MIFER holds 30th Friday Talk

Aiming to develop the human resources and to improve the capacity of staff of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, the 30th ceremony of Friday’s Talk of Knowledge Sharing Programme-KSP was held at Office No 1, Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. Union Minister Dr Kan Zaw attended and delivered the opening speech.
The Union minister emphasized that it is the topic of “Negotiation of capacity building for bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation agreements” is directly related to the ministry’s functions and every staff can get knowledge from this talk, and apply it in their respective workplace. He said that the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the People’s Republic of China has offered and organized workshops, seminars and capacity-building programmes with various topics and subjects for Myanmar’s government officials, aiming to get practical ideas and knowledge. On the Myanmar side, MIFER also has been facilitated to attend not only officials from Ministries but also representatives from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) since 2023, March. He pointed out the importance of commercial activities between two countries not only the export and import but also the investment promotion and, the necessary to improve investment promotion and protection and facilitation and, reciprocal protection not only for foreign investors who invest in our country but also national investors who invest in other nations. Moreover, He also underlined that MIFER’s staff need to know the Five-Point Roadmap of the nation, policies, and economic objectives of the country’s development, to protect the national interest, and also need to understand and follow our ministry’s vision and mission as well as the country’s background and circumstance. Additionally, the Union minister underscored that MIFER’s staff can effectively apply the awareness from today’s topic which is based on the bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation agreements with the aim for future economic and investment promotion activities. Finally, the Union minister called on the staff to actively participate and openly discuss today’s Talk.
U Thet Tin Lin, Director of the Foreign Economic Relations Department presented the topic with the title “Negotiation of capacity building for bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation agreements” which was gained from a seminar supported by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Programme of the People’s Republic of China. Afterwards, the attendees ask questions, queries and discussion.
This seminar was held on a hybrid system and also attended by the deputy minister, directors-general and nearly 120 persons of senior officials from the ministry and state and regional offices. — MIFER