FNCCI to hold post-COVID-19 revival conference

Kathmandu, Dec. 12

The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) is organising a new post-COVID revival conference on Wednesday, December 15.

The conference is being organised to discuss the impact of the global pandemic on the economy and steps required to be taken for the revival of the economy and business.

The conference will be focused on the most affected businesses like tourism and recreation, cottage, small and medium enterprises, and export as well as banking.

The main theme of the conference is 'Rapid and sustainable economic growth in a changing situation'. It aims at finding the solutions to revitalise COVID-affected economy, existing challenges and revive business.

Minister for Finance Janardan Sharma will inaugurate the day-long conference.

FM Sharma, FNCCI president Shekhar Golchha, Senior VP of FNCCI Chandra Prasad Dhakal and Nepal Country Director of the International Labour Organisation Dr. Richard Howard will address the inaugural session.

FNCCI vice presidents Anjan Shrestha, Dinesh Shrestha and Ram Chandra Shanghai, and senior vice president Dhakal will present working papers on the most affected sectors of the economy.

The first session following the inauguration will be chaired by Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank Maha Prasad Adhikari, Secretaries of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Dinesh Bhattarai and Arjun Prasad Pokharel, and Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Maheshwor Neupane will chair the session.

Meanwhile, the concerned committees of the FNCCI have prepared a report after in-depth discussions on these issues. The FNCCI said that the report will be submitted to the National Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance in the concluding session of the conference.

According to it, the final report will also include the suggestions made during the conference as well.

The report is prepared in the leadership of chairperson of Tourism Committee of the FNCCI Jyotsana Shrestha, chair of Cottage and Small Enterprise Committee DB Basnet, chair of Export Promotion Committee Manish Lal Pradhan, chair of Banking Committee Sahil Agrawal and chair of Film and Entertainment Forum Akash Adhikari.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 13 December 2021.