LIST OF ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY THE OIC INSTITUTIONS ALIGNED WITH THE COMCEC STRATEGY No OIC Institution Title of the Activity Type of the Activity Relevant Cooperation Area Relevance to Strategy s Output Area/ Related WG Policy Recommendations Partner(s) Date and Venue Outcomes of the Activity 1 SESRIC Statistical capacity building and reverse linkages programmes in the agricultural sector Statistical Enhancement Agriculture Reliable and Up-To-Date Data NSOs of OIC member countries TBD Contributing in enhancement of the sector by obtaining reliable and up-to-date data collection with a view to ensuring sound analysis of the sector, which will allow collaboration and partnership with regional and international organization in data collection. 2 SESRIC OIC Statistics (OICStat) Database on Agriculture Updating Data Agriculture Reliable and Up-To-Date Data - Ankara, Turkey In the COMCEC Strategy, one of the output areas is Reliable and Up-To-Date Data. In this respect, the 23 indicators related to agriculture hosted at OICStat database of SESRIC will be updated. 3 SESRIC Agricultural and Food Security in OIC Member Countries 2018 Research Agriculture Diverse - 2018 SESRIC This report aims to highlight the recent state as well as the constraints and challenges of agricultural development and food security in the OIC countries. The report also sheds light on the importance of promoting intra-oic investment in the agriculture sector and proposes projects and policy recommendations in this regard. 4 SESRIC Programme Development of oil seeds Agriculture National Federation of Cotton Producers (FNPC) of Senegal March 2018 Mali To build the capacity of the staffs of the National Directorate of Agriculture of Mali on Development of oil seeds 5 IDB Diversification of Islamic Finance Instruments Establishment of ITFC sovering Energy Fund Finance Finance Financial Institutions, Banks 2017, MCs Mobilizing resources from financial institutions, funds to provide financing for energy requirments of MCs 6 IDB Financial Education on Islamic Finance Preparation of a flagship Capacity Building program on Islamic trade finance Finance Finance Capacity Building ICC, IRTI 2017, MCs Cooperation with ICC in providing training programs on Islamic finance 7 SESRIC Workshop on FDI and Competitiveness Statistics Workshop Finance, R&D Activities and Statistics UNSD, UNCTAD, ICDT (TBC) 2018 (TBD) TBD Contributing to the capacity of financial stability and growth of the member countries. 8 SESRIC of Central Banks Finance BCEAO December 2017 Djibouti To build the capacity of the staffs of the Central Bank of Djibouti on the Risk management 9 SESRIC Programme on Cartels / Horizontal and Vertical Agreements Finance National Competition and Consumer Commission (CNCC) of Burkina Faso December 2017 Togo To build the capacity of the staffs of the Ministry of and Promotion of the Private Sector of Togo on Cartels / Horizontal and Vertical Agreements
10 SESRIC Programme on Cartels / Horizontal and Vertical Agreements Finance National Competition and Consumer Commission (CNCC) of Burkina Faso January 2018 Cameroun To build the capacity of the staffs of the National Competition Commission of Cameroun on Cartels / Horizontal and Vertical Agreements 11 SESRIC OIC Statistics (OICStat) Database on Finance Updating Data Finance Reliable and Up-To-Date Data - Ankara, Turkey In the COMCEC Strategy, one of the output areas is Reliable and Up-To-Date Data. In this respect, the 16 indicators related to finance hosted at OICStat database of SESRIC will be updated. 12 SESRIC Statistical capacity building in financial statistics. Statistical Enhancement Finance, R&D Activities and Statistics NSOs of OIC member countries TBD Contributing to the capacity of financial stability and growth of the member countries. 13 SESRIC workshop on Islamic Finance in Workshop Palestine Finance SESRIC, OIC Palestine Providing the participants with the theoretical knowledge on Islamic finance and accounting standards as well as the procedures of implementing accounting and auditing standards. 14 IDB 15 IDB 16 IDB 17 IDB Micro Finance Project in Togo ($10m) Food Security and Nutrition in Niger ($10 m) Soil Fertility Mapping in Sub Saharan Africa ($10m) Solar Energy in Afghanistan($10m) Project IDB N/A Provision of Microfinance Project IDB N/A Food security Project IDB N/A Soil Fertility mapping Project IDB N/A Solar Energy 18 IDB Rural Electrification in Niger ($10m) Project IDB N/A Rural Electrification 19 IDB Emergency Program for Community Development in Senegal ($10m) Project IDB N/A Community Development 20 IDB Small Ruminant Production in Gambia ($10m) Project IDB N/A Agriculture and Rural Development
21 IDB 22 IDB Education for Out of School Children ($50m) Youth Economic Empowerment in Arab Countries ($20m) Project IDB N/A Education Project IDB N/A Youth Economic Empowerment 23 SESRIC Statistical capacity building in poverty statistics to ensure evidence based policy making towards poverty eradication Statistical Enhancement Monitoring Poverty NSOs of OIC member countries TBD Contributing into obtaining advanced collection of accurate and reliable data as much as obtaining enhanced capacity of the member states in monitoring poverty. 24 SESRIC OIC Statistics (OICStat) Database on Poverty Alleviation Updating Data Reliable and Up-To-Date Data - Ankara,Turkey In the COMCEC Strategy, one of the output areas is Reliable and Up-To-Date Data. In this respect, the following indicators related to poverty alleviation hosted at OICStat Database will be updated. 22 indicators on Demography, 42 indicators on Education, 5 indicators on Energy, 5 indicators on Environment, 10 indicators on Gender, 21 indicators on Health, 6 indicators on Industry and Manufacturing, 21 indicators on Infrastructure, 22 indicators on Labour Force and Occupational Safety, 8 indicators on Money and Prices, 34 indicators on National Accounts, 10 indicators on Science, Technology and Innovation, 10 indicators on Tobacco Control, 18 indicators on Water 25 SESRIC Urban Development in OIC Member Countries Research Diverse - 2018 SESRIC This report will present an overview on the current state of urbanization and its impacts on some critical issues related to urban development in OIC countries. The report will also highlight the critical elements of planning for sustainable urbanization and present relevant policy recommendations. 26 SESRIC OIC International Internship Programme On-the-job trainings OIC-VET Programme Ensar Vakfı YTB, TOBB October 2017- December 2018 Turkey A pilot project will be started in Turkey and students from OIC members countries studying in Turkey will be the first benefit from this program. The main aim of this program is to improve the accessibility and quality of internship placement for international students and to facilitate the acquisition of professional experience through vocational training and traineeship. This program will be contributed also to enhance the quality of workforce employed in OIC Member Countries and strengthen integrity and convergence of labour markets, and promote competitiveness of OIC economies through increasing knowledge and skills of university students about to enter into the labour market. 27 SESRIC OIC VET Working meeting on TVET Teacher Education OIC-VET Programme - 2017 Ankara, Turkey Develop cooperation among the institutions in order to improve the quality of TVET systems in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of 2030 Agenda as well as the OIC Ten-Year Plan of Action 2016-2025. 28 SESRIC OIC-VET Workshop Workshop OIC-VET Programme TOBB December 2017 Ankara, Turkey Develop cooperation among the institutions and adopt the OIC-VET Stragetic Plan 2018-2022 in order to improve the quality of TVET systems in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of 2030 Agenda as well as the OIC Ten-Year Plan of Action 2016-2025.
