OKB-Gayon Bicol 2017
Orgullo Kan Bikol (OKB)-Gayon Bicol – Regional Trade & Travel Fair 2017
October 5-8, 2017 at the Megatrade Hall 2, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City.
Bicol Region’s Trade & Travel Fair 2017 Features OTOP and HALAL Products
Now on its 21st year, OKB-Gayon Bicol has gone beyond an annual marketing event for Bicol Region’s fine products and tourism potentials. It has become a central platform to showcase the region’s heritage, to demonstrate Bicolano resilience and to uphold our pride. Once again, we bring to fore Bicol’s socio-economic potentials, trade/industry and tourism opportunities for valued partners, stakeholders, concerned individuals, institutions and the general public.
OKB-Gayon Bicol, through the years, has provided opportunities for our homegrown entrepreneurs to develop, find new markets and become more competitive. Organized by the OK Bikol Association, Inc. in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Region 5 and the Department of Tourism (DOT)-Region 5, this annual marketing and cultural event is the longest running DTI-organized regional trade fair in the Philippines. The OKB-Gayon Bicol features Bicol’s best products made from finest handcrafted materials plus our prime food delicacies. It will bring the Bicolano entrepreneurs’ distinctive skills in weaving, innovating, and producing new products and designs to the world.
OKB-Gayon Bicol 2017 event offers wearables and homestyle products, processed foods, ceramics, furniture/ furnishing, fine jewelry, and other products that will surely delight buyers.
Joining this year’s fair are 141 MSME exhibitors from all over the region. Twenty-six (40) from Albay, 15 from Camarines Norte, 22 from Camarines Sur, 25 from Catanduanes, 11 from Masbate and 28 from Sorsogon. It will feature 32 new entrepreneurs, who will now be given full marketing assistance by the DTI via this trade fair. It will also feature 255 new products resulting from DTI-Region 5’s product development activities prior to the event.
As in the past, this marketing event is a convergence activity of OKB Association, Inc. in partnership with DTI-Region 5, DOT-Region 5, Air 21 and Bicol Harvest/Bicol Artist.
By way of this annual event, DTI enjoins domestic and foreign buyers to take a closer look and become more aware of what these 141 entrepreneurs produce. The organizers endeavour to provide MSMEs better avenues to promote their fine products, and encourage them to explore the global market.
Madya kita sa OKB-Gayon Bicol 2017!
OKB-Gayon Bicol Regional Trade & Travel Fair 2015 Opens on October 8, 2015 @ SM Megamall
The OK Bikol Association, Inc. in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Region 5 and the Department of Tourism (DOT)-Region 5 will be presenting the Orgullo Kan Bikol (OKB)-Gayon Bicol Regional Trade & Travel Fair on October 8-11, 2015 at Megatrade Hall 2, 5th Level, Bldg. B, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City.
Again, we open the door of opportunity for our exhibitors as we present this annual event in pursuit of fresh market for them. We remain committed to provide our entrepreneurs better avenues to promote their products; hence, we endeavor to sustain OKB-Gayon Bicol Regional Trade & Travel Fair.
We invite you to come during the Opening Program on October 8, 2015 at 10:30 AM, or visit anytime during store hours from October 9-11, 2015 at Megatrade Hall 2, 5th Level Bldg. B, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City.
See you there.
THE ORGANIZERS:
-OK Bicol Association, Inc.
-Department of Trade & Industry-Region 5
-Department of Tourism-Region 5
Wearables & Homestyle: Bicol’s Best in Fashion Bags and Utility Baskets
The Bicol Region is home of the best quality, innovative handcrafted products. Its homestyle and wearables industry is the most prevalent provider of income to many Bicolanos. For these reasons, DTI-5 has enrolled its homestyle and wearables industry, particularly the handcrafted fashion bags and utility baskets, under the National Industry Cluster Capacity Enhancement Project (NICCEP).
The most dominant raw materials found in the Region for the identified products are abaca, buri, and seagrass (agas). These are abundant in all six Bicol provinces – Albay, Sorsogon, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, and Masbate.
The operators include nursery operators; suppliers of equipment, seedlings, fertilizers and finishing materials; farmers; gatherers; strippers; technicians and researchers; weavers; sewers; assemblers; quality controller/inspectors; packers; designers; importers; exporters; consolidators; subcontractors; brokers; freight forwarders; wholesalers; retailers; malls; gift shops; trade houses; and boutiques. On the other hand, the enablers include banks, national government agencies (NGAs), local government units (LGUs), business chambers, producers’ organization, and the academe. All these stakeholders collaborate to achieve competitiveness in the homestyle and wearables industry.
From 2009 up to 2011, Bicol Region’s bags and baskets generated US$2.87-M export sales, PhP45.30-M domestic sales, P14.71-M investments, and 1,387 jobs. With the NICCEP, these figures are expected to increase by 10% annually.
The industry’s opportunities and constraints were already identified by the NICCEP-Bicol Core Group. To improve these opportunities and overcome the constraints, the Group plotted an action plan for the handcrafted fashion bags and utility baskets, with a total budget of P7,580,000, to be implemented starting this year up to 2015.
Through the NICCEP, it is expected that the industry’s competitiveness will be enhanced, contributing to the Region’s economic growth. Initial efforts are already being done by the NICCEP-Bicol Team through the conduct of meetings with the industry stakeholders and continuous collaboration with all the Team Members. DTI-5 plans to transcend the concept into the provincial level through the creation of Provincial NICCEP Teams, with the Trade Promo Officers as the Provincial Coordinators.
With such commitment to the Project, the NICCEP-Bicol Team envisions “to produce and sell best quality, innovative handcrafted fashion bags and utility baskets using indigenous and environment friendly materials for high-end foreign and domestic markets such as specialty shops, boutiques, and trade houses of the key trading centers in Japan, Europe, USA, and in the country, increasing annual sales, investments, and employment by 10% for the period 2013-2015”.
– Kia Bulawan
Orgullo Kan Bikol (OKB) 
