15th Meeting of the COMCEC Poverty Alleviation Working Group

The 15th Meeting of COMCEC Poverty Alleviation Working Group was held on September 29th, 2020 in a virtual-only format, with the theme of “Urban Poverty in the OIC Member Countries.”

The meeting was attended by the representatives of 16 Member States. The meeting was further attended by the representatives of the World Bank Group Global Knowledge and Research Hub in Malaysia, IsDB Group, SESRIC, and COMCEC Coordination Office.

The representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges concerning eradicating urban poverty in their respective countries.

The meeting has mainly considered the study titled “Urban Poverty in Islamic Countries” commissioned by the COMCEC Coordination Office.

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The 15th Meeting of the COMCEC Tourism Working Group

The 15th Meeting of the COMCEC Tourism Working Group was held on September 24th-25th, 2020 in a virtual-only format, with the theme of “Developing Medical Tourism in the OIC Member Countries”.

The Meeting was attended by the representatives of 18 Member States. Representatives of COMCEC Coordination Office, UNWTO, WTTC, ICDT, ICCIA and SMIIC have also attended the Meeting.

The Representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges regarding medical tourism in their respective countries. Furthermore, in line with the relevant resolution of the 35th Ministerial Session of the COMCEC, the 15th Meeting of the TWG has also served as the preparatory platform for the Ministerial Exchange of Views Session of the 36th COMCEC Session to be held on November 25th, 2020 with the theme of “Promoting Entrepreneurship for Tourism Industry Competitiveness.” The participants have deliberated on the aforementioned theme and developed a set of policy recommendations to be submitted to the Ministers for their kind consideration during the Ministerial Exchange of Views Session.

The Meeting has mainly considered the Studies “Developing Medical Tourism in the OIC Member Countries” and “Tourism Entrepreneurship in the OIC Countries” commissioned by the COMCEC Coordination Office.

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15th Meeting of the COMCEC Trade Working Group

The 15th Meeting of the COMCEC Trade Working Group was held on September 22nd, 2020 in Ankara, Turkey with the theme of “Guidelines for Establishing Effective National Trade Facilitation Bodies in the OIC Countries”.

The representatives of 18 OIC Member States attended the Meeting. Representatives of WTO, SESRIC, ICDT, ITFC, ICIEC and COMCEC Coordination Office have also attended the Meeting.

The Representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges on national trade facilitation bodies in their respective countries. During the Meeting, the participants mainly considered the “COMCEC Handbook for High Performing National Trade Facilitation Bodies”.

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15th Meeting of the COMCEC Agriculture Working Group

The 15th Meeting of COMCEC Agriculture Working Group was held on September 17th, 2020 in a virtual-only format, with the theme of “Good Governance for Ensuring Food Security and Nutrition in the OIC Member Countries.”

The meeting was attended by the representatives of 14 Member States. The meeting was further attended by the representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), IsDB Group, IOFS, SESRIC, SMIIC and COMCEC Coordination Office.

The representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges concerning good governance for ensuring food security and nutrition in their respective countries.

The meeting has mainly considered the studies titled “Good Governance for Ensuring Food Security and Nutrition in the OIC Member Countries” commissioned by the COMCEC Coordination Office.

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14th Meeting of the COMCEC Financial Cooperation Working Group

The 14th Meeting of the COMCEC Financial Cooperation Working Group was held on September 15th, 2020, in a virtual-only format with the theme of “Improving Shariah Governance Framework in Islamic Finance”.

The representatives of 21 Member States, which have notified their focal points for the Financial Cooperation Working Group, attended the Meeting. The meeting was further attended by the representatives of the SESRIC, SMIIC, IsDB, CIBAFI, AAOIFI, OIC Exchanges Forum, COMCEC Capital Markets Regulators Forum, OIC-COMCEC Central Banks Forum, Participation Banks Association of Turkey (TKBB) and COMCEC Coordination Office.

The Representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges on improving shariah governance framework in Islamic finance in their respective countries. The Meeting has considered the Study “Improving the Shariah Governance Framework in Islamic Finance” commissioned by the COMCEC Coordination Office.

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