29 SESRIC OIC-Diaspora Workshop Workshop Resolution No. 1/43-MM On Safeguarding the Rights of Muslim Communities and Minorities in Non-OIC Member States adopted by the 43rd Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers held in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan on 18-19 October 2016 YTB November 2017 Ankara, Turkey The main aim of this workshop is to gather information on policies and works done by OIC member countries, whose citizens mostly live in non-muslim countries, in order to enhance the success of diaspora activities. In other words, the goal is to analyze the problems or success of OIC member states citizens whom are living in non-muslim countries and their relations with the host country. Then to develop cooperation and to carry out successful projects which will contribute to solve socioeconomic, religious and cultural problems. 30 SESRIC Programme on Projects for Poverty Reduction Directorate-General for Economy and Planning of Burkina Faso November 2017 Comoros To build the capacity of the staffs of the Economic Advisory Committee of Comoros on the Projects for Poverty Reduction 31 SESRIC Programme on Waste and Harmful Substances Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources of Togo February 2018 Ivory Coast To build the capacity of the staffs of the Directorate-General for the Environment of Ivory Coast on Waste and Harmful Substances 32 SESRIC Programme on OIC Sustainable Urbanization Foundation "Right to the City" of Senegal March 2018 Niger To build the capacity of the staffs of the Ministry of Urbanization and Housing on Participatory planning process and Development of public spaces for social cohesion 33 SESRIC Programme on Carpenter On-the-job trainings IDB-ISMEK April 2018 Istanbul, Turkey To build the capacity of the staffs from OIC Member Countries 34 SESRIC Programme on Sewing On-the-job trainings IDB- ISMEK April 2018 Istanbul, Turkey To build the capacity of the staffs from OIC Member Countries 35 SESRIC Programme on On-the-job trainings Wastewater treatment IDB, TİKA, Sakarya Municipality January 2018 Sakarya, Turkey To build the capacity of the staffs from OIC Member Countries 36 SESRIC Workshop on Developing the Capacities of National Institutions Working in the Field of Women Empowerment in the OIC Member States Workshop OIC, IDB December 2017 Ankara, Turkey Developing the Capacities of National Institutions Working in the Field of Women Empowerment in the OIC Member States. 37 SESRIC Emergency and disaster medical services training programme of Sudan SESRIC, Ministry of Health of Turkey and Sudan, TIKA November-December 2017 Sudan Developing the capacities of the staff of Ministry of Health of Sudan.
38 SESRIC Strengthening Coordination and on Preparedness and Response for Health Emergencies in OIC Member States Project Project SESRIC, Ministry of Health of Turkey and Sudan, TIKA, IDB Turkey, Sudan, OIC MS The project aims to develop the institutional and human capacity of the Ministry of Health of Sudan in emergency preparedness and response; Support the strengthening of Emergency Healthcare Services of Sudan and OIC Member States; and Train the health staff of selected OIC countries in cooperation with the lead country coordinator of Thematic Area 5, Sudan, and making them selfsustaining. 39 SESRIC Working plan for the implementation of the OIC-Health Communication and Publicizing Strategy Project Diverse SESRIC TBD The working plan aims to meet the objectives and goals of the Communication and Publicizing Strategy, which was prepared by SESRIC and endorsed by the 5th Islamic Conference of Health Ministers, held on 17-19 November 2015 in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey. 40 SESRIC The OIC Health Portal Project Diverse SESRIC TBD The OIC Health Portal aims to raise awareness among partners and the general public in health area, strengthen the external communication and promote all the activities related to the OIC SHPA. 41 SESRIC 42 SESRIC Maternal and Child Survival Project The OIC RMNCH Network Project Diverse SESRIC,IDB, USAID,WHO TBD Network Diverse SESRIC, OIC, UNFPA TBD This project aims at supporting the selected OIC member countries in addressing high maternal and child mortality burdens by promoting the transfer of knowledge and expertise and ensuring they are in alignment with global practices in the areas of maternal and child survival. This Network serves as a repository of innovative ideas, problem solving and best practices as well as a platform for disseminating knowledge to OIC Countries. 43 SESRIC OIC Medical Corps Network Diverse OIC, SESRIC TBD The OIC Medical Corps will be dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care research, training and relief and development programs, as one of the means to contribute to the achievement of the vision of Healthy OIC Community. 44 SESRIC 45 SESRIC Health Needs Assessment for Somalia GIT training on ERCP Technique for Syrian doctors Project Diverse SESRIC TBD SESRIC, UOSSM, Ministry of Health of Turkey The project will identify the needs and priorities of the health care system in Somalia by conducting in-country fieldworks. Turkey Developing the capacities of Syrian doctors on ERCP Technique 46 SESRIC Expertise in medicine programme SESRIC, Doctors Worldwide Turkey Improving the expertise of medical capacities in OIC Member Countries. 47 SESRIC Third Network on the Public Employment Services in OIC Member Countries Workshop Diverse SESRIC, IŞKUR, ANAPEC Morocco Reviewing the progress achieved since the second meeting and exploring innovative cooperation opportunities among respective authorities in member countries. 48 SESRIC Guide on best formal and informal practices in the field of technical and vocational training Research Diverse ISESCO, SESRIC TBD Development of a guide on best formal and informal practices in the field of technical and vocational training in Member States 49 SESRIC Study Visit on Applied Scientific Research Study Visit SESRIC, Ministry of Higher Education in Sudan and Turkey Turkey Sharing the Turkish experience in financing the applied scientific research.
