WCCIM (SPWCCI) updates, by Fariha Munir Shah

Group selfie with the trainers Mr. Hammad Siddiqui and Mr. Huzaifa Shabbir The next round of  Women Leadership in Trade Policy (WLTP) by USAID,  that WCCIM   became a part of, in January 2017- took place on 26th-28th July, the same year, in Serena hotel Islamabad. Participants selected from the workshops in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi were invited to take part, with complete provision of lodgings at the same hotel. From Multan, Masooma Sibtain, Filza Akbar, Novaira Fahad and Fariha Munir were invited. As Masooma and Novaira were out of country for summer vacations, only Fariha and Filza were able to attend these workshops. The cynosure of this program was, enhancing knowledge and skills on planning active and effective advocacy campaigns. Also to introduce some of the best practices under advocacy action planning. 'Proposal writing' and 'financial reporting' were also treated as polestar. As t he honorable trainer  Mr. Hammad Siddiqui ...

The attendees The current president of WCCIM,  Mrs. Naseem Raheem  believes in the significance of trainings and educational workshops for the enlightement of all the members of the chamber. Therefore, her tenure has seen maximum of trainings, workshops and meetings. With the consent of Mrs. Naseem Raheem, a  special training workshop was arranged for the executive members of WCCIM on 'public policy advocacy', in collaboration with CIPE at Ramada hotel Multan. Which was followed by an aftaar, as it was the holy month of Ramadan. As mentioned earlier in previous blogposts, four of the members attended workshops on advocacy. Masooma Sibtain (former president & spokesperson WCCIM, current vice president FPCCI) is one of them. A great motivating spirit that she has and she wants all the active members to be well equiped and well informed. Therefore, she decided to share her knowledge acquired about 'advocacy' with rest of the team of executive member...

Group photo with few of the attendees Women's chamber of commerce and industry Multan division (WCCIM) recently arranged training workshops for its members in collaboration with CIPE  (Center for International Private Enterprise )  which  is a non-profit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  CIPE   provides management assistance, practical experience, and financial support to local organizations to strengthen their capacity to implement democratic and economic reforms.  On 2nd May 2015,  Mr. Hammad Siddiqui , Deputy country Director (Pakistan) and Mr. Huzaifa Shabbir , two distinguished and highly professional trainers from CIPE , presided over the occasion. Divided into two parts, these workshops were separately meant for training executive board members to provide them better understanding of running chamber as business and for ordinary members to help start and develop and strengthen their businesses. Agenda for Part #1 :  This Train...

The meeting in progress, at Kingsbury hotel, Colombo, Sri-Lanka. CIPE  ,  (Center for International Private Enterprise) , is a non-profit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and one of the four core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy.  CIPE   provides management assistance, practical experience, and financial support to local organizations to strengthen their capacity to implement democratic and economic reforms. Recently,  CIPE  invited a select group of ladies from South Asian women chambers  to attend, a regional networking workshop, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This network included pa rticipants from major and emerging chambers of commerce and business associations in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. It was an ongoing training program, with two meetings already held in Dhaka and Khatmandu. When  Spwcci Multan  was honored to be a part of it.  Masooma Sibtain  and  Fariha Mu...