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. In this context, FICCI continues 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 established a Taskforce on Blue Economy and also carved out a Core Group of Experts on Blue Economy for the same.