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The Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), the German international cooperation enterprise GIZ and the Particip GmbH (Particip) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the capacity of factory committees.
President of BGMEA Faruque Hassan, GIZ Project Coordinator STILE Michael Klode and Senior Adviser Particip GmbH Manjur Morshed, inked the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations at BGMEA’s PR office in Gulshan, a press release said on Thursday.
The MoU aims to enable these committees to build and maintain a healthy relationship among both workers and management representatives of each committee.
Under the agreement, the master trainers of BGMEA who were provided with a five-day ToT training, will train several factory committee members in the participating member factories to develop their capacities and function more effectively.
“The RMG industry of Bangladesh has made unprecedented efforts and progress in workplace safety over the past eight years. Over these years’ massive training and awareness building initiatives were undertaken to create the culture of safety. I hope this initiative will strengthen the capacity of workers and management representatives to make different committees more functional,” said Faruque Hassan.
“GIZ’s objective is to facilitate experiencing the benefits of dialogue and communication between management, supervisors and workers on the factory floor. Therefore, we are happy to work with BGMEA to ensure better communication about social and environmental standards,” said Michael Klode.
BGMEA Directors Faisal Samad and Rajiv Chowdhury, former BGMEA director ANM Saifuddin and Senior Adviser at GIZ Sarwat Ahmad were also present at MoU signing ceremony.
