Annual Report 2011 - 2012

Annual Report 2011 - 2012
the same platform to discuss the future of SAARC. The
Report of the Chairman was presented at the 17th SAARC
Summit in the Maldives, to contribute to thinking on the
future direction of SAARC.
Also during the year, the permanent Secretariat of the
SAARC Development Fund (SDF) has been operationalised
with its headquarters in Thimphu, Bhutan, under the first
CEO of the Secretariat of SDF. Currently, SDF is funding
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the project under its social window. Efforts are on to speed
up opening of projects under the economic and
infrastructural window also.
SAARC Ministerial meetings were held in areas ranging from
power and electricity to security (Home Ministers), trade
and commerce to environment, thereby expanding the range
of governmental agencies involved in regional cooperation
across South Asia.