13th Meeting of the COMCEC Transport and Communications Working Group

The 13th Meeting of the COMCEC Transport and Communications Working Group was held on March 21, 2019, in Ankara, Turkey with the theme of “Improving Transport Project Appraisals in the Islamic Countries”.

The representatives of 22 Member States attended the meeting. The representatives of the IDB Group, Limak Group, SESRIC and COMCEC Coordination Office also attended the meeting.

The representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges regarding transport project appraisals in their respective countries. Further, they have deliberated the policy issues that might be implemented to enhance the effectiveness of transport project appraisals. The meeting has mainly considered the studies titled “Improving Transport Project Appraisals in the Islamic Countries” and “Transport and Communications Outlook of COMCEC 2018” prepared by the COMCEC Coordination Office.

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

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13th Meeting of the COMCEC Trade Working Group

The 13th Meeting of the COMCEC Trade Working Group was held on March 7th, 2019 in Ankara, Turkey with the theme of “Enhancing Public Availability of Customs Information in the OIC Member States”.

The representatives of 17 Member States attended the Meeting. Moreover, representatives of COMCEC Coordination Office, GCC, ICDT, ITFC, WCO, SMIIC, Solmaz Customs Consultancy have also attended the Meeting.

The Representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges in enhancing public availability of customs information in their respective countries. The Meeting has considered the Study “Enhancing Public Availability of Customs Information in the OIC Member States” commissioned by the COMCEC Coordination Office and the “COMCEC Trade Outlook 2018” prepared by the COMCEC Coordination Office.

For further information on the Meeting, follow the links below:

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13th Meeting of the COMCEC Agriculture Working Group

The 13th Meeting of the COMCEC Agriculture Working Group was held on February 21th, 2019 in Ankara, Turkey with the theme of “Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies to Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade”.

The Meeting was attended by the representatives of 18 Member States which have notified their focal points for the Agriculture Working Group. Representatives of COMCEC Coordination Office, SESRIC, SMIIC, Turkish Exporters Assembly and Food and Agriculture Organization have also attended the Meeting.

The Representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges in agricultural trade policies to promote Intra-OIC agricultural trade. The Meeting has considered the Studies “Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies to Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade” commissioned by the COMCEC Coordination Office and the “COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2018” prepared by the COMCEC Coordination Office.

For further information on the Meeting, follow the links below:

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The 13th Meeting of the COMCEC Tourism Working Group

The 13th Meeting of the COMCEC Tourism Working Group was held on February 13th, 2019 in Ankara, Turkey with the theme of “Sustainable Destination Management Strategies in the OIC Member Countries”.

The Meeting was attended by the representatives of 13 Member States, which have notified their focal points for the Tourism Working Group namely, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Egypt, Gambia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Uganda, Tunisia and Turkey. Representatives of COMCEC Coordination Office, UNWTO and GSTC have also attended the Meeting.

The Representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges regarding sustainable destination management in their respective countries. The Meeting has considered the Studies “Sustainable Destination Management Strategies in the OIC Member Countries” commissioned by the COMCEC Coordination Office and the “COMCEC Tourism Outlook 2019” prepared by the COMCEC Coordination Office.

For further information regarding the Meeting, follow the links below:

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The Final-List for the 6th Project Call of the COMCEC Project Funding has been announced

The COMCEC Coordination Office has completed the project evaluations submitted under the 6th Project Call of the COMCEC Project Funding and announced the final-list of the successful projects to receive funding in 2019 period.

In order to begin the project activities, the next phase is the signing of the Contract between the Development and Investment Bank of Turkey and project owners. The details about the signing of the Contract will be shared with the project owners soon.

Please click here for the Final-List.

For further information, you can contact COMCEC Coordination Office through cpf@comcec.org.

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High Level COMCEC Special Sessions on Trade Facilitation were held on 29 November 2018 on the sidelines of the 34th COMCEC Ministerial Session

On the sidelines of the 34th COMCEC Session, a number of panels was organized in order to raise awareness on the trade facilitation and to discuss the ways and means of addressing the challenges faced by the Member Countries. These special sessions were organized on 29 November 2018 with the following topics:

  • Harnessing the potential of trade facilitation for regional integration
  • Challenges in customs modernization and possible solutions
  • Private sector involvement in trade facilitation
  • Facilitating trade in the digital era: challenges and opportunities for increasing cross-border e-commerce
  • Forum on Trade Facilitation

The main objective of these events was to complement the discussions of the Exchange of Views Session with different aspects from the other stakeholders of trade facilitation. The speakers of the panels were dignitaries from the Member States, representatives of International and OIC Institutions, civil society and private sector organizations, think-tanks and the academia. All delegations of the OIC Member States participating the 34th COMCEC Ministerial Session, as well as representatives of civil society, media, academia and private sector attended these events.

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The training program was conducted within the framework of the project titled “Training on Entrepreneurship for Teachers in the Selected OIC Countries” (2017-GMBPOVER-473) in the Gambia

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A workshop was conducted in Rabat on November 15th-16th, 2018 with the participation of the Moroccan, Tunisian and Cameroonian experts within the framework of ‘The Feasibility Study on the Interoperability of Selected Single Window Systems in the OIC Region’ (2017-MARTRADE-379) project implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Morocco

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