Thursday, November 06, 2008 BPO site to earn P70 million
A PROJECTION of P70 million is expected to be generated within five years should the old Sasa Airport will be converted to a BPO site, an officer of the ICT Davao Inc. revealed.
Bert Barriga, vice-president of the ICT Davao Inc., told business reporters during Tuesday's edition of the Business Forum at the Medispa at SM City Davao, that the projected revenue to be generated was based on the leasable areas of the old Sasa Airport.
"The floor area of the old airport is almost 60,000 square meters, it does not yet include the whole compound," Barriga said.
Barriga was the one who proposed to the City Council that a BPO site will also be potential for the utilization of the old Sasa Airport.
"The place is indeed far, but it is private," he said.
Barriga further said that if the proposal will pass the assessment and the evaluation by the Civil Aviation Board (CAB), the existing infrastructures inside the airport really need to be refurbished.
"We should not only develop the human resources for the BPO industry, but we should also work for the infrastructures," he said.
Earlier, Barriga claimed that the development of the BPO industry in Davao City relies on the availability of supply and quality graduates that the city will produce.
"The kind of graduates the schools and universities are producing should be monitored through accreditation and certification. With this, students are assessed effectively," he said.
Barriga also claimed that there's still a mismatch on the quality of graduates and on the kind of human resources the industry requires.
But Barriga was quick to add that the academe is slowly realizing the need of the industry today, saying that some universities in the city have already adopted the Technopreneurship Program of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DCCCII), which aims to develop students' productivity. (JGRS)
