BIÑAN, Laguna: A five-year partnership between the United States government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) and Unilab Foundation was launched here on Monday, March 13, to train Filipino workers to meet the evolving requirements of the high-tech manufacturing sector.
The US Embassy in Manila noted that the USAid and Unilab Foundation through Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Development Alliance (AMDev) aims to enhance the skills and resilience of the Philippine workforce and invested no less than P622 million ($10.6 million) for the joint initiative.
US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson (third from right), Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual (second from right), Science and Technology Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. (rightmost), and Group President and CEO of UnitedHealth Group, Chairman of the Board of Unilab, Inc., and Vice Chairman and President of Unilab
Foundation Inc. Clinton Andrew Campos Hess (fourth from right) lead government and private sector partners in inaugurating the Amherst Laboratories Training Facility in Biñan, Laguna, one of the facilities that will provide skills support and training for AMDev beneficiaries. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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