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TIJARISPublished by the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade

issue 126 - June-August 2012

SPECIAL COUNTRYREPUBLIC OF GUINEA

INTERVIEW WITH

H.E Mrs. Baldé HadjaMariama BAH,

Minister of Hospitality,Tourism and

Handicrafts of theRepublic of Guinea

10 - 12 December 2012

Expo Centre Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

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TRADE PROMOTION* Commodity Trade

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EDITORIAL

OIC NEWS

CARTHAGE DECLARATION

DIPLOMACY

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The 4th SISDAK Expo & Forum - Dakar, SenegalJuly 2012The Sixth Exhibition of Agribusiness Industries inthe OIC Member States - Sultanate of Oman, May2013 Africa CEO Forum - Geneva, November 2012The 8th World Islamic Economic Forum Malaysia, December 2012

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� Recent activities of H.E. Prof. Dr.Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLUI,Secretary General of theOrganisation of IslamicCooperation (OIC)

� H.E. Mrs. Baldé Hadja MariamaBAHMinister of Hospitality, Tourismand Handicrafts of the Republicof Guinea

CALENDAR OF TRADE FAIRS & EXHIBITIONS

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2nd OIC Tourism Expo - Arab Republic of Egypt,December 2012Calendar of Tourism Fairs & Exhibitions of the OICCountries: September-October, 2012

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Outcomes of UNCTAD 13th Meeting in Doha, State of QatarSemiar on the proliferation of Bilateral and RegionalTrade Agreements and their impact on the regionalintegration process in Arab Countries - Kingdom ofMorocco, June 2012Training Seminar in the field of International and Islamic Trade for the benefit of the Officials of the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Iraq - Kingdomof Morocco, June 2012The 23rd Annual Session of the “Crans Montana Forum - Azerbaijan, June - July 2012Seminar on Foreign Trade Liberalization and Trade Defense Systems in the OIC Member States -Kingdom of Morocco, September 2012Training Seminar on “Export Promotion andInvestment Strategies in the context of GlobalizationTRNC, December 2012

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The levers of international competitiveness of SMEs Importance of the Regional integration of theLeague of Arab StatesTrade Regulations & Agreements

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Outcomes of the Seminar on the FrameworkAgreement on theTrade Preferential System amongthe Member States of the Organisation of IslamicCooperation to the benefit of the Members of theLeague of Arab States - Kuwait 2012Outcomes of the National Seminar for the popular-ization of ICDTʼs and IDBʼs Group Services -Kingdom of Morocco, June 2012

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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DIRECTOR GENERALDr. El Hassane HZAINE

EDITORHoucine RAHMOUNI

DRAFTING COMMITTEE

Rajae BENMOUSSASALL Mamoudou Bocar

Brahim ALLALI Kadiatou DIALLO

Amadou Cire SALL Abdel Aziz ALAMI

Med Mokhtar BDIOUIMerieme EZZAKI

Single Window Initiatives for Enhanced Regional Economic Cooperation” 2012 - Kingdom of Morocco,November 2012The 2nd World Shipping Summit 2012 - Xiamen -China, September 2012

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The international trade in goods andservices require a facilitation of interna-tional trade operations. This require-ment is so obvious to OIC MemberStates in their endeavor to respondeffectively to the external demand andenhance their competitiveness. It is forthis purpose that the concept of theOIC SINGLE WINDOW has been cre-ated.Indeed, most of OIC Member Statesare establishing a national single win-dow to allow the presentation of uniquedata on imports and exports which areprocessed in real time by all relevant a-gencies, facilitating, thus, the quickdecision-making for the clearance ofgoods. The OIC SINGLE WINDOW isan electronic platform, the use of whichrequires the participation of a minimumof two (2) or all 57 OIC Member States.The simplification, harmonization, stan-dardization and automation of tradeprocedures and the documents whichcontrol the flow of goods across nation-al borders are indispensable compo-nents of trade facilitation across bor-ders. In this perspective, the imple-mentation of a Single Window platformfor all of these formalities is providedfor in the trade facilitation program. Theimplementation of a Single Window ini-tiatives requires complete reengineer-ing of the clearance process and

involves the establishment of links andsharing of information between cus-toms and other government agenciesin charge of foreign trade (G2G) andbetween the private sector and thegovernment (B2G). The involvedGovernment agencies include theadministrations of customs, port andairport authorities, transport authoritiesand para-states organizations (e.ghealth and phytosanitary inspectionservices, SPS); whereas, banks, cus-toms brokers, freight forwarders andshippers are the main actors of the pri-vate sector.Within this context, the Islamic Centrefor Development of Trade (ICDT) andthe Malaysian Company Dagang NetTechnologies Sdn Bhd (Dagang Net)have decided to undertake operationalactivities aiming at facilitating trade andinvestment between OIC MemberStates, with a view to achieving theobjectives of the Ten Year Program ofAction of the Organisation of IslamicCooperation (OIC) adopted by the OIC3rd Extraordinary Summit held inMakkah Al Mukarramah in December2005, particularly the objective toincrease the share of Member States'total trade to 20% by 2015. The pro-posed project will be implemented instages with a three years first phase.Thus, the OIC SINGLE WINDOW

intends to start with the Countries thathave signed and ratified all the TPS-OIC protocols, the Rules of Origin andPRETAS.In practical terms, the OIC SINGLEWINDOW will allow economic opera-tors realize all foreign trade steps ontheir computers in local businessesand organizations, without moving.Mandatory documents will be transmit-ted as computer images and informa-tion will safely and confidentially travelfrom computer to computer withoutfeedback information.Therefore, Internet access through thesystem of the OIC SINGLE WINDOWwill connect business partners with theglobal data exchange transport andfinance networks. One can, therefore,expect prompt delivery, reduced trans-portation costs and reduced error risks.However, the most important condi-tions that determine the success of asingle window system is the politicalwill of both governments and publicauthorities, as well as the participationof the business community, whichentirely grants support, without limits.Thus, the basic legal framework includ-ing the provision of the privacy of lawsrules, which will ensure the security ofexchanged information, should bedeveloped. �

ByDr. EL Hassane HZAINE

Director General

The OIC Single Window, the Fastest Way to Enhance Trade Facilitation between the OIC Member Countries

EDITORIAL

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The seminar raised a series of questions relating to cooper-ation of Tunisia with the Arab Maghreb States and therequirements of the vision of integration in the Maghreb.Thus, in a document called "Call of Carthage", participantsstressed that it was not enough to announce this project inspeeches but that it was imperative to carry it out on theground as a reality". The document also argued that the AMU next Summitscheduled to be hed in October 2012 in Tunisia, would leadto concrete measures particularly on economic partnership,reform of AMU institutions and enforcement.The five freedoms (movement, residence, employment,investment and municipal council elections).The document also called for reactivating the agreementsconcluded within the framework of the AMU, to consolidatethe Union's institutions, to create mechanisms of participato-

ry democracy and to strengthen cooperation in the securityfield. �

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The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) represented by its Director General, Dr. El HassaneHZAINE, participated actively in the Seminar on "the five liberties in the Arab Maghreb Union" held by thePresidency of the Republic on June 1st, 2012 at the Palace of Carthage, Republic of Tunisia

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Seminar on “The Five Liberties in the Arab Maghreb UnionIntegration Vision” Palace of Carthage, Republic of TunisiaJune 1st, 2012

CARTHAGE DECLARATION

The five liberties in the AMU integrationvision are notably:

movement, residence, employment,investment and municipal

council elections.

The textile-clothing sector represents achief support of manufacturing industries

in Tunisia

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H.E. Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU received the UN SecretaryGeneral Ban-Kimoon at OIC HeadquartersThe Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban-Kimoon, was received by the OIC Secretary General, H.E. Prof. Dr.Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU at the Headquarters of the OIC on June 3rd, 2012. The visit came as a result of the everstrengthening cooperation between the OIC and the UNsince Their Excellencies Secretaries General Ihsanoglu andBan-Kimoon took their respective offices. Leading their individual high level delegations, theSecretaries General of the OIC and the UN discussed issuesof mutual concern ranging from political to socio-economicand humanitarian domains. They were also raised and dis-cussed during the meeting the OIC-UN bilateral cooperationat the level of the General Secretariat as well as between theOIC institutions and UN agencies, ongoing and future OIC-UN joint programs and activities including cooperation in thefield of mediation and humanitarian assistance, Palestine-Israel peace process, security and humanitarian situation inSyria, Lebanon, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan and Sahelregion. H.E. the OIC Secretary General assured Mr. Ban-Kimoon ofOICʼs support and cooperation on issues of internationalconcern. The UN Secretary General expressed his appreci-ation for the visionary leadership of H.E. the OIC SecretaryGeneral and reiterated his conviction that OIC is a strategic partner of the UN. He underlined that the UN and the OICare united together in building greater understanding among people, tolerance and cooperation among nations. Both leaders agreed on continued and close interaction between their respective organizations towards ensuring sustain-able cooperation for world peace, security and stability. �

H.E. Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU, OIC Secretary General, metthe President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian FederationH.E. the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was received on 8 June 2012, by PresidentRustam Minnikhanov in Kazan, Tatarstan. Upon the invitation of the President, H.E. the Secretary General visited Tatarstanto attend as a guest of honour the traditional celebration «Izge Bolgar zhyeny», honoring the 1123rd anniversary of the offi-cial adoption of Islam in Volga Bulgaria region. Duringthe meeting, both parts reviewed the excellent andfruitful relations between the OIC and Tatarstan withinthe broad framework of cooperation between the OICand the Russian Federation. Strengthening further cooperation in economic, cultur-al and social fields between Tatarstan and the OICMember States were also discussed in the meeting.H.E. Prof. Dr. IHSANOGLU lauded the efforts made bythe Government of Tatarstan to restore the historicaland heritage sites bearing testimony of Muslim cultureand civilization in the region. He thanked the Presidentfor his patronage to such commendable initiatives.During the visit, H.E. the Secretary General inaguratedthe 3rd All Russia Forum of Tatar Religious Figureswhich was held under the theme “National Identity andReligion”. H.E. the Secretary General also participat-ed in the reopening of the ancient city of Bulgar andnewly restored White Mosque Complex in Bulgar. �

OIC NEWS

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A delegation of the IslamicCentre for Development of Trade (ICDT), led by itsDirector General, Dr. ElHassane HZAINE, partici-pated in the OIC-UN Ge-neral Cooperation meetingheld in Geneva, Switzer-land, from May 1st to 3rd2012.This meeting was mainlydevoted to the follow-up ofthe implementation of thedecisions and recommenda-tions of the last OIC-UN

meeting held in Istanbul,Republic of Turkey, fromJuly 29th to 1st, 2010. Itwas also a good opportunityfor both Organizations to re-view their ongoing activities.The Islamic Centre forDevelopment of Trade sub-mitted, on this occasion, theReport on its bilateral co-operation with the UN Agen-cies, namely the World Intel-lectual Property Organi-zation (WIPO), the UnitedNations Environment Pro-

gram (UNEP), the UnitedNations Industrial Develop-ment Organization (UNIDO),the World Trade Organi-zation (WTO), the Interna-tional Trade Centre (ITC),the United Nations Confe-rence on Trade and Deve-lopment (UNCTAD), theWorld Tourism Organization(UNWTO), the Food andAgriculture Organization ofthe United Nations (FAO),the International Fund forAgricultural Development(IFAD) and the United Na-tions Economic and SocialCommission for WesternAsia (UNESCWA). It is to be noted that themeeting agreed to create avirtual e-Working Groupcomprising five memberseach from the UN and theOIC to follow-up on theactivities, projects and pro-grammes agreed upon at

the meeting by the partici-pating institutions. The Working Group consti-tuted the coordinating teamat the headquarters of bothorganizations, which is tobiannually issue periodicprogress reports that are tobe distributed to all partici-pating institutions.On this occasion, it was con-vened that the next UN-OICcooperation meeting willtake place in Istanbul, Re-public of Turkey in 2014. �

OIC/UN Cooperation Meeting Geneva, May 1st – 3rd, 2012

DIPLOMACY

THE ISLAMIC CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OFTRADE (ICDT)

YOUR TRADE PARTNER

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In your quality as Ministerof Hospitality, Tourismand Handicraft of the Re-public of Guinea, wouldyou tell us about the sup-port strategy adopted byyour Country within theframework of its plan ofeconomic development ?With four natural regionswith varied climates andgeography, Guinea has oneof the most touristic poten-tials of the West African sub-region. The diversity of thetourism product predisposesthe destination to the prac-tice of all types of tourism:seaside tourism, adventuretourism, ecotourism, sportstourism, hunting tourism,sport fishing, cultural touri-sm etc. …However, the sector's contri-bution to the national econo-my remains very low, itscontribution to the GDPbarely exceeded 2% duringthe past decade. Since theadvent of the third Republic,new strategies to reversethis trend are being gradual-ly put in place, they targetseveral areas:. the improvement of thebusiness climate, the pro-motion of private investmentand the enhancement oftourism offer with the key tothe lifting of physical con-straints, as well as thoserelated to facilitation, financ-ing, land tenure, taxationand cost factors.. the diversification of thenational tourism offer and

the tourism, hotel andArtisanal infrastructure, byleading products of greatquality, which create wealthand employment.. the increase in the share oftourism in the Gross Na-tional Product (GNP).The Five Year DevelopmentPlan (2011-2015), adoptedby the Government material-izes concretely the differentstrategies. It is divided into13 operational projects, tak-ing into account, the nation-al and sectoral policies oninvestment, land use, envi-ronment, poverty reductionand economic integration.Thus, the Government of the3rd Republic considers tou-rism and handicrafts asimportant factors for sustain-able development, job cre-ation, acceleration of gro-wth, openness and sub-regional economic integra-tion.In this perspective, the pur-pose of its action in theseareas, aims to make ofGuinea a land of welcomeand hospitality, an attractiveand accessible destination,which offers tourism prod-ucts and handicrafts of high,diverse, visible, viable andcompetitive quality.What role does theGuinean Handicraft playin the economy of yourCountry ? How does itcontribute to the develop-ment of the tourism sectorin Guinea ?The handicrafts sector rep-

resents a major part of theeconomic activities in Gui-nea. It covers mining, pro-duction, processing, mainte-nance, repair or services.Largely manual, the handi-crafts activity is exertedmainly in wood, metals, tex-tiles, leather etc. ...The sector contains nearly ahundred activities carriedout by thousands of smallbusinesses spread over theentire national territory, con-tributing, thus, to the cre-ation of employment, earlylearning, production ofgoods and services at lowcosts, preservation and theenhancement of culturalheritage.In terms of tourism, handi-crafts remarkably contributeto the enrichment and diver-sification of the tourismproduct in Guinea, particu-larly, in the context of con-struction, equipment andreceptive decoration, partici-pation in fairs and businessevents nationally, regionallyand internationally.Despite its contribution tothe economic and socialdevelopment, the Guineanhandicraft sector is currentlyfacing its weak productivityand competitiveness becau-se of endogenous and exo-genous factors.It is for the purpose ofremoving these constraintsand providing new opportu-nities to operators, whoprogress in this importantsector of national economy,

that the Government isworking to develop innova-tive strategies and policies,which have the effect ofimproving the status of theartisan so as to improvehis/her means of production,improve his/her technicaland management capabili-ties and enhance the promo-tion and marketing of worksof art and crafts on theregional and internationalmarket.

How do you evaluate thetourism activity in theMember States of theOrganisation of IslamicCooperation (OIC) ? Andwhat are, according toyou, the ways and meansthat may contribute to theprosperity of this sector inthese Member States?Tourism and travel have aspecial place in the totalexports of services in theOIC Member States with ashare of 42.57%, US$ 48.38billion in 2006.However, the tourist activityis largely dominated by theMiddle East and Asianregions.The sub-Saharan Africa, towhich belongs the Republicof Guinea, was at the bottomwith 0.56% of the totalexports of services of theOIC Member States, i.e. US$640 Million.

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INTERVIEW

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Many factors can favor orhamper the growth oftourism in the OIC MemberStates, among which weshould note:- visas issuing procedures ;- border bureaucracy andcustoms regulations;- the accessibility to differentdestinations;- the existence of conven-ient, economical and safemeans of transport.The ways and means thatmay contribute to the pros-perity of this sector in theOIC Member States werelargely outlined in the strate-gy document adopted by thesixth session of the IslamicConference of Tourism Mini-sters of the OIC Mem-ber Countries held in Da-mascus, Syrian Arab Re-public, from June 29th toJuly 2nd, 2008. This docu-ment sets the framework fortourism development andcooperation between theOIC Member States.Other national or regionalstrategies can also largelycontribute to the prosperityof the sector in the MemberStates; notably:- the establishment of train-ing institutions specialized intourism and hospitality jobs;- the implementation ofdevelopment projects with aregional focus on povertyeradication, development ofjoint promotion and market-ing, preservation of bio-diversity, the promotion ofcrafts and cultural heritage ;- Strengthening of taxationand customs incentives toencourage investment;- Participation in varioustourism fairs in Islamic coun-tries, as a framework whichemphasizes cooperationand exchange between theMember Statesʼ tourism

industry ;- Exchange of economic andcommercial information ontourism among the OICMember Statesʼ agenciesand institutions ;- The creation of nationaltourism professionals asso-ciations and federationswithin the OIC MemberCountries.

As you know, the IslamicCentre for Development ofTrade (ICDT) will organizethe 2nd Tourism Fair ofOIC Member States inCairo, Arab Republic ofEgypt, on December 20th-23rd, 2012. What do youthink of the regular orga-nization of such an event?The regular organization ofthe Tourism Fair of OICMember States will provideMember States with adynamic framework for pro-motion, exchange and dia-logue. It will allow a betterknowledge of Member Cou-ntries and the investmentopportunities offered by theirrespective economies. TheFair will contribute to stren-gthen and diversify friend-ship links and cooperationbetween the countries of the“Ummah Islamic”.It will enable our Country,the Republic of Guinea, to:- promote awareness of itsrich tourism potential in boththe Islamic and Internationalmarkets ;- discover new markets;- strengthen the operationalcapacities of the Tourismoperators and diversify part-nerships. This is an opportu-nity for public and privateGuinean Tourism actors, tomake contacts, promotetheir products and sell theirdestination on the interna-tional market.

