USAID Small and Medium Enterprise Activity

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Business Development Services (BDS) Support
for
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Textile Sector
(on cost-share basis)

USAID Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (SMEA) project is implementing business development support (BDS) activities designed to facilitate growth and enhance productivity in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The project is focused on helping small businesses by addressing challenges to business growth, sales/exports, access to markets, product development, quality control and compliance, IT/ICT development and digitization, and skilled workforce. SMEA will provide with support (subsidizing up to 50% of the fees) to acquire business development services from competent service providers.

SMEA will focus on the following business segments under Textile sector:

1. Garment/Made-ups (Industrial) Manufacturer/Exporter
2. Garment/Made-ups Cut, Make and Trim (CMT) Unit
3. Commercial Exporter
4. Boutique/Retailers
5. Weaving Unit
6. Knitting
7. Processing
8. Embroidery Stand alone
9. Other textiles (excluding spinning)