About us

Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI)

Welcome to Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BWCCI), the first chamber of commerce in the country exclusively working on women’s economic and social empowerment. It is a non-profit, non-political organization established in June 2001 with an enlightened aim to encourage and strengthen women’s participation in the private sector as entrepreneurs through promoting a women friendly business environment. BWCCI is a strong community voice, lobbying for micro to macro women entrepreneurs to assist their growth and to improve their social and economic prospects. The members of BWCCI are from the entire range of socio-economic spectrum.

If you are a woman entrepreneur, there are many opportunities within the Chamber for you to develop your business. Explore them and excel yourself as a successful business woman. We are here to grow woman in business.

Vision-Mission

Vision

To build a prosperous Bangladesh through progress and economic empowerment of women.

Mission

To evolve as a national platform for urban and rural women entrepreneur with an aim to enhance their contribution in all spheres of life through attaining sustainable financial strength, and recognition in family, society, economic and public life.

Objective

Development Partners

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh;

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts USAID.

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts European Union.

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE).

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts SAWES (South Asian Women Entrepreneur’s Symposium).

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts The Asia Foundation.

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Asian Development Bank (ADB).

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Trace International.

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts SAARC Development Fund.

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts CUTs International-DFID, UK.

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts SME Foundation, Bangladesh.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (HITAL), Canada.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts US Embassy, Dhaka.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts The International Republican Institute (IRI), USA.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts The Royal Danish Embassy, Dhaka.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Swiss contact.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF)-World Bank.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Matching Grant Facilities (MGF).

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts World Bank Group.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts The Commonwealth Secretariat.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Development Cooperation and Economic Affairs.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Achievements

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts BWCCI has won the APAC 2018 International Chamber of Commerce Award

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts BWCCI has received award from NBR in 2017 as the honor of creating awareness among its members and contribute to generate government revenue.

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts BWCCI has won the 7th CACCI Local Chamber Award in Big Chamber Category in Taiwan Major.

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Founder & President of BWCCI Ms. Selima Ahmad received Oslo Business for Peace Award 2014 which is considered the highest form of recognition given to individual business leaders for fostering peace and stability through creating shared value between business and society.

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts A separate allocation of BDT 1 Billion (USD12.5 million) made in the national budget for women entrepreneurs started from the FY 2012-13.

  Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Collateral free loan for women entrepreneurs under the Refinancing Scheme of Bangladesh Bank. Now interest rate is 9% for SME loan in the country.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Activities covered in 64 Districts worked and with 34 development partners till date.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts 31 Projects successfully implemented.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts 3 projects are running smoothly.

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts 1,811 batches received capacity and skill development trainings (till January 2020).

Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts 54,691 women received business development, capacity and skill development trainings (till January 2020).

    Right Icon of Glyph style - Available in SVG, PNG, EPS, AI & Icon fonts Total 4,635 Women Entrepreneurs participated in 53 International (461women) and 294 National (4149 women) trade fairs (till January 2020).

Board of Directors