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Book's First Pagesustainable development, climate and energy, partnership with Africa, migration, and health, digitalisation, women’s empowerment, and employment. IBSA (India, Brazil & South Africa): During 2017, two IBSA Foreign Ministers’ meetings were held. SAARC & BIMSTEC The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a natural choice to fulfil India’s key foreign policy priorities of ‘Neighbourhood First’ and ‘Act East’. India is working with other member states to make BIMSTEC effective and result oriented organization to bring prosperity and development for the region. In South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), an informal meeting of Council of Ministers was held on the sidelines of 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Session in New York in 2017. India participated at official and technical level in other meetings of SAARC including those of its regional centres/specialized bodies and sectoral meetings. Development Cooperation Development cooperation is an integral part of India’s foreign policy. In recent years, India’s development programmes in various countries have expanded substantially, both in geographical reach and sectoral coverage. This inter-alia include grant assistance, Lines Of Credit (LOCs), technical consultancy, disaster relief, humanitarian aid, educational scholarships and a range of capacity-building programmes including short-term civilian and military training courses. Major developmental projects identified by the host governments as priority areas are under implementation in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Maldives in the areas of infrastructure, hydro-electriciry, power transmission, agriculture, industry, education, health and others. In addition, various projects initiated for development and strengthening of cross-border connectivity with India’s neighbours are progressing satisfactorily. Beyond the neighbourhood, bilateral projects in archaeological conservation, information and computer technology (ICT) and small and medium enterprises have been undertaken in South East Asia, Central Asia, Africa and Latin America. During 2017-I8, 10,918 civilian training slots were offered to 161 partner countries under the ITEC programme. These capacity building courses also included specially designed courses and training programmes in a variety of disciplines, based on specific requests from partner countries. Humanitarian assistance was rendered by India to countries affected by natural disasters. Medical assistance has been provided to Mozambique and Myanmar. Humanitarian assistance in the form of food items was provided to Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Economic Diplomacy The MEA through its Economic Diplomacy Division as part of its efforts to give a focused direction to the economic diplomacy dimension of the country’s foreign policy undertook a number of initiatives during 2016-17. This Division extends funding to the missions/posts to