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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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