The Manpower Development Projects of the Philippines government is a skills training project which is designed for young rural workers and geared particularly toward the enhancement of the employability and productivity of the young rural population and self-employment opportunities. The programme called Training for Rural Enterprise Development implements entrepreneurship training cum extension programmes adapted and packaged according to the prevailing socio-economic conditions and needs of the rural clientele. During the second half of 1878, 324 graduates were trained from three regions and a total of 23 micro-enterprises were established.