BWCCI

Objective: To identify and support potential women startup founders in rural and semi-urban Bogura, helping them transition into formal business registries.

Convener: Salma Begum (Director, BWCCI)

Co-Convener: Jesmin Ara (Director, BWCCI)

• Mentoring circles for young women founders.
• Outreach camps in rural Upazilas of Bogura.
• Guidance on drafting business registration files.

Objective: Supporting women farmers and spice/grain processing managers to enhance packaging standards and food safety norms.

Convener: Shamima Ara (Senior Vice President, BWCCI)

Co-Convener: Rebeka Sultana (Director, BWCCI)

• Safe preservation and organic sorting workshops.
• Connecting small food processors to regional wholesalers.
• Guidance on securing BSTI certifications.

Objective: Advancing Bogura's unique handloom weaving, clothing design, and traditional clay pottery cottage industries.

Convener: Farhana Akhter (Director, BWCCI)

Co-Convener: Tasnim Jahan (Director, BWCCI)

• Modern color-fast dyeing technique sessions.
• Clay design refinement workshops.
• Coordinating collective raw material purchasing.

Objective: Guiding women-led SMEs in setting up online pages, dynamic website portals, secure online transaction systems, and utilizing social media commercial marketing.

Convener: Sabina Yasmin (Director, BWCCI)

Co-Convener: Dr. Nusrat Jahan (Vice President, BWCCI)

• Hands-on training in mobile photography and listing creation.
• Introduction to secure digital payment gateways (bKash, Nagad, Merchant Accounts).
• Basic digital cybersecurity guidelines.

Objective: Bridging the communication gap between local commercial banks and women business owners to secure low-interest refinancing loans.

Convener: Begum Rokeya Rahman (President, BWCCI)

Co-Convener: Ferdousi Begum (Secretary General, BWCCI)

• Organizing banking-chamber dialogue sessions on credit access.
• Auditing business plan paperwork.
• Advising members on collateral-free government credit.