LAHORE: The Small & Medium Enterprises Growth Authority (SMEDA) and the Income Mobilization, Funding and Commerce (ReMIT) Challenge of UN-ITC (United Nation’s Worldwide Commerce Centre) launched an e-learning curriculum on Friday for Pakistan’s SMEs.
The launching ceremony was addressed by Kashif Anwar Sheikh, President LCCI, Dr Muhammad Saeed from UN-ITC Geneva, Dr Jawwad Agha, Nationwide Challenge Coordinator and Senior Technical Advisor of the ReMIT-ITC Challenge, Sehar Malik, President Girls Chamber of Commerce and Nadia J Seth, Head of Coverage and Planning, SMEDA.
The audio system appreciated that the e-learning curriculum is designed to reinforce SMEs technical capacities and knowledge-based geared in the direction of enhancing their capability to export and encourage export progress within the nation. This self-learning on-line SME e-curriculum can be centered to assist SME’s combine themselves in international worth chains by immediately exporting their merchandise.
It aids SMEs in creating their technical capacities and information base in key thematic areas masking varied competencies required to combine in worldwide commerce flows, e.g. the best way to adjust to export laws, understanding Customs procedures and workflows, worldwide commerce finance, air & sea freight, financing choices for exporters, and authorities incentives for exporters.
The President LCCI, Kashif Anwar appreciated the actions of the UN ITC’s ReMIT challenge in creating consciousness and virtually serving to our members throughout the nation in recognizing and enjoying their roles. The President of the Girls’s Chamber of Commerce & Business, Seher Malik additionally expressed her views on the occasion and hoped that ladies entrepreneurs would profit from this large studying alternative and play their position in nation constructing.
Dr Muhammad Saeed from UN-ITC Geneva acknowledged that commerce facilitation has vital implications for a rustic’s export competitiveness. Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs) undergo disproportionately from inefficiencies in customs procedures and different border administration measures.
Nadia J Seth, Head of Coverage and Planning, SMEDA concluded the occasion by lauding the exhausting work of SMEDA’s staff and the contribution of Pakistani SMEs and their suggestions for the event of the curriculum. She additionally acknowledged the help of the UKAID/FCDO, the Interna-tional Commerce Centre, Geneva and the ITC nationwide challenge staff within the capability constructing of Pakistani SMEs. With that she formally launched the e-learning curriculum and made it obtainable for SMEs throughout Pakistan.
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