Japan and Cebu IT companies sign MOU to improve labor force

As a way to promote the enhancement of skills of the Philippines’ labor sector, four companies, namely Total OA Systems Co. of Japan, iTech-RAR Solutions Inc. and VocTech Vocational Technological Training and Assessment Institute of the Philippines, together with Simplify Nihongo, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on June 20 at Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort.

The first Japan-Cebu IT friendship event was graced by the presence of selected Japanese employees from Total OA Systems Co., who flew all the way from Japan, as well as Filipino web developers and IT professionals.

The MOU signing was participated by Engr. Andres I. Ralota, Jr., the president and chief executive officer of iTech-RAR Solutions Inc., Alexander Macainag of Simplify Nihongo and Kazuyuki Ikezawa, the president of Total OA Systems Co.

“VocTech Inc. will serve as a venue for IT training and Japanese language training, in partnership with Simplify Nihon- go. iTech-RAR Solutions Inc. will hire trainees from VocTech Inc. while Total OA Systems Co. shall engage iTech-RAR Solutions Inc. with any local or outsourced projects that Total OA will endeavor in the Philippines, employing the manpower of iTech-RAR,” said Ralota in his rationale of the event.

After the actual signing of the MOU, the Japanese delegates had an informal interactive session with the Filipino delegates. Games, picturetaking and a scrumptious native Filipino lunch were also part of the event’s program.

To know more about the different companies involved in the MOU signing, visit their websites www.totaloa.co.jp, www. itechrar.com and www. facebook.com/simplifyNihongo (Simplify Nihongo).

VocTech Vocational Technological Training and Assessment Institute of the Philippines is set to begin construction in September of this year and have its soft opening in November.