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 The project titled “Establishing Maritime Transport Archives” will be
implemented by Cameroon in partnership with Cote d’Ivoire and Chad in 2021.
 The Project titled “Implementation of International Maritime Conventions” will
be implemented by Turkey in partnership with Algeria and Tunisia in
2021.
89- Welcomes the offer of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of
Turkey (TOBB) to share its experience in the implementation of the TIR System with
the interested Member States.
90- Taking note of the efforts of the OIC General Secretariat and the IDB Group to
operationalize the OIC Dakar-Port Sudan Railway corridor, requests the General
Secretariat and IDB Group to regularly inform the concerned Member States about the
progress in the realization of the Project in the relevant OIC fora.
Developing a Sustainable and Competitive Tourism Sector (Agenda Item: 8)
91- Taking note with appreciation of the convening of the 15th Meeting of the
Tourism Working Group on 24-25 September, 2020 in a virtual-only format, with the
theme of “Medical Tourism in the OIC Member Countries”, welcomes its following
policy recommendations:
 Encouraging marketing and branding activities in order to boost the image of
the destination country with a view to attract international patients.
 Using online platforms for customized marketing strategies towards target
groups.
 Promoting development/implementation of exchange programs among the OIC
Member Countries for medical personnel in order to boost knowledge and
experience sharing.
 Encouraging bilateral or regional/multilateral arrangements (such as patient
exchange programs, pre-diagnosis services, alliances between healthcare
providers and streamlining health insurance schemes etc.) between
public/private stakeholders including insurances and hospitals in order to sustain
the exchange of patients.
 Establishing a database on health tourism for the use of OIC member countries
for further cooperation in terms of patient-treatment exchange and capacity
building in healthcare provision
(Ref: Document Code OIC/COMCEC/……)
92- Calls upon the Member States which have registered to the COMCEC
Tourism Working Group to actively participate in the 16th Meeting of the Tourism
Working Group to be held with theme of “Mitigation Strategies for Tourism after
COVID-19”, in 2021 and also calls upon the Member States, who have not done so
yet, to register to the COMCEC Tourism Working Group.