14th Meeting of the COMCEC Agriculture Working Group

The 14th Meeting of COMCEC Agriculture Working Group was held on 9-10 October 2019, in Ankara, with the theme of “Increasing the Resilience of the Food Systems in Islamic Countries in Face of Future Food Crises.”

The meeting was attended by the representatives of 20 Member States. The meeting was further attended by the representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), IDB Group, Pankobirlik, ICCIA, IOFS, SESRIC, SMIIC and COMCEC Coordination Office.

The representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges in increasing the resilience of food systems in their respective countries. Furthermore, in line with the relevant resolution of the 34th Ministerial Session of the COMCEC, the 14th Meeting of the AWG has also served as the preparatory platform for the Ministerial Exchange of Views Session of the 35th COMCEC Session to be held on November 27th, 2019 with the theme of “Sustainable Food Systems in the OIC Member Countries.” 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 titled “Increasing the Resilience of the Food Systems in Islamic States in Face of Future Food Crises” and “COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2019” prepared by the COMCEC Coordination Office.

For further information regarding the meeting, please follow the links below:

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A three-day training program and workshop have been conducted within the framework of the project titled “Capacity Building on Islamic Finance in Mozambique, Gambia and Nigeria (2018-MOZFINAN-610)”

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A study visit was organized to Palestine by the delegation headed by Mr. Metin EKER, the Director General of COMCEC Coordination Office

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14th Meeting of the COMCEC Transport and Communications Working Group

The 14th Meeting of COMCEC Transport and Communications Working Group was held on October 3rd, 2019, in Ankara, with the theme of “Risk Management in Transport PPP Projects in the OIC Member Countries”.

The meeting was attended by the representatives of 21 Member States. The meeting was further attended by the representatives of the IDB Group, Association of Turkish Consulting Engineering and Architects (TMMOB), Yapı Merkezi Group, SESRIC and COMCEC Coordination Office.

The representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges regarding risk management in transport PPP projects in their respective countries. Further, they have deliberated the policy issues that might be implemented to enhance the capacity of member countries to effectively manage risks related to the transport PPP projects. The meeting has mainly considered the studies titled “Risk Management in Transport PPP Projects in the Islamic Countries” and “Transport and Communications Outlook of COMCEC 2019” prepared by the COMCEC Coordination Office.

For further information regarding the meeting, please follow the links below:

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A three-day training program has been conducted within the framework of the project titled “Islamic Liquidity Management Instruments for Sustainable Development of Islamic Financial Institutions (2018-NGAFINAN-592)”

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A workshop and a four-day training program has been conducted in Indonesia within the framework of the project titled “Empowering Halal Industry to Boost Intra-OIC Trade” (2018-IDNTRADE-493)”

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A study visit was organized to Suriname by the delegation headed by Mr. Mehmet Metin EKER, the Director General of COMCEC Coordination Office

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A training program has been conducted in Maputo within the framework of the project titled “Improving Human Capacity on Muslim Friendly Tourism for Regulating Accommodation Establishments in the OIC Member Countries” (2018-MOZTOURI-561)

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The 7th Call for Project Proposals under the COMCEC Project Funding has been launched and the Call will be closed on September 30th, 2019

Please examine the information on the COMCEC Project Funding webpage (cpf.comcec.org/) and application documents on the Online Project Submission System (project.comcec.org), especially the Project Preparation and Submission Guidelines, before designing and submitting your project proposal.

You can utilize the following e-mail groups to find partners and personnel for your projects;

agriculture_pcm@comcec.org

finance_pcm@comcec.org

poverty_pcm@comcec.org

tourism_pcm@comcec.org

trade_pcm@comcec.org

transport_pcm@comcec.org

Please feel free to contact us through cpf@comcec.org if you need any assistance (including your username and password) while preparing your project proposals.

We wish you all the success in the project submission period!

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A study visit was performed in Turkey within the scope of the project titled “Study on Effective Strategies to Establish Sustainable Muslim Friendly Tourism Parks in Selected OIC Member Countries” (2018-IRNTOURI-576)

A study visit was conducted on 7th August 2019 in Ankara, Turkey within the scope of the project titled “Study on Effective Strategies to Establish Sustainable Muslim Friendly Tourism Parks in Selected OIC Member Countries” being implemented by Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organisation.

Contents and details of the research report was discussed with Turkish partner and information was requested during the study visit.

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