Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards gets good response
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
The Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards 2008 programme has received a good response and a large number of applications were received from all over Bangladesh, said a press release.
Citi Foundation, an arm of Citigroup Inc. has launched the programme managed by Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women (SFDW) and Citibank, NA Bangladesh.
A special screening committee formed for the award programme with eminent personalities and experts in the area has started to screen the applications received in all four categories - 'Best Innovative Micro Business of the Year', 'Best Woman Microentrepreneur of the Year', 'Best Microentrepreneur of the Year' and 'Best Microfinance Institution (MFI) of the Year'.
The finalists will be first drawn out of the initial screening from the applications before the winners are finally selected and announced by the jury panel. Each winner will be awarded Tk 350,000.
The award has been launched especially to identify the successful microentrepreneurs and honour best practices of micro enterprises in the country, which have been linked to a traceable source of microfinance.
The aim of the initiative is to recognise the success stories of the entrepreneurs and put the spotlight on local micro entrepreneurs who are working to uplift the economic conditions of their communities, the release added.
Citi Foundation, an arm of Citigroup Inc. has launched the programme managed by Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women (SFDW) and Citibank, NA Bangladesh.
A special screening committee formed for the award programme with eminent personalities and experts in the area has started to screen the applications received in all four categories - 'Best Innovative Micro Business of the Year', 'Best Woman Microentrepreneur of the Year', 'Best Microentrepreneur of the Year' and 'Best Microfinance Institution (MFI) of the Year'.
The finalists will be first drawn out of the initial screening from the applications before the winners are finally selected and announced by the jury panel. Each winner will be awarded Tk 350,000.
The award has been launched especially to identify the successful microentrepreneurs and honour best practices of micro enterprises in the country, which have been linked to a traceable source of microfinance.
The aim of the initiative is to recognise the success stories of the entrepreneurs and put the spotlight on local micro entrepreneurs who are working to uplift the economic conditions of their communities, the release added.