SMIIC Newsletter 2013/2

SMIIC is an OIC Affiliated Institution

NEWSLETTER 2 APR•MAY•JUN 2013 The Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries www.smiic.org

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15 April 2013

6th BOD Meeting The Sixth (6th) Meeting of the SMIIC Board of

followed by the speech of Mr. Mohamadou Bayero

Directors (BOD) was held in Istanbul, Republic of

Fadil, Vice-Chairman of SMIIC.

Turkey on 15 April 2013. SMIIC General Secretariat hosted the Meeting. Following the recitation from

Membership appliations of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

the Holy Quran, Mr. Hulusi ŞENTÜRK, Chairman of

Burkina Faso, State of Palestine and TUBITAK -

BOD of SMIIC welcomed the participants to the

UME to SMIIC were approved by BOD.

Meeting and made the opening address. It was

16

4th GA Meeting

April 2013 The Fourth (4th) Meeting of the SMIIC General

Mr. Mehmet Cömert-Director General, Ministry

Assembly (GA) was held in Istanbul, Republic

of Economy of the Republic of Turkey, H.E. Dr.

of Turkey on 16-17 April 2013. SMIIC General

Jawad Naji, Minister of National Economy, State

Secretariat hosted the Meeting. Following the

of Palestine and Mr. Mohamadou Bayero Fadil,

recitation from the Holy Quran, Mr. Hulusi ŞENTÜRK,

Vice-Chairman of SMIIC addressed to the General

the Chairman of Board of Directors (BOD) of SMIIC

Assembly.

welcomed the participants to the Meeting.

The GA was attended by the representatives of The opening address was made by Chairman of

the Member States who have membership in the

BOD, Mr. Hulusi Şentürk. It was followed by the

SMIIC GA. Malaysia, Indonesia and Turkish Republic

message of H.E. Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu,

of Nortlern Cyprus were represented as observers.

the Secretary General of OIC, which was delivered by the OIC representative Mr. Hasan Oker Gürler.

Additionally, Mr. Selçuk Koç-Director of COMCEC,

25 April 2013

2nd Islamic Conference of Labour Ministers of OIC The Secretary General of SMIIC, Mr. Haluk DAĞ, participated in the the Second Islamic Conference of Labour Ministers that was held on 25 - 26 April 2013, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan.

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Workshop for OIC LDC Member States Workshop

on

Building

and

Enhancing

The Workshop were conducted in coordination

Standardization, Metrology and Accreditation

with Turkish Standards Institution (TSE), Turkish

Capacity in the OIC Least Developed Countries

National Metrology Institute (TÜBİTAK-UME) and

(LDCs) Member States were held on 07 – 10

Turkish Accreditation Agency (TÜRKAK) with the

May 2013 at the premises of Turkish Standards

support of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination

Institution (TSE) in Gebze and Ankara, and at the

Agency (TİKA) and attended by 21 representatives

premises of National Metrology Institute (TÜBİTAK-

from 19 OIC LDCs.

07 May 2013

UME) in Gebze, Republic of Turkey.

Oman Food Forum

13 May 2013

The

SMIIC

General

Secretariat

delegation

H.E. Dr. Hamed Said al Aufi, Undersecretary in the

participated in the Muscat 3rd Food Exhibition

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Sultanate

& 6th Exhibition of Agribusiness Industries of

of Oman, H.E. Hameed A. Opeloyeru, Assistant

the OIC Member States held in Muscat, Sultanate

Secretary General for Economic Affairs of OIC and

of Oman on the 13 - 16 May 2013 co-organized

H.E. Dr. El Hassane Hzaine, Director General of

by the Islamic Centre for Development and Trade

Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)

(ICDT) and Al-Sha’am for Organizing Exhibitions &

visited SMIIC stand.

Festivals.

29th Meeting of the Follow-up Committee of COMCEC

14 May 2013

SMIIC General Secretariat attended the 29th Meeting of the Follow-up Committee of COMCEC of the OIC held on 14-15 May 2013, Ankara, Republic of Turkey.

DGSM, Sultanate of Oman Visit The SMIIC General Secretariat delegation visited

the future cooperation on the activities of SMIIC.

Directorate General for Standards & Metrology

Senior officials of DGSM gave brief information

(DGSM), Sultanate of Oman and met H.E. Saoud

about the activities of their departments to the

Nasser Mansoor Al-Khusaibi, Director General of

SMIIC delegation.

15 May 2013

DGSM to invite for the membership and to discuss

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23 May 2013

National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) Visit H.E.

MEHOL

K.

SADAIN,

Secretary/CEO

of

the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF), Republic of Philippines paid a visit to SMIIC Headquarters on 23 May 2013. He was accompanied by Mr. Edil Baddiri of NCMF, Mr. Ahmet Bilgi, Mufti of Başakşehir, Mr. Murat Demirel and Mr. Mustafa Özkan from Office of Mufti of İstanbul.

At the meeting, a comprehensive presentaiton was made by SMIIC, acreditation scheme for all OIC Member Countries was discussed.

04 June 2013

1st Russian Halal Summit 2013 The Secretary General of SMIIC, Mr. Haluk DAĞ, participated in the 1st Russian Halal Summit 2013 held in St. Petersburg, Russia on 04 - 07 June 2013 and gave presentation on the topic “SMIIC and

SMIIC Staff, Mr. Çağrı CANKURTARAN, participated in the 4th Moscow International Halal Exhibition held in Moscow, Russia on 13 - 14 June 2013 and gave presentation on the topic “SMIIC and Halal Food Standards”.

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