INTRODUCTION

District : Tanahun
Headquarter : Damauli
Zone : Gandaki
Development Region : Western

Geography:
Area : 1546 Square Kilometer
Elevation : 340 Meter to 2134 Meter
Rivers (Major) : Madi(Mahindri), Seti(Sukla Gandaki)
and Marshyangdi.

Border Districts:
East : Gorkha & Chitwan
West : Kaski & Syangja
North : Lamjung & Kaski
South : Chitwan, Nawalparasi & Palpa

Topography:
Location : Latitude- 27°36’ - 28°05’ North
Longitude- 83°57’ - 84°53’ East
Climate : Tropical, Sub-tropical
Temperature : Maximum 35°c & Minimum 5°c

Demography:

Political Division:
Election Constituencies : 03
VDCs : 46
Municipality : 01



Profile of Tanahun Chamber of Commerce & Industry

1. History:

The history of Tanahun Chamber of Commerce & Industry begins at Bandipur, the village beautifully located on the mountain top. Bandipur was an initial district capital of Tanahun. It was also a trading and financial hub in the mid west Nepal. People from Dhading and Gorkha in the east, Pokhara, Syangja and Baglung in the west and Manang & Lamjung in the north used to come to Bandipur to trade their goods.

Being one of the biggest trading hubs in the region, local businessmen saw a need of an organization that would integrate all the business associates, promote business activities and deal with problems and challenges in business field. Therefore in 1967, with active involvement of few businessmen and social dignitaries, Bandipur Byapar Sangh was founded.

In 1968, the government of Nepal decided to move District Headquarter to Damauli. As a result, most of the businesses sifted to the placed closer to the highway like Dumre, Bimalnagar, Damauli & Narayanghat. Bandipur Byapar Sangh was directly hit by the migration trend, so the Chamber was remained idle until it was moved to Dumre in 1974. Bandipur Chamber got a new life after it moved to Dumre. In the mean time Damauli was growing quit rapidly. Being a district headquarters, all the important government offices were located there. As a result few members of the chamber mostly from Damauli, proposed to move the Chamber at Damauli. Meanwhile in 1982 its name was changed into Tanahun Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Eventually, it was decided to move the chamber to Damauli in 1988.

• 1998 A.D. :- Partnership Programme Launched with PDDP
• 2001 A.D. :- Partnership Programme Launched with PCCI/ HWK-RH Mainz Germany

2. Objectives:

The objectives of the Chamber of Commerce & Industry are as follows:
• To preserve the rights and the development of the associated business and businessmen and help to promote them by reducing the obstacles on the way.
• Help to upgrade the lifestyle of members by developing cooperation among them.
• To established good relationship with national and international organization for economic development and business promotion.
• To develop the capability of its members and entrepreneurs through training, workshop, seminar, meeting, discussion, interaction and observation tour.
• Encourage to promote local trade and industries.
• To participate in social activities to promote community and uplift peoples’ living standard.

3. Vision

“To develop the chamber as a representative institution that can meet the need of the Members, rich with resources, with its own Secretariat, by the end of July 2009.”

4. Mission

“Help to raise the economy of the Nation through the development of the trade and industry of the district as well as to protect and promote the rights and well-being of the industrialists and businessmen.”


5. Organization:

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry is legally registered in Tanahun District Administration Office of Nepal Government. It is affiliated with Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FNCCI) as a representation of district level chambers of commerce and industry.

The TCCI is managed by an Executive Committee elected through franchise every two years. But General Assembly shall meet at least once a year. The Committee is responsible for formulation and execution of plans and programs under the policy framework of the general body. The executive committee comprises of a President, an Immediate Past President, two Vice Presidents, a Secretary General, a Deputy Secretary General, a Treasurer and 24 other board members. The details of Executive Committee Members are as bellow.

Advisor Member:

Invitee Members:

6. Membership:

This CCI is a District Level CCI that covers whole Tanahun district. To provide different kinds of services easily to members, it has 12 different market units committees. Constitutional provision for membership of Tanahun Chamber of Commerce & Industry is defined as;
• General Member- All registered enterprises in TCCI are qualified to be the Ordinary Member.
• Commodity Member- Some of other special organization related with functional character are defined as Commodity Member; i.e. Contractors association.
• Associate Member- The enterprise having minimum investment capital of NPR 2,500,000.00 on industry or trade is eligible to be an Associate Member.
• Honorary Member- Organization, Forum/Individual who is sincere and supportive in every activities of TCCI could be provided an Honorary Member by the decision of Executive Committee.

7. Market Unit Committees

• Aanboo Khaireni Market Unit Committee
• Bandipur Market Unit Committee
• Bhansar Market Unit Committee
• Bhimad Market Unit Committee
• Bimal Nagar Market Unit Committee
• Damauli Market Unit Committee
• Dulegaunda Market Unit Committee
• Dumre Market Unit Committee
• Khairenitar Market Unit Committee
• Satra Saya Market Unit Committee
• Tharpu Market Unit Committee
• Turture Market Unit Committee.

