The New Nation - Internet Edition

DCCI organised a discussion seminar on training activities of the DCCI Business Institute (OBI). M. H. Rahman, former President, DCCI chaired the session; Mr. Hossain Khaled, President, DCCI made the introductory remarks; Dr. Dietrich Stotz Programme Coordinator of GTZ was present as Special Guest to comment on the study.

Akramul Aziz, Consultant presented the findings of the study. The objectives of the study were to further enhance the capacities of the DBI, assess the effectiveness, strength & weaknesses, identify areas of overleaps, duplication of areas of unmeet needs etc.

The Study said that about 90 pc of the participants are happy with the DBI courses and they are willing to send more and more participant to the training programmes of DCCI. He also mentioned that young generation & relative highly educated persons are interested for the training programs. International trading IS the most attended area, where banking & information technology are also encouraging sector to them to be trained. The Consultant suggested to establish more direct relation with the DCCI members through electronic way. So that they are able to send participants. DCCI should upgrade the quality of the training and convince the participant about the value of the training. He also suggested for impact analysis on a regular basis, encourage participants to complete the evaluation form properly, send Training Calendar to the companies at the beginning of the year. So that they take decisions and plan sending their employees.

M H. Rahman suggested for a meeting with the H. R. Manager and CEOs of the companies to share their views on the topics of the training to be conducted by DCCI. He also emphasised for increasing course fee gradually for the long term sustenance of the Business Institute, in this context he suggested for a market survey to see whether raising courses fees reflects in getting number of participants.

Dr. Dietrich Stotz, Programme Coordinator of GTZ said GTZ is happy to see that chamber in cooperation with GTZ has been adding same values to the ongoing chamber activities. He said the chamber should offer training programmes very carefully so that it can fill up the gaps which is not done by others.