The 2nd Bangladesh Circular Economy Summit is going to be organised by Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE) in collaboration with the GIZ Bangladesh and in association with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh on 11th June 2024 at Radisson Blu, Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka.
The summit’s four plenary sessions, three panel discussions, one breakout session, and opening ceremony are all intended to help Bangladesh’s garment and textile industry transition from linear models to circular sifts.
In the opening ceremony of the summit Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Minister of Textiles & Jute, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, will be the Chief Guest. Siddiqur Rahman, former President of BGMEA; Thijs Woudstra, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh; and Jan Janowski, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Germany in Bangladesh will be the Special Guests at the opening.
The four plenary sessions will be on ‘Formalizing the Informal Jhoot Sector’, ‘Closing the Loop of Textile Waste’, ‘Circular Design: Reality vs Challenges’ and ‘Transparency & Traceability in Circularity’.
A breakout session titled “Mapping the Way for RMG Circularity” will also be held during the summit, which is being organised by the Dutch Embassy in Bangladesh.
