Pakistan Stone Development Company (PASDEC) has launched women skill development training of marble, mosaic inlay under Creative Entrepreneurship for Women (CREW) Project, which is funded by Government of Germany through GIZ. Through such activities, Pasdec aims at providing women more opportunities to become entrepreneurs.
The direct beneficiaries of this training will be 560 women from these areas. These beneficiaries of the training programme will further train approximately 8,400 women from their communities. A total of 8,960 women will benefit directly and indirectly from CREW project which will impact on security improvement and poverty reduction.
The first mosaic, crafts and inlay centre has been established at Charrah and about 40 women have been enrolled for training. Chief Executive Officer Pasdec and officials of GIZ and Unido visited the centre and expressed their satisfaction on training activities.