50 SESRIC High Level Expert on Intra-OIC Partnership on Academic and Scientific Exchange Expert Diverse SESRIC, ISESCO TBD Studying ways and means to develop intra-oic partnership on academic and scientific exchange. 51 SESRIC Sharing experience among the refugeehosting countries to develop new curriculums and distance learning modalities compatible with the Syrian refugees Workshop Diverse SESRIC, ISESCO TBD Assisting to the refugee-hosting countries in order to develop new curriculums and distance learning modalities compatible with the Syrian refugees. 52 SESRIC Study Visit to Turkey from Indonesia on University Teknoparks Study Visit Diverse IDB, Ministry of Research, Technology And Higher Education Of Indonesia, The Ministry of Science, Technology and Industry of Turkey December 2017 Turkey The main objective of this study visit is to introduce and acquaint STPs in Turkey with the delegation of the Ministry of Research, Technology & Higher Education of Indonesia in addition to provide information on public policies to develop STPs, share Turkish experience and pave the way for further cooperation between the two countries on the mentioned topic. 53 SESRIC IUIU Vocational Centre Project Reverse Linkage Project Diverse IDB, TİKA,İSMEK and IUIU Uganda The project aims to meet the need of vocational training in Uganda regarding some specific vocational training branches which are applicable and beneficial for improving qualified personnel in related sectors in Uganda such as in carpentry, metal work, ICT, construction etc, in order to prepare young people in Uganda for jobs and for the fast-changing world of modern economies. 54 SESRIC Improving Occupational Safety And Health In Mauritania (MOSH) Technical Cooperation Project Diverse ONMT, MoLSS, IDB, TIKA Mauritania The overall objective of the project is the development of the Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) in Islamic Republic of Mauritania. The aim of this project is to improve the capacity of National Occupational Health Office (ONMT) of Mauritania and its dispensaries in the field of OSH and is to improve OSH legislation structure in the country. 55 SESRIC Developing the Capacities of the Africa City of Technology of Sudan Reverse Linkage Project Diverse IDB, TUBITAK MARMARA TECHNOPARK (MARTEK), ULUTEK TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ZONE (ULUTEK), TIKA, THE AFRICAN CITY OF TECHNOLOGY (ACT) Sudan The overall goal of the project is to contribute to the efforts of the Sudan Government in developing capacity of Africa City of Technology (ACT) in technology incubation. The main outcome of the project will be having an incubation center and techno-park model, including the competent human capital, which will contribute to the scientific advancement and economic growth of Sudan. In order to reach that goal and outcome, ULUTEK, TÜBİTAK and MARTEK of Turkey will provide knowledge, expertise through the training and supervision visits. The IDB and SESRIC will support the project financially, provide technical facilitation and monitor the activities for project execution and follow up. 56 SESRIC Seismology, Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Management for Afghanistan Programme Diverse JICA, ITU, TİKA Afghanistan Overall goal of the training project is to equip engineers from Afghanistan with the key knowledge on how to effectively reduce the earthquake risk in their home countries and how to effectively manage the potential natural disasters. 57 SESRIC The Bina Initiative Initiative Diverse LPRD and IDB Libya The BINA Initiative is a human development program that aims to help Libya, as a fragile state, to overcome the current challenges of the state and most importantly rebuilding its human capacity and institutions on foundations of professionalism, efficiency, transparency and good governance.
58 SESRIC SEED for Inclusive Growth Programme Diverse IDB, TIKA, UNDP IICPSD, World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists (WCMP) Palestine The objective of the initiative is to increase job and livelihood opportunities for the disadvantaged, including migrants and refugees, through leveraging the role of markets and the private sector in skills development. Among the considered countries, Palestine was selected for the initiation of the pilot of the programme. The first phase in Palestine will empower 600 beneficiaries and out of which a minimum of 500 will be engaged with entrepreneurial and employment opportunities. 59 SESRIC Capacity Development of the Cotton Development Board (CDB) of Bangladesh Reverse Linkage Project Diverse IDB, TİKA, YTB, THY, Government of Bangladesh Bangladesh The project aims to increase the capacity of Cotton Development Board (CDB) under Ministry of Agriculture of Bangladesh by implementing the following activities; improving the skills of existing and newly-hired staff on research and production practices of cotton, enhancing the research environment through renovation of its buildings and acquiring new digital devices and improving IT infrastructure thorough upgrading IT equipment for research centres and sub-centres. 60 SESRIC Assistance in Earthquake Seismological Research by Using Pakistan Seismic Data Reverse Linkage Project Diverse TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center, IDB,TIKA Pakistan The project aims to enhance Pakistan s capacity in detecting and monitoring earthquakes and assessing their risks. The project was designed to make significant changes in the PMD s capacity in terms of infrastructure, systems and human resources. It will introduce three new areas of knowledge, namely the GPS, site classification and the establishing GIS database. It will also strengthen the PMD s seismological research knowledge. This will enable it to produce timely information on earthquakes, undertake accurate assessment of earthquake risks and better inform other organizations about those risks. TUBITAK Marmara Research Centre of Turkey will be the provider institution which plays an essential role in Turkey s ability to deal with earthquakes and Pakistan Meteorological Department will be the receipt institution at the project. SESRIC, IDB and Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) will jointly support the project in terms of financial and technical aspects. 61 SESRIC Reverse Linkage Project between Civil Aviation Department of Suriname and the General Directorate of State Airports Authority of Turkey Reverse Linkage Project Diverse IDB, CASDUR, DHMI, TİKA Suriname The project aims the skill development of CADSUR Staff and improvement of Air Navigation Equipment and Infrastructure in order to enable CADSUR to provide internationally accepted services of handling communication, navigation and surveillance system. 62 SESRIC Capacity Development of The School Of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences At The University of The Gambia Reverse Linkage Project Diverse IDB, TİKA, YBU, YTB, Government of The Gambia The Gambia The project aims to build a strong interdisciplinary research culture, generating knowledge in allied health sciences and translating knowledge to address and sustain the need of having enough and qualified national doctors and lecturers in The Gambia. 63 IDB COMCEC and Investment Private Sector Development COMCEC 21-24/11/2017 Istanbul (Turkey) Follow up on the COMEC s Business Intelligence Centre proposal Follow up of the Joint Publication between ICIEC, SESRIC and WAIP on the State on Investment in the OIC Region
