Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 23/12/2009
The Secretary-General of Organisation of the Islamic Conference, His Excellency, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has stated that the coordination of development assistance to member-states of the OIC was the most creative means of stimulating investments in all crucial economic sectors and achieving the desired economic growth and development. In a message to the Experts Group Meeting on the Establishment of OIC Development Coordination Committee held in Ankara, Republic of Turkey from 22-23 December 2009, the OIC Secretary-General expressed his conviction that the outcome of the meeting would usher in a new vista for rewarding economic cooperation, such that would encourage competitiveness, technology transfer, best practices and the effectiveness of development assistance within the OIC community. While commending the role of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Center for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in advancing poverty alleviation and vocational training programmes of the OIC, the Secretary General agreed that the current demarches represented yet another laudable attempt towards addressing the various developmental challenges facing OIC Member States, particularly the low-income countries. The Secretary-General of the OIC attended the inaugural meeting of the Development and Cooperation Institutions of OIC Member States in Istanbul, Turkey on 13-14 May 2009, where it was decided that an Experts Group Committee should further elaborate modalities for cooperation among the various institutions in OIC Member Countries working in the area of Development Assistance. The Experts Group is mandated to submit its findings to the Second Meeting of the Development and Cooperation Committee, which is scheduled to hold in Abu Dhabi at a later date.
