WCCIM (SPWCCI) updates, by Fariha Munir Shah

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...