Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) and Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) inked a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday at the DCCI auditorium.

DCCI President Barrister Md. Sameer Sattar and Chairman, BSCIC Md. Mahbubor Rahman signed the document on behalf of their respective organizations, said a media release.

During the signing ceremony, DCCI President Barrister Md. Sameer Sattar said that according to the MoU, DCCI’s new membership enrolment/membership renewal and Country of Origin (CO) services will be integrated with the One Stop Service (OSS) portal of BSCIC.

He also informed that BSCIC’s OSS currently provides 29 services of its own and 13 other organizations.

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Moreover, according to this MoU, any Dhaka-based member of BSCIC can be a member of DCCI, he added.

“If we cannot implement the MoU in practice, it will remain only as a signed document and no one will get any benefit out of it,” he said.    

Chairman of BSCIC Md. Mahbubor Rahman said that BSCIC was established by the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in order to expedite rapid industrialization in the country.

He believed that the MoU signed today will help facilitate industrialization in the country.

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Besides, the MoU will act as a bridge between the member of BSCIC and DCCI for greater business integration in future, he said.

DCCI Senior Vice President SM Golam Faruk Alamgir (Arman), Vice President Md. Junaed Ibna Ali, Director (Skills & Technology), BSCIC, Kazi Mahbubur Rashid and DGM (Technology) & Head of ICT, BSCIC Engr. Md. Delwar Hossain were also present during the signing ceremony.