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Mr. Bhupendra Singh, the Secretary General of
the International Jute Study Group (IJSG) visited Amsterdam
and Brussels from 10 November 2010 to 17 November 2010.
During his visits, the Secretary General met with the
officers in the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) and EU and
the Embassies of Bangladesh and India.
The IJSG Secretary General met with the Managing
Director of CFC, Mr.
Ambassador Ali Mchumo in the office of the Common Fund for
Commodities at
Amsterdam on 12 November 2010. MD CFC welcomed the Secretary
General in his office and they discussed some new and
ongoing project on jute funded by the CFC. The Secretary
General had a detailed discussion with Mr. Sietse van der
Werff, Senior Project Manager of CFC on the same day in CFC
office at Amsterdam.
At Brussels, the Secretary General attended two
different meetings with Mr. Luis Riera Figueras, Director,
Development Policy: Thematic Issues, EU Commission-200 and
Ms. Frauke Sommer, Policy Co-ordinator – South Asia,
DG-Trade, European Commission on 15 November 2010. Mr. Enzo
Barattini, Deputy Head, Unit G-12 5/7, EU was also presents
during both the meetings. Secretary General briefed the EU
Officials regarding the activities of IJSG, its action plan
for future and also the need for further support of EU for
continuations of IJSG beyond 2014.
The Secretary General also met with H.E. Ms.
Ismat Jahan, Ambassador and Head of Mission to the EU of
Bangladesh in Amsterdam on 15 November 2010 and Indian
Ambassador and Head of Mission to EU at Brussels H.E. Dr.
Jaimini Bhagwati on November 16, 2010. During the meeting
they discussed the future support of European Union to IJSG
and other related issues.
Secretary General also met Mr. Dilip Tambyrajah of
International Natural Fibre Organisation (INFO) on 11
November 2010 at Amsterdam and discussed the future action
plans and activities. He also met Eurojute representatives
Mr. Laurens van der Ziel, General Secretary, Eurojute and
discussed issues of mutual interest. |
