{"id":332206,"date":"2025-04-08T18:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=332206"},"modified":"2025-04-09T18:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:08:16","slug":"bimstec-summit-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bimstec-summit-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"BIMSTEC Summit, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The 6th Summit of the member States of BIMSTEC was held 04 April 2025, in Bangkok, Thailand. <strong>BIMSTEC Summit, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-332352 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BIMSTEC-Summit-2025.png?resize=615%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BIMSTEC Summit, 2025\" width=\"615\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BIMSTEC-Summit-2025.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BIMSTEC-Summit-2025.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BIMSTEC-Summit-2025.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BIMSTEC-Summit-2025.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways from the BIMSTEC Summit, 2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Theme: <\/strong>&#8220;BIMSTEC: Prosperous, Resilient and Open\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vision Document:<\/strong> The Summit adopted the <strong>BIMSTEC Bangkok Vision 2030 document <\/strong>which lays out the road map for the collective prosperity of the region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>India-led initiatives<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>India announced setting up of <strong>BIMSTEC Centres of Excellence<\/strong> in India on <strong>Disaster Management, Sustainable Maritime Transport, Traditional Medicine, and Research and Training in Agriculture<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>BODHI Program:<\/strong> India introduced BODHI Program (<strong>BIMSTEC for Organized Development of Human Resource Infrastructure<\/strong>) for <strong>skill development<\/strong>, providing training, scholarships, and capacity-building for various professionals across BIMSTEC nations.<\/li>\n<li>India offered to establish <strong>BIMSTEC Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> and to organize <strong>BIMSTEC Business Summit every year in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>India would be hosting a <strong>BIMSTEC Athletics Meet<\/strong> this year and the <strong>first BIMSTEC Games in 2027<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About BIMSTEC<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It stands for <strong>Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation<\/strong> (BIMSTEC).<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>regional organization<\/strong> that connects <strong>South Asia and Southeast Asia<\/strong>, <strong>aiming<\/strong> to promote <strong>economic cooperation, connectivity, and development<\/strong> in the Bay of Bengal region.\n<ul>\n<li>The Summit is envisaged to be <strong>held once in every two year.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It was founded on <strong>06 June 1997<\/strong> with the signing of the <strong>Bangkok Declaration<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Initially comprising <strong>4 members<\/strong>, it was known as <strong>BIST-EC<\/strong> (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand Economic Cooperation).<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>1997<\/strong>, <strong>Myanmar<\/strong> joined and the grouping was renamed <strong>BIMST-EC.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>With the inclusion of <strong>Nepal and Bhutan in 2004<\/strong>, the name was further changed to <strong>BIMSTEC.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Member countries:<\/strong> It has 7 member states which are <strong>Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Secretariat:<\/strong> The permanent secretariat is in <strong>Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The 6th Summit of the member States of BIMSTEC was held 04 April 2025, in Bangkok, Thailand. 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