{"id":57664,"date":"2019-11-16T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T05:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=57664"},"modified":"2019-11-15T18:11:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T13:11:18","slug":"sme-capacity-building-initiative-launched-across-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sme-capacity-building-initiative-launched-across-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"SME capacity-building initiative launched across Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The National Business Development Programme (NBDP) for Small &amp; Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has initiated the countrywide launch of its largest SME capacity-building initiative for 2019-20, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/secp-approves-listing-rules-smes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SECP approves listing rules for SMEs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBDP is a project of the Small &amp; Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), and is expected to implement the capacity-building programme for SMEs in different parts of Pakistan, including Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu &amp; Kashmir (AJK).<\/p>\n<p>SMEDA Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Fuad Rabbani inaugurated the programme at the SMEDA Head Office on Wednesday. Officials concerned addressed the ceremony, stating that the initiative will provide capacity building support and a helping hand to SMEs. NBDP will also extend support to start-ups and individuals seeking to become entrepreneurs under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-launches-kamyab-jawan-programme.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prime Minister (PM)\u2019s Kamyab Jawan Programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony revealed that the NBDP will conduct 600 training programmes to build capacity during the current fiscal year 2019-20. This will target more than 1,500 SMEs \u2013 engaging professional Training Service Providers (TSPs) chosen through a competitive process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/eu-to-spend-54-mn-on-smes-development-in-sindh-balochistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EU to spend USD 54 mn on SMEs development in Sindh, Balochistan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The training programmes will focus on accounting, book keeping, management, business start-up, and cost management for small and growing companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The National Business Development Programme (NBDP) for Small &amp; Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has initiated the countrywide launch of its largest SME capacity-building initiative for 2019-20, a news source reported. Read:\u00a0SECP approves listing rules for SMEs NBDP is a project of the Small &amp; Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), and is expected to implement the capacity-building programme for SMEs in different parts of Pakistan, including Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu &amp; Kashmir (AJK). SMEDA Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Fuad Rabbani inaugurated the programme at the SMEDA Head Office on Wednesday. Officials concerned addressed the ceremony, stating that the initiative will provide capacity building support and a helping hand to SMEs. NBDP will also extend support to start-ups and individuals seeking to become entrepreneurs under the Prime Minister (PM)\u2019s Kamyab Jawan Programme. The ceremony revealed that the NBDP will conduct 600 training programmes to build capacity during the current fiscal year 2019-20. This will target more than 1,500 SMEs \u2013 engaging professional Training Service Providers (TSPs) chosen through a competitive process. Read:\u00a0EU to spend USD 54 mn on SMEs development in Sindh, Balochistan The training programmes will focus on accounting, book keeping, management, business start-up, and cost management for small&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":37601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13993],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-sme-capacity-building-initiative-launched-across-pakistan"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SME capacity-building initiative launched across Pakistan - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The National Business Development Programme (NBDP) for Small &amp; 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