64 IDB AMAN UNION General Assembly and Annual + 2 Executives Council s + 1 Data Base + Analysis Private Sector Development+ Insurance and Reof AMAN Union Insurance and Re-Insurance Insurance Development Performance Development Technical on Customer Relation and Political Risk Insurance AMAN UNION members and SACE Istanbul. Turkey Progress Report on the Secretariat General activities in 2017 AMAN UNION Audited Financials for 2016 The Utilization of Budget for 2017 Budget and Proposed Business Plan for the year 2018 Secretariat General proposal on revamping the AMAN UNION Charter Date and venue for 2018-2019 Annual s Executive Council Members (2018-2019) Proposal on the Online Certification in Credit Insurance Debt Collection in West Africa. Acceptance of New Members Termination of membership Presentation of Certificates to Participants in AU Technical Approve the proposal about the online certification insurance + business development meetings and networking + awareness about the Aman Union Members Capacity building of Aman Union Members 65 SESRIC Statistical capacity building in tourism sector including tourism satellite accounts. Statistical Enhancement Tourism and Programs NSOs of OIC member countries TBD Contribution in enhancing data collection and data analysing capacity, increase quality of service in tourism statistics and increase institutional capacity 66 SESRIC OIC Statistics (OICStat) Database on Tourism Updating Data Tourism Reliable and Up-To-Date Data - Ankara, Turkey In the COMCEC Strategy, one of the output areas is Reliable and Up-To-Date Data. In this respect, the 7 indicators related to tourism hosted at OICStat database of SESRIC will be updated. 67 SESRIC Improving Islamic Tourism Ecosystem in OIC Member Countries: Destination and Industry Development COMCEC Project Tourism and Programs 20 OIC MCs, Islamic Tourism Centre of Malaysia. COMCEC Turkey The overall objective is to improve the Islamic Tourism Ecosystem in OIC MCs through destination and industry development aspect in order to better develop this emerging niche market within OIC MCs. 68 ICCIA Program on Technology Entrepreneurship Advocacy and Management of Business Incubation & Technology Parks, Program PGTF / UNDP /MCs TBD Outcome to be determined after the Program. 69 ICCIA 10th Forum for Businesswomen in Islamic Countries Forum MCs TBD Sudan/Egypt Outcome to be determined after the Forum. 70 ICCIA 17th Private Sector for Promotion of trade and joint venture investment among the OIC MCs Tentatively 2017, Venue TBD Outcome to be determined after the
71 ICCIA 18th Private Sector for Promotion of trade and joint venture investment among the OIC MCs TBD Outcome to be determined after the 72 ICCIA Specialized Workshop/ Program on (Development of SMEs / Skill Development / Food Security / Textile & Garments/ Renewable Energy). Workshop MCs TBD Outcome to be determined after the Workshop. 73 ICCIA Exchange Forum/Exhibition (Sector-wise) Forum MCs TBD Outcome to be determined after the Forum. 74 ICCIA Annual Halal Conference Conference MCs TBD Outcome to be determined after the Conference. 75 ICCIA Innovation & Excellence Award (ITQAN). Conference MCs TBD Outcome to be determined after the Conference. 76 ICCIA Conference on Muslim Businessowners Conference MCs TBD Outcome to be determined after the Conference. 77 ICCIA Chambers of Commerce Forum Forum MCs TBD Outcome to be determined after the Forum. 78 ICDT Regional workshop on Export Strategies for Primo- Exporters of OIC MS workshop Developing intra-oic ICDT/SESRIC 5-7 December 2017 Girne - TRNC Enhancing exporting capacity of SMEs
79 ICDT Business Forum of Agadir, AMU and WAEMU Countries Business Forum Developing intra-oic Mınistry in Charge of Foreign of Morocco, ITFC First Quarter of 2018 Casablanca/Morocco Promoting trade and investment flows between Agadir Agreement and West African Countries 80 ICDT 16th of the Economic Counselors of the OIC Embassies accredited in Rabat Developing intra-oic OIC Member States January 2018 Rabat/ Morocco Raising Awareness of OIC Member States about ICDT future and planned activities for 2018. 81 ICDT Expert of OIC-UNCTAD Investment Principles Developing intra-oic OIC GS-UNCTAD 24-25 January 2018 Casablanca/Morocco Raising awareness of the importance of investment in OIC African countries and preparing the Forum on Investment obstacles in Africa to be held in Abidjan Cote d Ivoire in 2018 82 ICDT 83 ICDT Special OIC Fair Forum of the OIC IPAs and TPOs Fair Developing intra-oic Forum Developing intra-oic Ministry of and Industry of Kuwait, KCCI Ministry of and Industry of Kuwait, KCCI 6-10 February 2018 Kuwait-City-Kuwait Promoting trade and investment between OIC Member States 6-10 February 2018 Kuwait-City-Kuwait Promoting cooperation between OIC Member States IPAs and TPOs 84 ICDT National Workshop on in services Seminar Developing intra-oic Ministry of and Industry of Kuwait KCCI 8-9 February 2018 Kuwait-City-Kuwait Enhancing knowledge of the Kuwaiti officials on negotiations in trade in services 85 ICDT Online Marketing for Women Enterprises Seminar Developing intra-oic Ministry of of Gabon February 2018 Libreville, Gabon Enhancing capacity building for women enterprises to manage their companies websites 86 ICDT 2nd Exhibition on Furniture and Decoration of the OIC Member States Fair Developing intra-oic Ministry of and Industry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 13-16 March 2018 Jeddah/KSA Promoting the intra-oic trade in furniture and decoration articles 87 ICDT 11th Exhibition of Agribusiness Industries in the OIC Member States Fair Developing intra-oic Ministry of Agriculture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia May 2018 Jeddah/KSA Promoting trade among participating OIC Member States in the agribusiness sector. 