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The Multilateral Division of FICCI works to strengthen economic relations and build new connects by leveraging the synergy of regional and multilateral groupings. This is done at B2B and track 1.5 formats. Economic conferences and programmes have substantive backing from continuous intellectual effort and industry focused research through industry committees, working groups and special Task Forces.
At the Multilateral level, FICCI holds the Business Secretariat for BRICS, Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), ASEAN India Business Council (AIBC). FICCI is also one of the Founding Organisations for SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Boao Forum, CACCI. In addition, FICCI has spearheaded several initiatives in other key areas in alignment with India’s Foreign Policy objectives such as BIMSTEC and Blue Economy.
The objective of Multilateral Division is also to expand the outreach of FICCI by collaborating with multilateral and bilateral agencies in a focused way and by creating joint engagements in line with the identified priorities of the partner institutions. The division is the first point of contact for multilateral and bilateral agencies interested to work with different divisions of FICCI as well as for connecting various in-house verticals with global and regional institutions. Some of our partner institutions include ADB, World Bank, IMF, UNDP, KAF, FES, FNST and GIZ. The Division also contributes to evolving private sector’s perspective on global and regional public policy and economic issues. The Division also works as the central team in FICCI's International Department and supports coordination of key engagements including the work of FICCI's International Council.
Vision, Mission and Objectives of the Division
- Study India’s present multilateral engagement and economic diplomacy and chart the future course in the medium and long run through industry focused initiatives
- Design a comprehensive and pragmatic vision for India’s multilateral engagement and economic diplomacy
- Engage FICCI members through various multilateral platforms for business expansion and networking, identify and promote growing business opportunities in multilateral groupings and understand concerns and critical issues that impact business decision making
- Identify policy gaps and enablers to facilitate deeper sub-regional, regional and mega-regional engagements
The Multilateral Division of FICCI works to strengthen economic relations and build new connects by leveraging the synergy of regional and multilateral groupings. This is done at B2B and track 1.5 formats. Economic conferences and programmes have substantive backing from continuous intellectual effort and industry focused research through industry committees, working groups and special Task Forces.
At the Multilateral level, FICCI holds the Business Secretariat for BRICS, Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), ASEAN India Business Council (AIBC). FICCI is also one of the Founding Organisations for SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Boao Forum, CACCI. In addition, FICCI has spearheaded several initiatives in other key areas in alignment with India’s Foreign Policy objectives such as BIMSTEC and Blue Economy.
The objective of Multilateral Division is also to expand the outreach of FICCI by collaborating with multilateral and bilateral agencies in a focused way and by creating joint engagements in line with the identified priorities of the partner institutions. The division is the first point of contact for multilateral and bilateral agencies interested to work with different divisions of FICCI as well as for connecting various in-house verticals with global and regional institutions. Some of our partner institutions include ADB, World Bank, IMF, UNDP, KAF, FES, FNST and GIZ. The Division also contributes to evolving private sector’s perspective on global and regional public policy and economic issues. The Division also works as the central team in FICCI's International Department and supports coordination of key engagements including the work of FICCI's International Council.
Vision, Mission and Objectives of the Division
- Study India’s present multilateral engagement and economic diplomacy and chart the future course in the medium and long run through industry focused initiatives
- Design a comprehensive and pragmatic vision for India’s multilateral engagement and economic diplomacy
- Engage FICCI members through various multilateral platforms for business expansion and networking, identify and promote growing business opportunities in multilateral groupings and understand concerns and critical issues that impact business decision making
- Identify policy gaps and enablers to facilitate deeper sub-regional, regional and mega-regional engagements
FICCI's Engagement
IORA: FICCI serves as the Business Secretariat of Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), a regional grouping of 21 member states and 7 Dialogue Partners. It is home to nearly 2.7 billion people sharing the shores of Indian Ocean with rich in cultural diversity and richness in languages, religions, traditions, arts and cuisines.
FICCI has been actively pursuing Government of India’s priority agenda with IOR through a range of policy dialogues, media interaction and industry led initiatives.
Blue Economy: Blue Economy is a new paradigm in the development discourse which gives equal weightage to economic growth and environmental sustainability. With land-based resources depleting fast, there would be renewed attempts to further expand economic exploitation of the world's oceans.
FICCI aims to explore the idea of developing a business model for India’s economic engagement with the Blue Economy nations, prepare a roadmap for stakeholders’ consultations within India, followed by national and international level conferences, guide preparation of outcome reports in order to trigger public debate and policy review and integrate the desired business model with envisaged international cooperation in the field of Blue Economy.
FICCI has taken several initiatives to develop a business case for India’s engagement with Blue Economy.