With a view to promotingtourism between IslamicCountries, the OIC hasestablished a Develop-ment and CooperationFramework between theOIC Member States in theTourism field, which con-tains the "Regional Pro-ject on Sustainable Deve-lopment of Tourism in aNetwork of Cross-BorderParks and Protected Areasin West Africa", the re-gional coordination ofwhich has been assignedto the Republic of Guinea.What are the latest devel-opments in this project?First, I would like to seizethis opportunity you offer meto thank, on behalf of myCountry, the Members Stat-es beneficiaries of the proj-ect and the Organisation ofIslamic Cooperation (OIC),and especially its SecretaryGeneral, H.E Prof. Dr.Ekmeleddine IHSANOGLU,for their constant support toour Country within the fra-mework of the elaborationand the future implementa-tion of the project.The holding in Casablancaon February 7th-8th, 2012 ofthe Steering Committeemeeting was a turning pointin the direction of the opera-tionalisation of this project,as evidenced by the resultsof the meeting.Among the decisions andrecommendations that sh-ould be mentioned:- the designation of myCountry as President of theSteering Committee for theperiod 2012-2014;- the adoption of an activitiesprogram forward coveringthe period 2012-2013, with aprogram of advocacy for theproject funding ;- the inclusion of the project

in the Member States' priori-ty development plans andprograms ;- the definition of key the-matic areas and priorityintervention to record theproject in the path of thesupport declined by donorsat the donors conferenceheld in Dakar on May 27th -28th, 2011.- the admission of Côted'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia,Nigeria and Togo as mem-bers of the Steering Com-mittee and the effective par-ticipation of ECOWAS andUEMOA in the work of thiscommittee, giving, thus, tothis project a truly regionaldimension.The decisions and recom-mendations of the ECOWASTechnical, Transport, Com-munication and TourismCommittee, held in Abidjanon April 3rd - 5th, 2012 em-body the regional roots ofthe project and constitutethe regional institution'sstrong act of commitment tosupport Member Statesthrough the effective imple-mentation of the project,under the Treaty and theconventions that govern it.

What are, in your opinion,the aspects of coopera-tion between ICDT and theMinistry of Hospitality,Tourism and Handicraftsof your Country on whichemphasis should be laid?To boost cooperation be-tween my department andthe Islamic Centre forDevelopment of Trade, webelieve that the focus shouldbe primarily dwelt on the fol-lowing aspects:- training and capacity build-ing of human resources;- the promotion of Guineantourism and handicrafts

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products in the internationalfairs and events organizedunder the aegis of ICDT ;- investment promotion ;- exchange of informationand documentation on in-vestment opportunities andpartnership in the Islamicworld.

The importance and im-pact of the FrameworkAgreement on the TradePreferential System a-mong OIC Member States(TPS-OIC) and its addi-tional protocols on thedevelopment of intra-OICtrade are no longer to beproved. What are the ac-tions undertaken by yourCountry for the signingand ratification of thesedocuments as well as theparticipation of yourCountry in the negotia-tions organized by the OICTrade Negotiations Com-mittee ?

Trade is now recognized asa growth engine. The TradePreferential System amongthe OIC Member States(TPS-OIC) and its additionalprotocols on the develop-ment of intra-OIC trade isthe keystone for the libera-lization and reduction of ta-riffs in the trade field. TheTPS-OIC gives MemberStates a variety of methodsof negotiations allowing therate of intra-OIC trade toreach 20% by 2015, as re-commended by the Ten YearProgram of Action adoptedby the OIC 3rd ExtraordinaryIslamic Summit Conference.The TPS-OIC is certainly thefirst step for the establish-ment of a unified economicspace between the OICMember States on the basisof a gradual elimination ofobstacles to free the move-ment of goods and services,with the perspective of thegradual establishment of an

Islamic common market asadvocated by the 8th IslamicSummit held in Tehran inDecember 1997.The Republic of Guinea hasparticipated in all rounds oftrade negotiations for theestablishment of the TradePreferential System amongthe OIC Member States, andthe preparation for the Pro-tocol on para-tariff and non-tariff measures contained inthe Preferential tariff sche-me (PRETAS). Guinea hasso far:- signed and ratified theFramework Agreement onthe Trade Preferential Sys-tem among OIC MemberStates ;- signed the Memorandumon para-tariff and non-tariffmeasures contained in thePreferential tariff scheme(PRETAS) and the rules oforigin.With regard to the ratifica-tion by the Government of

the Protocol on the tariff andnon-tariff measures coveredby the Preferential TariffsScheme (PRETAS), the pro-cess is underway.With the advent of the thirdRepublic, Guinea seizesmore the opportunities of-fered by its insertion into thevast array of economic inte-gration and cooperation tostrengthen economic rela-tions and tourism with the 56OIC Member Countries th-rough:- the further liberalization oftrade and effective businessenvironment ;- the deepening of its inte-gration in the sub-regionalmarket ;- and the effective imple-mentation of the FrameworkAgreement on the TradePreferential System andadditional protocols on thedevelopment of trade a-mong OIC Member Sta-tes.�

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Guinea has the largest and richest continental shelf in

West Africa.

The fishery supports some 70,000 livelihoods directly

and provides half the countryʼsdietary protein.

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The 14th OIC - EXPO 2013Islamic Republic of Iran

Commodity TradeTRADE PROMOTION

This fair, which will enable OICMember States to promote theirproducts and services, will alsobe a platform meeting for busi-

nessmen, Trade PromotionOrgans and professional asso-ciations in the Islamic World.Within the framework of the

preparations of the Fair, a coordination meetingwhich gathered ICDTʼs representatives and theIranian Officials was held on July 10th, 2012. �

In implementation of the resolution n°1/6/iii/2 adopted by the 24thSession of the Standing Committee for Economic and CommercialCooperation of the OIC (COMCEC) held in Istanbul in October2008, which welcomed the offer of the Islamic Republic of Iran tohost the Trade Fair of the OIC Member States in 2013, the IslamicCentre for Development of Trade (ICDT) will organize, under theauspices of the Ministry of Commerce of the Islamic Republic ofIran, the 14th OIC-EXPO in Tehran, in 2013.

The 1st Fair on Furniture, Decoration,Household and Electrical Appliances of

the OIC Member StatesMedina - Saudi Arabia - May 12th - 17th, 2013

In line with strengtheningcooperation links betweenthe Islamic Centre for De-velopment of Trade (ICDT)and the Kingdom of SaudiArabia, and following theproposal of Al Medina Inter-national Exhibition Co.made on 26th October, 2011to organize jointly with ICDTan Exhibition on Light In-dustry in the OIC MemberStates, both parties willorganize under the aegis of

the Ministry of Commerceand Industry of the Kingdomof Saudi Arabia the 1st Fairon Furniture, Decoration,Household and ElectricalAppliances in the OIC Mem-ber States from May 12th to17th, 2013 at the ExhibitionCentre “Addar of Al MedinaAl Mounawara", Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia.In this respect, both partiesheld the first coordinationmeeting on January 23rd-

24th, 2012 at the headquar-ters of Al Medina Interna-tional Exhibition Co., King-dom of Saudi Arabia, whichwas devoted to the organi-zational and participationmodalities, as well as the fa-cilities and incentives grant-ed to participating Countriesto ensure a massive partici-pation of Member States inthe said event.The 2nd coordination meet-ing was held at ICDTʼs

Headquarters in Casablan-ca, Kingdom of Morocco, onApril 18th-19th, 2012, on theoccasion of which both par-ties signed a Memorandumof Understanding (MOU)governing the exhibitionʼsorganizational modalities.The next coordination meet-ing is scheduled to be heldin Saudi Arabia in Septem-ber 2012. �

For more details, please contact:ICDT at: [email protected] - Fax: (212) 522 3101 10

M.I.C.E at: [email protected] - Fax:+966 4 8 23 48 66

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This exhibition will host the Halal industry players(food industry, cosmetics, parapharmaceuticalproducts,....) in the OIC Countries in search ofbusiness opportunities. The objectives of thisExhibition are su-mmed up as follows:- to enable industry players to promote their Halalproducts and services through a trade profes-sional exhibition ;- to enable policy makers and experts toexchange experiences and discuss the problem-atic of "Halal" concept and "Halal" certificationcriteria ;- to develop partnerships and strategic alliancesamong industry players in the Halal OIC MemberStates ;- to create a platform for meetings betweenindustry professionals ;- to develop intra-OIC investment in the Ha-lalindustry field ;- to generate business contacts and opportunitiesand establish business partnerships betweenmanufacturers, service providers and all industryplayers. This exhibition is open to the participation of 57Member States of the OIC, the Muslim communi-ties in non-OIC Member States, ObserverCountries, the OIC Institutions and EconomicOperators in the OIC Member States. The eventwill provide an excellent opportunity for the com-panies and agents operating in the "Halal" sectorto promote their products and services not only inthe Middle East Market, but also in other OICMember Countries. In order to surround theExhibition with all the conditions of success, theorganizers held the first coordination meeting onFebruary 27th, 2012 at ICDT's headquarters inCasablanca, which focused on the organizationalaspects and the promotional campaign of theexhibition. On this occasion, a memorandum ofunderstanding was signed by the Director Gen-eral of ICDT, Dr. El Hassane HZAINE, and MrSaif Mohammed Al MIDFA, Director General ofthe Expo Centre Sharjah (ECS). �

The 1st OIC Halal Food Exhibition in Sharjah December 10th-12th, 2012


Within the framework of the activities to promotetrade and investment between OIC MemberStates, the Islamic Centre for Development ofTrade (ICDT) and the Sharjah Chamber ofCommerce and Industry will jointly organize the1st OIC Halal Food Exhibition in Sharjah onDecember 10th-12th, 2012 at Expo CentreSharjah, State of the United Arab Emirates.

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The 1st Handicrafts Exhibition of the Member States of theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 2013Casablanca, Kingdom of MoroccoApril 11th-14th, 2013

The Islamic Centre for De-velopment of Trade (ICDT)will organize under the ae-gis of the Ministry of Handi-crafts of the Kingdom ofMorocco in collaborationwith the “Maison de l'Arti-san” and the Office of Fairsand Exhibitions of Casa-blanca (OFEC), the 1stHandicrafts Exhibition of theMember States of the Orga-nisation of Islamic Coope-ration (OIC) on April 11th-14th, 2013 at OFEC, King-dom of Morocco. This event,which is meant to constitutea real exchange Cross-roads, will enable the pro-fessionals of the Handicraftssector to submit their sup-

plies and promote theirproducts & services. Theevent will thus gather, withina common exhibition space,the OIC Countries endowedwith a well-established rep-utation in the handicraftssector as well as FinanceInstitutions. Thanks to its internationaldimension, this event is alsoan opportunity to enter intobusiness relationships andestablish partnership coop-eration links between theOIC Member States. In order to surround thisevent with all the conditionsof success, a coordinationmeeting was held on March8th, 2012 at the headquar-

ters of the Islamic Centre forDevelopment of Trade inCasablanca, Kingdom ofMorocco, between the Re-presentatives of ICDT andof the following institutions:the Ministry of Handicrafts,the Union of the Chambersof Handicrafts, “La Maisonde l'Artisan”, the Federationof Handicrafts Entrepre-neurs and the ''Office desFoires et Expositions deCasablanca''. This meetingwas mainly devoted to thediscussion of both theorganization modalities andthe promotion of this greatevent. A second coordina-tion meeting involving theRegional Office of the Is-

lamic Development BankGroup (IDB) in Rabat washeld on April 12th, 2012 atthe headquarters of theMinistry of Handicrafts ofthe Kingdom of Morocco inRabat. On this occasion, a Memo-randum of Understanding(MoU) on the organizationof this event between ICDT,“La Maison de l'Artisan” andthe OFEC was signed. In compliance with thisMoU, facilities and incen-tives were provided toensure a massive participa-tion of OIC Member Statesin this event. �

Outcomes of the 5th Exhibition of Agribusiness Industries in the OIC MemberStatesJeddah – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 20th – 23rd, 2012

Within the framework of theircooperation program, theIslamic Centre for Develo-pment of Trade (ICDT) andthe Saudi “Al-Harithy Com-pany for Exhibitions Limited(ACE)" organized from May20th to 23rd 2012, underthe aegis of the Ministry ofAgriculture of the Kingdomof Saudi Arabia, concomi-tantly with the 17th Food/Hotel/ PROPAC Arabia, the5th Exhibition of Agribusi-ness Industries in the OIC

Member States in theJeddah Centre for Forumsand Events, Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia.This exhibition constituted aplatform for many countriesthat were represented bydifferent national stands,firms and companies whichpresented their latest inno-vations and developments inthe sectors of food, hotels,catering and packaging. The exhibition was also anopportunity for such exhi-

bitors to introduce theircountriesʼ products andexperience and to concludebusiness deals, investmentand joint ventures, support-ing, thus, and raising thelevel of bilateral trade andenhancing the economiccooperation and integrationbetween the OIC MemberStates.This exhibition was heldover four days and wasopen to professionals and tothe public from 5 p.m. to 10

p.m. 350 companies from the fol-lowing Countries participat-ed in this Exhibition: King-dom of Saudi Arabia, King-dom of Morocco, Arab Re-public of Egypt, Republic ofIndonesia, Malaysia, Re-public of Lebanon, IslamicRepublic of Pakistan, Re-public of Niger, Republic ofTunisia, United Arab Emi-rates and Republic ofTurkey. They also participated in the


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this event, the following non-Member States: Belgium,France, China, Germany,Hong Kong, Singapore, In-dia, Italy, USA, Taiwan,South Korea and Switzer-land.On the sidelines of the exhi-bition, competitions wereorganized by the SaudiArabian Chef Association,

which brought together thebest specialists in the arts ofthe table, contested by themost skilled chefs of themost luxurious hotels andrestaurants under the super-vision of a jury composed ofinternational experts. The aim of these competi-tions was to motivate theparticipants to raise the per-

formance level of the foodindustry and keep up withthe international standardsin this area, as well as togive the opportunity to visi-tors and the Saudi societyto get acquainted with foodindustry, contributing, thus,to make the city of Jeddahrank the rightful region onthe map as regards the

organization of trade fairs.On this occasion, ICDTʼs re-presentative presented theCentreʼs activities and ser-vices and collected the bro-chures and pamphlets ofthe OIC Member Statesʼproducts so as they wouldbe virtually promoted atICDT's website. �

The 1st OIC-China Expo and Economic & Trade Forum 2013 Yinchuan - China September 11th-15th, 2013

The Islamic Centre forDevelopment and Tradeand the AutonomousRegion of the PeopleʼsRepublic of China “Nin-gxia Hui” will organizethe «1st OIC ChinaExpo and Economic &Trade Forum 2013» onSeptember 11th-15th,2013 in Yinchuan, Capi-tal City of “NingxiaHui”, Autonomous Re-gion, Peopleʼs Republicof China at the Yinch-uan International Exhi-bition Centre under thetheme: "Friendship,Cooperation and Deve-lopment".Within the framework of thepreparations for the organi-

zation of this event, theICDT and the AutonomousRegion of the Peopleʼs Re-public of China “NingxiaHui” held on March 3rd,2012 in Tunis, Republic ofTunisia, the 2nd coordina-

tion meeting for the organi-zation of this Expo, on thesidelines of the 1st OICHealth Expo, held fromMarch 1st to 4th, 2012 atthe Exhibition Ground ofKram of Tunis, Republic ofTunisia. The meeting knew

fruitful discussions betweenparticipants who examinedand adopted the GeneralPlan for the organization ofthe Expo and agreed uponthe promotional campaignto be conducted in the OIC

Member States so as toensure their large participa-tion in such an event. In compliance with the pro-visions of the Memorandumof Understanding (MoU) onthe organization of the Fairsigned on December 7th,

2011 between ICDT and theGovernment of the Autono-mous Region of Ningxia-Hui, Organisers pledged togrant the OIC Countries andparticipants all the facilitiesfor transport, freight, stayand clearance of goods.Incentives including the pri-ce per square meter at theYinchuan International Exhi-bition were also provided.It is to be noted that a coor-dination meeting is to beheld on the sidelines of theInternational Investmentand Trade Fair & the 3rdChina-Arab States Econo-mics and Trade Forum,which is to be held fromSeptember 12th to 16th,2012. �

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It is to be organized by the Ministry of Commerce of the Peopleʼs Republic of China, the CCPIT and the PeopleʼsGovernment of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

About 30 events will be held during the Fair, including China-Arab Sates Halal Food & Muslim Products Exhibition,China-Arab States Energy & Chemical Products Exhibition, China-Arab States Economic, Trade, Cultural and Local

Commodities Exchanges Exhibition and the 5th China (Ningxia) Hui Merchants Fair, etc.

The International Investment & Trade Fair and the 3rd China-ArabStates Economic and Trade Forum

September 12th to 16th, 2012

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Senegal has an established industrial sector producing a range of goodsfrom handmade crafts, textiles and

shoes to trucks and cement

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Trade in ServicesTRADE PROMOTION


The 4th SISDAK Medical forum & Expoʼ2012 took placefrom 5-8th July 2012 at Dakar International Fair Groundswith the aim to provide a framework for exhibition, meet-ings and medical scientific exchanges for health stakehold-ers in Senegal, the countries of the West African sub regionand professionals from all over the world. The 4th SISDAK2012 was jointly organized by the “Centre international duCommerce Extrrieur du Senegal” (CICES) and the Ministryof Health and Public Care, Government of Senegal, andsupported by West African Organization for Health, BukrinaFaso, in order to achieve the enjoyment of the highestattainable standard of Health which is one of the funda-mental rights of every human being, whatever is his race,religion, political belief, economic or social condition.The event attracted manufacturers, importers, exporters,traders and distributors of related products, equipmentand machinery, Manufacturers, Importers, Exporters asso-ciations, Government, Military, Private Health organiza-tions and purchasing organizations etc. from 16 member countries of the Economic Community of West Africa Sub -Sahara countries and the rest of the world. �

In preparation for the organ-ization of the Sixth Exhi-bition of Agribusiness Indus-tries in the Member States ofthe Organisation of IslamicCooperation which is to beheld on May 13th-16th,2013, the organizers, na-mely, ICDT and Al-Sha'amFor Organizing Exhibitions &Festivals L.L.C Sultanate ofOman held a coordinationmeeting at ICDT's headqua-rters in Casablanca on June11th, 2012 to discuss theorganizational aspects and

the promotional campaign ofthe event with a view toinducing a large participa-tion of OIC Member States.In this respect, the facilitiesand incitations to be grantedto Member Countries wereagreed upon. The meetingwas also an opportunity forboth sides to sign the mem-orandum of understandinggoverning the organizationalmodalities and aspects ofthe exhibition. ICDT and Al-Sha'am For Organizing Exh-ibitions & Festivals L.L.C

Sultanate of Oman seizedthe opportunity to furtherdevelop cooperation linksbetween them in severalareas of common interestand convened to organizejointly in the Sultanate ofOman the following exhibi-tions: Handicrafts Exhibitionof the OIC Member State in2014; Fair on Furniture, De-coration, Household Appli-ances in the OIC MemberStates in 2014; OIC HealthEXPO in 2015. In its turn,Al-Sha'am For Organizing

Exhibitions & Festivals L.L.CSultanate of Oman commit-ted to promote the generaland specialized exhibitionsand events that are to beorganized by ICDT in theOIC Member States to com-panies and businessmen inthe Sultanate of Oman so asto ensure an extensive par-ticipation of them. At the endof the meeting, both sides a-greed to organize the sec-ond coordination meetingduring the month of Sep-tember 2012.�

The Sixth Exhibition of Agribusiness Industries in the Member States of theOrganisation of Islamic CooperationMuscat, Sultanate of Oman - May 13th-16th, 2013

The 4th SISDAK Medical Forum 4th Int’l. Trade Exhibition on Medical & Health Equipment5th – 8th July 2012 Dakar, Republic of Senegal

& Expo 2012

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Trade in ServicesTRADE PROMOTION

The 8th Islamic World Economic ForumMalaysia, 4 - 6 December 2012

The CEO AFRICA FORUM is conceived as the first international high-level business leaders in Africa, beyondthe sectoral and chapels off the beaten track of academic appointments. It brings together for two days, leaderscompanies, investors, financial decision makers, policy-makers to promote the successes of the African privatesector, providing a platform for public-private dialogue and high-level strategic solutions to support the develop-

ment of the company and its African markets.

