Institution/capacity building support to MFIs by PKSF Bangladesh

Institutional development of PKSF and its POs holds great importance especially from the point of view of sustainability of the microcredit program that has so far been operational so successfully in Bangladesh. Institutional development has implications on a number of areas comprising program outreach, absorption capacity of the MFIs, supervision and monitoring, financial management and control, personnel policy including human resource development (HRD), sustainability of micro-credit program and MCI itself etc. The institutional development components include the following:

7.3.1            Training:

Training for POs personnel has been identified as one of the vital activities of PKSF for enhancing institutional capacity for successful management of microcredit program. To implement the training program PKSF has created a Training Unit headed by General Manager Administration. The unit is supported by a seven member Implementation Team (IT) consisting of senior level staff members. The Manager and two Assistant Managers carry out the routine works of the unit. PKSF has identified some Training institutes belonging to both public and private sectors and out-sources its training programs to these institutes following the training plan incorporated in the yearly training calendar