Proceedings of the 12th Meeting of
The COMCEC Tourism Working Group
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8. Utilizing the COMCEC Project Funding
Mr. Burak KARAGÖL, Director at the COMCEC Coordination Office made a presentation on the
COMCEC Project Funding introduced by the COMCEC Strategy. The video clip shown at the
outset of the presentation provided details about the rules and procedures of the COMCEC
Project Funding as well as examples from the previously implemented projects.
After the video, Mr. KARAGÖL explained the timeline for the project submission and stated that
the 6th Call for Project Proposals under the COMCEC Project Funding has been launched on
September 1st, 2018 and will be open until the end of the September.
Mr. KARAGÖL emphasized that project topics can be found by examining; i) COMCEC policy
recommendations, ii) sectoral themes, iii) outputs of the COMCEC Working Groups, iv)
previous projects funded by the COMCEC, and v) COMCEC Strategy.
Then, Mr. KARAGÖL mentioned the available information on the COMCEC website regarding
the COMCEC Project Funding. Mr. KARAGÖL stated that there are 6 tabs on the website namely
overview, supported themes, online project submission, implemented projects, selected
outputs and frequently asked questions, which can be utilized during the project submission
period.
Mr. KARAGÖL shared brief information with participants regarding supported sectoral themes
in tourism cooperation area. After touching upon the sectoral themes, Mr. KARAGÖL
highlighted the essentials of online project submission system and reference materials that
should be given an eye before submitting a project.
After briefly explaining how to reach and use the Online Project Submission System for
COMCEC Project Funding, Mr. KARAGÖL also gave information on tourism projects
implemented in 2018. These projects are titled “Strengthening the Resilience of Tourism
Sector Against Crises through Communication”, “Training on Crisis Communication in Tourism
for Selected OIC Member Countries”, “Community-Based Tourism through The Promotion of
Heritage Sites for Poverty Alleviation”, “Improving Islamic Tourism Ecosystem in OIC Member
Countries: Destination and Industry Development” implemented by Burkina Faso, Mali,
Mozambique and SESRIC, respectively.