The conference and workshop program of the AFRICA CEO FORUM is dedicated to the challenges Africanbusiness leaders are confronted with today. Its objective is to promote the continent’s private sector and to con-

tribute to its international promotion.Developed in close cooperation with the African Development Bank, the AFRICA CEO FORUM is jointly organ-

ized by the “Groupe Jeune Afrique” and Rainbow Unlimited.

Geneva, November 20 - 21, 2012

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CALENDAR OF TRADEFAIRS & EXHIBITIONS

Calendar of Trade Fairs & Exhibitions of the OIC Countries

September-October 2012

IRANIRAN PLASTInternational Trade Fair Plastic &RubberDate: Sept. 04 - 07, 2012Venue: Tehran Permanent Fair-groundDr. Chamran HighwayTadjrish - Tehran - IranTel: +98 21 21919

Fax:+98 21 22662672-3E-mail: [email protected]: NPC (National Petro-chemical Company)Sheikh Bahaei St.PO Box 193956896, Tehran - IranTel: +98 21 22 24 74 79 Fax: +98 21 22 24 74 80 E-mail: [email protected]

KAZAKHSTANKAZBUILDKazakhstan International ExhibitionConstruction and Interiors, Windows,Doors & Facades, Ceramics & StoneDate: Sept. 04 - 07, 2012Venue: Atakent International Exhi-bition Centre42, Timiryazev Str.Almaty, 050057 - Kazakhstan

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Tel: +7 (727) 2582535Fax: +7(727) 2582959E-mail: [email protected]: Iteca2nd floor, 42 Timiryazev Str.480057 Almaty - KazakhstanTel: +7 3272 583434 Fax: +7 3272 583444E-mail: [email protected]

KIOGEKazakhstan International Oil & GasExhibition & ConferenceDate: Oct. 02 - 05, 2012Venue: Atakent International Exhi-bition Centre42, Timiryazev Str.Almaty, 050057 - KazakhstanTel: +7 (727) 2582535Fax: +7(727) 2582959E-mail: [email protected]: Iteca2nd floor, 42 Timiryazev Str.480057 Almaty - KazakhstanTel: +7 3272 583434 Fax: +7 3272 583444E-mail: [email protected]

UAEINTERNATIONAL HUNTING &EQUESTRIAN EXHIBITIONInternational Hunting & EquestrianExhibitionDate: Sept. 05 - 08, 2012Venue: Abu-Dhabi NationalExhibition Center - AdnecKhaleej Al Arabi StreetAbu Dhabi - United Arab EmiratesTel: +971 (0) 2 444 6900Fax: +971 (0) 2 444 6135E-mail: [email protected]: - Emirates Falconers Club45553 Abu Dhabi - UAETel: +971 2-6212975 Fax: +971 2-6215772 E-mail: [email protected] Turret Media FZ LLCTwofour54, Building 4, Level 4, Room405 - PO Box 77806, Abu Dhabi -UAE Tel: +971 (0)2 401 2777 Fax: +971 (0)2 401 1760 E-mail: [email protected]

PAPER ARABIAInternational Technological Exhibitionfor Paper, Printing & ConvertingIndustriesDate: Oct. 01 - 03, 2012Venue: Dubai International ExhibitionCentreSheik Zayed RoadConvention Gate - Dubai - UAE Tel: +971-4-3321000Fax: +971-4-3312173E-mail: [email protected]: Al Fajer Information &ServicesP.O. Box 11183 - Dubai - UAE Tel: +971 (4) 3406888 Fax: +971 (4) 3403608E-mail: [email protected]

TURKEYZUCHEXInternational Housewares & Gift,Electrical Appliances FairDate: Sept. 05 - 09, 2012Venue: Tüyap Fair Convention andCongress CenterE-5 KarayoluGürpinar KavsagiBüyükçekmece34522 Istanbul- TurkeyTel: +90 (212) 886 68 43Fax: +90 (212) 886 62 43E-mail: [email protected]: Life Medya Fuarcilik Ltd.Sti.Necatibey Cad. Hacimahmut IshaniNo: 72 Kat: 6, KaraköyIstanbul - TurkeyTel: +90 (212) 292 60 31 Fax: +90 (212) 292 34 20 E-mail: [email protected]

TATEFInternational Metalworking Technolo-gies ExhibitionDate: Oct. 02 - 07, 2012Venue: TCNR Expo CenterAtatürk Havalimani Karsisi34149 Yesilköy, Istanbul - TurkeyTel: +90 (212) 465 74 74Fax: +90 (212) 465 74 76E-mail: [email protected]: EUF (E Uluslararasi FuarTanitim Hizmetleri A.S)

19 Mayys Caddesi, Golden Plaza Kat:434360 - Sisli Istanbul - TurkeyTel: +90 212 291 83 10 Fax: +90 212 240 43 81 E-mail: [email protected]

PAKISTANPLASTI & PACK PAKISTANInternational Plastic & PackagingIndustry ExhibitionDate: Sept. 06 - 08, 2012Venue: Karachi Expo CentreUniversity Road - Karachi - PakistanTel: +92 (21) 4999000Fax: +92 (21) 4999111E-mail: [email protected]: Pegasus Consultancy(Pvt.) Ltd.2nd Floor - Business Centre MumtazHassan Road - Karachi-74000 -PakistanTel: +92 (21) 111 734 266 Fax: +92 (21) 241 0723E-mail: [email protected]

IGATEX PAKISTANInternational Garment, Textile & Lea-ther Machinery, Accessories & FabricsExhibitionDate: Oct. 03 - 06, 2012Venue: Expo Centre Lahore158-H Johar Town - Lahore - PakistanTel: +92 (42) 111-092-042Fax: +92 (42) 5304309E-mail: [email protected]: PCEMS Pakistan (Pvt.)Ltd.220, 2nd Floor, Clifton Centre, Block-5Clifton, Karachi - PakistanTel: +92 21- 5810637/9 Fax: +92 21- 5810636

BANGLADESHBACE EXPO DHAKABangladesh Architectural, Engineering,Construction Technology ExpoDate: Sept. 06 - 09, 2012Venue: -BICC- Bangabandhu Inter-national Conference CentreAgargaon, Sher-E-Bangla NagarDhaka - BangladeshTel: +880 (2) 9100023Fax: +880 (2) 9100020


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MOROCCOPROTEXPOSecurity & Risk Management TradeExpoDate: Sept. 11 - 13, 2012Venue: Office des Foires etExpositions de Casablanca (OFEC)Rue Tiznit, Face à la MosquéeHassan II - Casablanca - 20000 -Morocco

Tel: +212 5 22.20.06.54Fax: +212.5 22.26 49 49E-mail: [email protected]: Shine Event217, bd ZerktouniBureaux Prince, étage E Casablanca - MoroccoTel: +212 (0)5 22 94 04 56 Fax: +212 (0)5 22 94 48 23 E-mail: [email protected]�

E-mail: [email protected]: ASK Trade & ExhibitionsPvt. Ltd27, 2nd Floor, Dilu RoadNew Eskaton - Dhaka - 1000 BangladeshTel: +880 1711335627 Fax: +880 2 9551907E-mail: [email protected]


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2nd OIC TOURISM EXPO 2012 Arab Republic of Egypt December 20th-23rd, 2012

TOURISM PROMOTION

The Islamic Centre for Development ofTrade and the Egypt Expo andConvention Authority (EECA) willorganize, under the auspices of theTourism Ministry of the Arab Republicof Egypt, the Second edition of theTourism Fair of the Member States ofthe Organisation of Islamic Coopera-tion from December 20th to 23rd, 2012.Organizers have held, so far, 7 coordi-nation meetings for the organization ofthis important event. During the sixth and seventh coordina-tion meetings, which were held in Cairoon January 17th and 18th, 2012, and inCasablanca on June 14th-15th, 2012,respectively, ICDT and EECA dis-cussed the points relating to the organ-ization of this event, along with the pro-motional campaign of the fair, so as toensure a great participation of the OICMember States. Participants also decided to organizeart shows, national days and visits tosome of the Egyptian monuments, aswell as a seminar on national strate-gies in the tourism sector on the side-lines of the fair.Such discussions constituted the fra-mework of a Memorandum of Under-standing, which was signed by ICDT,the Ministry of Tourism of Egypt andthe Egypt Expo and Convention Autho-rity (EECA) in July 2012. �

For more information, visit theorganizers' websites:

ICDT: www.icdt-oic.org

and

EECA: www.cairofair.com - www.goief.gov.eg

2n

December 20-23, 2012

Egypt Expoand

ConventionAuthority(EECA)

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SEPTEMBER 2012

MalaysiaUNWTO

Hotel Energy Solution WorkshopSeptember 3 - 4,2012, Langkawi,MalaysiaE-Mail: [email protected]

AzerbaijanUNWTO - Flavours of the Silk Road:

International Conference on Food,Culture and Tourism along the SilkRoadSeptember 6, 2012 | Baku, AzerbaijanE-Mail: [email protected]

BangladeshATF Dhaka - ASIAN TOURISM FAIR

2012September 20 - 22, 2012 | Dhaka,BangladeshE-Mail: [email protected]

KazakhstanASTANA LEISURE 2012 - 9th

Kazakhstan International TourismExhibitionSeptember 26 - 28, 2012 | Astana,KazakhstanE-Mail: [email protected]

IranInternational Conference on

Literary TourismSeptember 26 - 28, 2012 | Mashhad,IranE-Mail: [email protected]

United Arab EmiratesThe 18th World Route Development

ForumSeptember 29 - October 2, 2012 | AbuDhabi, United Arab EmiratesE-Mail: [email protected]

OCTOBER 2012

IraqFirst International Tourism Fair

October 8 - 11,2012 | Baghdad, IraqE-Mail: [email protected]

Jordan11th FEMIP Conference - 'Towards

Sustainable Tourism in theMediterranean'October 25, 2012 | Amman, JordanE-Mail: [email protected]

UzbekistanTITF 2012 - 18th Tashkent

International Tourism Fair 'Tourism onthe Silk Road'October 31 - November 2, 2012 |Tashkent, UzbekistanE-Mail: [email protected] �

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September-October 2012

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Tourism in Turkey is focused largely on avariety of historical sites, and on seaside

resorts along its Aegean andMediterranean Sea coasts

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AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRYand its Halal baby food jars

have revolutionized thefeeding of muslim babiesby VITAMEAL Baby

Located in Marrakech, Mo-rocco since 2004, “AGROFOOD INDUSTRY “is thefirst manufacturer in theworld to produce, under thebrand VITAMEAL BABY,100% HALAL baby food jarsproviding at least 50 refer-ences of fruit compotes,drinks and baby food jarsmade of vegetables, fruits,meat, fish and fruit drinks.

VITAMEAL BABY was creat-ed in Morocco after realizingthat: "In 2004, no preparedfood existed to facilitate thedaily life of Muslim women.We studied the market andfound that mothers of nowa-days are more and moreworking can cope the diffi-culties in cooking for theirbaby – so that they neededprepared food for their baby."We just satisfy their expec-tations and make high-quali-ty products according to thelatest European standardsin infant feeding", saidPhilippe Karim CHAROT,the co-founder of the com-

pany.

The production tool of“AGRO FOOD INDUSTRY”is ultra modern with a pro-duction capacity of morethan one million baby foodjars per day to answer inter-national requests.Indeed, VITAMEAL Baby isspread in at least 15 coun-tries including Saudi Arabia,Dubai, Algeria, Abu Dhabi,Jordan, Australia, IvoryCoast, Senegal, Gabon,Congo, Belgium, France,The Netherlands ...

With its 4 certifications –

HALAL & ISO 22000 &IFSV5 and AVS – AGROFOOD INDUSTRY is put atthe forefront of QUALITYmarket in infant feeding inthe world.The HALAL baby jars byVITAMEAL Baby were alsofinalists in the class-NewHalal Product - at the 2012Gulf Food Awards in Dubai,which is the largest exhibi-tion of Food Industry in theMiddle East.

Visit our website: www.baby-food-halal.com

AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRYand its Halal baby food jars

have revolutionized the feeding of muslim babies by

VITAMEAL Baby

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FORUMS & CONFERENCES


Outcomes of the 13th Meeting of the UNCTADDoha, State of Qatar21st – 26th April 2012

As the first major UnitedNations ministerial gatheringfocusing exclusively on tra-de and development sincethe fallout from the 2008-2009 economic and financialcrisis, UNCTAD XIII soughtto address issues of thegreen economy and climatechange, on debt and finan-cial and monetary reform,on science and technologyand the next era of global-ization.Following the opening state-ments, the Conferenceheard interventions fromhigh-level Government offi-cials who welcomed themeetingʼs focus on equitablegrowth and globalizationand stressed the need tomove quickly to offset thecontinuing impact of theglobal financial crisis. In the face of the continuing“fragility” of the global econ-omy following recent eco-nomic crises, Member Sta-

tes called for financial flowsoriented towards supportinginclusive and sustainabledevelopment at the Thir-teenth Ministerial Meeting ofthe United Nations Confe-rence on Trade and Deve-lopment (UNCTADXIII) clos-ing session.“Finance should support thereal economy [towards] sus-tainable, sustained, inclu-sive and equitable economicgrowth and sustainable de-velopment”, according to the“Doha Mandate”, adopted atthe conclusion of the Meet-ing.The Mandate sets out agre-ed conclusions on policyanalysis and the role ofUNCTAD on the overalltheme of the Meeting —“Development-centred glob-alization: towards inclusiveand sustainable growth anddevelopment”, covering keypriorities considered duringa week. They included

enhancing and enabling theeconomic environment tosupport inclusive develop-ment, strengthening allforms of cooperation andpartnership for trade anddevelopment, addressingpersistent and emerging de-velopment challenges andtheir implications for tradeand development and pro-moting trade, investment,entrepreneurship and relat-ed investment policies tofoster economic growth andsustainable development.Accompanying the Mandatewas a political declarationknown as the “Doha Manar”,which lent strong support tothe efforts of UNCTAD inpromoting inclusive deve-lopment through commerceand structural change forover the next four years.“We recognize the need tomake our common econom-ic life more conducive toprogressive structural chan-

ge, more productive of inclu-sive and sustainable growthand development and moreeffective in fostering broad-based inclusion in a newand more robust social con-tract,” the Manar states. Atthe same time, it acknowl-edges the need to strength-en UNCTAD and the impactof its work by enhancing itsefficiency, effectiveness,transparency, accountabilityand partnerships.The Manar also recognizesthe economic significance ofthe revolutionary protestsoccurring over the pastyear. “The winds of changeblowing in many parts of theworld today attest to thedesire of populations forresponsive policies that fos-ter participatory and inclu-sive approaches to develop-ment towards achievingprosperity for all,” it said.According to the Mandate,the more substantive of the

The sub-themes were as follows:. Enhancing the enabling economic environment at all levels in support of inclusive and sustainable development.. Strengthening all forms of cooperation and partnerships for trade and development, including North-South, South-Southand triangular cooperation.. Addressing persistent and emerging development challenges as related to their implications for trade and developmentand inter-related issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and sustainable development.. Promoting investment, trade, entrepreneurship and related development policies to foster sustained economic growth forsustainable and inclusive development.

Doha, Capital of the State of Qatar,hosted from April 21st to 26th,2012, the thirteenth quadrennialconference of the United NationsConference on Trade and Develo-pment (UNCTAD) under the theme:"Development centered globaliza-tion: Towards inclusive and sus-tainable growth and development.

