UNB, Dhaka :
A distinguished panel of experts is set to come together at a symposium in the city on Saturday to assess the ‘Bangladesh-European Union relations in the present context and identify the challenges and opportunities for the future.
Cosmos Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Cosmos Group, will organise the symposium titled ‘Bangladesh-European Union Relations: Prognosis for the Future’ at Six Seasons Hotel.
Rensje Teerink, Ambassador of the
European Union to Bangladesh, will present the keynote paper at the dialogue.
Md Shahidul Haque, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, will attend the event as the chief guest while Chairman of Cosmos Foundation Enayetullah Khan will deliver the welcome speech.
The session will be chaired by Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, the Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, and former Foreign Affairs Adviser to Bangladesh’s previous caretaker government.
Bangladesh’s ties with the European Union (EU) go back to its early days in the 1970s when the country was born after a nine-month war. The EU has been one of Bangladesh’s major development partners ever since, and is arguably its most important trading partner. The bilateral relations, growing stronger over the decades, have moved beyond assistance into diverse fields such as science, technology and blue economy.
The symposium will be part of the Cosmos Foundation’s ‘Dialogue’ series, in which the panel of renowned experts will be tasked with keeping the discussion insightful and relevant, before the floor is opened up to the participation of an informed and engaged audience.
A distinguished panel of experts is set to come together at a symposium in the city on Saturday to assess the ‘Bangladesh-European Union relations in the present context and identify the challenges and opportunities for the future.
Cosmos Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Cosmos Group, will organise the symposium titled ‘Bangladesh-European Union Relations: Prognosis for the Future’ at Six Seasons Hotel.
Rensje Teerink, Ambassador of the
European Union to Bangladesh, will present the keynote paper at the dialogue.
Md Shahidul Haque, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, will attend the event as the chief guest while Chairman of Cosmos Foundation Enayetullah Khan will deliver the welcome speech.
The session will be chaired by Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, the Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, and former Foreign Affairs Adviser to Bangladesh’s previous caretaker government.
Bangladesh’s ties with the European Union (EU) go back to its early days in the 1970s when the country was born after a nine-month war. The EU has been one of Bangladesh’s major development partners ever since, and is arguably its most important trading partner. The bilateral relations, growing stronger over the decades, have moved beyond assistance into diverse fields such as science, technology and blue economy.
The symposium will be part of the Cosmos Foundation’s ‘Dialogue’ series, in which the panel of renowned experts will be tasked with keeping the discussion insightful and relevant, before the floor is opened up to the participation of an informed and engaged audience.
