BGMEA starts training course on compliance
UNB, Dhaka
After successful removal of child labour from the readymade garment industry, stakeholders have now initiated steps trying to establish the country as an ethical sourcing hub for the international apparel buyers. Bangladesh Garment Manu facturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), the apex body in the trade, yesterday launched a training programme for its 45 mid-level officers who will later pursue the production units into complying with the buyers' demand. "Hard days ahead... we have to take strategic decision at this moment," BGMEA president Quazi Moniruzzaman told the inaugural function of the two-month training workshop for the BGMEA Compliance Cell officers at a local hotel. Local compliance experts of various disciplines will be responsible for around a one-month foundation course while some 12-13 compliance heads from major US and European buying companies would apprise the requirements of their individual companies, organisers said. Representatives from international compliance authority WRAP are also expected to attend the training programme as resource persons. The classes of the programme will begin Saturday next and continue up to end February. Upon completion of their training, the trained officers would suggest the factories to ensure compliance with the buyers' demand.
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