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29. The Committee called on the COMCEC National Focal Points and
working group focal points to work more closely with the COMCEC
Coordination Office for effective coordination and communication.
30. The Committee invited the Member Countries to ensure the participation
of the COMCEC National Focal Points and COMCEC Working Group Focal
Points, to the COMCEC Follow-up Committee Meetings and the COMCEC
Sessions.
31. The Committee encouraged the Member States, which have registered to
the COMCEC Working Groups to actively participate in the upcoming
Meetings of the relevant Working Groups and benefit from the COMCEC
Project Funding for realizing their cooperation projects.
32. Noting with appreciation that the number of Member Countries having
registered to at least one working group has reached 50, the Committee
requested the Member States, which have not done so, to register to the
COMCEC Working Groups and actively participate in the upcoming Meetings
of the Working Groups.
33. The Committee welcomed that the COMCEC Coordination Office will
organize the Fifth Annual Meeting of the COMCEC Working Group Focal
Points between 23 and 25 May 2017 in Ankara, Turkey and called upon the
Working Group focal points and national focal points to actively participate in
the meeting. The Committee also highlighted that this Meeting can be
effectively utilized for enhancing coordination among the Member Countries,
especially for development of joint projects.
34. The Committee called upon the Member States concerned to respond to
the “Evaluation Forms” circulated each year by the COMCEC Coordination
Office with a view to following up the implementation of the Policy
Recommendations of the COMCEC Working Groups.
35. The Committee also called upon the working group focal points to be
actively involved in knowledge production efforts of the COMCEC through,
among others, assisting in collection and verification of country specific data
and providing feedbacks to research studies.
36. The Committee underlined that the COMCEC Project Funding can be
utilized more effectively by the member countries having advanced capacities in
various cooperation areas for sharing their experience with the other member
countries.