MPSBM and IFGE to organize Global Bamboo Summit at Indore, from 8th -10th April-2016
The three day event will identify Challenges and Opportunities of Bamboo sector to solicit global cooperation for making bamboo as the change agent for poverty alleviation & climate change.
Madhya Pradesh State Bamboo Mission and Indian Federation of Green Energy has planned to organize Global Bamboo Summit from 8th to 10th April , 2016 at Brilliant Convention Center in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The theme of this event is “Bamboo for Sustainable Development- Global Cooperation”. The summit will provide an excellent opportunity to learn from Global Practices and will also help in Business Development by way of networking.
The main objectives of Global Bamboo Summit 2016 are:
• Discuss and exchange opinions about the challenges faced by growers, artisans, entrepreneurs and machinery manufacturers.
• Discuss ways to deal with the procurement of bamboo, its cultivation and policy issues.
• Provide information about the recent international trends with regard to bamboo products, its industrial usage, designs and consumers preferences
• Facilitate cooperation amongst key technology developers, designers, entrepreneurs and banking institutions.
• To discuss the importance of bamboo in economic and social development of backward and unserved districts, where bamboo is in abundance.
• To promote the enterprise development.
• To deliberate on improving the efficiency of bamboo artisans and manufacturers.
• Market trends.

The bamboo resources in the country are shrinking day by day due to various reasons. Although, there is great demand for bamboo, its production is far below its potential. It is an important source of livelihood for rural people especially the Scheduled Tribes Scheduled Castes and other poor traditional workers. It is often referred to “poor man’s timber”. The techniques of bamboo cultivation have already been developed. There is a need of capacity building programs among traditional communities from cultivation to enterprise development. This will ensure viable supply of raw materials to artisans, user communities and enterprise development.
Most of the new opportunities are encountered with certain challenges also for the artisans and craftsmen who are entirely dependent on bamboo as their raw material and entrepreneurs as well. The issues like appropriate variety of bamboo, its availability, up gradation of skills and technology in manufacturing niche products, marketing etc. If we address these issues properly its true potential in generating employment opportunities for the unemployed youth and harnessing its business potential will be realized.
In order to address these issues MPSBM & IFGE has planned to organize a Global Bamboo Summit 2016.
The event will be attended by various Policy makers, Bamboo growers, Manufacturers, Exporters, Designers, Artisans, Forest officials, Machinery & equipment manufacturers, Development agencies, Banks and financing institutions, etc.
Anybody interested in being a part of this event can visit http://www.globalbamboosummit.org/ for registration details.