Thrust on capacity building of SME women entrepreneurs

FE Desk

A 4-day training on "Credit Access for Women Entrepreneurs - Train of Trainer (ToT)"  ended at Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) in the capital on Thursday with an urge of building capacity of SME women entrepreneurs to improve their access to finance.

The European Union funded Bangladesh INSPIRED - component 3, which is managed by the Ministry of Industries, organised the training programme, in partnership with Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) and Bangladesh Bank Training Academy (BBTA), in order to get a comprehensive understanding and knowledge of the women entrepreneur segment from a banking perspective.

Around 30 women from Bangladesh Bank, SME and Special Programmes Department (SMESPD), BIBM and BBTA, and different commercial banks and women associations participated in the training programme. These trainees will become trainers themselves, and in turn train other women entrepreneurs in their respective institutions.  

Mr. Md. Abul Quasem, Deputy Governor, Bangladesh Bank, distributed certificates among the participants as chief guest. Ms. Selima Ahmad, President, Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Mousumi Islam, President of Association of Grassroots Women Entrepreneurs, Bangladesh; and Ms. Shamsunnahar, Chairperson of For the Women By the Women Forum were present as special Guests