Back مبادرة خليج البنغال للتعاون التقني والاقتصادي المتعدد القطاعات Arabic বংগোপসাগৰীয় বহুক্ষেত্ৰীয় প্ৰযুক্তিগত আৰু অৰ্থনৈতিক সহযোগিতা উদ্যোগ Assamese বিম্সটেক Bengali/Bangla BIMSTEC German Iniciativa de la Bahía de Bengala para la Cooperación Técnica y Económica Multisectorial Spanish Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation French बिम्सटेक Hindi Inisiatif Teluk Benggala untuk Kerjasama Teknis dan Ekonomi Multi-Sektoral ID ベンガル湾多分野技術経済協力イニシアチブ Japanese ბენგალური ინიციატივა მრავალწლიანი ტექნიკური და ეკონომიკური თანამშრომლობისთვის Georgian
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation BIMSTEC | |
|---|---|
.svg) Location of BIMSTEC in Asia | |
| Secretariat | Dhaka, Bangladesh[3] |
| Official language | English |
| Membership | |
| Leaders | |
• Chairmanship |  Thailand (since March 2022)[4] |
• Secretary General |  India (since 2023)[5] |
| Establishment | 6 June 1997 |
| Area | |
• | 4,876,941 km2 (1,882,997 sq mi) (7th) |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 1,723,388,648[6] |
• Density | 353.37/km2 (915.2/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | estimate |
• Total |  US$18.582 trillion[7] (3rd) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | $5.225 trillion[7] (4th) |
Website bimstec | |
![Emblem[1] of BIMSTEC](view_image.php?q=BIMSTEC&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:BIMSTEC_(intergovernmental_organization)_logo.png){kind=logo}
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian nations, housing 1.73 billion people and having a combined gross domestic product of US$5.2 trillion (2023).[8][9] The BIMSTEC member states – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand[10] – are among the countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal.
Fourteen priority sectors of cooperation have been identified and several BIMSTEC centres have been established to focus on those sectors.[8][11] A BIMSTEC free trade agreement is under negotiation (c. 2018), referred to as similar to SAARC.
Leadership is rotated in alphabetical order of country names. The permanent secretariat is in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- ^ "Emblem - Home-The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic". bimstec.org. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Flag - Home-The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic". bimstec.org. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Nepal unlikely to host fourth 'Bimstec' summit this year". Business Standard India. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Thailand has assumed the chairmanship of BIMSTEC for 2022 – 2023 for prosperous, resilient and robust, and open Bay of Bengal region". 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey assumes charge of BIMSTEC Secretary General". 5 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "World Urbanization Prospects — Population Division — United Nations". un.org. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". imf.org.
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- ^ "Regional economic integration in the Bay of Bengal". 25 February 2016.
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