Make export-oriented coir industry competitive: Chairman

Make export-oriented coir industry competitive: Chairman

PTI

Tuesday, August 04th, 2009 AT 1:08 PM

 

KOCHI: Coir Board Chairman V S Vijayaraghavan has called upon the export-oriented coir industry to make use of the financial and technological support being extended by the Union Ministry of MSME to remain competitive in the global market.

He was speaking after inaugurating the third Business Development Services (BDS) training programme of Alappuzha Coir cluster here.

The World Bank DFID aided four-year project, 2007-11, being implemented by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) was aimed at enhancing the competitiveness and business development of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) of the industry in areas including management, development, training, domestic marketing and ISO certification, he said.

The BDS project implemented by Cluster Pulse, a non-profit NGO, has so far conducted 50 awareness seminars and workshops for MSMEs on ISO certification, e-marketing, export management development and Intellectual Property Rights.