88 ICDT 89 ICDT 1 st OIC Fisheries Expo Islamic Clothing Fashion Expo and Conference Fair Developing intra-oic Ministry of Commerce of Senegal 27-31 March 2018 Dakar, Senegal Enhancing trade and investment flows among the OIC Member States in Fisheries sector Fair and Conference Developing intra-oic Ministry of Commerce of Iran 22-25 April 2018 Tabriz, Iran Promoting trade and investment in textiles and tourism on the sidelines of Tabriz celebration OIC City of Tourism 90 ICDT Arab and African Forum and Expo in automotive Industry, transporation and Logistics Forum and Fair Developing intra-oic Ministry of Logistics of Morocco and AUED 25-27 April 2018 Rabat Morocco Enhancing trade and investment flows among the Arab and African Member States in automotive industry, transportation and logistics 91 ICDT 4th Higher Education Services among the OIC Member States Expo and Forum Developing intra-oic Ministry of Higher Education of Morocco 26-29 April 2018 Casablanca, Morocco Promoting cooperation and mobility of students among OIC Member Countries in the field of Higher Education 92 ICDT 6th OIC Halal Expo Expo and Forum Developing intra-oic Ministry of Economy of Turkey, SMIIC, ITFC, ICCIA 2018 Istanbul/Turkey Enhancing trade and investment flows among the OIC Member States in Halal Sector
93 ICDT Workshop on the implementation of the WTO Facilitation Agreement of African and English-speaking OIC Countries Seminar Developing intra-oic DRMC/IDB/Ministry of Economy of Turkey/WTO 2018 Istanbul, Turkey Sensitizing Member Countries of the importance of WTO TFA and enhancing intra-oic and assisting them to enhance their capacity building programs. 94 ICDT Seminar on Exports and Investment Promotion Strategies of the OIC Countries Seminar Developing intra-oic To be determined 2018 To be determined The aim of this seminar is strengthen the export capacity of SMEs of the OIC Member States and raise their awareness of the new export techniques and investment promotion strategies and allow them to have a better access to international markets and FDI in collaboration with partners such as the UN agencies (ITC, WTO, UNCTAD, UNIDO etc....) and the institutions of the IDB 95 ICDT Africa Investment Forum: Barriers to investment in Africa Forum Developing intra-oic Prime Minister Office of Cote d Ivoire 2018 Abidjan- Cote d Ivoire gathering public and private sector of the OIC Member States to discuss obstacles to investing in Africa and ways forward to enhancing intra-oic Investment 96 ICDT Workshop on international marketing and SMEs Internationalization of Coffee exporters Developing intra-oic Ministry of of Indonesia, ITFC 2018 Indonesia to enable exporting companies to explore international market in coffee sector 97 ICDT Workshop to enhance the participation of MSME s in groundnuts, cashew, sesame and horticulture value chains Developing intra-oic Ministry of of The Gambia, ITFC 2018 The Gambia The workshop will respond to the economic needs of OIC African Member States especially with regard to promoting their MSME s participation in regional/global value chains in these sectors 98 ICDT Seminars on Doing business Central Asian Countries Developing intra-oic To be determined 2018 To be determined Informing Member Countries how doing business in Asian Countries in the margin of the OIC Fairs 99 ICDT 4 th OIC Health Expo and Seminar on Business Opportunities in the Health Sector Developing intra-oic Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, Ministry of, Handicrafts and SMEs Promotion, Cote d Ivoire, 2018 Abidjan- Cote d Ivoire Gathering public and private sector of the OIC Member States to discuss health development sector and ways forward to enhancing intra-oic Investment 100 ICDT 3 rd African Forum on Halal Business and Seminar on Investment Opportunities in the Halal sector in Africa Developing intra-oic Ministry of, Senegal 2018 Dakar, Senegal Gathering public and private sector of the OIC Member States to discuss Halal development sector in Africa and ways forward to enhancing intra-oic Investment
101 ICDT OIC Social and Solidarity Economy Expo and Seminar on, employment and Immigration in the OIC Countries on the sidelines of the Developing intra-oic Ministry of, Handicrafts and SMEs Promotion Cote d Ivoire 2018, Abidjan- Cote d Ivoire Enhancing the awareness about trade, employment and immigration implications among the OIC Member States IDB Aid For Initiative for Arab States Regional Eco. Coop. Prog. Liberalization Facilitation Promotion Cap. Dev. Int. Dev. Institutions, Donor, MCs 2014-2018 Arab States Regional trade enhanced, new jobs created, human and institutional capacities developed 102 IDB Youth & Employment on International Program Capacity Development FTTC 2015-2017 On-going Egypt Around 1000 youth will be trained on international trade and employed. So far, 138 youth benefited from the training programs, 42 already employed and rest being interviewed by the companies. (March 2017 data) 103 IDB Capacity Development Program for Support Institutions TA & Cap. Build Prog. Capacity Development ITC 2015-2017 On-going Algeria, Oman, KSA, Kuwait, Lebanon Project focuses on improving technical services capacities of selected TPOs. 104 IDB 2nd phase of NTM Study with the inclusion of new MCs Workshop & Seminar Development ITC 2015-2017 On-going Jordan, KSA, Sudan NTMs identified and proposals developed for concerned gov. İnsts consideration. 105 IDB National Strategy to support Algeria s economic diversification TA & Ca. Building Prog. Promotion Cap. Dev. ITC July 2017-2018 On-going Algeria A National trade strategy to be developed, validated and implemented by national stakeholders 106 IDB Program for the Development of Dates Sector in Medina Region (PDDM) TA & Ca. Building Prog. Promotion Cap. Dev. ITC Nov. 2017-Oct. 2019 KSA Export competitiveness of the sector improved, business performance of the SMEs, farmers enhanced. 107 IDB Establishing a specialized Export Promotion Dept. Within Export Dev. Bank of Egypt. TA & Ca. Building Prog. Capacity Dev. ITC Nov. 2017- July 2018 Egypt Dept will provide better support services to exportes and engage in promotional activities. 108 IDB Feasibility Study to set up a Handicrafts Export Village, Djibouti TA Program Capacity Development, ITC 2017-2018 On-going Djibouti Setting up Handicraft export village along with its management unit 109 IDB Lebanon-Export Sector Competitiveness Project (ICT & Nut Sector) Cap. Dev. Capacity Development ITC Nov. 2017-Oct. 2018 Lebanon Exports capacities of SMEs increased, services capacities of TSIs improved.
