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- OIC Member Countries at an intermediate stage of broadband
development
 Reducing cost of broadband services through targeted public policy
initiatives
 Lowering the cultural and linguistic barriers through development of
local platforms, content, and applications.
- OIC Member Countries at an initial stage of broadband
development
 Offering a low-priced broadband service for consumers by state-owned
and government subsidized telecommunications operators
 Offering a low-priced or free broadband service targeted for
disadvantaged segments of the population
(The Policy recommendations document, including their rationale, is
attached as Annex VIII.)
82. The Committee called upon the Member States, which have registered to
the COMCEC Transport and Communications Working Group to actively
participate in the 10th Meeting of the COMCEC Transport and
Communications Working Group to be held on October 18-19, 2017 in Ankara
with the theme of “Improving Transnational Transport Corridors in OIC
Member States: Concepts and Cases”. The Committee also called upon the
Member States, who have not done so yet, to register to the COMCEC
Transport and Communications Working Group.
83. The Committee commended the efforts of Turkey in partnership with four
other Member Countries for the successful implementation of the project titled
“Assessment and Enhancement of Air Cargo Interconnectivity among the OIC
Member States: the Air Cargo Co-modality Approach (ACCMA) to Facilitate
Intra-OIC Trade” under the third project call within the framework of the
COMCEC Project Funding.
84. The Committee also commended the efforts of Cote d’Ivoire for the
project titled “Improving the Capacity on Road Safety in Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina
Faso and Mali”, which will be implemented in partnership with Burkina Faso
and Mali in 2017 under the fourth project call.
85. Recalling that the theme of the Exchange of Views Session of the 33 rd
COMCEC Ministerial Session has been determined as “Improving
Transnational Transport Corridors among the OIC Member Countries” by the
32nd Session of the COMCEC, the Committee invited the Transport Ministers
of the Member Countries to participate in the 33rd COMCEC Ministerial
Session along with the Ministers in charge of COMCEC Affairs.