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53. The Committee welcomed the offer of the Republic of Indonesia to host
“Training Seminar for the benefit of the Member States of the Asian Countries
on the Trade Preferential System among the OIC Member States (TPS-OIC)”
to be organized by the ICDT on 13-14 September 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
54. The Committee requested the ICDT, COMCEC Coordination Office, and
other relevant OIC Institutions to continue organizing awareness raising and
capacity building activities with regard to TPS-OIC.
ii) Islamic Trade Fairs
55. The Committee expressed its thanks and appreciation to the following
Member States for hosting Islamic Trade Fairs and Exhibitions in cooperation
with ICDT:
 The Republic of Senegal for hosting and ICDT and CICES for
organizing the “2nd Higher Education Expo” in Dakar on 9 th -12th May
2016,
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for hosting and ICDT for organizing the
“10th Exhibition of Agribusiness Industries of the OIC Member States”
in Jeddah on 23- 26 April 2017.
56. The Committee welcomed the offer of the following Member States to
host Islamic Trade Fairs and Exhibitions in cooperation with ICDT between
2017 and 2019 and requested the Member States to encourage active
participation of their private sectors and relevant institutions in these events:
The Arab Republic of Egypt to host the “3rd Tourism Fair of the OIC
Member States” in Cairo on 18-21 October 2017,
Republic of Senegal to host “1 st OIC Green Economy Expo” on 26-29
October 2017 and “1st OIC Fisheries and Marine Expo”, in 2017 in
Dakar,
The Republic of Cote d’Ivoire to host the “3 rd African Halal Business
Forum” on 30 October – 1 November 2017 in Abidjan,
The Republic of Turkey to host the “5th OIC Halal Expo” in Istanbul on
23-26 November 2017 in cooperation with SMIIC,
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to host the “International Exhibition of
light Industries and Handicrafts “ on 26 November – 2nd December
2017 in Madinah Al Munawarah, in the framework of its
commemoration as the Capital of Islamic Tourism in 2017.
The State of Kuwait to host a “Special OIC Trade Fair” in Kuwait-City
6-10 February 2018,
The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to host the “2nd OIC Building and Real
Estate Exhibition” in 2017 and “4th Health Expo” in 2018 in Abidjan.
Republic of Iraq or Republic of Guinea to host the 16th OIC Trade Fair
in 2019.