(7) Promote, develop, regulate and accredit repair and service enterprises in accordance with existing laws; (8) Promote, initiate or conduct the annual trade and industry development conference between the government and the private sector; (9) Build up and maintain the trade and industry database of the Regional Department‟s Information System through a continuing and well coordinated program of data search and information processing; (10) Develop and maintain an integrated computerized marketing information system for trade, industry and investments with a domestic and local scope; Provided, That there shall be a tie-up with the Department of Trade and Industry of the central government for international and domestic market information; (11) Encourage and support the formation of Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council (SMEDC) within the Autonomous Region as well as other trade, industry and consumer protection institutions and associations; (12) Formulate and implement programs to strengthen industries adversely affected by the economic crisis, particularly those that have a good probability of attaining financial viability; (13) Formulate plans and programs that shall encourage projects which would effect the dispersal of industries to the rural areas, promote manufactured goods for export, and develop micro, small and medium scale industries; (14) Facilitate, promote and encourage the upgrading and development of the manufacture of local goods, capital equipment and precision machinery components; (15) Coordinate efforts in formulating long-term industry sectoral plans with the private sector; (16) Promote domestic trade, marketing and distributions to ensure the rational, economical and steady flow of commodities from producing and/or marketing centers to areas where there is a shortage of supply; (17) Establish orderly marketing arrangements for locally produced and imported manufactured goods, and for raw materials used in manufacturing and construction done within the Autonomous Region; (18) Propose, for the consideration of the Monetary Board, programs in the commercial banking sector for directing commercial lending facilities towards priority areas of commercial and industrial development, as well as coordinate government direct funding and financial guarantee programs to achieve trade and industry growth; 158