IT-BPO industry boom in Dagupan seen
DAGUPAN City is prime to be the next information technology hub in the country.
This was the observation made by Jonathan De Luzuriaga, trustee of the Information Technology Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) and president of the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA), during the Information Technology Business Process Management (IT – BPM) Industry Forum hosted by the Dagupan City Information and Communications Technology Council (DCICTC).
In attendance were representatives PLDT and Globe, colleges and universities in the city, Department of Trade and Industry, city officials and other ICT organizations.
The council’s chairperson, Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, said the city aims to develop an IT-BPM industry in the city in order to create jobs for at least 500 (and 5,000 more in the future) IT graduates.
The city has already been recognized as one of the top 10 next wave cities in the country or best locations for Information Technology and Business Process Management Industry next to Manila, Cebu, Clark and Bacolod City.
“Dagupan must walk in cadence with the rest of the country with many urban communities and cities in mad dash to claim a share in the great promise of IT-BPM opportunities driving a new level of growth, and bringing the dreams of its people to reality that comes with an improved and better disposable income for those who will be employed by these businesses,” said Mayor Fernandez.
De Luzuriaga said that by June he will be submitting to the city the IT-BPM roadmap of Dagupan which is expected to create employment, development and revenues.
“Once this road map is in place, this would mean more jobs and more jobs to come in the city. We just need to work for it because it would take more than the city government to make this work. If we can create job opportunities here then our graduates need not go some places outside the city to be able to seek employment. This is not a political exercise but an economic exercise. We are creating jobs for the people,” said De Luzuriaga.
De Luzuriaga hailed Ms. Fernandez for being aggressive in bringing the IT – BPM Industry to the city and in her determination to provide jobs for the people. (JCB_ CIO)
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