National Economic Research and Business Assistance Center (NERBAC)

NERBAC-Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is located at the Cordillera Enterprise Development Center, PCCI along Governor Pack Road, Baguio City.

Meant to streamline business licensing and regulatory procedures, the NERBAC office provides consultancy services to all entrepreneurs and would be investors in the Cordillera such as cost of doing business and business opportunities in the Region.

Enacted under Republic Act (RA) 7470, the NERBAC has been created to enhance economic growth by providing necessary and strategic economic and business information and research assistance, thereby, expediting the process of business formation and encouraging the growth of entrepreneurship of the country.

Government agencies involved in business licensing processes like the local government units (LGUs), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Philippine Health  Insurance Corp. (Philhealth), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Education (DepEd), and the DTI provide representatives at the NERBAC office.

For now, NERBAC-CAR provides prospective entrepreneurs and investors basic business information on various business options that are open to them in accordance with the government’s Investment Priorities Plan (IPP).

The center facilitates the processing and documentation of all paper requirements necessary for the establishment of a business enterprise in the country including credit services.

For more information about NERBAC services, interested individuals or group may call (+6374) 442.6185.