EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON ENHANCING INTRA-OIC TRADE
5-6 July 2008, TOBB University, Meeting Hall
Ankara, Republic of Turkey
DRAFT WORK PROGRAMME
DAY One: 5 July 2008
Opening Session (09:30 – 10:15)
Chairman: H.E. Nazım EKREN, Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey (To be confirmed)
Ø Recitation of verses from Holy Quran
Ø Opening statement by H.E. Nazım EKREN, Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey (To be confirmed)
Ø Statement by H.E. Rifat HİSARCIKLIOĞLU, President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey
Ø Statement of H.E. Dr. Waleed AL-WOHAIB, Chief Executive Officer of the ITFC
Ø Statement of Dr. Savaş ALPAY, Director General of SESRIC
Ø Adoption of the Agenda
Coffee Break (10:15 – 10:30)
Working Session 1 (10:30 – 12:30)
Theme: Trade Financing: Opportunities and Challenges
Chairman: Mr. Abdulrahman A. Al-Zamil (Saudi Export Development Centre)
Ø Review of Intra-OIC Trade: The Progress and the Challenges
(Presentations by IDB/ITFC and ICIEC)
Ø Discussion
Lunch (12:30 – 14.00)
Working Session 2: (14:00 – 16:30)
Theme: Trade Facilitation
Chairman: Mr. Ferruh TIĞLI (Head of COMCEC Coordination Office)
Ø Role of COMCEC in facilitating intra-OIC trade growth
(Presentation by COMCEC Coordination Office)
Ø Enhancing Intra-OIC Trade Through Effective Policies
(Presentation by ICDT)
Ø Facilitating trade through OIC Multilateral Agreements on Economic and Commercial Cooperation and Potential Gains from these Agreements
(Presentation by SESRIC)
Ø Trade, Transit Trade and Transport Facilitation in particular, MMT in the ECO region
(Presentation by UNCTAD)
Ø Discussion
Coffee Break (16:30 – 16:45)
Working Session 3: (16:45 – 19:00)
Theme: Trade Promotion, Capacity Building and Development of Strategic Commodities
Chairman: Dr. Murat Yülek
Ø Capacity building initiatives necessary for intra-OIC trade
(Presentation by TOBB)
Ø Aid-for-Trade, South-South Trade Cooperation and E-Trade Initiatives
(Presentation by ITC)
Ø The role of the private sector in meeting the intra-OIC trade targets
(Presentation by ICCI)
Ø Potential areas for trade among OIC Member Countries
(Presentation by ITC)
Ø Presentations by IGEME and MATRADE
Ø Discussion
DAY Two: 6 July 2008
Working Session 4 (Part 1): (10:00 – 13:00)
Chairman: H.E. Dr. Selim Cafer Karataş (Executive Director, IDB)
Ø Brain Storming Session: The Way Ahead
(Specific Recommendations for Enhancing Intra-OIC Trade)
Lunch (13:00 – 15:00)
Working Session 4 (Part II): (16:00 – 18:00)
Presentation by Reporters: Draft Report / Road Map
Ø (Discussion by all participants)
Ø Closing Remarks
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