KATHMANDU

The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), has organized an employer training on the relevance of the care economy.

The private sector employer training on the relevance of the care economy began on Wednesday in Dhangadhi, Kailali. The three-day training will run from Wednesday to Friday. The training has been organized by the FNCCI Far Western Province under an agreement between the ILO’s ‘Empowered Women, Prosperous Nepal’ project and the FNCCI Kathmandu.

The inaugural session of the employer training on the relevance of the care economy in the private sector was chaired by Padamraj Chaulagain, member of the FNCCI Sudurpashchim Province Executive Committee and President of the Lamki Chamber of Commerce. The chief guest of the program was Kamala Shrestha, central member of FNCCI and convener of the federation’s Women Entrepreneurship Development Committee.

The program was also graced by the presence of Pramod Bhattarai, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forests, and Environment, and Gagan Dev Bhatta, Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Social Development. The objectives of the three-day training, along with an introduction to the FNCCI, were presented by Hari Paudel, Assistant Director of FNCCI.

Astha Bhatta is the lead trainer for the three-day training.

The chief guest, in her inaugural address, said that the care economy is now a serious matter for the government and the private sector and that it is necessary to formulate a necessary procedure for it. She said that it is necessary to make the care economy a national issue and that the private sector is ready to facilitate and provide necessary support for it.

A total of 30 people from the Sudurpashchim Province, including industrialists, businesspeople, and government and non-government representatives, are participating in the three-day training.