110 IDB & Institutional Support Prog for Nouadhibou Free Zone, Mauritania TA & Ca. Building Prog. Cap. Dev./ Facilitation Promotion ICD/IDB, Akaba Free Zone October-2016- Dec 2017 On-going Mauritania Institutinonal and Human Capacity Dev for Nouadhibou Free Economic zone through twinning project. 111 IDB Enhancing Libya s export capacities TA & Ca. Building Prog. Promotion Cap. Dev. UNIDO October 2017- Sept. 2018 Libya Export Strategy to be developed, training programs to be organized 112 IDB Upgrading GMO testing capacities in Iraq to facilitate trade and enhance consumer protection TA Program Facilitation Cap. Dev. UNIDO October 2017- Sept. 2018 Iraq GMO testing lab. Established, staff trained to offer testing services 113 IDB Suppot the implementation of a technical twinning project between Palestine and Tunisia in area of accreditation and mutual recognition. TA Program Cap. Dev./ Facilitation UNIDO August 2016-2017 On-going Palestine, Tunisia Knowledge, experience sharing, transfer of know-how on standardization, accreditation 114 IDB Support Sudan in developing its national quality policies and programs TA Program Cap. Dev./ Facilitation UNIDO May 2016- Dec. 2017 On-going Sudan, Preparation of national quality policies, establishment certification/accreditation bodies 115 IDB Support the GCC SMEs to participate and benefit from the national and regional quality infrastructure services TA Program Cap. Dev./ Facilitation UNIDO August 2016-2017 On-going GCC SMEs capacity development in standardization, accreditation accomplished. IDB Special Program for Central Asia Regional Economic Coop. Prog. Facilitation Promotion Cap. Development Central Asian MCs, Int. Org. 2015-2019 CA MCs 116 IDB for Trainers on Market Analysis Tools Cap. Development ITC, MCs, National Partners Q4 of 2017 Istanbul, Turkey flows analysis for selected markets and commodities will be conducted 117 IDB Workshop on /Export Finance Capacity Development UNDP, Ministry of Foreign Eco. Relation Q4 of 2017 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Participants will be informed about trade finance & insurance facilities provided by ITFC, ICIEC and Turkish Eximbank
IDB Arab Africa Bridges (AATB) Program Promotion 118 IDB ATU ECOWAS Business Forum facilitation & cooperation promotion Businessmen & business associations in the concerned countries 18 20 December 2017 Morocco Facilitate and promote business relations between the ATU countries and the ECOWAS Member Countries. 119 IDB Africa SME Development Project Cap Dev. Program Cap. Dev. Promotion MoTs, TSIs, Int. Org. August 2017-2019 Senegal, Cote d lvoire, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin Improving trade finance absortion capacities of SMEs through improving their institutional capacities. IDB Other Capacity Dev. Initiatives 120 IDB 121 IDB ITFC s Indonesian Coffee Export Development Program Validation workshop for the Business Plan of the Centre Technical Assistance Capacity Develop. Promotion Coffee Farmers, SMEs 2017 On_going Jakarta, Indonesia Workshop 4th Q of 2017 Establishment of Coffee Farmers Center, which will be center of excellency in coffee farming; providing in class and on field training for farmers, offering some other services for farmers 122 IDB Cotton B2B between West African Cotton Exporters and Bangladeshi and Indonesian Cotton Importers/Textile Companies Commodity Develop. & Fin. program Facilitation Promotion Cotton Farmers, SMEs 9-10 April 2017 12-13 April 2017 Dhaka, Bangladesh Jakarta, Indonesia B&B s, Facilitation 123 IDB SMIIC s Programs on Building and Enhancing Standardization, Metrology and Accreditation Capacity in OIC MC Workshops Promotion Facilitation SMIIC, ICDT 11-16 Dec. 2017 Istanbul, Turkey Knowledge and understanding of auditors from certifying/inspection bodies on OIC/SMIIC Halal Standards improved 124 IDB The International Capacitybuilding & Market Access Support Program in Senegal Capacity Development Capacity Development SMEs, TSIs, ASEPEX, TFO Canada February 2017- Dec. 2018 On-going, Senegal Preparation of training programs, conducting trainings for SMEs and trainers, Business mission to importing countries 125 IDB Program for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Madinah Region Cap. Dev. Cap. Dev. Madinah COCI, ITC Sept.2017-2018, KSA Organize training courses on export marketing technics, export logistics and export finance for SMEs with a view to support their export performances.
