Events

In order to establish contact and motivate new companies to join the METABUILD project, a business forum was held on “Resource Efficient Cleaner Production (RECP) & its benefits for metal industries” at the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Bangladesh. Three associations participated in the forum: Bangladesh Electrical Cables Manufacturers Association (BECMA), Bangladesh Electrical Merchandise Manufacturers Association (BEMMA) and Bangladesh Auto Re-rolling Steel Mills Owners Association (BARSMA).

In order to establish contact and motivate new companies to join the METABUILD project, a business forum was held on “Resource Efficient Cleaner Production (RECP) & its benefits for metal industries” at the Chittagong Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Agrabad, Chittagong, Bangladesh on 29 July, 2017.

The objective of the forum was to present an overview of the METABUILD project and explore opportunities for metal industries. Resource Efficient Cleaner Production (RECP) & its benefits for metal industries were also explained.

Project METABUILD’s goal is to increase resource efficiency while decreasing environmental impacts and the costs for 400 SMEs in the metal sector from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. It will be achieved through providing technical support from international as well as local experts. 80 metal SMEs, who are in the supply chain of the construction sector, is the target of Sri Lanka.

The nine-day Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop for the METABUILD project teams from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh was held on 6-14 December 2016 in New Delhi, India. The training was organised by The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), India together with STENUM Asia and AREC. The workshop was attended by more than 40 participants from the National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC) Sri Lanka, the Society for Environmental and Economic Development (SEED) Nepal, the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry Bangladesh (DCCI) and the international project partners.