Business Desk :
The Bangladesh Embassy in The Hague gathered 60 representatives from over forty Dutch NGOs at The Third Conclave of Dutch NGOs/Foundations in Bangladesh who are actively engaged in Bangladesh in areas like children, women and girls, climate adaptation, health, education, water and sanitation, agriculture, mental health.
Moderated by the Bangladesh Ambassador, M Riaz Hamidullah, the Conclave was addressed by Director-General (International Cooperation), Amb. Pascalle Grotenhuis, and Amb. Wouter Jurgens, Director (Asia & Oceania), in the Dutch Foreign Ministry. Amb. Hamidullah elaborated how the two deltaic people connect in respect of innovation, resilience, and entrepreneurship in spite of differences in capacity and knowledge. Calling the Dutch NGOs as ‘Friends of Bangladesh people’, he also elaborated the areas and ideas as to how the Dutch NGOs could engage further in Bangladesh towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).