Investment Summit to Attract Dutch Investors in Key Sectors in Bangladesh

Bangladesh and the Netherlands will pursue unique opportunities for investment in key sectors such as agriculture, food, light engineering, water and maritime.

The issue will be discussed at the Bangladesh-Netherlands Investment Summit, which will be held on 8-9 December to mobilize potential Dutch entrepreneurs, innovators and small and medium-sized enterprises to invest in Bangladesh, reports media.

The Bangladeshi Embassy in the Netherlands will host the summit in cooperation with the Dutch government, the Embassy said on Friday.

In this company, two leading investment advisory companies, Light Castle Partners (Dhaka) and Larive International (Amsterdam), work with the Embassy.

The Embassy's initiative is affiliated with the leading Bangladeshi chambers, industry groups and agencies - BGMEA, DCCI, MCCI, CCCI, BIDA, BEZA and BEPZA.

The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), a leading Dutch government agency, is also a partner.

As far as the sectors of interest on the Dutch side are concerned, they are economically important for the potential growth of the Bangladesh economy.

Unlike conventionally organised business or investment seminars or B-to-B meetings, the event will bring a set of three sector-specific, interactive webinars where the interested Dutch entrepreneurs will engage with sector-specific panellists from Bangladesh and the Netherlands to assess ways to form a long-term collaboration with credible private sector partners in Bangladesh.

Anyone interested can watch the (virtual) Summit proceedings that will be live streamed  from   the  Bangladesh Embassy in the Netherlands’ Facebook page (facebook.com/bangladeshembassyTheHagu) as also the pages of the Bangladeshi partners, simultaneously. 

Following the investment webinars, on December 10, the Embassy and Light Castle Partners (Bangladesh) and LaRive (Netherlands) would be launching a first-ever, illustrative study on Dutch-Bangladesh economic engagements, to date.

The study would highlight key accomplishments in various economic fields as also share indicate possible areas of cooperation between private sectors of Bangladesh and the Netherlands.

Bangladesh has enjoyed seamless political relations and economic interaction with the Netherlands over the past five decades.

Beyond ODA, through Dutch expertise, creativity, technical products and solutions within global supply chains, there is now a growing potential for Dutch participation in various fields in Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid a visit to the Netherlands in 2015.

The Netherlands is the 4th largest origin country for FDI to Bangladesh and 7th largest export destination in Europe for Bangladeshi goods, said the Bangladesh Embassy in The Hague.

In 2019-20, Bangladesh exports to the Netherlands stood at around Euro 1.25 billion.