Proceedings of the 13 th Meeting of the
COMCEC Agriculture Working Group
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Instruments to Realize the Policy Advices:
COMCEC Agriculture Working Group : In its subsequent meetings, the Working Group may elaborate
on the above-mentioned policy areas in a more detailed manner. COMCEC Agriculture and Trade
Working Groups may conduct joint meetings/ research on agricultural trade policies.
COMCEC Project Funding: Under the COMCEC Project Funding, the COMCEC Coordination Office calls
for projects each year. With the COMCEC Project Funding, the member countries participating in the
Working Groups can submit multilateral cooperation projects to be financed through grants by the
COMCEC Coordination Office. For the above- mentioned policy areas, the member countries can utilize
the COMCEC Project Funding and the COMCEC Coordination Office may finance the successful projects
in this regard. These projects may include organization of seminars, training programs, study visits,
exchange of experts, workshops and preparing of analytical studies, needs assessments and training
materials/documents, etc.
SMIIC and SESRIC: The facilities of SMIIC and SESRIC (e.g. OIC Statistical Commission, Technical
Committees of the SMIIC, etc.) can be utilized.