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October 24, 2000 

Dhaka-- (UNB) – With growing quality consciousness and price competitiveness around the globe, Industries Minister Tofail Ahmed has underscored productivity improvement as an imperative for the survival of an industry.

“It’s heartening that like other countries in Asia and Pacific region, in Bangladesh too there is a rapidly growing consciousness amongst the producers and consumers alike,” he said inaugurating an international workshop at a local hotel yesterday (Monday).

National Productivity Organisation (NPO) and Japan-based Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), jointly organised the 11-day workshop on “Procedures for Acquisition of ISO 9000 Certification” to build awareness about the productivity improvement in the industries of the member countries.

Some 25 participants from host Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar and five experts from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and APO Japan joined the workshop. Cambodia and Myanmar are non-APO members.

Developing product quality at a competitive cost, human resources, corporate culture, total quality management, different ISO standards, labour management cooperation, green productivity and benchmarking are essential to raise productivity.

“Many of our entrepreneurs have positively responded to the needs of improving product quality and meanwhile in recognition of their work, a number of Bangladeshi firms have acquired ISO 9000 certification,” said the Industries Minister.

He said the government of Bangladesh has given thrust on rapid industrialisation, poverty alleviation, human resources development and increased per capita output, thereby upgrading the standards of living of the common people.

“These issues evolve round productivity requirements at all spheres of the economy. Bangladesh has embarked on major programme of reforms,” he said.

Tofail said the components of the reform package consist of industrial deregulation, trade liberalisation, promotion of the private sector, divesting state-owned enterprises, exchange rate liberalisation, public resource management, financial sector reforms, fiscal policy reforms and creation of an environment conducive to private entrepreneurship.

These policies are designed to contribute to a market driven economy within a stable macro-economic framework in the country, he said.

To create productivity environment at enterprise level, the minister said productivity year, month and week, and productivity and quality awards also remained under consideration of the government.

Industries secretary Al-Amin Chaudhury, NPO director Dr Shahidul Huq and APO representative Dr Syed Ahmed also addressed the function.