DU Correspondent :
One fifth of Bangladeshi social enterprises are led by women, significantly 5 per cent of the mainstream business. As a result, women’s empowerment in Bangladesh is promoting day by day, said two survey reports.
The British Council on Sunday launched the survey reports titled “The State of Social Enterprise in Bangladesh” and “Social Enterprise Policy Landscape in Bangladesh” at a programme at Hotel Ascott Palace at Baridhara in the city.
Jim Scarth OBE, Deputy Director of British Council presented the welcome note, while Tristan Ace, Global Social Enterprise Partnerships and Development Manager of British Council overviewed the research reports.
Minhaz Anower, Managing Director & Chief Story Teller of Better Stories Limited shared finding of research reports.
After the presentation of the research reports, there was a penal discussion there. The discussants at the programme also replied to various queries of the participants.
The survey reports also highlighted the attempts to understand the scale of social enterprises activity in Bangladesh as well as the sectors in which social enterprises are focused and the beneficiaries that they support.
The report has identified three main areas, such as, finance, skill development and awareness raising for targeted policy support.
The survey also found that there are 39 per cent male-led enterprises and 5 per cent female led enterprises in the country.
The Bangladeshi social enterprises are generating an average annual turnover of Tk 2.1 million and a big part of these enterprises expect to increase turnover.
Most of Bangladeshi social enterprises are young and most their leaders are aged below 35.
The lack of access to debt finances, understanding and technical skills are seen as the growth of social enterprises.
The survey found that around 150,000 social enterprises currently operating in Bangladesh and they are serving approximately 207,397 beneficiaries.
A total of 149 organisations completed the survey.
It is to be noted that the British Council will conduct a follow-up survey in this regard in three years’ time.
One fifth of Bangladeshi social enterprises are led by women, significantly 5 per cent of the mainstream business. As a result, women’s empowerment in Bangladesh is promoting day by day, said two survey reports.
The British Council on Sunday launched the survey reports titled “The State of Social Enterprise in Bangladesh” and “Social Enterprise Policy Landscape in Bangladesh” at a programme at Hotel Ascott Palace at Baridhara in the city.
Jim Scarth OBE, Deputy Director of British Council presented the welcome note, while Tristan Ace, Global Social Enterprise Partnerships and Development Manager of British Council overviewed the research reports.
Minhaz Anower, Managing Director & Chief Story Teller of Better Stories Limited shared finding of research reports.
After the presentation of the research reports, there was a penal discussion there. The discussants at the programme also replied to various queries of the participants.
The survey reports also highlighted the attempts to understand the scale of social enterprises activity in Bangladesh as well as the sectors in which social enterprises are focused and the beneficiaries that they support.
The report has identified three main areas, such as, finance, skill development and awareness raising for targeted policy support.
The survey also found that there are 39 per cent male-led enterprises and 5 per cent female led enterprises in the country.
The Bangladeshi social enterprises are generating an average annual turnover of Tk 2.1 million and a big part of these enterprises expect to increase turnover.
Most of Bangladeshi social enterprises are young and most their leaders are aged below 35.
The lack of access to debt finances, understanding and technical skills are seen as the growth of social enterprises.
The survey found that around 150,000 social enterprises currently operating in Bangladesh and they are serving approximately 207,397 beneficiaries.
A total of 149 organisations completed the survey.
It is to be noted that the British Council will conduct a follow-up survey in this regard in three years’ time.
