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9. Moderated Session: Policy Recommendations for the Exchange of
Views Session of the 35th COMCEC Ministerial Meeting
The 34th COMCEC Session agreed on “Promoting Sustainable Food Systems in the OIC Member
States” as the theme for the Exchange of Views Session at the 35 th Session of the COMCEC and
requested the COMCEC Agriculture Working Group (AWG) to come up with concrete policy
recommendations on this topic and report it to the 35th COMCEC Ministerial Session. In this
regard, a moderation session was held under the moderation of Mr. Fatih ÜNLÜ, Senior Expert
from COMCEC Coordination Office.
At the outset, Mr. ÜNLÜ opened the Session by highlighting the importance of sustainable food
systems in the Member States. The session continued with the presentation made by Mr. Selçuk
KOÇ, Director in the COMCEC Coordination Office, made a presentation titled “Draft Policy
Recommendations and Member Countries’ Feedbacks on Sustainable Food Systems” concerning
the responses of the Member Countries to the policy questions on Sustainable Food Systems sent
to the focal points by the CCO.
The participants, in light of the discussions took place and the main findings of the research report
prepared specifically for this Meeting, have come up with a set of draft policy recommendations to
be submitted to the 35th Session of the COMCEC.
The draft policy recommendations have been formulated under ten main headings of sustainable
food systems as follows:
 Legal and regulatory framework
 Improving Agro-production and Agricultural Productivity
 Development of Infrastructure
 Financing and Investment
 Market Performance and Market Access
 Promotion of intra-OIC agricultural trade/ Reducing barriers to trade
 Human and institutional capacity
 Monitoring and evaluation of food security
 Adaptation and mitigation strategies for reducing the adverse effects of climate
change, man-made disasters, etc
 International and Regional Cooperation
The policy recommendations are attached to this report as Annex 4.