On 3 - 7 March 2024, Ms. Thitiporn Chirasawadi, Director of the Devawongse Varopakarn Institute of Foreign Affairs (DVIFA), attended the Exchange Programme for the Faculties of the Foreign Service Academies of BIMSTEC Member States in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The meeting was hosted by the Foreign Service Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh and attended by representatives of the Foreign Service Academies/ Foreign Service Institutes and the diplomatic training units from 7 Member States, namely Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Bhutan, and Nepal.

DVIFA Director presented the DVIFA’s diplomatic training and modules and discussed with the representatives from the Member States on the training of future diplomats as well as the ways and means to enhance collaboration among the FSA/FSI of BIMSTEC. The participants also explored ways to foster BIMSTEC process through the collaboration of BIMSTEC’s FSA/FSI.

The delegates also paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mr. Masud Bin Momen, Foreign Secretary (Senior Secretary) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, and visited the BIMSTEC Secretariat.  

The Exchange Programme for the Faculties of the Foreign Service Academies of the BIMSTEC Member States is the first activity implemented under the MoU between the FSA/FSI of BIMSTEC Member States, signed at the 5th BIMSTEC Summit in Sri Lanka in 2022.