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two texts adopted, MemberStates noted that the globalfinancial crisis had struck in2008 shortly after UNCTADXII, and that its effects hadspread very rapidly andwidely. It had not spared theworldʼs poorest countries,and despite the policy effortsof both developed and deve-loping countries, the globaleconomic recovery remain-ed fragile. Its ripple effectshad impacted, among otherthings, efforts to ensure foodsecurity, combat climatechange and stabilize energyand other commodity prices.“Development-centred glob-alization sets the stage forinclusive growth and devel-opment and contributestowards reducing povertyand creating jobs,” theMandate states, adding thatdevelopment strategiesshould be inclusive anddesigned to meet humanneeds. In addition, the roleof the Millennium Develop-ment Goals and other inter-nationally agreed develop-ment targets were still

instrumental to achievingthose needs by 2015. “People have similar needsand aspirations, includingfreedom, human rights, inparticular the right to devel-opment, decent work [and]all aspects of affordablehealth care and good gover-nance at all levels.” Sincethose ends were closelyinterconnected, develop-ment strategies should bebased on an integrated andholistic approach, if thedesired policy options wereto emerge.As for the role of UNCTAD inachieving development-cen-tred globalization, the organ-ization remained the UnitedNations focal point for theintegrated treatment of tradeand development, as well asrelated issues in the areas offinance, technology, invest-ment and sustainable devel-opment.UNCTAD should, throughthe three pillars of its man-date — consensus-building,policy-oriented analysis andtechnical cooperation —

continue to deliver meaning-ful results, within availableresources, while enhancingsynergies and promotingcollaboration with the effortsof other international organi-zations, according to theMandate.Specifically, it should con-tribute to global efforts totransition towards a greeneconomy; continue to moni-tor and assess the evolutionof the international tradingsystem and its trends from adevelopment perspective;and continue to support thespecific needs of LeastDeveloped Countries, smallisland developing States,middle-income countriesand those with economies intransition.“For trade to serve as anengine of inclusive growthand development, the multi-lateral trading system mustremain open, transparent,inclusive, non-discriminatoryand rules-based,” the Man-date states, adding that theeffective integration of de-veloping countries, in partic-

ular least developed coun-tries and transition econo-mies, into the multilateraltrading system should re-main a priority. Further, thesuccessful conclusion of theDoha Development Agendanegotiations was crucial tothe creation of new tradeflows that would generateeconomic growth and devel-opment.The Mandate stresses that,in a time of fragile economicrecovery, trade protection-ism remained a risk, andefforts to fight all forms ofprotectionism should contin-ue. States were stronglyurged to refrain from promul-gating and applying any uni-lateral economic, financial ortrade measures hinderingmarket access, investmentand freedom of transit.Meaningful trade liberaliza-tion would also requireaddressing non-tariff meas-ures and aim to reduce andeliminate other arbitrary orunjustified trade barriers. �



QATAR Airways has outlined route

expansion plans for2012, which focusedon Australia, Africa,

Europe and theMiddle East, with araft of new destina-tions set to join the

airlineʼs rapidly-grow-ing global network.

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Seminar on "the proliferation of Bilateral and Regional TradeAgreements and their impact on the regional integration process in

Arab Countries"

Casablanca - Kingdom of MoroccoJune 4th-6th, 2012

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As part of their technicalassistance programs relatedto issues related to theWorld Trade Organization(WTO), the Islamic Develop-ment Bank Group (Coope-ration Department) and theIslamic Centre for Develop-ment of Trade (ICDT) organ-ized a seminar on "the prolif-eration of Bilateral and Re-gional Trade Agreementsand their impact on theregional integration processin Arab Countries" on June4th - 6th, 2012 at the GoldenTulip Farah Hotel in Casa-blanca, Kingdom of Moro-cco. Regional trade agree-ments (RTAs) have prolifer-ated and expanded sincethe creation of the WTO,particularly since the launchof the Doha DevelopmentAgenda (DDA). Two majordevelopments or changesare noted in the configura-tion of RTAs of the "new

generation". On the onehand, all countries, Develo-ping ones (Dcs), Develop-ed (DCs) and even the LeastDeveloped Countries(LDCs)are actively involved in thisprocess. On the other hand,more and more bilateral,subregional, regional andinterregional, including re-gional groupings, are emer-ging. What should be anexception, in the multilater-alism context, has becomethe rule, and the rush to RTAwas exacerbated becauseof the lack of tangibleprogress in the negotiationprocess of the Doha Roundand the benefits they pro-vide to the States con-cerned. The question there-fore arises particularly forDeveloping Countries, ingeneral, and for the OICMember States in particular,about the gains and profitsto be generated from these

RTAs and the contribution ofthese agreements in themultilateral trading system.In this context, the seminaraimed to review the implica-tions of RTAs on the devel-opment policies of the OICMember States and todeduce the practical lessonsregarding the various op-tions available to the region-al integration process.Through the presentation ofdiverse experiences andperspectives, this seminarsought to:. Analyze the relationshipbetween Article XXIV of theGATT and WTO rules relat-ing to regional economicintegration agreements.. Examine to what degreethis rush towards RTAs isaffecting the prospects ofthe OIC Member States tointegrate the multilateraltrading system and to honorWTO commitments.

. Explore the opportunitiesand challenges of theseagreements for the OICMember States.. Study the right conditionsand strategies to adopt totake advantage of regionalintegration.. Explain and analyze theexperiences of some region-al agreements, Arab andAfrican, and examine the dif-ferences and similaritiesbetween the North-Southand South-South agree-ments.. Provide an opportunity forparticipants to present theexperiences of their coun-tries on the current negotia-tions of bilateral and region-al agreements.The seminar was attendedby several Member States ofthe OIC and internationaland regional organiza-tions.�


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The 23rd Annual Session of the “Crans Montana Forum”June 28th-1st July, 2012, Baku – Azerbaijan


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The 23rd session of “Crans Montana Forum” took place on June 28 - July1st, 2012 in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan. The Forum was devoted to the public and private governance as far as


energy policy is con-cerned.Since the World,Governments andbusiness circles werechanging, they had toshape, implementand apply new andsustainable policiesto the production, thedistribution and thesafety of energy fortoday and tomorrow. The June 2012Crans Montana Fo-rum held in Bakuwas an open de-bate between Go-vernment Officials,International Orga-nizations and Busi-

nesses, trying toshape what theWorld could be to-morrow with an im-portant focus on Energy and Renewables.The Forum's majordebates included therole of Azerbaijan insecuring the Far Eas-tern Europe, the fu-ture and models forIslamic Countries asfar as their WorldIntegration is con-cerned, implement-ing and monitoringEthical rules in Inter-national CorporatePolicies. �

Within the framework of itsprogram of technical assis-tance for the benefit of theOIC Member States, theIslamic Centre for Develop-ment of Trade (ICDT) organ-ized a Training Seminar inthe field of International andIslamic Trade to the benefitof the Officials of the Mini-stry of Trade of the Republic

of Iraq at ICDTʼs Headquar-ters in Casablanca, King-dom of Morocco, from 26thto 29th June 2012.On this occasion, the Centremade the following presen-tations:- Activities of the OIC andthe Ten Year Program ofAction ;- Intra-OIC Trade: Current

situation and pros-pects ;- Trade Promotion;- Role of Trade Infor-mation in Trade Pro-motion ;- The Trade Prefe-rential System amongthe OIC Member States ;- Matters related to tradenegotiations and accession

to the WTO;- Activities of the IslamicDevelopment Bank Group(ITFC, ICIEC, etc…). �

Training Seminar in the field of International and Islamic Trade to thebenefit of the Officials of the Ministry of Tradeof the Republic of Iraq26-29 June 2012 - Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco

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Seminar on Foreign Trade Liberalization and Trade DefenseSystems in the OIC Member StatesCasablanca, Morocco, September 26th-28th, 2012

Facing this paradox and incompliance with the relevantrecommendations of theCOMCEC and the Councilof Foreign Ministers of theOrganisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) aiming atwell-positioning MemberStates in word trade negoti-ations, the Islamic Centrefor Development of Trade(ICDT) and the IslamicResearch and TrainingInstitute (IRTI), Member ofIslamic Development BankGroup in collaboration withthe Ministry of Industry,Trade and New Technology(MCINET) of the Kingdom ofMorocco, will organize aSeminar on “Foreign TradeLiberalization and Trade De-

fence Systems in the OICFrench Speaking MemberStates” in Casablanca inApril 2012.

OBJECTIVESThe main objective of thisseminar are as follows:- Sharing experience bet-ween OIC Member States inthe field of Trade Defence;- Presentation of TradeDefence systems at TPS/-OIC, regional and interna-tional levels.The program of this semi-nar will last three days andwill cover the following mod-ules:* Module 1: General intro-duction to the trade defencesystem of the WTO (Speak-

ers: WTO,UNCTAD, ICTSD,academicians and practi-tioners)Module 2: National experi-ences in trade defence(Speakers: Morocco, Egypt,Senegal, Turkey, Pakistan,Malaysia ...);* Module 3: Trade defencemeasures within the TPS/OIC(Speakers: ICDT, COMCEC);* Module 4: Trade defenseinstruments used in the re-gional economic group-ings (Speakers: ECOWAS,WAEMU, AMU, GAFTA,AGADIR AGREEMENT ...)The training seminar is opento the participation of theofficers from the Ministriesof Trade, Foreign Affairs,

Trade Promotion Organs,Investment Promotion Agen-cies, Diplomatic Missionsand interested internationaland regional organizations.Within the framework of thepreparations of this Se-minar, a first coordinationwas held at ICDTʼs Head-quarters with the Represen-tatives of the MoroccanForeign Trade Departmenton April 4th, 2012. On thisoccasion, both parties dis-cussed the organizationalmodalities of this event anddecided that it would beheld from September 26th to28th, 2012 in Casablanca,Kingdom of Morocco. �


Trade liberalization experienced various approaches. In many instances it has been regarded as detrimental to economicdevelopment, protectionist theories attempting to maintain the need to increase borderline protection by various tariff, non-tariff or para-tariff measures resulting in reduced cooperation and isolation of protected economies. In these circumstances,international trade liberalization has been accepted as a solution to encourage economic development.In order to avoid protectionism and protect the national interest of Member States from unfair competition and illegal prac-tices, trade agreements provide for trade defence measures based on well-established internationally agreed rules (agree-ments concerning antidumping measures, compensatory taxes, safeguard measures, and restrictive measures entailingmajor imbalances in the balance of payments).During the period when the financial crisis worsened, a number of protectionist theories emerged aimed at resorting to tradedefence measures more frequently. There were other theories which maintained giving up during this period any tradedefence measures that might adversely affect international trade. Thus, safeguards, antidumping measures and counter-vailing duties are classified as trade defence instruments or trade remedies, intended to protect domestic production againstforeign imports.However, safeguards differ from antidumping measures and countervailing duties in an important respect: while the latteressentially consist of actions undertaken to counteract unfairly traded imports, safeguards can be implemented on productsimported under fair trade conditions.

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The Islamic Centre for De-velopment of Trade (ICDT)and the Islamic Develop-ment Bank (IDB) Group willorganize, under the aus-pices of the Ministry ofForeign Affairs of the TurkishRepublic of Northern Cyprusand in collaboration with theNear East University, aTraining Seminar on “Exportpromotion and investment

strategies in the context ofglobalization” in the TurkishRepublic of Northern Cy-prus, on December 3rd-6th,2012. Within the framework of the preparations of this TrainingSeminar, ICDT organized acoordination meeting at itsHeadquarters in Casablan-ca, Kingdom of Morocco, onMay 28th - 29th, 2012 to dis-

cuss the organizational mo-dalities of the said trainingworkshop. This workshopaims at contributing to theeconomic development andtrade and investment pro-motion through the levelingup of the personnel in therelevant positions of tradeand investment promotionorganizations in the OICCountries.

The objectives of this work-shop are to introduce theconcept of export and in-vestment promotion and toexplain how responsibilitiesare distributed among vari-ous organizations and agen-cies to formulate, approveand implement policies thatpromote and develop ex-ports and investment. �

Training Seminar on “Export Promotion and Investment Strategiesin the context of Globalization”December 3rd-6th, 2012 - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

The Islamic Centre for Dev-elopment of Trade partici-pated in the High LevelConference on “Emergingnew economic policy mak-ers in the Arab Mediter-ranean Countries: WhatEconomic Agendas for Is-lamic Actors?” held from 3rdto 4th July 2012 in Barce-lona, Spain. This High LevelConference organized bythe European Institute of theMediterranean (IEMed) aim-ed at helping new economicpolicy makers in the ArabMediterranean Countries todesign and implement gro-wth-oriented economic poli-

cies as well as achieve thesustainability of nascentdemocracies existing in theircountries.In this respect, it enabled thepolicy makers of the ArabMediterranean Countries,particularly those who havehad new governments na-mely, Egypt, Libya, Tunisiaand Morocco, to answer tothe following issues:- What were the constitution-al economic reforms and thenew economic institutionsthat would need to be imple-mented within their coun-tries? - How would fiscal and sub-

sidies reform be carried out?- What concrete reformsshould be implemented totackle corruption? - What would be the role ofthe state in the economy? - What were the priority eco-nomic sectors to be mostpromoted?- How to promote Public-Private Partnerships? - What should be the poli-cies to support SMEʼs andentrepreneurship?- How would the social andsolidarity sector be promot-ed? - What developments onemployment rights were

foreseen? - How would gender inequal-ity be addressed?Last but not least, this con-ference constituted a usefulopportunity to compare thesituation in different coun-tries and the way in whichpublic/private dialogue, as aconsensus building tool topromote policy reforms, wascarried out. On this occa-sion, ICDT submitted a wor-king paper on “integration inthe Arab region: current sta-tus and prospects”. �

The High Level International Conference on “Emerging NewEconomic Policy Makers in the Arab Mediterranean: What EconomicAgendas for Islamic Actors?”3rd – 4th July 2012, Barcelona – Spain

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OIC High Level Forum on Trade Facilitation & Single WindowInitatives for Enhanced Regional Economic CooperationCasablanca, Morocco, 19-21 November 2012

BackgroundDue to its direct and immedi-ate impacts on countriesʼcompetitiveness, trade facili-tation has become an impor-tant agenda item of interna-tional trade after the reduc-tion of customs tariffsthrough bilateral and multi-lateral trade agreements.Trade facilitation within andacross borders is now seenas a key driver of nationaltrade development as wellas a stimulator of regionaleconomic integration and itis a high concern for policymakers at a national andregional level. In this context, IDB Groupalong with other OIC institu-tions place utmost attentionto supporting trade facilita-tion efforts at national andregional level. This supportincludes technical assis-tance to MCs and regionalorganizations for the prepa-ration of national and region-al trade & transport frame-work agreements and mas-ter plans. IDB group in coop-eration with OIC Institutionsorganize workshops, semi-nars and capacity buildingprograms to support tradefacilitation efforts in the wi-der strategic context of eco-nomic integration and coop-eration among OIC Member

Countries and regions.Because of the critical roleof customs administrationsin the facilitation and controlof trade transactions recentOIC workshops and semi-nars organized in 2011repeatedly recommendedactive role of customsadministrations in trade faci-litation initiatives, for exam-ple through the promotion ofdata harmonization, infor-mation exchange and singlewindow initiatives.Simplification, harmoniza-tion, standardization andcomputerization of tradeprocedures and documentsthat control the flow of goodsacross national borders areindispensable componentsof facilitation of trade acrossborders and in that context,the implementation of a sin-gle-stop platform for allthese formalities, usuallycalled single-window (SW),is high in the trade facilita-tion agenda. Implementationof SW initiatives requires acomplete reengineering ofthe clearance processesand involves interlinkagesand information sharing bet-ween customs and othergovernment agencies (G2G)responsible for trade, exportand impor and between theprivate sector and govern-

ment agencies (B2G). Thegovernment agencies invol-ved include notably the cus-toms administrations, theport authorities, the trans-port administrations and theparastatals (e.g. sanitaryand phytosanitary inspec-tion services, SPS), whilebanks, insurance compa-nies, customs brokers,freightforwarders, shippingcompanies and shippersbeing the main private sec-tor stakeholders. Successful SW implementa-tion drastically improves thetime and the cost perform-ance of the internationaltrade transactions and facili-tates the implementation ofregional and global tradeagreements, enhancinghence, regional economicintegration. But, the SWimplementation comes at acost and with great chal-lenges that require intensivecooperation efforts and ex-perience sharing to buildupon successes and failuresof other SW initiatives. In the last decade, regard-less of income level, manygovernments have intro-duced a form of SW systemto manage export and im-port related procedures, witha various success in imple-mentation and also various

business models accordingto local context and avail-able resources. A moreadvanced use of informationtechnology in the context ofcustoms clearance has alsoemerged under the name ofe-Customs. According to theWB Doing Business Report2012, today 49 countries inthe world have a SingleWindow in place. Many OICcountries are among thoseimplementing e-Customs,SW or simply some form ofinteragency data exchangesystem to facilitate tradeinternational transactions,and electronic facilities suchas trade portals that providetraders with data and infor-mation about trade rules andregulations, computerizedcustoms systems like ASY-CUDA World that enableelectronic customs clear-ance, or port communitysystems of first or secondgenerations that enable theefficient management ofcargo movements in portswith advanced track andtracing features. The nextchallenge is now for nationalentities (whether customsadministrations, SW opera-tors, ports, parastatals, etc.)to develop interconnectivitystrategies and policies andmechanisms by which infor-


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mation can be collected andexchanged at a regionallevel. International and regionalstandards already exist andare being disseminated byinternational organizationssuch as WCO, UNECE orUNCTAD, and most regionaltrade agreements supportthe interconnection and dataexchange agenda. The main benefit for thetrading community is that aSingle Window can providethe trader with a single pointfor the one-time submissionof all required informationand documentation to allgovernmental agencies in-volved in export, import ortransit procedures. As theSW enables governments toprocess submitted informa-tion, documents and fees

both faster and more accu-rately, traders should benefit from faster clearance andrelease times, enablingthem to speed up the supplychain; in addition to theimproved transparency andincreased predictability andgood governance. However,the successful implementa-tion of such regional initia-tives will be determined bythe level of collaboration inanalyzing cross-border sup-ply chain issues and ensur-ing technical interoperabilityof national systems. There isa need also to create appro-priate legal framework forinformation exchange ac-ross borders and data secu-rity challenges. But theseissues are being solved indifferent parts of the worldby enhanced cooperation

and dialogue.

