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June 13, 2008

NERBAC CALABARZON LAUNCHED

CALAMBA CITY - The Department of Trade and Industry launched NERBAC CALABARZON during the Regional Development Council Meeting last June 11, 2008 at the Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, DENR, Forestry Campus, UP Los BaƱos, Laguna.
The launch featured the signing of a declaration of commitment among national government agencies and the leagues of cities and municipalities in the Philippines.
NERBAC CALABARZON, or the National Economic Research and Business Assistance Center in Calabarzon, is a virtual one-stop-shop business registration office that rationalizes current systems in the processing of applications for starting up businesses.
The center's main feature will be an online business registration facility which is a collaboration of national and local government agencies to help streamline business registration procedures in the country.
Businesses registration including applications for license and permits could be filed in a single online application form - a single data-entry which automatically flows to concerned agencies thus eliminating repetitive submission of the same business information consequently reducing time, cost and red tape.
Created under Republic Act 470, NERBAC Calabarzon will also serve as a regional bank of information relevant to trade and investments vital to business start-up and a central venue for the promotion and facilitation of trade & investments in the CALABARZON Region as well.
NERBAC CALABARZON will rely on the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) as a main facility to simplify processes by streamlining registration requirements in an environment enhanced by convergence and information technology, although there would still be physical presence of major partner agencies at least once per week to do the frontline service.
At its initial stage, the PBR will serve as a database of business entities including small and medium enterprises and will allow access and sharing of data to and from other relevant agencies like the BIR, SSS, and SEC. In addition, the PBR will host entity-based data and functions as a knowledge management base for statistical and analytical requirements.
NERBAC CALABARZON's partners includes the National Economic and Development Authority, Department of Trade and Industry, Regional Development Council IV-A, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Social Security System, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Cooperative Development Authority, Department of Agriculture, DENR, Department of Foreign Affairs, DILG, Department of Health, Department Of Labor and Employment, Department of Tourism, League of Cities of The Philippines, League of Municipalities of the Philippines, PagIbig Fund, and PhilHealth. (CHARLIE S. DAJAO/Department of Trade and Industry Region IV-A)

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