Proceedings of the 14th Meeting of the
Transport and Communications Working Group
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5. Roundtable Policy Debate Session
Mr. MOHAMMED SHAH NAS MOHAMED FAWZI, Manager, Port Klang Authority, Malaysia
moderated the roundtable session. At the outset, Mr. Selçuk KOÇ, Director at the COMCEC
Coordination Office, made a short presentation on the responses of the member countries to the
Policy Questions circulated by the CCO.
After fruitful discussions and deliberations, the Working Group has come up with the following
policy recommendations2 to be submitted to the 35th Ministerial Session of the COMCEC for
adoption.
 Policy Recommendation I: Encouraging to develop/improve the legal framework
through adopting a PPP tailored legislation.
 Policy Recommendation II: Allocating clear responsibilities for the management of
PPPs over the course of their life-cycle and establishing/strengthening a
unit/department within the government to that end.
 Policy Recommendation III: Supporting the use of appropriate technical tools,
analyses, etc., and development of strong database and competences for minimizing
risks during the implementation of the PPP projects
 Policy Recommendation IV: Developing/Improving risk management guidelines and
checklists for the betterment of the implementation of the PPP projects
6. Utilizing the COMCEC Project Funding (CPF)
Mr. Deniz Göle, Director at COMCEC Coordination Office delivered a presentation on utilizing the
COMCEC Project Funding (CPF) for the transport-related projects of the member countries as
well as the OIC institutions.
In the beginning, Mr. GÖLE informed the participants about the essentials of COMCEC Project
Funding. He explained the two instruments of COMCEC Strategy, namely Working Groups and
Project Funding. Then, he stated the relationship between Ministerial policy recommendations,
Strategy’s principles and objectives. He gave details about the activity-based projects and
research projects. Lastly, the main characteristics of COMCEC Project Funding such as
membership to theWGs, partnering with at least two member countries andmeeting the Project
Preparation and Submission Guidelines were touched upon.
Mr. GÖLE emphasized the importance of Sectoral Themes, which should also be considered
while submitting project proposals, published on the COMCEC website. He enumerated the
supported topics in transport and communications cooperation area as follows:
2 The Room Document is attached as Annex 3.