The Objectives of theForum The Forum will be a platformfor information sharingamong the participants ontheir trade facilitation pro-grams, particularly on singlewindow initiatives. Theforum will review the lessonslearnt from the implementa-tion of single window sys-tems in OIC MCs and someother examples from otherregions of the world. Theforum will examine the cur-rent situation in data ex-change among agenciesand across the borders;what policies, legal frame-works and technologieshave been put in place and are needed for optimizedinformation sharing across

the borders. The forum willadvocate the benefits ofcustoms system intercon-nections, data harmoniza-tion and development ofregional data center andaims at identifying steps inbuilding an enabling envi-ronment for interoperablesingle window systemsamong OIC MCs. In thiscontext, the Forum will pro-mote the use of internationalstandards and codes in sin-gle window and paperlesstrade projects and examinethe facilities, solutions pro-vided by ASYCUDA andsimilar other custom auto-mation systems for intera-gency and cross-borderdata exchange. �

The 2nd World Shipping Summit 2012September 19th-21st, 2012 - Xiamen - China

The World Shipping Sum-mit is an annual event forthe international shippingcommunity. By attractinghigh-level participants andwide attention around theworld, it has contributedgreatly to promoting com-munication and exchange ofviews in the world of ship-ping and other related indus-tries.The World Shipping Summit2012 will be held in the cityof Xiamen from September19 to 21, 2012. Centeredupon the theme of "Sharingan Orderly Market", the Su-mmit will once again providea high-profile platform forleaders and shipping profes-

sionals to get together todiscuss issues of the indus-try's most pressing commonconcern and work out vision-ary and effective plans toaddress the current chal-lenges faced by the industryand to achieve healthy, sus-tainable and long-term de-velopment of the world'sshipping industry.In the past eight years,COSCO, DREWRY, MAR-ITIME CHINA and JOC(Journal of Commerce) suc-cessively co-organized the"World Shipping Summits" inBeijing, Shanghai, Shen-zhen, Tianjin, Dalian, Qing-dao, Guangzhou and Boao.Each year, the Summit was

attended by hundreds of topleaders from the maritimeworld including shipping car-riers, shippers, ports, ship-builders, government offi-cials, scholars, bankers,lawyers and other industryprofessionals. As a high-quality and insightful plat-form, the summit has builtup a critical forum thatenables the voices of indus-trial elites to be heard andallows the joint efforts ofshipping community for buil-ding a healthy shipping mar-ket to be recognized. TheSummit has also contributedto the shaping of betterindustry norms and greatercorporate citizenship and to

the safeguarding of commoninterest of all stakeholders ofthe world maritime commu-nity.Different from the traditionalconferences, this year'ssummit includes a numberof diversified sessions suchas keynote speeches, work-shops, forums, industrymeetings, governors meet-ings and panel discussions.The Summit aims to encour-age two-way communica-tions and indepth dialogamong speakers, panelists,moderators and other partic-ipants. �


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SPECIAL COUNTRY

REPUBLIC OF GUINEA

H.E Alpha Condé President of the Republic of Guinea

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GENERAL BACKGROUNDo Official name: Republic ofGuineao Geography: Located inWestern Africa, bordering theNorth Atlantic Ocean, betweenGuinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone,Côte dʼIvoire, Senegal andMali. Guinea is divided intofour landscape zones. LowerGuinea is an area intersectedby many small rivers, coastalplain with an average altitudeof 1800 meters. The secondarea is called Middle Guinea. Itconsists of the Fouta Djallonbarren highlands with an alti-tude of 600 to 1500 meters.The third zone is UpperGuinea, which consists of asavannah and plains and thefourth is Forest Guinea. Thisarea consists of plains with adense forest. Off the coast arealso many smaller islands,including the “Iles de Los, Ilesde Tamara, Iles de Soro, Ilesde Kaback and Iles de Room”. o Population: 10,057,975,according to 2010 Estimation.o Climate: Tropical, generallyhot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June toNovember) with southwesterlywinds; dry season (Decemberto May) with northeasterly har-mattan winds.o Capital: Conakry.

o Regional Capitals: Kindiain Lower Guinea, Labé inMiddle Guinea, Kankan inUpper Guinea and NʼZéré-koré in Forest Guinea.o Official language ofAdministration: French.

o Spoken Languages:- Lower Guinea: Soussou- Middle Guinea: Poular- Forest Guinea: Kpele- Upper Guinea: Malinkeo Public holidays:- Janu. 1st: New Year's Day;- April 3rd: Second RepublicDay;- April 9th: Easter Monday;- May 1st: Labour Day;- May 25th: Africa Day;- October 2nd: IndependenceDay;- Nov. 1st: All saint's Day;- Dec. 25th: Christmas Day.o Currency: Guinean franc(GNF).o Local Time: GMT.

GOVERNMENTo Government Structure: theRepublic of Guinea is a secu-lar, independent and demo-cratic country with a constitu-tion.o President: The President ofthe Republic is the Head ofState. He is elected throughpopular vote for a five-yearterm renewable once. Henominates the government onthe prime minister's proposal.The President holds the posi-tion of Commander in Chief ofthe Army. o The State Institutions:The system of Government isdemocratic. - The Executive power: it isexercised by the Government. - The Legislative power: it isexercised by the NationalAssembly. - The National TransitionalCouncil (CNT): It acts asNational Assembly.- The Judicial system isbased on French civil law, cus-tomary law, and decree. Thesystem is composed of courtsof first instance, two Courts ofAppeal (in Kankan and inConakry) and the SupremeCourt. o Administrative divi-

sions: Guinea is dividedinto seven administrativeregions and subdivided intothirty-three prefectures. Thenational capital, Conakry,ranks as a special zone.The regions are Boké,Faranah, Kankan, Kindia,Labé, Mamou, Nzérékoréand Conakry.

ECONOMIC POTENTIALThe economy in Guineadepends mainly on tropicalagriculture, fishing and mining.Guinea is the worldʼs secondcountry for bauxite production.Guineaʼs mineral wealth in-cludes more than 4-billiontonnes of high-grade iron ore,significant diamond an golddeposits, and undeterminedquantities of uranium. o Human Ressources: The population of Guinea isthe primary wealth of theCountry. It is made up of amosaic of peoples constitutinga population characterized bythe following features:- its dynamism and its capacityfor adaptation, which explainthe reasons for the active pres-ence of Guinean nationalseverywhere in Africa, Europe,Asia and America;- its leaning towards socialprogress demonstrated by thevery high position held by theGuinean woman in the society;- its artistic creativity which per-mitted Guinean bands likeBembeya Jazz National,Guinean singers such asKouyaté Sory Kandia andMory Kanté, Guinean writers,novelists, poets, narrators andpainters to be pushed to thetop of world reputation;- its legendary hospitality.Whether in Maritime, Middle,Upper Guinea or in the ForestRegion of Guinea, everywherethe visitor feels at home. He iswell received and pampered. These predispositions of the

Guinean population makeGuinea a good destination,both for tourists and investors.o Natural Ressources:- Water resources in Guinea:Rainfall in Guinea is between

1,200 and 4,200 mm per year.For this reason, the Countryhas fertile lands, abundantunderground and surfacewater. The biggest riverswatering the West Africanregion have their sources inGuinea. As a matter of factGuinea is termed the “WaterTower of West Africa”.- Guinean Forests:

The eastern and southernparts of Guinea are coveredwith a primary forest of100,000 km2. There is also asecondary forest of an area of40,000 km2.- Agricultural Resources:National assets that includetopography, hydrography and

climate create ideal conditionsfor developing dynamic anddiversified agriculture, animalhusbandry and forestry.

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Guinea has at its disposal 7million hectares of cultivableland. The most productive landis found in the Forest Region,in plains, particularly in Ma-ritime Guinea and in UpperGuinea or in bottom lands.Assessment of the 2011 cropyear: 41,629 tons of rice,through the provision of 1 832tonnes of rice seeds and 1,800tons of fertilizers. These inputshave helped to cultivate26,171 hectares of rice. 15,290liters of pesticides were alsoprovided by the governmentas well as 70,000 packagingbags.About 20,000 tons of fertilizers,22,000 liters of insecticides,185,000 liters of herbicidesand a large quantity of riceseed to a value of40,745,000,000 Guineanfrancs and 185,529 liters ofherbicides to a value of5,565,870 francs were madeavailable to the NationalChamber of Agriculture ofGuinea.For the 2012-2013 crop year, itis envisaged not only the culti-vation of 40,000 hectares withgrowing rice, corn, but also themarket gardening for a quanti-ty of 10,000 tons of fertilizer tomeet the challenge.- Mineral Resources:As regards mineral resources,some people have talked ofgeological scandal in view ofthe existence of abundant andvaried wealth. The Guineansubsoil conceals significantdeposits of:* Bauxite = 25 billion tons,accounting for the 2/3 of world

* Hydroelectric Potentials:129 falls which can be devel-oped have been identified.Their hydroelectric potential is6.11 GW with a probable pro-duction of 19,300 GWH. Themost important falls are on theKonkoure, Fatala, Gambia,Niger and Tinkisso Rivers.- Sea resources:The Guinean coast opening tothe Atlantic Ocean is 300 km

long, with an exclusive eco-nomic zone of 56,000 Km2. Itsfish resource potential is esti-mated at 230,000 Tons.- Tourism Potentials:Guineaʼs tourism potentials

offer a variety of sites that areas attractive as every other.Whether one considers finesand beaches, verdant is-lands, mountains with theirfalls and micro-climate, the

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Structure of Mega-mining projects

Capacitydatabase

T/year

InvestmentUS $

Permanentjobs

PhaseConstruction

jobs

StateRevenues

US $Aluminumfoundry

240 000 2 500 000 000 7 000 20 000 300 000 000

Sangaredialuminarefinery

1 000 000 1 300 000 000 3 000 5 000 200 000 000

Simandou 40 000 000 1 000 000 000 2 000 5 000 1 000 000 000

Nimba 20 000 000 700 000 000 1 000 3 000 500 000 000

Trans-guinea

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cobalt, titanium and uranium.The investment projects sum-mary in the Mining sector from2006 to 2015 presents 12 pro-projects with a total invest-ment of U.S. $ 27 billion(Ministry of Mines andGeology, 2005). For some, thestart of major new projects inthe mining sector, includingthe Sangaredi alumina refin-ery, the iron Nimba andSimandou project with theconsortium Euronimba andRio Tinto Group, the ACGFriguina Extension is a real

regain to increase significantlythe sector's impact on overallgrowth and produce trainingeffects on the other sectors ofthe economy (World Bank,2004).The proposed alumina refin-ery Sangarédi (GlobalAlumina Company) will investU.S. $ 3.2 billion for the pro-duction of 3 million tons of alu-mina per year, with possibleexpansion to 5.4 milliontonnes per year.

reserves approximately;* Gold = 1000 tons;* Diamond = 30 million carats.Moreover, Guinea has therichest high grade iron ore de-posits in the world, but whichhave not yet been developed:the Simandou range contains2 billion tons and the MountNimba 1 Billion tons.Apart from the aforementionedwealth, the Guinean soil con-tains limestone deposits (Mali,Siguiri and Kindia) not yetexploited and there are indica-tions of the presence of nickel,

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savanna where the big gameroams through and wandersaround constituting a wonder-ful hunting ground. Guineaalso offers valuable sites ofgreat interest:* Niokolo-Badiar and UpperNiger national parks ;* Chimpanzees at Bossou liv-ing in community under theleadership of a patriarch. Theyuse a tool (woodstick) to pickfruits from trees and dig holes.* Mount Nimba viviparoustoads which reproduce by giv-ing birth to small toads insteadof laying eggs.* The bridegroom veil sparklingout of a water fall is located inKindia. It is of an exceptionalbeauty and unbelievablebrightness, looking so muchlike a bridal veil.* The Lady of Mali caved byerosion in the rock on a moun-tain and gives the perfectimage of a woman.Finally, it should be recalledthat Guinea is the motherlandof the famous African Ballets,the best percussionists of thecontinent, bands and severalmusical groups of Worldrenown.In order to develop all itstourism assets, the govern-ment has formulated a nation-al policy which is progressivelyforging ahead. The implemen-tation of the policy through anappropriate and dynamic or-ganization and through fundraising to finance the requiredfacilities will render Guinea adreamed and profitable desti-nation in a very near future.Seven agencies are presentlymarketing the “Guinea Desti-nation”. They are: MondialTours, Karou-Voyages, Gui-née-Voyages, SDV, AgenceDAS, Théa-Voyages and ITV.

ECONOMIC SECTORS- Agriculture, Fisheries andAnimal Husbandry:Agriculture is one of the

engines of the Guinean econo-my. Natural assets like topog-raphy, hydrography and cli-mate bestowed upon theCountry create ideal conditionsfor developing dynamic anddiversified agriculture, animalhusbandry and forestry.

As the most important eco-nomic activity, agricultureinvolves 67% of the active pop-ulation and accounts for 33%of GNP. Vast domains are irri-gable and good farming oppor-tunities exist in the ForestRegion, in plains (especially inMaritime Guinea and UpperGuinea) or in bottom lands.Agriculture focuses on majorsubsistence crops like rice(populationʼs staple food), cas-sava, maize, yam, and pea-nuts.The formulation of an Agricu-ltural Development PolicyLetter (LDPA) has allowed theboosting of rural development,the opening of new prospectsin the agricultural sector since1991 with the support of devel-opment partners.In this way and with the objec-tive of making use and takingadvantage of existing syner-gies, concrete and comple-mentary actions have beentaken in the field of agronomicresearch, agricultural exten-sion services, hydro-agricultur-al development, feeder roadsand product commercializa-tion.Animal breeding is extensive ingeneral. The Fouta Djallonregion is the primary breedingarea with more than half thelivestock number. UpperGuinea comes second. The

livestock is composed of cattle(with the NʼDama breed whichis highly valued and trypano-resistant), sheep, goats andpigs (80 % of the latter is foundin the Forest region).Under the Animal BreedingSector Restructuring Project(P.R.S.F) which started in1987, the Government hasdevised a set of measuresincluding:* rational exploitation of all ani-mal stocks;* development of intensivebreeding;* creation of community breed-ing centers;* ranching and feeder ranchingdevelopment for the multiplica-tion of sires and meat produc-tion from slaughtered animalsto meet populationʼs foodrequirements;*providing agriculture with draftoxen and manure.The Country is presently self-sufficient in meat, but itdepends heavily on importeddairy products. Achievementsare particularly significant inthe privatization of vet servicesto address animal health.As far as fishing is concerned,Guinea, stretching over acoast of 300 km long with anexclusive economic zone of200 nautical miles, possessestremendous fish resources,but these are inadequatelyexploited.Fisheries represent a vital sec-tor of the economy and there-fore a source of foreignexchange earnings. At thesame time, this activity pro-vides 40 % of animal proteinsconsumed in the Country. In itsartisanal form and under theprojects initiated by the Go-vernment, reactivation effortshave been undertaken andunits equipped with motorizedfishing boats along with theprovision of modern tools.Industrial-scale fishing is mak-ing headway. It is a very prom-

ising activity. The most com-monly exported species in-clude sea breams, threadfins,sharks, and shrimps. - Industry, Mining andGeology:* Industry: The Guinean indus-try with the private sector askey player since 1985 is char-

acterized by youthfulness, lim-ited scale, inadequate promo-tion of resources and localproducts, exclusive quasi-ori-entation to the domestic mar-ket and to the production ofconsumer goods (agrifood-stuffs).* Mining and geology: Themining industry mainly relatesto the extraction of bauxite, dia-mond and gold. Three bigcompanies are operating in thesector of bauxite and alumina.They are: “La Compagniedes Bauxites de Guinée(CBG)“. It is located in theBoke region and is man-aged by an American group.

“La Compagnie des Bauxitesde Kindia (CBK) - KindiaBauxite Company - which untilvery recently this companywas operating under the nameof SBK (Société des Bauxitesde Kindia) and used to belongentirely to the Governmentbefore being taken over byRUSAL Group. It produces 2.5million tons of bauxite for

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Bauxite production has remained thebackbone of the mining industry in

Guinea Conakry

Major bauxite deposits are located in:

Lower Guinea: (Boké, Kindia, Fria, Boffa)Fouta-Djallon (Tougué, Pita, Mali,Mamou,Dalaba) (Middle Guinea)

Higher Guinea: (Dinguiraye, Dabola, Siguiri)

The bauxite factory of Guinea's largest mining firm, Compagnie des Bauxites

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export to Ukraine mainly.Alumina Company of Guinea(ACG) is producing 700,000tons of alumina. It is operatedby RUSAL Group. The sectorsof gold and diamond areinvolving two types of mining:artisanal operations based ontraditional methods to extractalluvial gold and diamond; andindustrial mining. Small scaleminers are involved in the firsttype of mining and their pro-duction estimated at 100,000carats per year is far frombeing negligible. The compa-nies involved in the sector ofgold and diamond at themoment are the following:SAG (Ashanti GoldfieldGuinea) which produced over10 tons of gold in 2003; SMD(Dinguiraye Gold Mining Com-pany) controlled by KENOR, aNorwegian company. Its pro-duction was 4 tons of gold in2002. AREDOR (part of itsconcession has been assi-gned to the mining Industry,resumed diamond mining in1996). The production hasreached 100,000 carats.In the area of gold and dia-mond, the following compa-nies are involved : Semanfo(from Canada) and DE CAS-SIDYGOLD Corporation forgold; TRIVALENCE Mining(Canada) and DIA BRAS fordiamond. In the bauxite/alumina sector, anumber of big projects are inthe process of being finalized.KAMSAR Alumina PlantProject conceived by Alcoaand Alcan. It is an aluminarefinery project expected toproduce 1.5 million tons of alu-mina per year.GLOBAL Project composed ofMARUBENI and MITSUBISHIfrom Japan in partnership withan American venture capitalcompany. They have just con-cluded a convention with theGuinean government for theconstruction of a 2.8 million ton

capacity alumina refinery.In the field of iron, two largeprojects are on the path ofimplementation:The SIMANDOU iron ore min-ing project conducted by RIOTINTO, and the MOUNTNIMBA iron ore mining projectwith EURONINBA (a consor-tium of European, Japaneseand South Afri-can/Australiancompanies). Connected withthese two operations is theTRANSGUINEAN Railwayproject, a railway line linkingthe Forest Region to theAtlantic Ocean, passingthrough the center of Guinea.- Trade and Handicraft:In the sector of trade, the freeenterprise economy adoptedby the 2nd Republic has result-ed in establishing a policy aim-ing at a greater revitalization ofthis activity which can supportand stimulate national produc-tion efforts.* Domestic Trade: Trade liber-alization functions through pri-vatized distribution and com-mercialization and by the elim-ination of public enterpriseshas made space for fair andeffective competition in busi-ness transactions.The monopolization systemhas been abolished. TheGovernment and the Chamberof Commerce together deter-mine the rules of trade andlook after their good applica-tion. In accordance with thenational prices policy matchingthe objectives of the govern-ment, national and foreign eco-nomic players are no longersubject to an imposed pro-gramme of importation orexportation.The Department of Commercehas also taken measures toensure the freedom of pricing,putting emphasis on supplyingthe country with basic con-sumer products or conven-ience goods. Trading is notrestricted, except when it

relates to strategic or haz-ardous products or violatesrules and regulations on health

and on moral standards.The procedure for importinggoods is channelled throughthe Central Bank (BCRG), theimporterʼs local bank and aregistered private companycharged with inspecting theconsignment prior to embarka-tion. This necessary controlgives rise to the issuance of averification certificate wherebythe merchandise need onlycustoms declaration along withshipment and transport docu-ments.With the exception of the pre-embarkation control, the pro-cedure symmetrically followsthe opposite way in the case ofexport. Foreign exchange isobtained through the institutedinterbank foreign exchangeauction market.* Foreign Trade: The objectiveassigned to foreign trade is toensure the commercializationand promotion of exportgoods.The strategy designed toreflate agricultural produceexports aims at increasing pro-duction and opening outlets onsub-regional and internationalmarkets.Since 1985, the exportation ofagricultural produce has in-creased significantly thanks tothe reactivation of coffee, cot-ton, oil palm and fruit and veg-etable production. Eventhough export volumes remainstill low comparatively topotentials, a noticeable pro-gression has been observed.With the progress made in

areas like coffee, rubber plan-tations, fruits and cotton, medi-um-term prospects are seem-ingly encouraging. Privatecommercial banks presentlyestablished in Guinea areamong others: - ”Société Générale deBanques” (SGBG) with twobranch offices (Conakry andKankan). Their customers rep-resent about 25%;- The International Bank forTrade and Industry in Guinea(BICIGUI) with eleven branch-es. They have the largestshare of the market, about38%;- The International Union ofBanks in Guinea (UIBG) withabout 12% of the marketshare;- The Islamic Bank of Guinea(BIG), the first private bank toopen in Guinea;- The Morocco-GuineanPopular Bank (BPMG) with amarket share close to 7%;- Ecobank.* Handicraft: This sector hasbeen developed due to thegreat potentials of the countryʼsrich cultural diversity.Major activities in the sectorare: dyeing, shoemaking, scu-lpture/woodcarving, potteryand cabinet making. Productsderiving from these activitiesare mainly limited to supplyingthe domestic market. Nonetheless, because of theirvariety and remarkable quality,they are very much liked bytourists and they arouse greatinterest during internationaltrade fairs.- Telecommunications:Since 1984, a programme hasbeen implemented to modern-ize telecommunications. InJuly 1992, a law was promul-gated to reorganize the sector;as a result, two stand-aloneentities were established in1993: the Guinean Post Office(OPG) and the Telecommuni-cation Company of Guinea

