Korea to provide $21 million to support in developing Digital Bangladesh
The Government of Korea through Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will contribute US $21 million to support in entrepreneurship development, Intelligent Transport Systems and Safer Cyberspace for Digital Bangladesh.
To mark the year of 30th Anniversary of the establishment of KOICA, the governmental organisation for providing Grant, Aid & Technical Assistance programmes for international development, joined hands with Economic Relations Division of Ministry of Finance and inked three Grant Agreements on Thursday (Feb 4).
The first deal was signed between KOICA and ERD for project titled ‘Capacity Building of Universities in Bangladesh to Promote Youth Entrepreneurship’, which will be implemented by the University of Dhaka with a budget of $7.5 million over five years with the objective to support improving the quality of entrepreneurship education in Bangladesh.