About 115 frontliners from the Department of Land Reform and the different local government units in Regions 7 and 9 have completed the three-week Comprehensive Rural Entrepreneurial Academy training conducted by the Belgian Integrated Agrarian Reform Support Programme - Technical Support and Coordination Office, held recently at the Bethel Guesthouse, in Dumaguete City.

The CREA is a BIARSP-funded municipal-level intervention program aimed at capacitating municipal front liners with leadership, entrepreneurial and functional skills in rural and entrepreneurial know-how and leadership.

During the graduation program for the five batches of the CREA training course held at Bethel Guesthouse, a forum on rural development was conducted to expand the networks of the CREA.

The CREA graduates are currently implementing their respective individual and group projects.*RG

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