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1993: the Guinean Post Office(OPG) and the Telecommuni-cation Company of Guinea(SOTELGUI). After a firstphase, the capital of the 2ndCompany was opened to pri-vate shareholding, but theGovernment however stillowns 60% of the shares.In accordance with the condi-tions of contract, SOTELGUIhas developed basic telepho-ny and public phone booths.Although the capacity of thenetwork is continuously im-proving, it falls far short ofexpectations in comparisonwith the growing demand to besatisfied.In response to the presentgrowing demand from privateenterprises, cellular phoneshave gained a strong footholdin Conakry.o Transportation:* Conakry International Airportis an airport located inConakry, the capital of theRepublic of Guinea in WestAfrica. It is divided into domes-tic and international terminals.The airport services a numberof West African airlines suchas Air Ivoire, Benin Golf Air andSlok Airlines, and a number of

North African and Europeanairlines: Brussels Airlines, AirFrance and Royal Air Maroc.* Rail transport in Guinea:Guinea has 1,086 km of rail-ways. This includes 279 km at1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) gaugeand 807 km at 1,000 mm (3 ft3 3⁄8 in) gauge. The latterincludes 662 km in commoncarrier service from Kankan toConakry.Three different railway compa-

nies are currently operating inGuinea: “Chemin de fer deGuinée” (ONCFG), “Cheminsde fer de la Compagnie desBauxites de Guinée” -“Chemin de fer Conakry”(CBG) and “Chemin de fer deBoké”.o Foreign investment:The two main documents forthe legal regulation of foreigninvestment are the InvestmentCode of 1987 and the Code ofEconomic activity of 1992.The Investment Code of 1987lists and defines the principlesof Guinean legal approach toprivate enterprising of foreign-ers. These are the main ofthese principles: free transferof profits abroad; legal equalityof a foreigner and a Guinean, alegal person and a natural per-son; legal guarantee of expro-priation and nationalization;legal equality of government-owned and private enterprises;free import of equipment andfree export of finished prod-ucts; free production manage-ment and free selection of apartner.The Code also fixes a list of pri-ority fields and guarantees thatstate benefits will be granted tothose foreign investors whoare engaged in one of the list-ed branches. This list wasmodified by the President'sdecree of June 30th, 1995. Onthe grounds of this decree thefollowing sectors are consid-ered privileged: agriculturalsector (especially productivefood crops), industrial sector,cattle breeding, fishing, fertiliz-ers production, medicare andeducation, tourism, construc-tion and banking business.This very decree also subdivid-ed Guinea into 4 economiczones, and each of them wasto have its own benefit-and-privilege system depending onits development level.Annex I to the InvestmentCode deals with the limitations

for legal/natural foreign per-son's activities. In publishingbusiness and TV/ radio broad-cast foreigners are not allowedto hold more than 40% ofshares and are prohibited fromdirecting a mass-media enter-prise.Annex II contains a list of thosebranches of Guinean econo-my where private capital - bothnational and foreign - is notallowed. The list includes: elec-tric power, water supply, postservice and telecommunica-tion service, armament pro-duction and sale. In the 2ndarticle of the annex it is speci-fied that in exceptional casesthe National InvestmentCommittee might allow privatecapital into the prohibitedbranches.By now the economic liberal-ization in Guinea reached thepoint when the InvestmentCode of 1987 has grown com-pletely out-of-date and calls forprompt changes. There will beno need for arguments if wetake into consideration thedrastic increase of the amountof foreign capital in what usedto be the "prohibited" fields.There are the examples of,telecommunication serviceSOTELGUI, water power com-pany SEEG - foreign capitalmakes up a considerable partof their finance. The manage-ments of these companies arenominally Guinean, but in facttheir steady functioning is pos-sible only due to the help for-eign experts and personnel.6 major ways of penetration offoreign capital into the publicsector can be distinguished.* Technical support: As a gen-eral rule, this type of economicactivity isn't lengthy enough tohave a strong influence on thepolicy of an enterprise.* Delegation of a representa-tive to the general directorateof an enterprise allows a for-eigner to take part in the man-

agement of a state-ownedenterprise but doesn't ensurean equal free-hand in the pri-vate sector.* Lease of an enterprise allowsa private person to shouldercomplete responsibility for thecurrent management of a pub-lic service. In this case the gov-ernment has the exclusiveright to regulate the invest-ments and prices of the fin-ished products (managementstructure of SOGEL electriccompany can be used as anexample here).* Consession: In this case aprivate legal / natural personhas the exclusive right to man-age the enterprise and run allthe financial operations. Aftertermination of the consessionterm the enterprise with itsentire infrastructure is passedover to the government.* Creating an open joint-stockcompany gives a chance tohold a controlling block ofshares and thus have influ-ence on the policy of an enter-prise* Privatization: A private persontakes possession of the enter-prise and provides for itssteady development and func-tioning.All the listed ways of foreigncapital penetration into thepublic sector of Guinea areworking out quite successfullywhile the government contin-ues to regulate foreign capitalactivity on the Guinean territo-ry and reserves the right of thelast word in all the arisingquestions.The Code of Economic activityof 1992 establishes the princi-ple of regime reciprocity: a for-eign citizen may freely engagein all economic activities inGuinea provided that aGuinean citizen is granted aright to participate in identicalactivities in the country of theforeigner. But this principledoesn't always work in reality.


(SOTELGUI). After a firstphase, the capital of the 2ndCompany was opened to pri-vate shareholding, but theGovernment however stillowns 60% of the shares.In accordance with the condi-tions of contract, SOTELGUIhas developed basic telepho-ny and public phone booths.Although the capacity of thenetwork is continuously im-proving, it falls far short ofexpectations in comparisonwith the growing demand to besatisfied. In this respect, theGovernment allowed theemergence of, among others,the following private telecomcompanies: AREEBA, ORAN-GE and CELCOM...o Transportation:* Conakry International Airportis an airport located inConakry, the capital of theRepublic of Guinea in WestAfrica. It is divided into domes-tic and international terminals.The airport services a numberof West African airlines suchas Air Ivoire, Benin Golf Air andSlok Airlines, and a number ofNorth African and European

airlines: Brussels Airlines, AirFrance and Royal Air Maroc.* Rail transport in Guinea:Guinea has 1,086 km of rail-ways. This includes 279 km at1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) gaugeand 807 km at 1,000 mm (3 ft3 3⁄8 in) gauge. The latterincludes 662 km in commoncarrier service from Kankan toConakry.Three different railway compa-nies are currently operating in

Guinea: “Chemin de fer deGuinée” (ONCFG), “Cheminsde fer de la Compagnie desBauxites de Guinée” - “Che-min de fer Conakry” (CBG)and “Chemin de fer de Boké”.o Foreign investment:The two main documents forthe legal regulation of foreigninvestment are the InvestmentCode of 1987 and the Code ofEconomic activity of 1992.The Investment Code of 1987lists and defines the principlesof Guinean legal approach toprivate enterprising of foreign-ers. These are the main ofthese principles: free transferof profits abroad; legal equalityof a foreigner and a Guinean, alegal person and a natural per-son; legal guarantee of expro-priation and nationalization;legal equality of government-owned and private enterprises;free import of equipment andfree export of finished prod-ucts; free production manage-ment and free selection of apartner.The Code also fixes a list of pri-ority fields and guarantees thatstate benefits will be granted tothose foreign investors whoare engaged in one of the list-ed branches. This list wasmodified by the President'sdecree of June 30th, 1995. Onthe grounds of this decree thefollowing sectors are consid-ered privileged: agriculturalsector (especially productivefood crops), industrial sector,cattle breeding, fishing, fertiliz-ers production, medicare andeducation, tourism, construc-tion and banking business.This very decree also subdivid-ed Guinea into 4 economiczones, and each of them wasto have its own benefit-and-privilege system depending onits development level.Annex I to the InvestmentCode deals with the limitationsfor legal/natural foreign per-

son's activities. In publishingbusiness and TV/ radio broad-cast foreigners are not allowedto hold more than 40% ofshares and are prohibited fromdirecting a mass-media enter-prise.Annex II contains a list of thosebranches of Guinean econo-my where private capital - bothnational and foreign - is notallowed. The list includes: elec-tric power, water supply, postservice, armament productionand sale. In the 2nd article ofthe annex it is specified that inexceptional cases the NationalInvestment Committee mightallow private capital into theprohibited branches.By now the economic liberal-ization in Guinea reached thepoint when the InvestmentCode of 1987 has grown com-pletely out-of-date and calls forprompt changes. There will beno need for arguments if wetake into consideration thedrastic increase of the amountof foreign capital in what usedto be the "prohibited" fields.There are the examples of,telecommunication serviceSOTELGUI, water power com-pany SEEG - foreign capitalmakes up a considerable partof their finance. The manage-ments of these companies arenominally Guinean, but in facttheir steady functioning is pos-sible only due to the help for-eign personnel (experts andtechnicians).6 major ways of penetration offoreign capital into the publicsector can be distinguished.* Technical support: As a gen-eral rule, this type of economicactivity isn't lengthy enough tohave a strong influence on thepolicy of an enterprise.* Delegation of a representa-tive to the general directorateof an enterprise allows a for-eigner to take part in the man-agement of a state-owned

enterprise but doesn't ensurean equal free-hand in the pri-vate sector.* Lease of an enterprise allowsa private person to shouldercomplete responsibility for thecurrent management of a pub-lic service. In this case the gov-ernment has the exclusiveright to regulate the invest-ments and prices of the fin-ished products (managementstructure of SOGEL electriccompany can be used as anexample here).* Consession: In this case aprivate legal / natural personhas the exclusive right to man-age the enterprise and run allthe financial operations. Aftertermination of the consessionterm the enterprise with itsentire infrastructure is passedover to the government.* Creating an open joint-stockcompany gives a chance tohold a controlling block ofshares and thus have influ-ence on the policy of an enter-prise* Privatization: A private persontakes possession of the enter-prise and provides for itssteady development and func-tioning.All the listed ways of foreigncapital penetration into thepublic sector of Guinea areworking out quite successfullywhile the government contin-ues to regulate foreign capitalactivity on the Guinean territo-ry and reserves the right of thelast word in all the arisingquestions.The Code of Economic activityof 1992 establishes the princi-ple of regime reciprocity: a for-eign citizen may freely engagein all economic activities inGuinea provided that aGuinean citizen is granted aright to participate in identicalactivities in the country of theforeigner. But this principledoesn't always work in reality.

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The citizens of better devel-oped countries have an oppor-tunity to monopolize a sectoron Guinean economy, and inGuinea a foreigner enjoys thesave economic privileges andperforms the same duties as aGuinean, but only subject toobserving the provisions of theForeigners' Entry and Stay Actof 1994.Apart from the two main codes,foreign economic activity is

touched upon in various sec-toral acts, such as the Sea-Fishing Code and the MiningCode of 1995. The permissionfor domestic diamond and pre-cious metals development maybe granted to natural and legalpersons of Guinean and for-eign nationalities.

o Diplomacy:The Republic of Guinea hasbeen represented by an

Embassy in the Kingdom ofMorocco, which ensures, nota-bly, the follow-up of coopera-tion with ICDT, since the inde-pendence eras. The Embassyis now headed by a Charged'Affaires in the person of HisExcellency Aboubacar SYLLA,who, with a dynamic team,fights for the strengthening ofbilateral cooperation betweenthe Republic of Guinea and theKingdom of Morocco. This rela-

tionship has undergone fivemajor diplomatic sessions ofbilateral cooperation, the lastwas held in Rabat in 2002. Asixth session, which was to beheld in 2004 has not takenplace yet. Its holding will enablethe carrying out of several jointprojects related to the econom-ic and cultural sectors. �


Sources:- www.guinee.gov.gn-www.guineaembassyusa.com- www.guinea-mining.com- www.guineeconakry.info- www.mbendi.com

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SPECIAL PAYS

REPUBLIQUE DEGUINEE

S.E Alpha Condé Président de la République de Guinée

DOSSIER SPECIAL

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SPECIAL SPECIAL PAYS: REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE

o Nom officiel: Républiquede Guinéeo Géographie: La Guinéese trouve sur la côte atlan-tique de lʼAfrique de l'Ouestentre la Guinée-Bissau, laSierra Leone, la CôtedʼIvoire, le Sénégal et leMali. la Guinée est répartieen quatre zones géo-graphiques. La Basse Gui-née est un domaine coupéepar de nombreuses petitesrivières, plaine côtière avecune altitude moyenne de1800 mètres. La deuxièmezone est appelé la MoyenneGuinée. Elle se composedes hauts plateaux du FoutaDjallon avec une altitude de600 à 1500 mètres. Latroisième zone est la HauteGuinée qui se composedʼune savane et de plaineset la quatrième est la GuinéeForestière. Cette zone estconstituée de plaines avecune forêt dense. Au large dela côte, il a de nombreusespetites îles, y compris lesIles de Los, de Tamara, deSoro, de Kaback et deRoom.o Population: 10.057.975,selon l'estimation à 2010.o Climat: Tropical, géné-ralement chaud et humide;saison des pluies (Juin àNovembre) avec des ventsdu sud-ouest; saison sècheavec armatan (Décembre àMai).o Capitale: Conakry.

o Capitales régionales:Kindia en Basse Guinée,Labé en Moyenne Guinée,

Kankan en Haute Guinée etNʼ Zérékoré en GuinéeForestière.o Langue officielle danslʼadministration: le fran-çais.o Langues parlées:- Basse Guinée: Soussou- Moyenne Guinée : Poular- Guinée Forestière: Kpèlè- Haute Guinée: Malinkéo Jours fériés:- 1er Janvier: Jour de l'An;- 3 Avril: Deuxième Journéede la République;- Avril 9: Lundi de Pâques;- 1er mai: Fête du Travail;- 25 mai: Journée del'Afrique;- 2 Octobre: Jour del'Indépendance;- 1 novembre: Toussaint;- 25 décembre: Jour deNoël.o Monnaie: Franc guinéen(GNF).o Heure locale: GMT.

GOUVERNEMENTo Structure du gouverne-

ment: la République deGuinée est un pays laïc,indépendant et démocra-tique avec une constitution.o Président: Le Présidentde la République est le Chefde l'Etat. Il est élu par voiede vote populaire pour unmandat de cinq ans renou-velable une fois. Il nomme legouvernement sur proposi-tion du premier ministre Lerésident occupe le poste deCommandant en chef desforces de lʼarmée.o Les Institutions d'Etat:Le système de gouverne-ment est démocratique.- Le pouvoir exécutif: il estexercé par le Gouverne-ment.- Le pouvoir législatif: il estexercé par l'Assemblée na-tionale.- Le conseil national detransition (CNT): fait office

dʼAssemblée nationale. - Le système judiciaire estfondé sur le droit civilfrançais, le droit coutumieret le décret. Le système estcomposé des tribunaux depremière instance, de deuxcours d'appel (situés àKankan et à Conakry) et dela Cour suprême.o Divisions administra-tives: La Guinée est diviséeen sept régions administra-tives et subdivisée en trente-trois préfectures. La capitalenationale, Conakry, se clas-se comme zone spéciale.Les régions sont Boké,Faranah, Kankan, Kindia,Labé, Mamou, Nzérékoré etConakry.

P O T E N T I E LÉCONOMIQUEL'économie en Guinéedépend principalement del'agriculture, la pêche et del'exploitation minière. LaGuinée est le deuxièmepays producteur de bauxiteau monde. Les richessesminérales de la Guinée secomposent de plus de 4 mil-liards de tonnes de mineraide fer à forte teneur, degisements de diamants etaurifères de même que dequantités non négligeablesd'uranium.o Ressources humaines:La principale richesse de laGuinée est sa population quise caractérise par:- Son dynamisme et sacapacité d'adaptation, ce quiexplique les raisons de laprésence active de ressor-tissants guinéens partout enAfrique, en Europe, en Asieet en Amérique;- Son penchant vers le pro-grès social et la parité misen évidence par la forteposition de la femme gui-néenne dans la société;- Sa créativité artistique qui

a permis à des groupesguinéens comme le Bem-beya Jazz national, deschanteurs guinéens commeKouyaté Sory Kandia etMory Kanté, des écrivainsguinéens, des romanciers,des poètes, des narrateurset à des peintres à acquérirune réputation mondiale;- Son hospitalité légendaire.Que ce soit en GuinéeMaritime, Moyenne Guinée,en Haute Guinée ou en Gui-née Forestière, partout enGuinée le visiteur se sent àla maison. Il est bien reçu etchoyé. Ces prédispositionsde la population guinéennefont de la Guinée une bonnedestination, tant pour lestouristes que pour les inves-tisseurs.o Ressources naturelles:- Les ressources en eau enGuinée: Les précipitationsen Guinée se situe entre1.200 et 4.200 mm par an.Pour cette raison, le pays

possède des terres fertileset une quantité abondanted'eau en surface et au sous-sol. Les plus grands fleuvesde la région dʼAfrique del'Ouest ont leurs sources enGuinée. Cʼest pour cela quelʼon appelle la Guinée « lechâteau dʼeau dʼAfriqueOccidentale".- Les forêts guinéennes: Lesrégions de lʼest et du sud dela Guinée sont recouvertsd'une grande forêt de100.000 km2. Il existe aussiune forêt dans une autrepartie du pays dʼune superfi-cie de 40.000 km2.


