Website: www.ecdipakistan.org
Contact: Nida Zaman Khan, Data Controller
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Tel: +92 21 4539492
Adress: 11/2, Khayaban-e- Hafeez, Main Khayaban-e-Tanzeem, DHA Phase 5, Karachi-75500

About
ECDI’s focus is to ensure that the poor are not left behind or excluded from mainstream markets. The organization is cognizant of the fact that MSEs need facilitation and skills to successfully operate within local, regional and international market systems and require training as well as access to quality input supplies, technology, finance, and market information.

Program description:
ECDI provides career counseling services for young entrepreneurs. Their current project “Pathways and Pursestrings: Market Access for Women Producers in Pakistan (MAWPP)” is a market-led initiative to promote women’s economic empowerment and facilitate their effective integration into profitable, mainstream markets.  Some of the trainings that ECDI provide are HR, value chain development and market research.

Participants:
ECDI provides specialist training for individuals seeking entrepreneurial careers and institutions working within the Women and Development (WAD), MED and Micro Finance (MF) sectors in Pakistan.

Applications
The requirements are project based and a letter of request for at least 5 participants is essential for any training program to be delivered.