On his third day as the new TESDA Director General, Secretary Guiling A. Mamondiong joined the 24th Direction Setting Committee Meeting, his first meeting with the TESDA Board Members, on July 15 2016 at the Agency’s Board Room in Taguig to discuss the Policy Paper on Entrepreneurship Program and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Policy Agenda. 
During the meeting, the Secretary, advocated the Two-Pronged Poverty Alleviation Program of TESDA.
Present during the meeting were representatives from the Business and Investment Sector, Education and Training Sector, Labor Sector, Employer Sector and the TESDA Directors.