BIMSTEC: Considering India’s enhanced focus on strengthening regional engagement in the grouping and to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of BIMSTEC, FICCI – as the apex industry chamber of India – took the important initiative to start a formal discourse among key stakeholders in BIMSTEC, define a vision and develop a roadmap for rejuvenating the grouping.
For this purpose, FICCI created, in April 2017, a Core Group of Experts on BIMSTEC, comprising thought leaders and experts from think tanks functioning under the leadership of Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia as the Chair and Mr. Vikramjit Singh Sahney as the Co-Chair to delineate a vision for the regional grouping over the next decade. Key stakeholders include MEA, industry (Mahindra & Mahindra, Suzlon Energy, Tata Motors, ONG Videsh, GMR Group, PTC India, NHPC India, Ltd and KEC International) and think tanks (RIS, CUTS, IDSA, NCAER, India Foundation, ORF). A BIMSTEC International Conference is scheduled to take place in 2018.
FICCI as the apex industry association of India has conducted a comprehensive survey to understand the perception, concerns and recommendations of Indian industry and important stakeholders with respect to India's engagement with BIMSTEC which will be released soon. FICCI organised a curtain-raiser coinciding with the 20th anniversary of BIMSTEC for a conference on the 6th of June 2017 titled "BIMSTEC: An Enabling Architecture for Growth, Prosperity and Partnerships" in partnership with India Foundation with the support of the External Affairs Ministry and the state government of Assam in Guwahati scheduled to take place in 2018.
SCO Business Council: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) formally welcomed India and Pakistan as full members on 9th June 2017 at the SCO Summit. FICCI attended the SCO Business Council meeting that took place in Astana on 7 June 2017 as the designated Business Secretariat of the SCO Business Council. Government of India has designated FICCI to take on responsibility of the SCO Business Council as the Business Secretariat from India.
FICCI aims to build India’s SCO vision to strengthen intra-regional trade, enhance business opportunities within the region, build investments linkages, promote innovation cooperation and remove bottlenecks to intra-SCO trade amongst many others.
Timeline
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Aug
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7th Blue Economy Taskforce meeting
Jun
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Blue Economy Taskforce 3.0 Meeting
May
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Blue Economy Taskforce 3.0 Meeting
Press Release
People-to-People link in SCO goes back centuries: Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, MoS for External Affairs and Education, GoI
Apr
Event
Blue Economy Taskforce 3.0 Meeting
Mar
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Blue Economy Taskforce 3.0 Meeting
Nov
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Knowledge Workshop on Blue Economy
Sep
Press Release
Set-up Credit Guarantee Fund under BRICS to provide financial support to women entrepreneurs: BRICS Women's Business Alliance Annual Report 2021
Aug
Press Release
NDB has the highest credit rating assigned to any multilateral bank established solely by emerging economies: Marcos Troyjo, President, NDB
Press Release
Emergency use authorization in healthcare system needs to be addressed: Pankaj Patel
Press Release
AADHAR, UPI, Aarogya Setu & CoWin App has been India's incredible success towards digitization in financial and healthcare sector: Himanshu Kapania
May
Press Release
Need for stronger political security ties, defence cooperation and the Indo-Pacific strategy between EU and India: Ambassador of India to Belgium, Luxembourg, and the European Union
Apr
Press Release
BRICS Business Council Launches 'BRICS Solutions for SDGs Awards 2021'
Jan
Event
FICCI-JKLU Webinar on Policy Paper on Economic Recovery by the Centre of Policy Studies, JK Lakshmipat University
Nov
Press Release
SCO aims at restoring economies of member nations: Secretary-General, SCO
Press Release
SCO aims at restoring economies of member nations: Secretary-General, SCO
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Webinar on Blue Economy for Prosperity in Post Pandemic World: Opportunities in Traditional Sectors and New Avenues for Financing
Oct
Sep
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Virtual Road Shows on maiden regular cargo ferry service between Tuticorin, Kochi and Maldives with Indian Embassy at Male
Aug
Jul
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Interactive session with Dr. Yasuyuki Sawada, Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank
Event
FICCI-KAS Virtual Dialogues - The New Normal Series - Dialogue VIII: Social Protection and the Impact of the Global Pandemic
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Deepening Economic Collaboration between India and Sri Lanka
Jun
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Optimization and Harmonization on International Employee Benefits – The New Mantra post Covid-19
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FICCI-KAS Virtual Dialogues: The New Normal Series
May
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FICCI-KAS Virtual Dialogues: The New Normal, Dialogue V - From Global to Glocal in the New Normal