126 SESRIC Statistical capacity building on trade statistics including trade satellite accounts Statistical Enhancement Promotion NSOs of OIC member countries TBD Contributing to the enhancement of the trade related institutional and human capacity of the member states by facilitating exchange of experiences and know-how among them. 127 SESRIC OIC Statistics (OICStat) Database on Updating Data Reliable and Up-To-Date Data - Ankara, Turkey In the COMCEC Strategy, one of the output areas is Reliable and Up-To-Date Data. In this respect, the 18 indicators related to trade hosted at OICStat database of SESRIC will be updated. 128 SESRIC Capacity building programme on Course on Managing information on labour market OIC- National Agency for Employment and Independent Work of Tunisia 20-21 September 2017 Senegal To build the capacity of the staffs of the Directorate General of Labour and Social Security of Senegal on the Managing information on labour market 129 SMIIC SMIIC Program 1 Program Simplified and streamlined trade procedures SMIIC GS and ITFC 11-16 December 2017 İstanbul, Turkey Workshop/training to aid the implementation and use of OIC/SMIIC Halal Standards in SMIIC Member States. 130 SMIIC Technical Committee Week 1 Technical liberalization SMIIC GS and Members States 26-31 March 2018 İstanbul, Turkey Technical Committees continue standards development works. 131 SMIIC 132 SMIIC SMIIC/TC1 Halal Food Issues SMIIC/TC2 Halal Cosmetic Issues Technical liberalization SMIIC GS and Members States 26 March 2018 İstanbul, Turkey TC1 discussed revision works of OIC/SMIIC 1. Technical liberalization SMIIC GS and Members States 27 March 2018 İstanbul, Turkey TC2 continued final work on the development of the Halal Cosmetic Standard. 133 SMIIC SMIIC CCA(Committee on Standards for Conformity Assessment) Technical liberalization SMIIC GS and Members States 28 March 2018 İstanbul, Turkey SMIIC CCA continued works on the revision of OIC/SMIIC 2 and 3. 134 SMIIC 5th Metrology Committee (MC) facilitation SMIIC GS and SMIIC Metrology Council 2018 TBD MC discussed the latest developments, revised MC TOR and elected their Chairman and Vice- Chairman of the Council. MC discussed possible projects and training activities for enhancing their capacity building in metrology field. 135 SMIIC World Halal Summit (WHS) Conference liberalization SMIIC GS December 2018 Istanbul, Turkey International conference aiming to gather stakeholders of the Halal industry to exchange views and experiences. 136 SMIIC 5th OIC Halal Expo and Forum Expo liberalization SMIIC GS and ICDT December 2018 Istanbul, Turkey OIC Expo to provide a platform for relevant stakeholders to enhance their networks and to see the latest developments in Halal industry. 137 SMIIC TRAINING PROGRAM 2 ON Introduction, implementation and use of OIC/SMIIC Halal Standards Simplified and streamlined trade procedures SMIIC GS and SMIIC Member States 2018 TBD to give information about the adoption and use of OIC/SMIIC Halal standards. 138 SMIIC 139 SMIIC 16 th and 17 th of the SMIIC Board of Directors (BOD) 13th General Assembly (GA) liberalization SMIIC Member States 2018 TBD Regular meeting for Member States to discuss and review activities of SMIIC. liberalization SMIIC Member States 2018 TBD Regular meeting for Member States to discuss and review activities of SMIIC.
140 SESRIC Workshop on Peer Review for National Statistical Offices of the OIC Member Countries (OIC-Peer) Workshop All Cooperation Areas Statistical Skills Enhancement EUROSTAT, PARIS21 (TBC) December 2017 (TBD), Turkey This workshop aims to brief the workshop participants about Peer Review mechanism including the roadmap and tools as well as sharing knowledge by the member countries who had experiences in conducting Peer Review in their countries. 141 SESRIC OIC Certification and Accreditation Programme for Official Statisticians (OIC-CPOS) Examination Committee (ExCom) All Cooperation Areas Statistical Skills Enhancement IDB, (TBC) December 2017 (TBD), Turkey The meeting aims to discuss the training materials and exam questions submitted by the Examination Committee and the way forward. 142 SESRIC Expert on Statistical Outreach Toolkit (SOT) All Cooperation Areas Statistical Skills Enhancement EUROSTAT, PARIS21 (TBC) 2018 (TBD), TBD The EGM will be participated by the selected NSOs in which they will present their experiences in using alternative channels to inform and communicate official statistics. Besides, there will be a discussion among the national/international agencies including UNECE, Paris21, Eurostat, Anadolu Agency, etc., concerning the content of the Statistical Outreach Toolkit (SOT). 143 SESRIC Seventh Session of OIC-Statistical Commission All Cooperation Areas Statistical Skills Enhancement IDB (TBC) 2018 (TBD), TBD The OIC Statistical Commission has the objective to bring about synergies with the regional and international agencies in leveraging the OIC member countries statistical capacities vis-à-vis the data and monitoring requirements of the Sustainable Development Indicators (SDGs) Indicator Framework. 144 SESRIC OIC Economic Outlook 2018 Research All Cooperation Areas Diverse - 2018 SESRIC This study will provide a comparative analysis of trends in major economic indicators for the OIC member countries in light of the recent global and regional economic developments. 145 SESRIC Regional Workshop on Transformation of Education Statistics System based on ISCED-F 2013 Workshop All Cooperation Areas Statistical Skills Enhancement ISESCO, (TBC) 2018 (TBD), TBD In several chapters of COMCEC Strategy, capacity building and training programs have been defined as output areas. The Strategy clearly puts forward that data collection in many COMCEC members is inadequate to either limited capacity in data collection or lack of awareness regarding its importance and additionally underlines that Unavailability of reliable data hampers producing a sound analysis of the sectors and hence, an effective cooperation framework. In this respect, the workshop aims to enhance data collection and data analysing capacity, increase quality of service in related statistics and increase institutional capacity. 146 IDB 4. Workshop on Joint IDB-UNECEC Project on the GIS Application for Regional Connectivity in IDB MCs (This event is planned to be held in December in partnership with UNECE and ECO Secretariat. Workshop Transport & communications Transport corridor development in Member countries IDB and UN partner institutions 13 December 2017, Istanbul Regional Integration, Infrastructure development 147 SESRIC Statistical capacity building programme on Transport and Communications sector. Statistical Enhancement Transport and Communications Institutional and Human Capacity NSOs of OIC member countries TBD Contribution in increasing interactions between peer institutions and enhancing professional skills of human resources.
