Proceedings of the 14th Meeting of
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9. Closing Remarks
The Meeting ended with closing remarks of Mr. JAMMEH, Director from the Ministry of Trade in
the Gambia and Chairperson of the Meeting and Mr. Deniz GÖLE, Director in the COMCEC
Coordination Office.
In his remarks, Mr. JAMMEH, thanked all the Member Countries for giving him the opportunity
to chair this session. He also thanked all the participants, presenters for their invaluable
contributions, comments and ideas presented during the discussions.
Mr. GÖLE also thanked all the participants for their invaluable contributions. He underlined that
the observations, comments and critiques of the participants on the research report prepared
specifically for the Trade Working Group Meetings would be welcomed in order to improve its
quality. He also stated feedbacks about the main output of the meeting, the draft policy
recommendations which will be presented to the 35th Session of the COMCEC, would be very
valuable. Mr. GÖLE also highlighted the importance of COMCEC Project Funding and invited the
Member Country participants as well as the relevant OIC Institutions to submit project
proposals to benefit from this important facility.
Mr. GÖLE informed the participants that the next (15th) Meeting of the Trade Working Group
will be held with the theme of “Guidelines for Effective National Trade Facilitation
Committees in Islamic Countries”. Before concluding, Mr. GÖLE thanked again all the
participants and wished them a safe trip back home.