A commitment to quality is a pledge that the CCAP has taken to achieve and convey to all the individual entrepreneurs and organizations that manufacture and supply its handcrafted products.

As springboard to the Product Development Workshop held on April 17 and 18, 46 producers coming from 14 groups were given exposure to the April Manila FAME show and nine houseware/furniture shops at the SM Megamall.

The CCAP launched its pilot village-level symposia on March 26, 1999 at the Sison Municipal Hall, home of Riverside Basket Producers Association, CCAP's biggest partner producer group in Pangasinan.

Two formal training activities were launched for CCAP-organized producer groups in Pangasinan and Bicol. A Financial Management Training was conducted for Pangasinan producers on November 22, 1999; while a Project Management Training was organized for Bicol groups on February 12 to 13, 1999.