The country's apex apparel body, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has teamed up with ethical trading consultancy Impactt to increase productivity in the readymade garment (RMG) industry.
BGMEA and Impactt signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) recently, where BGMEA President Md Atiqul Islam along with its other office-bearers, head of DFID Bangladesh Sarah Cook and Chairman of Impactt Bangladesh Private Rosey Hurst, among other representatives of different brands, were present. Both will partner to roll out a program titled 'Benefits for Business and Workers (BBW)' which has already improved efficiency and quality and supported better jobs for workers in 45 factories in the country.
BBW is an innovative, low-cost training and consultancy programme which focuses on improving factories' productivity, efficiency, quality and human resources management and is delivering better jobs for workers. It champions investing in the workforce, proper induction systems, better communications and better access to skills development and promotion, increasing employees' satisfaction and prompting a sense of self-worth while workers are able to enhance their skills and access promotion, achieving better social mobility.
The programme will be rolled out to 200 garment factories in Dhaka and Chittagong by 2015 while Impactt will build the capacity of the BGMEA's productivity improvement cell and Rajesh Bheda Consulting will provide training for the productivity modules.
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