34^th MEETING OF THE FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE OF THE COMCEC

 SMIIC Secretary General, H.E. İhsan ÖVÜT and his accompanying General Secretariat delegation attended the 34^th meeting of the Follow-up Committee of the COMCEC held on May 09-10, 2018 in Ankara, Turkey with the participation of the member countries of the Committee, the OIC General Secretariat and the following subsidiary, affiliated and specialized organs (SMIIC, SESRIC, ICDT, IDB Group and ICCIA).

The Committee reviewed and discussed the progress achieved in the implementation of the resolutions and decisions of the 33^rd Session of the COMCEC.

Following agenda items were discussed during the meeting:

- Report on the COMCEC Strategy and Its Implementation

- The Implementation of the OIC-2025: Programme of Action

- Intra-OIC Trade

- Enhancing the Role of Private Sector in Economic Cooperation

- Improving Transport and Communications

- Developing a Sustainable and Competitive Tourism Sector

- Increasing Productivity of Agriculture Sector and Sustaining Food Security

- Alleviating Poverty

- Deepening Financial Cooperation

- Preparations for the Exchange of Views on “Facilitating Trade: Improving Customs Risk Management Systems in the OIC Member States”

SMIIC Secretary General, under the Agenda Item “Intra-OIC Trade”, briefed the Committee on the latest developments and activities of SMIIC by presenting the SMIIC report prepared for the 34th Meeting of the Follow-up Committee of the COMCEC.

The Committee acknowledged the increasing visibility of SMIIC, new members, activities and expressed its appreciation to SMIIC for organizing capacity building activities in its field of competence. The Committee expressed its appreciation to the Republic of Turkey for hosting, for the support of SMIIC together with Islamic Center for Development of Trade(ICDT) and Discover Events for the organization of the 5^th OIC Halal Expo and World Halal Summit(WHS) 2017 in İstanbul on the 23-25 December 2017 and called upon the participation of Member States to participate in the 6^th OIC Halal Expo and WHS 2018 to be held on the 29 November-02 December 2018 in İstanbul, Turkey under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey.

The Committee noted with satisfaction the organization of the 1^st Meeting of the Management of SMIIC Accreditation Council (AC) held on the 26-27 February 2019 and the 5^th Metrology Council (MC) Meeting held on the 19-20 April 2018 in İstanbul, Turkey.

SMIIC delegation also attended the 31^st Meeting of the Sessional Committee of the COMCEC which was held on May 08^th, 2017 in Ankara, on the sidelines of the 34^th Meeting of the Follow-up Committee of the COMCEC.