AWCCI Magazines Afghan Women in Business vol 4 | Page 19

AWCCI Three days Refresher Training and Strategic planning The three days Refresher training and strategic planning for AWCCI center and zones board of directors and Managers begun on December 29th, and ended on De- cember 31st, 2019 at AWCCI main office. In this pro- gram, Ms. Afsana Rahimi, the Chair of AWCCI; Ms. Manizha Wafeq, the President of AWCCI; Ms. Parwar- ish Oryakhail, the Deputy of AWCCI; board of directors and Zone Managers of center and East, West, North, and South zones participated. The main purpose of this workshop was for AWCCI center and Provincial teams to be equipped with basic knowledge, to enhance the know-how of Kabul and pro- vincial board members and managers of AWCCI about membership based organizations, their sustainability and especially of AWCCI so they could work independent- ly but in coordination with Kabul office and review of 2019 activities, preparing plan of 2020 and strategic 5 years planning for 2020-2024. The total number of par- ticipants was 26. During the workshop, board of directors, zone manag- ers, and AWCCI-Center staff reviewed the activities and achievements of last years, plans for future years and especially they prepared 2020 plans. At the first day, for more knowledge of participants Mr. Baryalai Hakimi, from CIPE invited by AWCCI and he delivered a pres- entation about “Fundraising”. At the end of this informational session, participants shared their inputs and questions with Mr. Hakimi. At the afternoon of the first day, after reviewing the sum- mary of 2019 accomplishments and AWCCI efficiency in this year, AWCCI provincial board of directors and zone managers and AWCCI central board of directors met H.E. the First Lady of the Country and every zone’s Chair provided their recommendations to her for AWC- CI better performance. At the second day, Mr. Masoud Aziz, the Former Depu- ty of Strategy and Policy at Ministry of Interior Affairs, Chair of Afghanistan Forward and CEO of Afghani- stan Community Consultancy, was invited by AWCCI and delivered a presentation on Planning, Advocacy and Strategy to participants and he shared his experiences re- garding mentioned topic. Besides, five topic were given to participants and they were asked to talk and write about them. The topics were, 2020 research topics, sales support, Investment supports, Advocacy and Awareness raising and Capacity building. At the end, all the participants shared their comments about the mentioned topics. The second day ended with an afternoon meal by Ms. Afsana Rahimi for AWCCI center and provincial board of directors and managers and Roshan Telecom representatives and the Head of HARAKAT organization board. The workshop ended with Ms. Wafeq’s emphasize on expansion of AWCCI activities in zones also in the sur- rounding provinces. AFGHAN WOMEN IN BUSINESS #BuyFromAfghanWomenBusinesses 14