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Capacities of Tourism Sector in COMCEC Mediterranean and Gulf Region” proposed by SESRIC.
The project covered 6 member countries namely; United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Tunisia,
Albania, Qatar, Oman. This project aimed at improving statistical capacities of the member
countries in tourism field and entailed 8 training programs and one workshop in this respect.
The second project call under the PCM was made in September 2014. In this regard, within the
scope of the 2nd Project Call, the project titled “Strengthening Community Resilience through
eco-tourism”, proposed by The Gambia, was implemented in 2015 with two project partners,
namely Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. Under this project, study visits to ten villages were
conducted. Moreover, Ecovillage Design Education Programs were held with the participation
of 35 residents from these villages. At the end of this project, an Ecovillage Design Education
Report was prepared.
The Third Project Call was made in September 2015. In this framework, the following two
projects were implemented in 2016:
 Short course on strategies in enhancing the tourism workforce in community-based
tourism within the OIC Member Countries (proposed by Malaysia).
 Enhancing the capacity of craft producers in the OIC Member Countries (proposed by
the Gambia).
The COMCEC Coordination Office made the fourth call for project proposals in September 2016.
Within the scope of the 4th Project Call, four projects were implemented in 2017. The first
project, implemented by The Gambia with two project partners namely Nigeria and Senegal, is
“Developing a Training and Certification Program for the Muslim Travel, Tourism, and
Hospitality Industry”. The aim of this project was to develop a training and certification
programme. The second project was implemented by Mozambique with two project partners
namely Mali and Senegal. The project titled “Enhancing Capacity of Muslim Friendly Tourism
Workforce” was aimed at providing training for officials from the ministries of culture and
tourism in the countries involved in policies, initiatives or strategies supportingMuslimFriendly
Tourism.
The third project was implemented by Sudan. The project titled “Enhancing The Capacity of Craft
Producers & Customers service In OIC Member Countries” conducted along with Chad and
Djibouti was aimed at conducting a training of trainers programme for enhancing the capacity
of craft producers and customer services so that improving their living standards and creating
new jobs. The last project was implemented by the SESRIC with eighteen project partners.
Within the scope of this project, a training programme was conducted.
The 5th Project Call was made in September 2017. Within the scope of the 5th Project Call, the
following four projects were final listed and they are currently at the implementation period:
• “Strengthening the Resilience of Tourism Sector Against Crises through
Communication” (proposed by Burkina Faso)