BWCCI to honour six women entrepreneurs
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
FE Report
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) will honour six successful women entrepreneurs from six divisions of the country with BWCCI-EBL Progressive Award-2011. Commerce minister Muhammad Faruk Khan will attend the award giving ceremony as the chief guest which will be held on May 24 at Multipurpose Hall of the Institution of Diploma Engineers in the city. BWCCI president Selima Ahmad made the disclosures Monday at a press conference held at its office in the city. She said, "The main objective of BWCCI-EBL Progressive Award-2011, which is being launched by BWCCI from this year to commemorate 100 years of International Women's day, is to encourage the local women entrepreneurs." She said Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) and BWCCI will sign a memorandum of understanding on May 24 under which women entrepreneurs will get training and EBL services. She said a three-member jury board comprising Dhaka University Prof Moin Ahmed, ADB gender specialist Ferdouse Sultana Begum and EBL head of SME banking Khorshed Alam will scrutinise the nomination papers of women entrepreneurs. BWCCI started journey with only 24 members in 2001 and now it has more than 2500 members. The chamber conducts many training programmes and workshops on relevant business issues and undertakes initiatives to remove obstacles so that the women entrepreneurs to grow more in business. Selima said the organisation also wants to honour two women journalists from print and electronic media who have made noteworthy contribution for development of local women entrepreneurs. She said under a three-year Asian Development Bank project 900 women entrepreneurs and 300 bankers will get training on different issues. EBL managing director Ali Reza Iftekhar said, "There is no crisis of funds for entrepreneurs in the country but access to information on how to get it is the main problem for them." He said EBL has disbursed Tk 1.0 billion among the women entrepreneurs and recovery rate is 100 per cent. He said, "We have separate desk for women entrepreneurs and we are thinking to develop virtual help desk for the women entrepreneurs to also assist them who live outside the cities." EBL head of SME Khurshid Alam, the award giving programme convenor Farzana Chowdhury and BWCCI board members were present, among others, at the press conference.
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) will honour six successful women entrepreneurs from six divisions of the country with BWCCI-EBL Progressive Award-2011. Commerce minister Muhammad Faruk Khan will attend the award giving ceremony as the chief guest which will be held on May 24 at Multipurpose Hall of the Institution of Diploma Engineers in the city. BWCCI president Selima Ahmad made the disclosures Monday at a press conference held at its office in the city. She said, "The main objective of BWCCI-EBL Progressive Award-2011, which is being launched by BWCCI from this year to commemorate 100 years of International Women's day, is to encourage the local women entrepreneurs." She said Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) and BWCCI will sign a memorandum of understanding on May 24 under which women entrepreneurs will get training and EBL services. She said a three-member jury board comprising Dhaka University Prof Moin Ahmed, ADB gender specialist Ferdouse Sultana Begum and EBL head of SME banking Khorshed Alam will scrutinise the nomination papers of women entrepreneurs. BWCCI started journey with only 24 members in 2001 and now it has more than 2500 members. The chamber conducts many training programmes and workshops on relevant business issues and undertakes initiatives to remove obstacles so that the women entrepreneurs to grow more in business. Selima said the organisation also wants to honour two women journalists from print and electronic media who have made noteworthy contribution for development of local women entrepreneurs. She said under a three-year Asian Development Bank project 900 women entrepreneurs and 300 bankers will get training on different issues. EBL managing director Ali Reza Iftekhar said, "There is no crisis of funds for entrepreneurs in the country but access to information on how to get it is the main problem for them." He said EBL has disbursed Tk 1.0 billion among the women entrepreneurs and recovery rate is 100 per cent. He said, "We have separate desk for women entrepreneurs and we are thinking to develop virtual help desk for the women entrepreneurs to also assist them who live outside the cities." EBL head of SME Khurshid Alam, the award giving programme convenor Farzana Chowdhury and BWCCI board members were present, among others, at the press conference.