8. Secretariat:

The secretariat of the chamber has 5 full time staff for office management and communication (An Executive Secretary, a Programme Officer, an Office Assistant, a Helper & a Peon). It has the following facilities;
• One RCC Building with 2 floors.
• Seven rooms for office.
• A conference hall with a seating capacity of 450 persons.
• A training hall with a capacity of 50 persons
• Two set computer, one overhead Projector, Two line Telephone/ Fax, one Fax machine, one Nepali Type Writer, one lithography machine.

9. Rights and Privileges of the Members:

The members have the following rights;
• To participate in the annual meeting.
• To contest and cast ballot in the election of the executive members of the chamber.
• To request TCCI to make representation on their behalf in the matters of individual and common concern.
• To participate in different programs organized by the Chamber and make use of other services provided by the Chamber.

10. Institutional Arrangement for delivery of Business Support Services

• Business Promotion Centre (BPC) established
• 5 Years planning matrix prepared in 1999
• 5 Year planning matrix reviewed in 2004
• Trainers’ Pool Tanahun established.

a. Types of Services offer to SMEs
• Management Training :
• Double Entry Book Keeping with VAT Accounting Training
• Sales Management Training
• Entrepreneurship Development Training, etc.

• Craft (Skill Development) Training :
• Cooking/Baking Training for Hoteliers
• House Wiring Training for existing worker and unemployed people, etc.

• Programmes for Women Entrepreneurs :
• Beautician Training
• Fashion Designing Training
• Woollen Bag Weaving Training
• Incense Stick Production Training
• MASHYAURA (Dry Veg.) Production Training
• TEEKA (a kind of women's ornament) Production Training
• Zone Level Workshop on Women Entrepreneurship Development in Gandaki Zone: its Challenges and Opportunities.

• Agro based Training :
• Vegetable Farming Training
• Ginger Farming Training
• Ginger Processing Training.

• Awareness Programme :
• Orientation on Email and Internet for businessmen
• Orientation on “How to Keep Meat Fresh” for meat sellers
• Orientation on Sanitation for public in different Market Areas.
• Workshop on Value Added Tax (VAT) for Businessmen.

• Local Business Promotion :
• Participation in Exhibition
• Organization of Exhibition (Bandipur Festival 2004 organized).

• Environment Protection :
• Tree Plantation and Green Belt Development
• Bucket Distribution (In Process)
• Cleaning Campaign.

• Tour/Visit :
• Observation Study Tous for SMEs.

11. Publication:

To create awareness towards important issues, trends and development in business, the chamber regularly brings out publications for effective communication and dissemination. Chamber brochure, Smarika, Calendar, Activities report and Membership Directory are the major publications of this CCI.

12. Sources of Income:

Membership Fees, Service Charge, Participation Fees, Advertisement in own publications, Hall Rent and donations from NGO’s/ INGO’s are the main income sources of TCCI.

13. Achievement:

TCCI has played a vital role for socio-economic development of Tanahun district in different sectors by organizing various programme. Different programme held for achieving its goal are as follows;

• Trained more than 1,100 Business Executives, Entrepreneurs, Women Entrepreneurs, Farmers and College Students in business management, craft and agro training
• Water Fountain and Green Belt was developed and Sanitation programme was done as modular basis
• TCCI was awarded as “Best Chamber Award – 2058” among nationwide ‘B’ Categories Chambers of Commerce and Industry by FNCCI.

14. Representation of Chamber:

• Rural Urban Partnership Development Committee- Member
• District Consumer Committee- Member
• District Pricing Committee- Member
• District Sports Committee- Member
• Urban Development Committee- Member
• Steering Committee/ local Collages- Member
• Nepal Child organization Management Committee- Member
• District Agriculture Coordination Committee- Member
• Local Development Fund Board- Member
• Cottage & Small Industries Development Committee- Member
• Damauli Hospital Management Committee- Member
• District Action and Evaluation Committee- Member

15. Partnership Programs with other Agencies/Organizations:

• Chamber Partnership Programme (CPP) – TCCI is one of the active partner chambers of theCPP. CPP is a joint project between Pokhara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and Handwerkskammer Rheinhessen (HWK), Mainz/Germany in participation with Baglung, Lamjung, Tanahun and Nepalganj CCI. The program has been in operation since January 2004.

The program supports TCCI in the following three areas:
- Chamber management and operation
- Promotion of SMEs and Women Entrepreneurship
- Environmental preservation
TCCI has been able to conduct a wide range of activities in the above field every year. The activities conducted under the CPP have not only induced effectiveness in TCCI's operation but also positioned good image of the chamber among public.