The spotlight turned to two of the country’s top women entrepreneurs in the First Distinguished Entrepreneurship Leadership Forum held last Wednesday, May 16, in UP ISSI.

The University of the Philippines Institute for Small Scale Industries (UP ISSI), the Small Enterprises Research and Development Foundation (SERDEF) and the Industrial Guarantee and Loan Fund (IGLF) will be conducting a one-day Forum on Risk-Based Lending for SMEs.

On the occasion of the 50^th anniversary of the Philippine Association of Collegiate Schools of Business (PACSB) at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila last Thursday, April 26, UP ISSI was awarded with a plaque “in grateful appreciation and acknowledgement of its continuing support as a strategic partner”.

Tehran-born Filipino-American Brian Tenorio, a known fashion and design expert, was in UP ISSI recently to forge a partnership with the Institute to develop a segment in an upcoming television show that will highlight top design destinations in the country as well as showcase entrepreneurial and tourism features of these destinations.

The country’s pioneer and innovator in entrepreneurship promotion and enterprise development is at it again.  UP ISSI delivers another first in its more than 40 years of history: it has opened its online store for some of its most sought-after publications, which were funded by its main private-sector partner, the Small Enterprises Research and Development Foundation (SERDEF).