SMIIC Secretary General and his accompanying delegation attended the 33rd Session of the COMCEC.
The 33rd Session of the COMCEC was held on 20-23 November 2017 in Istanbul with the participation of the member countries, the OIC General Secretariat and the following subsidiary, affiliated and specialized organs (SMIIC, SESRIC, ICDT, IDB, ICCIA and OISA etc.).
The Session reviewed and discussed the progress achieved in the implementation of the resolutions and decisions of the 32nd Session of the COMCEC, which was held in November 2016 in Istanbul.
Under the Agenda Item; Intra-OIC Trade, Mr. İhsan ÖVÜT, SMIIC Secretary General, briefed the Session on the latest developments and activities of SMIIC by presenting the SMIIC report prepared for the 33rd Session of the COMCEC.
In his speech, Mr. ÖVÜT, mentioned:
- the amendments to the SMIIC Internal Documents in particular the documents:
- i) the establishment of the Standardization Management Council (SMC) instead of the Standardization Department
- ii) that the structure of SMIIC Metrology Committee and Accreditation Committees were redefined and their names are also changed to “Councils” Their membership is opened only to the relevant authorities of the SMIIC Member States.
- iii) The provision with regards to the copyright of the OIC/SMIIC standards and SMIIC deliverables are added to the Statute for the first time.
- About the 3 Technical Committee Weeks held in which 14 Technical Committees and CCA held their plenary meetings and SMIIC Information System and Directives trainings course were also given, have been organized in İstanbul and as a result have intensified TC and standards development work.
- And informed about the SMIIC Training Program 1 – Introduction, implementation and use of OIC/SMIIC Halal standards during the 11-16 December 2017 in Istanbul- Turkey with the support and cooperation of the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group and SESRIC.
Resolutions of the 33rd Session of the COMCEC relating to SMIIC are as follows:
v) Trade Related Activities of SMIIC
65- Welcomes the activities of Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) in the area of standardization, metrology and accreditation and their impact on trade facilitation and capacity building projects for Member States.
66- Welcomes the Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Djibouti, and Republic of Iraq as the new members and Kingdom of Thailand as observer to SMIIC, which has increased the number of SMIIC Member States to 33 along with 3 Observers and invites the Member States to become a member of SMIIC and actively participate in its technical committees (TCs), Metrology and Accreditation Councils.
67- Welcomes the increasing visibility of the SMIIC and expresses its appreciation to the SMIIC for organizing capacity building activities in its field of competence.
68- Welcomes the establishment of four new Technical Committees in SMIIC on Halal Management System, Dangerous Goods Transportation Requirements on Transportation, Jewellery and Petroleum and Petroleum Products and the reactivation of the Terminology Committee (15 technical committees in total) and the organization of the 3 Technical Committee Week Meetings in 2017.
69- Expresses its appreciation to the Republic of Turkey for hosting and SMIIC for supporting the World Halal Summit in Istanbul on 15-17 December 2016 and calls upon the Member States to participate in the next World Halal Summit to be held on 23-25 November 2017 in İstanbul under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey.
