Chambers Wales South East, South West and Mid will change into the primary accredited Welsh Chamber of Commerce to participate in a commerce mission to Bangladesh.
Facilitated by Interlink and supported by mission associate Edvoy, the Chamber will lead the commerce mission to Dhaka, with further visits to Chittagong and Sylhet, from November 26 to December 2.
As much as 30 Welsh companies are anticipated to take part within the mission which is able to embrace commerce and networking receptions, group conferences with plenty of Bangladeshi Ministries and Chambers of Commerce and alternatives to satisfy with native entrepreneurs with an curiosity in three way partnership tasks.
The British Excessive Fee, Dhaka and the Bangladesh Excessive Fee, London will present help throughout the mission.
Bangladesh is an unbiased nation in South Asia with a inhabitants of 169 million. Key business sectors within the nation embrace ready-made clothes, textiles, foods and drinks, healthcare, prescription drugs and vitality manufacturing.
A large diaspora lives and works in Wales, with Bangladeshis making up the third largest ethnic minority in Wales. The mission goals to construct upon the connection between the 2 international locations and strengthen ties between the Welsh and Bangladeshi enterprise communities.
The Chamber represents companies throughout South East, South West and Mid Wales; supporting the Welsh enterprise neighborhood with entry to new markets and alternatives for development. Because the mission lead, the Chamber will promote Wales as an awesome place to do enterprise, make investments and research.
Drew Flowers, Director of Commerce on the Chamber, stated:
“We’re excited to be making historical past as the primary Welsh Chamber to guide and participate in a commerce mission to Bangladesh this 12 months. The mission will showcase what Wales has to supply and open up entry to new markets, funding prospects and glorious development alternatives.”
Mission associate Edvoy is a digital platform which empowers college students to make knowledgeable choices all through their college software journey, notably concerning discovering appropriate abroad establishments. Headquartered in Manchester, Edvoy has groups located all over the world and has just lately expanded into Bangladesh.
Sadiq Basha, CEO at Edvoy, stated:
“We’re extraordinarily happy to help this all Wales commerce, funding and schooling mission to Bangladesh and be a part of Group Wales, showcasing the prosperity of Wales and the varied instructional providing it has to supply to the worldwide market.
“Bangladesh is a market of nice curiosity and development; we have now seen that each Welsh and Bangla tradition have a lot in widespread therefore a big diaspora right here in Wales. We consider this distinctive demographic and wealthy historical past will acquire heat welcome from Bangladesh and create some improbable enterprise development and academic recruitment alternatives for Wales.”
Mabs Noor, Mission Director at Interlink, stated:
“This commerce mission is a good instance of how the personal sector may assist promote Wales as a vacation spot to commerce with, spend money on and educate from. The partnership we have now solid between the Chamber and Edvoy is a testomony of distinctive pondering to develop commerce with international locations like Bangladesh the place Wales will get a grand welcome.”
To register curiosity within the commerce mission, go to my.cw-seswm.com/calendar_detail.html?eid=D06CA1C3-1E80-4F67-967A-54B827DE2AD0&_ga=2.113505479.1731752449.1662367671-1974439129.1635847037
