CEDAW/C/PHI/Q/6/Add.1 Extension Program. About P3,750,000.00 on a revolving fund scheme had been provided to these groups to fund agricultural-related livelihood projects such as livestock, poultry, cut flower production, vegetable productions, meat/fish processing, poultry and food processing. Since its inception in 1997, the indigenous peoples’ commission has implemented various livelihood and small infrastructure IP projects intended to uplift the economic status of IP women despite the agency’s very limited budget for socio-economic projects for all regions nationwide. Given this, NCIP has focused on organizing IP women into cooperatives and provided them with skills and entrepreneurship training to enable them to qualify for loans and credit from lending institutions. The NCIP plans to strengthen this cooperatives and development microfinance facilities for women in coordination with government financing institutions (GFIs), Trade and Industry Department, Cooperative Development Authority, National Irrigation Authority, Energy Department, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Labor Department and the Agrarian Reform Department. ! Rural and Indigenous Women’s Access to Marketing Facilities To further promote and support the development of micro, small and medium enterprises, the government has established the One Town One Product Program (OTOP). Through this program, chief executives of every city and municipality take the lead in identifying, developing and promoting a specific product or service which has a competitive advantage. It supports MSMEs to manufacture, offer and market distinctive products or services through the use of indigenous raw materials and local skills and talents. It offers a comprehensive assistance package through a convergence of services from LGUs, national government agencies, and the private sector which includes: business counselling; skills and entrepreneurial training; product design and development; appropriate technologies; and marketing. The Department of Trade and Industry as the lead agency and prime mover of the OTOP, facilitated the identification and selection of 15 OTOP model areas in various parts of the country. These model areas have identified focused products. DTI has established marketing facilities such as Pasalubong (Gifts) shops/centers in various regions and provinces in the country. OTOP products are currently being sold at 663 market outlets and 83 “Pasalubong” Centers nationwide. About 319 OTOP booths and kiosks/corners were also put up at trade fairs in various regions to showcase these products. As part of its MSME Promotion and Development, DTI had conducted a total and of 2,203 market matching activities in 2005. The Rural Micro-enterprise Promotion Program (RuMMEP) was developed and designed in 2003 to reduce poverty, create employment and enhance income of the rural poor. The program will assist existing and starting micro-entrepreneurs to realize their full potential through capacity building, market linkages and policy improvements. The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Group of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) together with the LGUs and the Anti-Poverty Commission will provide this convergence of assistance. The RuMMEP will support OTOP in strengthening the development and the promotion of products services with competitive advantage. It will be implemented nationwide with priority given to micro-enterprises located in five regions of high poverty incidence subject to set of criterion 27