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- Ressources agricoles: Desconditions idéales de topog-raphie, de lʼhydrographie etdu climat ont favorisé nonseulement le développe-ment dʼune agriculture dy-namique et diversifiée, maisont également permis lʼes-

sor de l'élevage et de laforesterie. La Guinée a à sadisposition 7 millions d'he-ctares de terres cultivables.Les terres les plus produc-tives se trouvent dans larégion forestière et dans lesplaines, plus particulière-ment en Guinée maritime eten Haute Guinée.Bilan de la campagne agri-cole de 2011: 41629 tonnesde riz, grâce à la mise à dis-position de 1832 tonnes desemences de riz et 1.800tonnes dʼengrais. Ces in-trants ont permis de cultiver26.171 hectares de riz. Il aété également mis à disposi-tion 15 290 litres de produitsphytosanitaires et 70 000sacs dʼemballages par legouvernement. Environ 20.000 tonnes dʼen-grais, 22 000 litres dʼinsecti-cides, 185.000 litres dʼherbi-cides et une quantité impor-tante de semences de rizpour une valeur de40.745.000.000 de francsguinéens et 185.529 litres

dʼherbicides pour une valeur5.565.870 de francs ont étémis à la disposition de laChambre Nationale dʼAgri-culture de Guinée.Pour la campagne agricole2012-2013, il est envisagélʼaménagement de 40.000hectares pour la culture duriz, du maïs et mais égale-ment pour le maraîchagepour une quantité de 10.000tonnes dʼengrais pour gagn-er le pari.- Ressources minérales: Ence qui concerne les res-sources minérales, cer-taines personnes parlent descandale géologique en rai-son de l'existence de ri-chesses abondantes et var-iées en Guinée. Le sous-sol

- Les potentiels hydroélec-triques: 129 chutes ont été i-dentifiées. Leur potentiel

hydroélectrique est de 6,11GW, avec une productionprobable de 19.300 GWH.

Les chutes les plus impor-tantes se trouvent sur leKonkouré, Fatala, la Gam-


guinéen recèle d'importantsgisements de:* Bauxite = 25 milliards detonnes, ce qui représenteenvirons 2/3 des réservesmondiales;* Or = 1000 tonnes;* Diamant = 30 millions decarats.En outre, la Guinée a lesplus grands gisements enminerai de fer dans le mon-de encore inexploités: lachaîne du Simandou con-tient 2 milliards de tonnes etdu Mont Nimba 1 milliard detonnes. En dehors de cetterichesse, le sol guinéencontient du calcaire (Mali,Siguiri et Kindia) du nickel,du cobalt, du titane et de lʼu-ranium.La synthèse des projetsdʼinvestissement dans lesecteur Minier de 2006 à2015 présente 12 projetspour un investissement total27 milliards de $US(Ministère des Mines et de

Structure des Méga projets Miniers

Capacité deBase T/an

Investissementen USD

Emplois permanents

Emplois phaseconstruction

Revenus Etaten USD

Fonderiedʼalumini-um

240 000 2 500 000 000 7 000 20 000 300 000 000

UsinedʼAluminedeSangarédi

1 000 000 1 300 000 000 3 000 5 000 200 000 000

Simandou 40 000 000 1 000 000 000 2 000 5 000 1 000 000 000

Nimba 20 000 000 700 000 000 1 000 3 000 500 000 000

Trans-guinea

60 000 000 2 000 000 000 2 000 10 000 300 000 000

la Géologie, 2005). Pourcertains, le démarrage denouveaux projets majeursdans le secteur minier,comprenant notamment laraffinerie dʼalumine deSangaredi, le projet Nimbaet Simandou pour le feravec le consortium Euro-nimba et le groupe RioTinto, lʼExtension de ACGFriguina, constitue un véri-table regain1 pour accroîtrede manière significativelʼimpact du secteur sur lacroissance globale et pro-duire des effets dʼentraîne-ment sur les autres sec-teurs de lʼéconomie (Ban-que Mondiale, 2004).Le projet de la raffineriedʼalumine de Sangarédi(société Global Alumina)prévoit un investissementde 3,2 milliards $US pourune production de 3 mil-lions de tonne dʼaluminepar an, avec extension pos-sible à 5,4 millions detonnes par an.

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bie, le Niger et la rivièreTinkisso.- Les ressources de la mer:la côte guinéenne située surl'océan Atlantique sʼétendsur une superficie de 300km de long, avec une zoneéconomique exclusive de56.000 Km2. Son potentielde ressources de poisson

est estimée à 230.000tonnes.- Les potentiels touristiques:La Guinée offre des poten-

tialités touristiques énormesavec une variété de sitesaussi attrayants les uns queles autres compte tenu deses plages de sable fin, deses îles verdoyantes, de sesmontagnes et de sa savaneoù erre le gros gibier consti-tuant ainsi un merveilleuxterrain de chasse.La Guinée possède égale-ment des sites de valeurd'un grand intérêt:* Les parcs nationaux duNiokolo-Badiar et du Haut-Niger;* Bossou où vivent deschimpanzés en commu-nauté sous la direction d'un

patriarche. Ils utilisent unoutil (woodstick) pour cueillirdes fruits des arbres etcreuser des trous ;* Le Mont Nimba où viventdes crapauds qui se repro-duisent en donnant nais-sance à de petits crapaudsau lieu de pondre des œufs ;* Le voile de la mariée,chute d'eau située dans laville de Kindia est d'unebeauté exceptionnelle etdʼune luminosité incroyable ;* La Dame du Mali.Enfin, il convient de rappelerque la Guinée est la patriedes célèbres Ballets afri-cains, des meilleurs percus-sionnistes du continent demême que des bandes et deplusieurs groupes musicauxde renommée mondiale.

Afin de développer tous sesatouts touristiques, le gou-vernement a formulé unepolitique nationale qui estactuellement entrain dʼêtremise en œuvre. Cette poli-tique fera sûrement de laGuinée une destination derêve et rentable dans unavenir très proche. SeptAgences commercialisentactuellement la "DestinationGuinée". Ce sont: ToursMondial, Karou-Voyages,Guinée-Voyages, SDV,Agence DAS, Théa-Voyages et ITV.

S E C T E U R SECONOMIQUES- Agriculture, Pêche etElevage:L'agriculture est l'un des mo-teurs de l'économie gu-inéenne. Des conditionsidéales de topographie, delʼhydrographie et du climatont favorisé le développe-ment dʼune agriculture dy-namique et diversifiée, de

l'élevage et de la foresterie.LʼAgriculture, en tant quʼac-tivité économique la plusimportante, implique 67% dela population active et re-présente 33% du PNB. Devastes domaines irrigablesde même que de bonnespratiques existent dans larégion forestière, dans lesplaines (en particulier enGuinée maritime et enH a u t e - G u i n é e ) .LʼAgriculture met l'accentsur les cultures vivrièresmajeures, comme le riz (ali-ment de base de la popula-tion), le manioc, le maïs, l'ig-name et l'arachide. Lʼélaboration dʼune Lettre depolitique de développementagricole (LDPA) a permis larelance du développementrural, l'ouverture de nou-velles perspectives dans lesecteur agricole depuis1991 avec l'appui des parte-naires au développement.De cette façon, et avec l'ob-jectif de tirer parti des syner-gies existantes, des actionsconcrètes et complémen-taires ont été prises dans ledomaine de la rechercheagronomique, des services

de vulgarisation agricoles,des aménagements hydro-agricoles, de lʼinfrastructureroutier et de commercialisa-tion des produits. L'élevageest de manière généraleétendue sur tout le territoire.La région du Fouta Djallonest la principale zone dereproduction avec plus de lamoitié du nombre de bétail(avec la race N'Dama, quiest très apprécié et trypano-résistants). La Haute-Gui-née arrive en deuxièmeposition. Le bétail est com-posé de bovins, caprins,moutons, chèvres et deporcs (80% se trouve dansla région forestière).Dans le cadre du projet derestructuration du secteurde lʼélevage initié en 1987,le gouvernement a mis aupoint un ensemble de me-sures comprenant:* L'exploitation rationnellede tous les stocks d'ani-maux;* Développement de l'éle-vage intensif;* Création de centres d'éle-vage communautaire;* L'élevage et le développe-ment de lʼalimentation dʼéle-vage pour la multiplicationdes taureaux et la produc-tion de viande en vue derépondre aux besoins ali-mentaires des populations;* Approvisionnement de l'a-griculture en bœufs de traitset fumier.Le Pays est actuellementautosuffisant en viande etdépend en grande partiedes produits laitiers im-portés. Les acquis sont par-ticulièrement importants enmatière de privatisation desservices vétérinaires pourtraiter la santé animale. Ence qui concerne le secteurde la pêche, la Guinée, quis'étend sur une côte de 300km de long avec une zone


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économique nautique exclu-sive de 322 km, possèded'énormes ressources ha-lieutiques, mais celles-ci nesont pas exploitées demanière adéquate.La pêche représente unsecteur vital de l'économieet constitue une source dedevises. Dans le mêmetemps, cette activité fournit40% des protéines animalesconsommées dans le pays.Que ce soit dans sa formeartisanale et dans le cadredes projets initiés par legouvernement, de grandsefforts ont été déployés demême que des unitéséquipées de bateaux depêche motorisés et des out-ils modernes ont été mis àdisposition. Lʼindustrie de lapêche offre de bonnes per-spectives. C'est une activitétrès prometteuse. Les es-pèces les plus communément exportées compren-nent les dorades, les barbu-res à huit barbillons, lesrequins et les crevettes.Industrie, des Mines etGéologie:* Industrie: L'industrieguinéenne en coopérationavec le secteur privé en tantqu'opérateur clé depuis1985 est caractérisée par laprécocité de développe-

ment, de balance limitée, depromotion inadéquate desressources et des produitslocaux, à l'exclusion de laquasi-orientation vers lemarché domestique et à laproduction de biens de con-sommation (agro-alimen-

taire).* Mines et géologie: L'in-dustrie minière se rapporteprincipalement à l'extractionde la bauxite, de diamantset d'or. Trois grandes entre-prises sont actives dans lesecteur de la bauxite et l'alu-

mine. La Compagnie deBauxites de Guinée (CBG)située dans la région deBoké et gérée par un groupeAméricain. La Compagniedes Bauxites de Kindia(CBK). Jusqu'à très récem-ment, cette société a étéexploitée sous le nom de laSociété des Bauxites deKindia (SBK) et appartenaitentièrement au gouverne-ment avant d'être repris parle Groupe RUSAL. Cettedernière produit 2,5 millionsde tonnes de bauxite princi-palement exportés en Uk-raine. La Société «GuineaAlumina» (ACG) produit700.000 tonnes d'alumine. Ilest egalement exploité parle Groupe RUSAL.Lʼexploitation de l'or et dudiamant se fait selon deuxprocédés : lʼexploitation arti-sanale repo-sant sur desméthodes traditionnellespour extraire l'or et le dia-mant et l'exploitation minièreindustrielle. Seul un échan-tillon de mineurs est im-pliqué dans le premier typedʼexploitation minière et laproduction estimée à100.000 carats par an estloin d'être négligeable.Les entreprises impliquéesdans le secteur de l'or et dudiamant pour le moment

sont les suivants: La SociétéAshanti Goldfield de Guinée(SAG) qui a produit plus de10 tonnes d'or en 2003; LaSociété Minière de Dingui-raye) contrôlée par Kenor,une société norvégienne. Saproduction était de 4 tonnesd'or en 2002. AREDOR (unepartie de sa concession aété attribuée à l'industrieminière a repris les minesde diamants en 1996. Laproduction a atteint 100.000carats. Dans le domaine de l'or etdu diamant, les entreprisessuivantes sont impliquées:Semafo (du Canada) et DECASSIDYGOLD Sociétépour l'or; Trivalence Mining(Canada) et Dia Bras pour lediamant. Dans le secteur dela bauxite / alumine, un cer-tain nombre de grands pro-jets sont en cours de finali-sation. Le Projet de lʼusined'alumine de Kamsar a étéconçu par Alcoa et Alcan. Ils'agit d'un projet de raffiner-ie d'alumine qui devrait pro-duire 1,5 millions de tonnesd'alumine par an. Le Projetappelé « Global Project » aété lancé par Marubeni etMitsubishi du Japon enpartenariat avec une sociétéprivée américaine. Ils vien-nent de conclure une con-vention avec le gouverne-ment guinéen pour la con-struction d'une raffineriedʼune capacité de 2,8 mil-lions de tonnes d'alumine. Dans le domaine du secteurdu fer, deux grands projetssont en voie dʼêtre réalisés:Le projet minier pour lʼex-ploitation de minerai de fer« Simandou » conduit parRio Tinto et le projet minierpour lʼexploitation de mi-nerai de fer «Mont Nimba »projet d'exploitation minièrede minerai initié avecEURONIMBA (un consor-

tium de sociétés euro-péennes, japonaises, sud-africaines, australiennes).Sʼajoute à ces deux projets,le projet «TRANS-guinéen »de chemins de fer, une lignede chemin de fer devant reli-er la région forestière àl'océan Atlantique, en pas-sant par le centre de laGuinée.Commerce et Artisanat:Dans le secteur du com-merce, la libre entrepriseadoptée par la 2ème Répu-blique a permis d'établir unepolitique visant à une plusgrande revitalisation decette activité qui peutsoutenir et stimuler lesefforts nationaux de produc-tion.* Commerce intérieur: Lalibéralisation du commercea permis lʼémergence d'uneconcurrence loyale et effec-tive dans les transactionscommerciales. Le monopoleest désormais révolu. Legouvernement et la Cham-bre de Commerce détermi-nent ensemble les règles ducommerce et veillent à leurbonne application. Conformément à la politiquenationale du Gouvernementrelatif à la fixation des prix,les acteurs économiquesnationaux et étrangers nesont plus soumis à un pro-gramme dʼimportation oudʼexportation. Le Départe-ment du commerce a égale-ment entrepris des mesurespour assurer la liberté de fix-ation des prix, mettant l'ac-cent sur l'approvisionne-ment du pays avec des pro-duits de consommation debase ou avec des produitsde consommation courante.Le commerce est de naturelibéral, sauf quand il con-cerne des produits straté-giques ou dangereux ou sʼilviole les règles et règle-


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ments ayant trait aux no-rmes morales et médicales. La procédure pour importerdes marchandises est en-gagée à la Banque CentraleGuinéenne (BCRG), à la

banque locale de l'importa-teur et au sein dʼune entre-prise privée chargée d'in-specter l'envoi avant l'em-barquement. Ce contrôle nécessairedonne lieu à la délivranced'un certificat de vérificationdans lequel la marchandisea besoin seulement de ladéclaration en douane ainsique l'expédition et les docu-ments de transport. À l'ex-ception du contrôle de pré-embarquement, la procé-dure se présente symétri-quement à l'opposé dans lecas de l'exportation. LeChange étranger est obtenupar l'intermédiaire du mar-ché interbancaire de devis-es.* Commerce extérieur:L'objectif assigné au com-merce extérieur est d'assur-er la commercialisation et lapromotion des exportationsde biens. La stratégie visantà relancer les exportationsde produits agricoles vise àaccroître la production et àtrouver des débouchés surles marchés sous-régionauxet internationaux. Depuis1985, l'exportation des pro-duits agricoles a augmentéde manière significativegrâce à la réactivation de laproduction du café, ducoton, de lʼhuile de palme,de fruits et de légumes.

