SESRIC Participated in the 6th Meeting of the COMCEC Financial Cooperation Working Group
Date: 17-18 March 2016
Venue: Ankara - Türkiye

The Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Cooperation (SESRIC) participated in the 6th Meeting of the COMCEC Financial Cooperation Working Group organised by the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) in Ankara, Turkey on 17-18 March 2016.

The theme of the meeting was “Developing Islamic Finance Strategies in the OIC Member Countries”. The Meeting was attended by the representatives of 28 OIC Member Countries including Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote D'ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Pakistan, Palestine, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey, Uganda and Uzbekistan.

Representatives of COMCEC Coordination Office, Islamic Development Bank, Secretariat of the OIC Member States' Stock Exchanges Forum, Secretariat of the COMCEC Capital Markets Regulators Forum, World Bank Global Islamic Finance Development Center and Participation Banks Association of Turkey also attended the Meeting. The Centre was represented by Ms. Nenden Octavarulia Shanty and Mr. Syed Tahir Mahmud, Researchers at Statistics and Information Department.

The meeting covered the following topics:

  • Financial Outlook of the OIC Member Countries
  • Road map for Developing Islamic Finance Strategies
  • Developing Islamic Finance Strategies in the OIC Member Countries: Selected Case Studies and Policy Recommendations
  • Perspective of International Institutions/Private Sector
  • Utilizing the COMCEC Project Funding
  • Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Development of Islamic Finance
  • Challenges in Developing Islamic Finance Strategies
  • Policy Recommendations for the Exchange of Views of the 32nd COMCEC Ministerial Meeting

For more information on the 6th Meeting of the COMCEC Financial Cooperation Working Group, please visit: http://www2.comcec.org/EN_YE/icerik.aspx?iid=599

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