Economic Reporter :
The government will provide training to 30,000 women entrepreneurs by 2018 on IT for ensuring the optimum use of ICT in business plan, promotion and management. The Women and ICT Frontiers Initiative (WIFI) of UN Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development (UN-APCICT) has launched a programme, the first-ever in Bangladesh, to build Training and Trainers (Master Trainers) who will provide training to the 30,000 women entrepreneurs by 2018, said Executive Director of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) SM Ashraful Islam. Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) of ICT Division, Bangladesh Women in Technology and Bangladesh Institute of ICT Development in Bangladesh will work as implementing partners of the programme. Ashraf said master trainers are being developed to provide training to 30,000 women entrepreneurs on IT aimed at ensuring the maximum use of ICT for business management, marketing, selling products and making business plan.
As part of the initiative, certificates were given to 30 master trainers on completion of Training of Trainers (ToTs) held at BCC on Thursday.
ICT Secretary Shyam Sunder Sikder and Additional Secretary Sushanta Kumar Saha, Senior Journalist of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Ajit Kumar Sarkar, Director (training) of BCC Mohammad Enamul Kabir, President of Bangladesh Women in Technology Luna Shansuddoha were present at the certificate giving ceremony.
Speaking at the function, Shyam Sikder said the government has been providing support and training to create women entrepreneurs across the country so that they can play a vital role in the country’s development.
He said the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) contained women empowerment as one of the major agendas and the government has taken various initiatives, including capacity building of women in using IT to empower them.
Sushanta said the training to build the capacity of women entrepreneurs for using IT will help make business plan as well as promote and expand their business.
The UN APCICT has a very positive impression about Bangladesh’s women entrepreneurs and they could play an important role to motivate and empower the women community, he added.
The government will provide training to 30,000 women entrepreneurs by 2018 on IT for ensuring the optimum use of ICT in business plan, promotion and management. The Women and ICT Frontiers Initiative (WIFI) of UN Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development (UN-APCICT) has launched a programme, the first-ever in Bangladesh, to build Training and Trainers (Master Trainers) who will provide training to the 30,000 women entrepreneurs by 2018, said Executive Director of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) SM Ashraful Islam. Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) of ICT Division, Bangladesh Women in Technology and Bangladesh Institute of ICT Development in Bangladesh will work as implementing partners of the programme. Ashraf said master trainers are being developed to provide training to 30,000 women entrepreneurs on IT aimed at ensuring the maximum use of ICT for business management, marketing, selling products and making business plan.
As part of the initiative, certificates were given to 30 master trainers on completion of Training of Trainers (ToTs) held at BCC on Thursday.
ICT Secretary Shyam Sunder Sikder and Additional Secretary Sushanta Kumar Saha, Senior Journalist of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Ajit Kumar Sarkar, Director (training) of BCC Mohammad Enamul Kabir, President of Bangladesh Women in Technology Luna Shansuddoha were present at the certificate giving ceremony.
Speaking at the function, Shyam Sikder said the government has been providing support and training to create women entrepreneurs across the country so that they can play a vital role in the country’s development.
He said the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) contained women empowerment as one of the major agendas and the government has taken various initiatives, including capacity building of women in using IT to empower them.
Sushanta said the training to build the capacity of women entrepreneurs for using IT will help make business plan as well as promote and expand their business.
The UN APCICT has a very positive impression about Bangladesh’s women entrepreneurs and they could play an important role to motivate and empower the women community, he added.
