Tourism-related skills training
Skills Development and Placement Opportunities for Tourism in Cebu (SPOT Cebu) Trainees’ Orientation
The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Provincial Government of Cebu (PGC) and the St Jude Foundation (SJF), and with funding from the Government of Japan and the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC), trained 350 individuals (275 women, 75 men) in various tourism-related skills (beauty care, cookery, and tour guiding).

The trainees received allowances equivalent to the then-prevailing minimum wage rate, social security protection, health and accident insurance, and personal protective equipment (PPE). The also received assistance in taking the National Certification (NC) examination administered by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA.
On 18 March 2015, the ILO conducted an orientation with selected trainees in Borben, Northern Cebu. They were briefed on details of the sub-project as well as on the specifics of their inclusion in Social Security System (SSS) and Philippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth) coverage.