WIEF chairman arrives today
Thursday, 26 July 2007
FE Report
Chairman of the World Islamic Economic Forum Foundation (WIEF) and former deputy prime minister of Malaysia Tun Musa Hitam arrives in the city on a day-long visit today (Thursday), according to a press release.
During his visit, the WIEF chairman will formally invite Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed to inaugurate the two-day First WIEF Regional Forum scheduled to begin in Dhaka on November 5.
The theme of this year's Forum is "Regional Cooperation among OIC countries in South and South-East Asia"
The main objective of the Forum is for OIC member states Malaysia, Indonesia, the Maldives, Brunei and Bangladesh to jointly bolster trade and strategic cooperation by forging a Regional Free Trade Agreement and multilateral Public-Private Partnerships.
The Forum will address eight priority areas shared by the five nations' development agenda, including partnerships in human resource excellence, women's leadership, youth entrepreneurship, regional relocation and backward-linkage industries, regional infrastructure, port twinning, government investment management firms and regional travel for trade and tourism.
Chairman of the World Islamic Economic Forum Foundation (WIEF) and former deputy prime minister of Malaysia Tun Musa Hitam arrives in the city on a day-long visit today (Thursday), according to a press release.
During his visit, the WIEF chairman will formally invite Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed to inaugurate the two-day First WIEF Regional Forum scheduled to begin in Dhaka on November 5.
The theme of this year's Forum is "Regional Cooperation among OIC countries in South and South-East Asia"
The main objective of the Forum is for OIC member states Malaysia, Indonesia, the Maldives, Brunei and Bangladesh to jointly bolster trade and strategic cooperation by forging a Regional Free Trade Agreement and multilateral Public-Private Partnerships.
The Forum will address eight priority areas shared by the five nations' development agenda, including partnerships in human resource excellence, women's leadership, youth entrepreneurship, regional relocation and backward-linkage industries, regional infrastructure, port twinning, government investment management firms and regional travel for trade and tourism.