Dhaka-Berlin Collaboration
Broader framework on skill dev proposed
Bangladesh yesterday proposed for a “broader collaborative framework” focused on skill development and knowledge-centric collaboration between Bangladesh and Germany.
The initiative would include the current exchange of scholarships and broader academic and professional institutional collaboration towards skills development and access to German academic and professional universities and institutions.
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni came up with the proposal while talking with visiting German Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle at the state guesthouse, Meghna, in the capital.
Dipu Moni also highlighted the need for collaboration in “Vocational and Technical Education”, says a foreign ministry press release.
Assuring to consider the proposal, Guido Westerwelle said, “Such collaboration can be gainfully tapped by the German industry and service sectors as our industries engage more in the coming years and cooperation deepens.”
He also acknowledged the granting of licenses to four German container vessels owned by “M/s Omnikom Maritime” on “ChittagongPangaon” route under conditions specified by the Bangladesh authorities.
The German side also assured to examine Dipu Moni's request for Germany to recognise certificates of Bangladeshi merchant mariners.
The two ministers agreed to consider supporting candidatures, among others, at the United Nations Security Council and United Nations Human Rights Council.
Dipu Moni highlighted that the “Agreement on Bilateral Development Cooperation”, concluded four decades ago, needed to be revised and finalised at the earliest.
This would shape it as a “framework agreement” so that it incorporates the developments over the past four decades and the potentials that have emerged and were emerging in Bangladesh, she said.
Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes and Director General (Europe & EU) Riaz Hamidullah were present during the discussions.
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