SME ACCESS TO FINANCE
 
One of the critical elements for SME survival and growth is access to finance. Based on surveys, SMEs have difficulty in borrowing from formal channels of credit in view of their inability to present bankable proposals due to limited knowledge and skills in financial management and operational governance.

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce recognizes the need to empower SMEs through the provision of appropriate capacity enhancement programs and technical assistance support to make them sustainable, competitive and bankable enterprises. With the objective to provide SMEs with an overview of the required knowledge and skills in financial management and introduce new technology that would help them organize and systematize their business processes so they can enhance their financial and operational efficiency, and consequently, their bankability, the Chamber invites the SME Entrepreneurs to participate at this workshop, specifically designed for the purpose.
We are also pleased to inform you that the Chamber has newly developed a ‘Regional Blog’ for business information and networking, which will also be launched during the workshop.
DATE : Friday March 25, 2011 in Colombo, Sri Lanka

VENUE : Crystal Room Upper Floor, Taj Samudra Colombo

INVESTMENT : Rs.4,000/- + 02.04% NBT + 12%VAT per person

(Includes seminar material, lunch, tea & certificate of participation)
RESOURCE PERSONS:
Senior Vice President – Head of the Small and Medium Enterprises Department of the Development Bank of the Philippines.  Arlene S Orencia

Senior Assistant Vice President –

Head, Account

Management Unit,

Corporate Banking II of the Development Bank of the Philippines.
Cecille Ibarra

Head of the Training and Advocacy Unit of the Association of

Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) Consulting (AC).
Members are invited to register by completing and forwarding the attached “Registration Form”, along with your cheque drawn in favour of the “Ceylon Chamber of Commerce” to the Chamber Secretariat not later than Wednesday 23 March 2011.