Press Release
No country is self-sufficient; trade will have to continue: Subhash Chandra Garg, Former Secretary (Economic Affairs)
Event
FICCI-KAS Webinar on Geo-political & Economic Impact of Covid-19: Emerging Challenges & Opportunities and Way Forward for India
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FICCI KAS Virtual Dialogues: The New Normal, Dialogue Two - The New Normal and Evolution in Gender Roles, The Gender Lens to COVID19
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Special Interactive Session with Mr Changyong Rhee, Director, IMF on Economic Outlook for the Asia-Pacific Region with special reference to India
Event
FICCI KAS Virtual Dialogues: The New Normal, Dialogue Two - The New Normal and Evolution in Gender Roles, The Gender Lens to COVID19
Apr
Event
FICCI-KAS Virtual Dialogues: The New Normal Series, Dialogue One: Global Pandemic - Future of Work
Jan
Event
Launch of Knowledge Report: Blue Economy - Global Best Practices
Press Release
Ministry of 'Blue Economy' inevitable - MoS, External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs
Event
Launch of Report: Blue Economy – Global Best Practices: Takeaways for India and Partner Nations
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Industry Interaction with Mr. Vladimir Norov, Secretary General, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation : Geo-Economic Strategy for Enhancing Indian Industry's Engagement with SCO
Feb
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BLUECON 2019: Building Partnerships in India's Blue Economy
Aug
Policy
Policy Recommendations for a New BIMSTEC
May
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AIIB Lead Up Event in Bhopal on Clean and Renewable Energy
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AIIB Lead-up Event in Guwahati: Physical and Social Infrastructure for Regional Development
Apr
Press Release
FICCI report unveils multi-pronged agenda to reinvigorate BIMSTEC
Event
Special Address by Secretary General BIMSTEC & Launch of FICCI Knowledge Report on 'Reinvigorating BIMSTEC: An Industry Vision for the Next Decade'
Press Release
PM Narendra Modi Set to Strengthen India's Role as a Key Facilitator in Improving Global Trade Ties at CHOGM 2018
Feb
Press Release
Multilateralism in trouble but could still emerge as potent force in world affairs
Nov
Jun
Press Release
FICCI and India Foundation to organize first-ever international conclave on BIMSTEC to be held in Guwahati from November 2 to 4, 2017
May
Event
FICCI Sessions on Blue Economy at the India-Pacific Sustainable Development Conference
Event
Launch of FICCI Study on Blue Economy at 2nd IORA Blue Economy Ministerial Conference in Indonesia
Feb
Jan
Dec
Event
Consultation Meeting on "Cooperation amongst SMEs from BRICS Countries through E-Commerce Development and Technology Transfer"
Nov
Press Release
FICCI reconstitutes the India - UK Forum of Parliamentarians to cement bilateral ties through a track two mode
Oct
Jun
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FICCI-EXIM Bank Capacity Building Programme on Promoting Trade and Investments with BRICS Countries
Apr
Event
FICCI-EXIM Bank Capacity Building Programme on Promoting Trade and Investments with BRICS countries
Mar
Dec
Aug
Jul
Press Release
FICCI comments on PM Modi's address to the BRICS Business Council at Ufa, Russia
Jun
Event
BRICS Business Forum Meeting organised on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2015
May
Apr
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FICCI-EXIM Bank Capacity Building Programme on Promoting Trade and Investments with BRICS countries
Feb
Nov
Oct
Jul
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Members of BRICS Business Council meet Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India in BRICS Summit
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BRICS Business Council and Forum Meetings organised on the side-lines of the BRICS Summit 2014
Jun
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Signing of MoU between Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Jan
Nov
Oct
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2nd Meeting of India-Africa Business Council Meeting, held on the sidelines of 3rd India-Africa Trade Ministers Meeting
Aug
Jul
Jun
Mar
Jan
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Special Address by Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda, President, Asian Development Bank on 'Asia's Economic Prospects'
Oct
Survey
The Impact of Political and Social Instability in Egypt on Indian Trade and Investment
Sep
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Meeting with Ms. Lise Grande, Resident Representative of UNDP and Resident Coordinator, UN
Aug
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Roundtable on the Paper - The Evolving Role of Emerging Economies in Global Governance - an Indian Perspective, Authored by Amb. Shyam Saran
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FICCI - KAS Dialogue on Europe at Crossroads - Current Political and Economic Challenges
May
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FICCI - Embassy of Mexico Seminar on Constructive G20 agenda for the future: Los Cabos Summit and beyond
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Ambassador Shyam Saran, FICCI Visiting Fellow at the India Institute, King's College London
Nov
