Following the signing of the Memorandum of Association on the Establishment of the BIMSTEC Permanent Secretariat on the 04th of March 2014, during the Third BIMSTEC Summit held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, the BIMSTEC Secretariat was established in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, on the 13th of September 2014.
The Secretariat comprises the Secretary General, Directors, and such other staff as may be required and approved by the Member States.