Mindanaotoday.com | DTI, DICT MisOcc urge MSMEs to use digital tech
By: Shaine Mae Nagtalon
SINACABAN, Misamis Occidental – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Misamis Occidental and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) have partnered to urge and empower consumers as well as the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to use digital technology or the internet.
With the theme “Sustainable Consumerism in the Digital Age,” the month-long celebration highlights empowering consumers through the use of digital platforms.
DTI Misamis Occidental Provincial Director Jane Marie Tabucan acknowledged the convenience of online shopping.
“Thanks to digital transformation, consumers can now shop online from the comfort of their homes and have their purchases delivered right to their doors,” she said.
She also said this year’s theme focuses on the need for consumers to have a conscious mindset and make more informed and sustainable choices when purchasing goods and services via online platforms.
It also calls for businesses to adopt sustainable choices when purchasing goods and services via online platforms.
Tabucan calls for multi-stakeholders collaboration to make online shopping more sustainable.
“Digitalization has an enormous potential to support progress towards sustainability. Thus, DTI-10 calls for multi-stakeholder collaboration to make online shopping more sustainable knowing fully that “humans have unlimited needs, but the planet has limited capacity to satisfy them.”
Meanwhile, Engr. Eugene C. Raposala III, DICT Misamis Occidental provincial officer, shared the programs of DICT on digitalization.
“There are many programs of DICT such as free Wi-Fi, MSME’s support like cyber security training, data privacy because all of us are doing online and sometimes we give our information online, others are training on how to transform your business from an ordinary business to digital business,” he said.
Raposala also gave tips on responsible consumers. “The best thing to do is protect your identity, protect your rights, don’t post your ID in your Facebook and social media account and the best way is to think before you click. All of the details and transactions that you will be doing are all at your fingertips.” (SMRN | PIA-10 | Misamis Occidental)
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