EU seminar on IT held

The delegation of the European Commission to Bangladesh organised a seminar for the government officials, academics, IT-related associations, chambers and private IT business houses at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre on Tuesday, says a press release.

The purpose of the seminar was to promote and explain the European Commission's Asia IT and C programme which aims at creating co-financing partnerships in Information Technology and Communication between Europe and Asia.

The European Commission launched the Asia IT and C Programme with a grant budget of 35 million euro (Tk 21 crore) to promote IT and C cooperation between European and Asian organisations.

The seminar with IT stakeholders provided an opportunity, especially holding it during the BCS Computer Show 2003, to explain and clarify different issues related to the application procedures for the call for proposals.

Ambassador Esko Kentrschynskyj, head of delegation of the European Commission to Bangladesh, Anne Marchal, second secretary of EC delegation, and Chris Brown, programme manager, Asia IT and C Programme Secretariat, Bangkok and Dr Sahidul Hossain Khan, Professor of BUET, were present.