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Basis seminar on outsourcing opportunities in Finland
Kristina Sunell presents her keynote speech at the seminar
Bangladesh Association of Software & Information Services (Basis) organised a seminar, titled "Outsourcing opportunity in Finland: A case of Scandinavian countries", at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre on October 1. The event was part of a Bangladesh Information Technology Management Programme (Bitmap), a BASIS project funded by Asia Invest Programme of European Union. Partners of the programme are Danish Federation of Small and Medium Enterprise (DFSME) of Denmark, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce of the UK and T&E, Finland. The chief guest of the seminar and joint secretary at the commerce ministry, Mostafa Mohiuddin, reiterated the government's attempt to shore up the local IT industry in the global market. The keynote speaker at the session, Kristina Sunell, development manager of Finland's Ailos Technology, gave a string of directives to local IT industry in her multimedia presentation. Henriette Freris, chief consultant of DFSME, gave an overview of the Danida B2B programme at the seminar. In a conversation with StarTech, Kristina talked about the potential of native IT professionals and called on the authorities concerned to ensure collective effort to enrich their quality. Henriette told the StarTech that Bangladesh needs to promote its image in order to transform the country into an outsourcing destination. TIM Nurul Kabir, director of the BASIS-Bitmap project, coordinated the entire programme.
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