Desk Report: Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BKMEA) organised the event titled “BKMEA-SEIP Job Placement conference with RMG HR Professionals” under the Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP) of the Ministry of Finance.
Dr Md Sanwar Jahan Bhuiyan, deputy executive project director at SEIP, and Fakir Kamruzzaman Nahid, managing director of Fakir Fashion and director of BKMEA attended the event as the chief guest and special guest respectively. BKMEA Vice President Fazlee Shamim Ehsan presided over the event.
In the event, RMG industry HR managers have urged to provide job training to mid-level professionals for upskilling industry officials to meet their skill gap. According to Bangladesh Bank data, Bangladesh earned $ 24.77 billion as remittance from 1.2 crore expatriates in FY 2020-21. Considering the industry’s needs, the SEIP project has been providing various training for the knitwear sector since 15 April 2015.
Dr Md Sanwar Jahan Bhuiyan said the government has undertaken this project with the financial support of ADB and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to produce skilled workers and fresh graduates and upskilling industry officials.
