FBCCI delegation leaves Dhaka for Europe

A high-level trade delegation from the FBCCI, the apex body of business, left Dhaka on Sunday for a two-week visit to Europe as the entourage of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attend the COP26 world leaders' summit and other events.

The delegation, led by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Md Jashim Uddin, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Glasgow, Scotland in the morning, a press release said.

While in the United Kingdom, the delegation will participate with the prime minister at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) to be held in Glasgow on November 1 and 2.

The business leaders will start their journey from Glasgow to London on November 3.

They will take part in the conference titled "Bangladesh Investments Summit-2021: Building Sustainable Growth Partnership" organised by Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) at the Queen Elizabeth Centre Broad Sanctuary in London on November 4.

FBCCI and HSBC will sign an agreement titled "Joint Study for UK and Bangladesh Markets to Foster the Bilateral Trade and Investment" in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the conference.

The FBCCI-led delegation will attend a meeting with Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) at the Mayfair in London that afternoon.

In the evening, the memorandum of understanding with UK Bangladesh Catalyst of Commerce and Industry (UKBCCI) will be renewed.

They will attend another meeting with the London Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) in the morning on November 5 and attend a networking dinner hosted by the British Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BBCCI) in the evening, read the release.

A memorandum of understanding will be signed between the Chamber Wales and the Wales-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry on November 8.

The delegation will leave London for Paris, France on November 9.

The delegation will take part in the award ceremony of "UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy" and high-level segment of UNESCO on November 10.

The business leaders are also scheduled to attend the France-Bangladesh Business Council meeting and the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding with the French Business Confederation.

The trade delegation is scheduled to leave Paris on November 13 and expected to reach Dhaka the next day.