The New Nation - Internet Edition

THE women entrepreneurs have reportedly taken an initiative to develop a 'national business agenda' for identifying the barriers or impediments that women entrepreneurs face, and provide them with complete guidelines. The Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry has started capacity building in cooperation with the Centre for International Private Enterprise for this. The women chamber will make a coalition with different stakeholders and other organisations working with women entrepreneurs to formulate national agenda.

The women chamber president said, the national business agenda would work as a platform for all women entrepreneurs in the country to build their capacity and contribute to different sectors of business more professionally. The organisers will submit the agenda to the policymakers and other stakeholders concerned possibly early next year. The women chamber will work on implementing the agenda after the successful completion of the process, in cooperation with the government as different organisations are working with women business people.

The women's chamber chief is hopeful that through the national business agenda the stakeholders will come under one umbrella for capacity building of women entrepreneurs. The women's chamber organised a workshop in the city for capacity building and launched the national business agenda with a group of women entrepreneurs who, as a whole, are very dynamic as they want to explore their business outside the country by expanding activities, particularly in the international market. The national business agenda would mainly focus on legislative framework and other issues that the women entrepreneurs face in launching and expanding their business. Women entrepreneurs in developed and less developed countries also face the same kind of problems. Once the exclusive chamber for the fair sex forges coalition, it will be able to help the government effectively in policymaking and related activities.