Kathmandu, 18 Aug: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has asserted that the government is ready to lend support required for the promotion and marketing of products manufactured with the use of domestic raw materials and homegrown technologies and skills.
While inaugurating the “Sixth International Women’s Trade Expo” organised by the Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs’ Associations of Nepal in Lalitpur today, the Prime Minister insisted on the need of promoting goods and services based on homegrown skills and technologies, as well as on promoting the market for such products.
The Prime Minister was of the view that the trade fair featuring the skills of women entrepreneurs would help promote country’s export business, contributing to the protection and sustainability of small and medium-scale industries run by Nepali women. In addition to this, it would be helpful for promoting women entrepreneurship, excelling their skills in the related field, diversifying their services and products, and expanding market for their efforts. He urged women community to explore opportunities in the area of entrepreneurship with the maximum utilization of locally-available resources to become economically self-reliant and empowered.
“The expo will be an inspiration to women community to pursue a career as entrepreneur, contributing to the enchantment of women employment, self-employment and to the nation’s economy. I hope the expo for publicity, sale promotion and marketing of goods and services by produced by women entrepreneurs will help expand the network and connection of the entire Nepali women entrepreneurs, providing them a platform for the exchange of business ideas and skills,” the head of the government said.
The interactions among entrepreneurs and exchange of import-export information to take place during the expo will be helpful in consolidating business collaboration, coordination and the relations, and this will be the cause for the promotion of exports of Nepali products and inspiration for foreign investors to explore opportunities in Nepal, according to the Prime Minister.
