Myanmar Services Trade Promotion Project Launched

Myanmar's service trade sector projects Promoting Myanmar Services Trade Enhancement Project (M- STEP) Introducing capital of 24 September 2019, at the ceremony held in the World Trade Organization World Trade Organization (WTO) Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) program of the country's Focal Point, Ministry of Commerce Deputy Minister U Aung Htoo and Switzerland; The Executive Director of the EIF Executive Secretariat in Geneva, Dr. Ratnakar Adhikari attended.

Project proposing groups such as UNTACD, The World Bank, In addition to the EU, six development partners, Ministry of Commerce Permanent Secretary ,Deputy Permanent Secretary, Director Generals, and officials from relevant ministries, International Trade Advisor Mr. Sven Sylvain Callebaut, representatives from trade ministries, private associations; A total of 200 people from UMFCCI attended.

The M-STEP project was approved by the EIF, and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Department of Commerce in 2019. Signed on 17 June. It has agreed to provide US $ 2.1 million for the three-year period from 2019 to 2022, the project implementation period.