The National Youth Commission (NYC) and Livecor conducted a Basic Entrepreneurship Development Course – Training of Trainors on November 24-29 2003 at the Splash Mountain Resort, Los Baños Laguna. This was participated by 8 PYEN Regional Coordinators and two members of the PYEN Secretariat in Manila. This intensive course trained the PYEN participants on the methods, practices and the delivery of the Basic Entrepreneurship Development Course to the youth participants in the different regions of the Philippines. As a product of the BEDC-TOT, the PYEN participants are certified trainors of BEDC-TOT.
This seminar gave the PYEN Regional Coordinators time to meet with the PYEN Secretariat and craft a long-term plan in conducting the BEDC-TOT and other training and mentoring sessions in their regions. Currently, the PYEN Regional Coordinators are working towards conducting of the BEDC-TOT in their regions.

On October 27, 2003, PYEN was invited by its partner, Philippine Youth for Business Foundation to participate in the "Introduction to Mentoring" workshop held in Unilever Philippines' Training Room in Manila, Philippines. Mentors from various private sector and non-government agencies were given an insight on the benefits of mentoring in the promotion of sustainable youth entrepreneurship.

The ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth (AMMY) was held at the Mandarin Oriental, Makati City Philippines in September 1-4, 2003. Current issues regarding the youth were discussed in this meeting. The Philippine Youth Employment Network was part of the Philippine Delegation in this event. PYEN provided information on the PYEN objectives and the YES campaign and these were included in the presentation of the Philippine delegation. The ASEAN Ministers on Youth liked the campaign and asked for help in establishing an institution promoting the YES campaign in their countries. The Manila Declaration, which was signed by the ASEAN Ministers on youth, included the promotion of the YES campaign. Even today, PYEN is still keeping correspondence with the interested government bodies of the different countries in the hopes of promoting the YES campaign.