Agorrilla said ITAP will also meet with Secretary Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua III, chairman of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) to discuss other measures that the government and industry can take to soften the impact of retrenchments in the IT industry.

For its part, Roxas-Chua said CICT plays "a central role" in helping mitigate the effects of the crisis in the Philippine IT sector. He said the commission is coordinating with the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector and putting greater focus on talent development. The government will also take more proactive steps in promoting the Philippines as an outsourcing hub, said Roxas-Chua, who was guest speaker during the induction of ITAP's new officers.