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Professionalizing the Garment SMEs: Improving quality Standards and Marketing to enter Export Market

The custom made training aimed to strengthen women-owned Ethiopian SMSEs in the textile/garment sector, contributing to the national economic development and framed within the Ethiopian government policy to increase export. More specifically, the program benefited Frehiwot Assefa Garment and eight other businesses.

Outcomes:

Strengthened institutional quality systems, towards meeting (inter)national standards, including social and environmental
A more competitive position of the Ethiopian SMEs in respect to garment export, and Frehiwot Assefa Garment in particular
Improved branding / marketing
A more business oriented management
Integration of Frehiwot Assefa Garment in the relevant (inter)national knowledge networks
Resulting in: a higher turnover and profitability of the Ethiopian SMEs, in partiuclar Frehiwot Assefa Garment.

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The custom training Professionalizing the Garment SMEs: Improving Quality Standards and Marketing to enter the Export Market was designed for the Frehiwot Assefa Garment & 8 other SMEs. The training has been running from June 2017 - May 2018.