudes of residents in communities, for the purpose of enhancing their capability to engage in more productive employment and/or entreprenuership. This includes, but shall not be limited to, trainings on:

(a) Development of practical skills for home-based, viable income generating projects such as backyard gardening, aquaculture and livestock raising, and other such endeavors that make use of the available resources within the community;

(b) Business development services such as product design and development, marketing and promotions;

(c) Basic entrepreneurial management, financial literacy, organizational development and other such trainings;

(d) Community participation skills development to promote and advance the barangay residents' awareness and application of community mobilization approaches, cooperative systems and techniques to create livelihood opportunities, and participatory implementation of livelihood programs and projects;

(e) Occupational hazard and safety, labor rights, and values that promote the general welfare, develop people empowerment, self-reliance, and self-help; and

(f) Sustainable development and environment-friendly livelihood technologies.