The search is on to honor again outstanding Filipino microentrepreneurs in the country.

The Citi Microentrepreneur Award of the Year (MOTY)  is a nationwide search for outstanding small scale businessmen that creates improvement not only in his finances but also manage to uplift the small time entrepreneurs in a more bigger scene.

MOTY recognized entrepreneurs in two categories, the “masikap” and “manunlad”. Masikap category is open for microentrepreneurs who made his/her business reliable to the extent that it already provide the needs of the family. The Maunlad category on the other hand, are awarded to entrepreneurs that manage to make their business grow and employ laborers.

The Citi Microentrepreneur Award of the Year is funded by the Citi Foundation that aims to recognize the small entrepreneurs and to create awareness about the micro finance in the Philippines.

This year’s board members are BSP Gov. Amando Tetangco Jr., (chair), Sanjiv Vohra (co-chair), Tessie Sy-Coson, Fernando Zobel de Ayala, Marixi Rufino-Prieto, Joey Concepcion III, Antonino Alindogan, Atty. Felipe Gozon and Dr. Darwin Yu.