Italy to extend all possible cooperation to Pakistani women for business: Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese

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Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that Italy would extend all possible cooperation to Pakistani women for raising awareness on business and other issues.

“We can provide full support to engage Pakistani businesswomen in our business sector,” he said.

Speaking at the concluding session of a conference organized by Faisalabad Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FWCCI), the Ambassador said that women in Italy were playing their full role in business.

Speaking on the occasion, President Faisalabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FWCCI), Ms Nighat Shahid said that the Chamber’s main focus had been to promote women entrepreneurs particularly young entrepreneurs for new start-ups in order to drive economic growth.

She said “our Chamber has simultaneously focused on capacity building of women businesses by skill development to achieve best productivity and competitiveness in the emerging business scenario.”

President FWCCI said for the first time in the history of the country, we have organized the All-Women Chambers Presidents Conference on 15th Nov, 2021.

She also demanded easy and soft loans from State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and said that SBP, facilitation desks were also required in all women’s chambers. Taking on the benefit of Trade Development Heads, she said that our emphasis is to facilitate women entrepreneurs and also to visit potential foreign markets to explore export opportunities.

Nighat emphasized that women have huge potential to work in different sectors of the economy including trade. Speaking on the occasion, various chambers of commerce including senior businessmen said that women have a very important role to play in the business community of Pakistan without which the dream of economic development of the country is unfulfilled.