The Commerce Ministry has emphasized public-private partnership for product diversification along with the need to have skilled workers to face post-LDC graduation challenges.
Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh stressed ensuring quality education, training, good health, and a sustainable working environment to have skilled workers, which is required to face the competition in the post-graduation era, reports UNB.
He was speaking at a discussion organized by the Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institution (BFTI) in Dhaka Thursday.
The BFTI is conducting research on the "identification of trade-related challenges and preparation of a sector-specific trade roadmap for overcoming the challenges."
Four sectors -- apparel, shipbuilding, agro, and food processing -- along with fisheries and livestock are being specified in the roadmap for facing post-LDC graduation challenges.
Export Promotion Bureau Chairman AHM Ahsan, WTO Cell Director General Md Hafijur Rahman, Dhaka University Chairman finance department Chairman M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industries President Md Saiful Islam, and Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association Director Asif Ashraf were present at the meeting.
