Business Desk :
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) have partnered and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the FutureNation program to create economic opportunities for all.
FutureNation is a new coalition of the Government, Private and Development sectors to accelerate the future national economic growth agenda by transforming the country’s population dividend into the key driving force of the economy and enabling them to achieve economic independence beyond borders.
Sudipto Mukerjee, Resident Representative of UNDP Bangladesh and Md. Ziaul Huq, Director General, BIDA, inked the partnership on behalf of their respective organizations in the ceremony held at BIDA’s head office in the capital on Sunday, said a press release.
Prime Minister Private Sector Industry and Investment Adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman MP, highlighted the importance of the partnership between private, public and development sectors at the MoU signing program as the chief guest.
BIDA Executive Chairman, Md Sirazul Islam said, “BIDA holds a significant stake in the goals to be achieved by FutureNation, which is focused on the urgent utilization of our young population dividend, the emergence of new work, our industrial future and our goal to become a knowledge economy. BIDA will therefore strongly support this initiative, which will contribute to the emergence of a new Bangladesh, where skills will be one of our commodities in the global market.”