148 SESRIC OIC Statistics (OICStat) Database on Transport and Communications Updating Data Transport and Communications Reliable and Up-To-Date Data - Ankara, Turkey In the COMCEC Strategy, one of the output areas is Reliable and Up-To-Date Data. In this respect, the 5 indicators related to transport and communications hosted at OICStat database of SESRIC will be updated. 149 CCO 11th of the Agriculture Working Agriculture Increasing productivity February 22nd, 2018 Ankara The 11th of the COMCEC Agriculture will be held with the theme of Improving Agricultural Market Performance: Developing Agricultural Market Information Systems and a research report will be prepared specifically for this meeting. The participants expected to share their experiences in developing agricultural market information systems and identifed common challenges in this regard. At the end of the meeting, policy recommendationswill be formulated regarding developing agricultural market information systems. 150 CCO 12th of the Agriculture Working Agriculture Market Performance and Access Regulatory Framework and Institutional Capacity September 28th, 2018 Ankara The 12th of the COMCEC Agriculture will be held with the theme of Analysis of Agri-food Structures to Promote Agri-food Networks among the OIC Member Countries and a research report will be prepared specifically for this meeting. The participants expected to share their experiences in agri-food trade and identifed common challenges in this regard. At the end of the meeting, policy recommendationswill be formulated regarding improving market access performance of the OIC member countries by promoting sustainable agricultural trade networks and collaborations among OIC member countries.. 151 CCO 10th of the Financial Cooperation Working Financial Cooperation Visibility of Financial Markets, R&D Activities and Statistics March 29th, 2018 Ankara The 10th of the COMCEC Financial Cooperation will be held with the theme of The Role of Sukuk in Islamic Capital Marktes and a research report will be prepared specifically for this meeting. The participants expected to share their experiences on sukuk and identifed common challenges in this regard. At the end of the meeting, policy recommendationswill be formulated regarding improving Sukuk market in the member countries. 152 CCO 11th of the Financial Cooperation Working Financial Cooperation Visibility of Financial Markets, R&D Activities and Statistics October 25th, 2018 Ankara The 11th of the COMCEC Financial Cooperation will be held with the theme of Islamic Fund Management and a research report will be prepared specifically for this meeting. The participants expected to share their experiences on Islamic fund management and identifed common challenges in this regard. At the end of the meeting, policy recommendationswill be formulated regarding improving Islamic fund management. 153 CCO 11th of the COMCEC Poverty Alleviation Working Productive Capacity of the Poor and NGOs April 5th, 2018 Ankara The 11th of the COMCEC will be held with the theme of Quality of Education in the OIC Member Countries and a research report will be prepared specifically for this meeting. The participants expected to share their experiences in education systems and identify common challenges in this sector. At the end of the meeting, policy recommendations will be formulated regarding improving education quality in the member countries. 154 CCO 12nd of the COMCEC Poverty Alleviation Working Productive Capacity of the Poor and NGOs October 4th, 2018 Ankara The 12th of the COMCEC will be held with the theme of Skill Development in the OIC Member Countries and a research report will be prepared specifically for this meeting. The participants expected to share their experiences in skill development and vocational education in their countries. The is expected to come up with policy recommendations on developing specific vocational education and training programmes in the OIC member countries. 155 CCO 11th of the Tourism Working Tourism Destination Development and Institutionalization Strategies in the OIC Member Countries February 15th, 2018 Ankara The 11th of the COMCEC Tourism will be held with the theme of Destination Development and Institutionalization Strategies in the OIC Member Countries and a research report will be prepared specifically for this meeting. The participants expected to share their experiences on developing destination and institutionalization strategiesand and identifed common challenges in this regard. At the end of the meeting, policy recommendationswill be formulated regarding destination development and institutionalization strategies.
156 CCO 12th of the Tourism Working Tourism Destination Marketing Strategies in the OIC Member Countries September 13th, 2018 Ankara The 12th of the COMCEC Tourism will be held with the theme of Destination Marketing Strategies in the OIC Member Countries and a research report will be prepared specifically for this meeting. The participants expected to share their experiences on destination marketing and identifed common challenges in this regard. At the end of the meeting, policy recommendationswill be formulated regarding improving market access performance of the OIC member countries by promoting destination marketing strategies s and collaborations among OIC member countries.. 157 CCO 11th of the Working Facilitation March 8th, 2018, Ankara/Turkey The aims to improve awareness on the Customs Risk Management Systems (CRMS) and their benefits on trade facilitation, share information on the best practices of implementing CRMSs; explore the state of the play in the OIC countries CRMSs including their implementation, performance and trade facilitation impacts; provide policy options and guidelines for establishing/improving effective CRMSs. 158 CCO 12th of the Working Facilitation November 1st, 2018, Ankara/Turkey The will discuss the current status of the Member Countries regarding Auhorized Economic Operators Programs and provide policy options for designing and implementing AEO programmes. 159 CCO 11th of the Transport and Communications Transportation and Communications Transport Infrastructure Policies March 15th, 2018 Ankara/Turkey The 11th of the COMCEC Transport and Communications will be held on March 15th, 2018 in Ankara, Turkey with the theme of Governance of Transnational Transport Corridors in the OIC Member Countries. A research report with the same theme of the meeting will be prepared for the meeting. At the end of the meeting concrete policy recommendations concerning imroving the governance of transport corridors will be produced. 160 CCO 12th of the Transport and Communications Transportation and Communications Transport Infrastructure Policies October 11th, 2018 Ankara/Turkey The 12th of the COMCEC Transport and Communications will be held on March 15th, 2018 in Ankara, Turkey with the theme of Plannig of National Transport Infrastructure (NTI) in the OIC Member Countries. A research report with the same theme of the meeting will be prepared for the meeting. At the end of the meeting concrete policy recommendations concerning NTI will be produced.