Online Training Day 1 on “Pakistan-Uzbekistan Women Entrepreneurs in Textile Industry” was jointly organized by the Center of Global and Strategic Studies (CGSS) Islamabad, Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry (WCCI), Lahore Division, and Uzbekistan Business Women Association, Tashkent

On 20th November 2020, Online Training Week on “Pakistan-Uzbekistan Women Entrepreneurs in Textile Industry” was jointly organized by the Center of Global and Strategic Studies (CGSS) Islamabad, Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry (WCCI), Lahore Division, and Uzbekistan Business Women Association, Tashkent.
The training session aimed to equip the business and entrepreneurship community of Uzbekistan and Pakistan with the basics of entrepreneurship and innovative ideas to enhance their business profiles beyond borders.
Dr. Sumaira Jawad, Principal, University College of Arts and Design, University of the Punjab, Lahore discussed, “Enhancing Textile corporation through academic linkages”. She discussed the role of textile institutions in Pakistan and stated that now the textile markets are pervasive and provide great opportunities for corporations, institutions, and even the academic platforms to collaborate. In this way, the textile industries of Uzbekistan and Pakistan can enhance their capacity building and maximize the benefits in this field. She also suggested that, in the academic domain, the textile cooperation and institutions should give chances to students to come up with innovative ideas. She also highlighted that it will be beneficial to strengthen industrial and academic ties at the international level between both states.
Major Gohar Zia (Retd), Director of Business Development and Logistics, Uzbekistan Pakistan Business Council, explained the concepts of business development, logistics support, and market process to the participants. He highlighted that marketing is based on sales targets and budgets. i.e. two types of budgets: a) higher budget and, b) lower budget. He also elaborated on the strategic partnership in the process of business development. He emphasized the aspect that the business partnership of Uzbekistan and Pakistan needs to focus on the main areas where trade brings a lucrative amount of profit.
Mr. Tariq Khattak, Business Development Specialist, CGSS gave a detailed presentation on “business beyond boundaries”. He further discussed the textile and fashion industry of Uzbekistan. He also elaborated the vision that an entrepreneur should have and explained the core steps that are needed to be followed to adopt better market policies. He briefly elaborated on different business models and emphasized the significance of the business plan. He also enlightened the audience by explaining the legal perspective of the registration and taxation of companies. A video portraying the fashion and textile industry in Pakistan was also shared by CGSS to display Pakistan’s enriched culture and fashion industry.
The online training session was attended by 70 participants from Uzbekistan and Pakistan including women entrepreneurs and business experts. The session was moderated by Ms. Palwasha Nawaz, Project Executive, CGSS & Director, Women Wing, Uzbekistan Pakistan Business Council, and Ms. Odilbekova Dilnoza Muradalievna, Business Coach, Association of Business Women, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.