Trade Preferential System among the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (TPS-OIC), which has been working since the early 1990’s, came into effect in July 1st, 2022. In the scope of Trade Preferential System among the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (TPS-OIC), which is one of the most important projects of The Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) in the field of trade, chaired by President of the republic of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN, the first export from Turkey was made to Jordan after the completion of the technical and administrative processes. For the products exported to Jordan from Turkey, the certificate of origin stipulated by the Agreement (TPS-OIC) was used for the first time.
The System, which came to life with the decision taken at the 37th Ministerial Meeting of COMCEC held in November last year, created a strong ground for multilateral trade between Islamic countries. The Agreement, to which 13 OIC member countries are parties, brings remission of duties to various products. Moreover, attempts are continuing to increase the number of party countries and expand the scope of the product with new negotiations
The 18th Meeting of the COMCEC Agriculture Working Group was held on May 16th, 2022, in a virtual-only format with the theme of “Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19: Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems in the OIC Member Countries”.
The representatives of 12 Member States, which have notified their focal points for the Agriculture Working Group, attended the Meeting. The meeting was further attended by the IFAD, SESRIC, Islamic Development Bank, Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) and COMCEC Coordination Office (CCO).
Representatives of the Member States and international institutions have shared their experiences and best practice examples about the role of agricultural knowledge and information systems in transforming food systems in the face of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants have also listened to the preliminary findings of the research report which is being prepared specifically on the theme of the Meeting. The final version of the report will be submitted to the 19th Meeting of the Working Group to be held in October, 2022.
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The 18th Meeting of COMCEC Transport and Communications Working Group was held virtually on May 17th, 2022, with the theme of “Economic and Social Impacts of Transport Infrastructures: An Overview of OIC Member Countries”.
The representatives of 15 Member States attended the meeting. Furthermore, the representatives of the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) and The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) and COMCEC Coordination Office (CCO) attended the meeting.
The representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges regarding economic and social impacts of transport infrastructures in their respective countries. Furthermore, they have deliberated global practices for the assessments of economic and social impacts of transport infrastructures and key success factors and challenges faced in the OIC Member Countries. The meeting has mainly considered the preliminary findings of the research report titled “Economic and Social Impacts of Transport Infrastructures: An Overview of OIC Member Countries” which is being conducted by the CCO.
For further information regarding the meeting, please follow the links below:
- Meeting Report
- Agenda of the Meeting
- Program of the Meeting
- Presentations Delivered During the Meeting
