The project launching ceremony for “Digitalization of Border Procedures at Bhomra Land Port” was held in Dhaka.
Swisscontact, Hardturmstrasse 123, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland, has been authorized by the Alliance to conduct exploratory work in Bangladesh towards structuring and delivering trade facilitation initiatives in collaboration with local stakeholders.
Swisscontact is collaborating with Bangladesh Land Port Authority (BLPA) to implement the Digitalization of Bhomra Land Port project. The proposed project will be executed at the Bhomra land port in the Satkhira district (Southwest Bangladesh), which was designated a land port in 2002 but became operational in 2013.
Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, MP, Honorable Minister of State, Ministry of Shipping inaugurated the ceremony as chief guest. Mostofa Kamal, Secretary of the Ministry of Shipping, was a special guest. Philippe Isler, Director of the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF) delivered the keynote speech and the discussion was chaired by Md. Alamgir, chairman of Bangladesh Land port Authority (BLPA).
Mujibul Hasan, Country Director, Swisscontact Bangladesh, and Stephanie Dreifuss, Director Partners & Clients, Swisscontact Global, delivered the opening remarks.
The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF) aims to promote trade facilitation reforms in developing and least-developed countries, as well as advance ratification and implementation of the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), with the goal of fostering broad-based economic growth. The Alliance is a public-private partnership involving the World Economic Forum, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Centre for International Private Enterprise, and GIZ. The governments of the United States, Canada, Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Australia fund the Alliance.