Même si les volumes desexportations restent encorefaibles comparativementaux potentiels existants, uneprogression notable de lasituation a été observée.Avec les progrès réalisésdans des domaines tels quecelui du café, des planta-tions de caoutchouc, desfruits et du coton, les per-spectives à moyen termerestent encourageants. Lesbanques commercialesprivées actuellement éta-blies en Guinée sont entreautres:- La Société Générale desBanques de Guinée(SGBG) avec deux succur-sales (Conakry et Kankan).Leurs clients représententenviron 25%;- La Banque Internationalepour le Commerce etl'Industrie en Guinée(BICIGUI) avec onze bran-ches. Ils ont la plus grandepart du marché, environ38%;- L'Union Internationale desBanques en Guinée (UIBG)avec environ 12% de part dumarché;- La Banque Islamique deGuinée (BIG), la premièrebanque privée à ouvrir enGuinée;- La Banque PopulaireM a r o c c o - G u i n é e n n e(BPMG) avec une part demarché de près de 7%;- Ecobank.* Artisanat: Ce secteur a étédéveloppé en raison de lagrande et riche diversité cul-turelle du pays. Les princi-pales activités dans lesecteur sont: la teinture, lacordonnerie, la sculpture / s-culpture du bois, poterie etébénisterie. Les produitsdécoulant de ces activitéssont principalement com-mercialisés sur le marchélocal. Néanmoins, en raison

de leur variété et qualitéremarquable, ils sont beau-coup appréciés par lestouristes de même quʼilssuscitent un grand intérêtlors de foires commercialesinternationales.- Télécommunications:Depuis 1984, un programmea été mis en œuvre pourdévelopper et moderniserles télécommunications. EnJuillet 1992, une loi a étépromulguée pour réorganis-er le secteur, suite à cela,deux entités autonomes ontété créés en 1993: lʼOfficedes Postes de Guinée(OPG) et la Société desTélécommunications deGuinée (SOTELGUI). Aprèsune première phase, le cap-itale de la 2e compagnie aété ouvert à l'actionnariatprivé, mais le gouvernementdétient toujours 60% desactions. En conformité avecles conditions du contrat, laSOTELGUI a développé latéléphonie de base et descabines téléphoniques pub-liques. Bien que la capacitédu réseau soit en constanteamélioration, lʼoffre restefaible par rapport à lademande croissante de laclientèle. À cet effet, le gou-vernement a permis lʼappari-tion de nouvelles sociétésprivées de télécommunica-tion: AREEBA, ORANGE,CELCOM et bien dʼautres.- Transport:* L'aéroport international deConakry est situé dans lacapitale de la République deGuinée. Il est divisé en ter-

minaux domestiques etinternationaux. Lʼaéroportest fréquenté par de nom-breuses compagnies aéri-ennes africaines de l'Ouesttels que : Air Ivoire, le BéninGolf Air et Slok Airlines etpar dʼautres compagniesdʼAfrique du Nord et dʼEu-rope : Brussels Airlines, AirFrance et Royal Air Maroc.* Le transport ferrovier enGuinée: La Guinée possède1,086 km de chemins de fer.Cela comprend 279 km dutotal de 1,435 mm et de 807km à 1000 mm. Celui-cicomprend 662 km en serv-ice de support commun deKankan à Conakry. Troiscompagnies ferroviaires dif-férentes sont actuellementen exploitation en Guinée:"Chemin de fer de Guinée»(ONCFG), "Chemins de ferde la Compagnie des Bau-xites de Guinée" - "Cheminde fer Conakry" (CBG) et«Chemin de fer de Boké ".- Investissements étran-gers:Les deux principaux docu-ments de la réglementationjuridique relative aux in-vestissements étrangerssont le Code des investisse-ments datant 1987 et le Co-de de l'activité économiquede lʼannée 1992. Le Codedes investissements de1987 énumère et définit lesprincipes de la juridictionguinéenne relatifs aux in-vestissements étrangers.Voici la liste des principesles plus importants: le libretransfert des bénéfices à l'é-tranger; l'égalité juridiqueentre un étranger et un Gui-néen, une personne moraleet une personne physique;garantie légale d'expropria-tion et de nationalisation, l'é-galité juridique des entre-prises publiques et privées;la libre importation de l'équi-


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pement et la libre exporta-tion des produits finis; lagestion de la production li-bre et le libre choix d'unpartenaire. Le Code fixe également uneliste de domaines priori-taires et garanti que lesbénéfices de l'État soientaccordés aux investisseursétrangers qui sont engagésdans l'une des branchescitées. Cette liste a été modifiée par le décretPrésidentiel du 30 Juin1995. Selon ce décret, lessecteurs suivants sont con-sidérés comme prioritaires:le secteur agricole (en parti-culier les cultures vivrières),le secteur industriel, l'éle-vage, la pêche, la produc-tion d'engrais, l'assurance-maladie et de l'éducation, letourisme, la construction etles activités bancaires. Ce décret a égalementréparti la Guinée en 4 zoneséconomiques, de manière àce que chacune dʼelle pos-sède son propre bénéfice etsystème de privilèges com-pte tenu de son niveau dedéveloppement. L'annexe Idu Code des investisse-ments porte sur les limita-tions d'activités juridiques /personne physique étran-gère. Dans le secteur del'édition et la télévision /radio, les étrangers ne sontpas autorisés à détenir plusde 40% des actions et il leurait interdit de diriger uneentreprise de mass média.L'annexe II contient la listedes domaines protégés del'économie guinéenne où lescapitaux privés - à la foisnationaux et étrangers – nesont pas autorisés.La liste comprend: l'électric-ité, l'approvisionnement eneau, les services de poste,la production et la vented'armement. Dans le 2e arti-

cle de l'annexe, il est préciséque dans des cas exception-nels le Comité national d'in-vestissement pourrait per-mettre dʼintroduire des capi-taux privés dans les domai-nes protégés. Aujourdʼhui lalibéralisation économiqueen Guinée a atteint le pointoù le Code des investisse-ments de 1987 nʼest plus enphase avec la réalité et né-cessite une révision immédi-ate. L'augmentation dras-tique de la part des capitauxétrangers dans ce qui étaitautrefois considérés commedomaines protégés confir-ment cela. Le cas des serv-ices de télécommunication,de la SOTELGUI, la SEEGSociété de l'eau d'alimenta-tion – au sein desquels lescapitaux étrangers constitueune partie considérable deleur financement reste unexemple tangible. Les direc-tions de ces entreprises sontnominalement guinéens,mais lʼassistance estassurée par un personnel

étranger (experts techni-ciens). Dans le secteur pub-

lic, nous pouvons distinguerles six principales manièresdʼintroduction du capitalétranger suivantes :* Le support technique: Enrègle générale, ce type d'ac-tivité économique ne con-stitue pas une expérienceassez longue pour avoir uneforte influence sur la poli-tique d'une entreprise.* La délégation d'unreprésentant à la directiongénérale d'une entreprisepermet à un étranger desʼimmiscer dans la gestiond'une entreprise d'État, maisceci nʼest pas valable pourle secteur privé.* Bail d'une entreprise, per-met à une personne dʼassur-er la gestion courante d'unservice public. Dans ce cas,le gouvernement a le droitexclusif de réglementer lesinvestissements de mêmeque les prix des produitsfinis (la SOGEL compagnied'électricité peut être citéecomme un bon exemple).* Concession: Dans ce cas,

une société morale de droitprivé / personne physique a

le droit exclusif de gérer l'en-treprise et d'exécuter toutesles opérations financières.Au terme de la concession,l'entreprise dans sa totalitésera sous le contrôle dugouvernement.* Création d'une sociétéanonyme offre lʼopportunitédʼavoir une grande influencesur la politique d'une entre-prise dans le cas où lʼonpossède des actions enmajorité* La privatisation: une per-sonne privée prend posses-sion de l'entreprise et fournitles moyens nécessaires àson développement con-stant et à son fonction-nement.Les capitaux étrangers oc-cupent une place importantedans le secteur public de laGuinée et le gouvernementguinéen continue de régle-menter ce domaine et seréserve le droit de trancherdans toutes les questionsqui se posent. Le Code del'activité économique de1992 établit le principe de laréciprocité des régimes:c'est-à-dire quʼun citoyenétranger peut s'engagerlibrement dans toutes lesactivités économiques enGuinée à condition qu'uncitoyen guinéen se voitaccorder un droit de par-ticiper à des activités iden-tiques dans le paysétranger. Mais ce principen'est pas toujours valable.Les citoyens des paysdéveloppés peuvent se trou-ver en situation de mono-pole, et en Guinée unétranger jouit des mêmesprivilèges qu'un Guinéen,mais il est tenu de respecterles dispositions de la Loi de1994 sur l'entrée desétrangers en Guinée et leurséjour. Outre, le Code desinvestissements datant de


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1987 et le Code de l'activitééconomique de lʼannée1992, la question relative àl'activité économique étran-gère est abordée dans dif-férents actes sectoriels, telsque le Code de la mer /pêche et le Code minier de1995. L'autorisation pourexploiter le diamant et lesmétaux précieux est ac-cordée aux personnes

physiques et morales denationalité guinéenne ouétrangère.

o Diplomatie:La République de Guinéeest représentée par uneAmbassade au Royaume duMaroc qui assure, notam-ment, le suivi de la coopéra-tion avec le CIDC, depuisles ères de lʼindépendance.

Cette Ambassade est au-jourd'hui dirigée par unChargé d'Affaires en la per-sonne de Son ExcellenceMonsieur Aboubacar SYLLAqui, avec une équipedynamique, se bat pour lerenforcement de la coopéra-tion bilatérale entre laRépublique de Guinée et leRoyaume du Maroc. Cetterelation diplomatique a

connu cinq grandes ses-sions de coopérationbilatérale, la dernière a eulieu a Rabat en 2002. Unesixième session qui devaitavoir lieu en 2004 n'a tou-jours pas vu le jour. Satenue permettra de réaliserplusieurs projets communsrelevant des secteurséconomiques et culturels. �


Sources:- www.guinee.gov.gn-www.guineaembassyusa.com- www.guinea-mining.com- www.guineeconakry.info- www.mbendi.com

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SPECIAL ISSUE

THE WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION(WAEMU) / UEMOA


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SPECIAL ISSUE THE WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION (WAEMU)

BACKGROUNDThe West African Economicand Monetary Union(WAEMU) was establishedby the Treaty signed atDakar on 10 January 1994by the Heads of States andGovernments of sevencountries in West Africahaving in common the useof a common currency, theCFA. These are Benin,Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire,Mali, Niger, Senegal andTogo.The Treaty came into forceon 1st August 1994, afterratification by Member Sta-tes. Guinea-Bissau be-came the eighth memberstate of the Union on May2nd, 1997.

OBJECTIVES OF WAEMU* To strengthen the compet-itiveness of economic andfinancial activities of theMember States as part of anopen and competitive mar-ket and a rationalized andharmonized legal environ-ment ;* To ensure the performanceand convergence of eco-nomic policies of MemberStates by establishing amultilateral surveillance pro-cedure between MemberStates ;* To create a common mar-ket based on the free move-ment of persons, goods,services, capital and theright of establishment ofself-employed or employed,as well as a common exter-nal tariff and trade policy ;* To establish a coordinationof national sectoral policiesfor the implementation of

joint actions and possibly ofcommon policies includingthe following areas: humanre-sources, planning, agri-culture, energy, industry,mining, transportation, infra-structure and telecommuni-cations ;* To harmonize, to theextent necessary for theproper functioning of thecommon market, the laws ofMember States and particu-larly the system of taxation.

WAEMU ORGANS* The Conference of Headsof State:It is the supreme authority ofthe Union and determinesany question which couldnot find a solution by unani-mous agreement of theCouncil of Ministers. Itdecides on the possibleaccession of new membersand notes the withdrawal orexclusion of participants. Itmeets at least once a yearand takes decisions unani-mously.* The Council of Ministers: Chaired by the Minister ofFinance of the Republic ofGuinea-Bissau, the Councilof Ministers sets monetarypolicy and credit of theUnion to ensure the preser-vation of the common cur-rency and to fund the activi-ty and economic develop-ment of member states.The Council shall meet atleast twice a year and takesdecisions unanimously. It isup to change the definitionof the monetary unit and todetermine accordingly thestatement of parity of thecurrency of the Union.

THE WAEMU COMMIS-SIONThe WAEMU Commissionhas the enforcement author-ity delegated by the Councilof Ministers. It can ask theCourt of Justice for MemberStates to fulfill their obliga-tions under the Communitylaw.

CONTROL ORGANS* The Court of Justice:The Court of Justice en-sures the uniform interpreta-tion of the Community lawand its implementation. Itsettles disputes betweenmember states or betweenthe Union and its agents. Itis composed of judges, onefrom each State, appointedfor a six years term.* The Court of Auditors:The Court of Auditors auditsthe accounts of the Unionbodies and reliability of fis-cal data necessary for theexercise of multilateral sur-veillance.* The Parliamentary Com-mittee: The ParliamentaryCommittee is an advisoryentity, which facilitates dis-cussions on integration. Itreceives the annual reportof the Commission andexpresses ratios or resolu-tions.* Parliamentary CommitteeMembership: it has 40members and meets at leastonce a year. * Advisory bodies:- The Regional ConsularChamber:The Regional ConsularChamber is an advisorybody, established by theTreaty of Union. It is respon-

sible for achieving the effec-tive involvement of the pri-vate sector in the process of the WAEMUʼs integration.As an economic regionalcommunity, the WAEMUplays a key role in regionalgovernance. It defines theprocesses by which theeight member countriesshall harmonize their poli-cies, the development of acommon market and collec-tive decision-making in gen-eral. In seven years, the WAEMUMember States have har-monized their particularbusiness law and account-ing information system ofnon-financial firms. The establishment of aregional financial market isrepresented by the estab-lishment of a regional stockexchange (BRVM) on Sep-tember 18th, 1998. TheCustoms Union came intoeffect on 1st January 2000,date of the implementationof the Common ExternalTariff. The Union area has 72 mil-lion inhabitants, 30% of thepopulation of West Africaand covers an area of 3.5million km2. According torecent statistics, the GDP ofthe countries that form itwas valued at approximate-ly one third of GDP in thesub-region. Within the WAEMU, themicro-finance sector pre-dominately consists ofmutual or cooperative sav-ings and credit institutions,which operate as non-gov-ernment organizations andassociations. In 1993, the

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WAEMU Council of Minis-ters adopted the PARMEClaw to regulate mutual orcooperative savings andcredit institutions. In 1996,the Council of Ministersadopted a framework con-vention to be used for insti-tutions that do not meet theregistration criteria outlinedunder the PARMEC law. Amajor purpose of this frame-work convention was to pro-vide operating and monitor-ing procedures for financialintermediaries working ininformal sectors.In 2007, the Council ofMinisters adopted a new lawestablishing regulations fordecentralized financial sys-tems, which will repeal andreplace both the PARMEClaw and the framework con-vention. As compared to thePARMEC law, the decentral-ized financial systems billprovides regulations forboth deposit and non-deposit taking micro-financeinstitutions. Morespecifically, this billprovides for the shar-ing of supervision bet-ween the Central Bank of West African States( B C E A O ) , WA E M UBanking Commission,which is mainly res-ponsible for the organ-ization and implemen-tation of controls forfinancial institutions,and the respectiveMinistry of Finance foreach member country.The decentralized fi-nancial systems billwas passed in GuineaBissau and Senegal in2008, in Mali and

Burkina Faso in 2009, inNiger in 2010, and Togo andCote d'Ivoire in 2011. It willbecome operational once itis adopted by the finalWAEMU member country,Benin. BCEAO issued inst-ructions on the decentral-ized financial systems andconsumer protection-relatedtransparency in late 2010.The Central Bank of WestAfrican States is also res-ponsible for the manage-ment of the monetary policyof the WAMU MemberStates. This monetary policyis aimed at:- adjusting global liquidity inthe economy according tothe evolution of the econom-ic situation, so as to ensureprice stability, and promot-ing economic growth.The Central Bank definesthe regulations applicable tobanks and financial institu-tions and ensures thesupervision of their activi-ties.

The Central Bank also pro-vides assistance to theGovernments of the Mem-ber States of the Union attheir request in relation withinternational financial andmonetary institutions and itsnegotiations concerning theconclusion of internationalfinancial agreements. It maybe charged with the execu-tion of such agreements onconditions determined byconventions approved bythe Board of Directors. Asregards in particular therelations of the MemberStates with the InternationalMonetary Fund, the CentralBank acts as a fiscal agentin accordance with the pro-visions of the Agreement ofSeptember 24, 1981, signedbetween BCEAO and Mem-ber States.The Central Bank may alsolend its assistance in thedefinition, harmonisationand application of the regu-lations governing external

financial relations. In thatrespect, it notably establish-es the balance of paymentsof the States.

Other activitiesThe Central Bank takes anactive part in the discussionwith the partners of theFranc Zone concerning thereform of the insurance,social security provisions,savings mobilisation, busi-ness law, the Franc ZoneMonitoring Office for eco-nomic trends and regionaltraining centres.The Central Bank hasdeveloped a training policyfor its staff members which ithas subsequently extendedto banks and financial insti-tutions, economic and finan-cial administrations of Mem-ber States and of some sub-regional countries. Thistraining is provided by theWest African Centre forBanking Studies and Trai-ning (COFEB), which is

located at theHead Office ofBCEAO. Thecreation of thiscentre wasmotivated bythe necessityto harmonisethe training ofthe bankingsector seniore x e c u t i v e sand to give toit a more re-g i o n a lscope.�

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WAEMU / UEMOA Headquarters


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with

Malaysia Airlines

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SMEs constitute the most-preponderant type of enter-prise in all countries withpercentages varying bet-ween 90 and 99% depend-ing on the definition used. Inaddition to this prevalence,SMEs are also known forother virtues, notably, jobcreation, local development,innovation... etc. However,when considering the SMEs'percentage in the exporteffort, it comes out their lowparticipation rates oftenbelow 10%. Wishing toincrease the engagement ofSMEs in export, all coun-tries' governments imple-ment a package of meas-ures including tax and finan-cial incentives.Nevertheless, it is clear thatin most developing coun-tries, including many OICcountries, these measuresare far from being fruitful.What are the reasons for thesterility of these measures?What are the barriers thatprevent SMEs to becomemore involved in foreignmarkets? How to enablethese SMEs to overcomethese barriers and improvetheir international competi-

tiveness? Thus, with a viewto answering these ques-tions, ICDT has commis-sioned a study on the sub-ject to an internationalexpert. Such a study is to bepublished by the Centre in afew weeks.The study in question imme-diately notes that, contraryto an assumption underlyingmost of the SME supportprograms, these are notminiatures of large compa-nies. In other words, thetools and techniques inplace to help them start fromthe implicit assumption thatthey will react in the sameway as large companies. Donot we say that "who can domore can do less"? So, ifthese measures haveproven effective in the con-text of large enterprises,they should, logically, be rel-evant, even more relevantfor SMEs. However, realityteaches us that nothing isless true. Indeed, SMEshave characteristics thatmake a species very differ-ent from that of large enter-prises. Two of these charac-teristics seem particularlyimportant to mention: First,

the centrality of the SMEs'leader who makes it play aleading role in managing thecompany and its exportprocess. Thus, according tohis/her profile, attitudes andambitions, the leader canlead the company to interna-tionalize or remain local,then the competitive advan-tage of SMEs is often basedon its proximity to all part-ners of the business and inparticular with its customers.But the adventure of SMEsin foreign markets neutral-izes this advantage and putsthe company in a situationwhere the perception of bar-riers is amplified.With regard to barriers andin addition to those insidethe company and arisingfrom the weakness of itsresources and expertise,SMEs are also confrontedwith difficulties that concealsits business environmentboth locally and internation-ally. Several types are usedin the literature to categorizethese barriers and difficul-ties. One of them states thatSMEs which are internation-alized are faced with the fol-lowing disabilities: disability

of being a stranger in a mar-ket which is itself stranger;handicap of being new, thatis to say that it is unknownand with no image in the for-eign market. However, inseveral countries, cus-tomers only buy brands theyknow well; finally, the handi-cap of small size, whichstands for the limited resou-rces allowing to invest inbuilding an image and in theconsolidation of marketknowledge.A recent study by the ITC intwo OIC member countries,namely Burkina Faso andMorocco, reveals that ex-porting SMEs also face pro-tectionism from foreigncountries as well as difficul-ties of implementation ofcertain measures in theirown country.The final chapter of ICDT'sstudy provides a set ofmeasures to improve thecompetitiveness of SMEexporters including the pro-motion of collaborative fo-rms of export such as clus-ters, industrial districts, theexport consortium, porting toExport and the managementcompany for export. �

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The levers of international competitiveness of SMEs

ECONOMY, FINANCE & INVESTMENT

By Brahim Allali, Ph.D.Professor at HEC Montreal and International Affairs Consultant

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IMPORTANCE OF THE REGIONAL INTEGRATION OF THE LEAGUEOF ARAB STATES


The League of Arab States ̓Foreign tradeThe League of Arab States region has one of the lowest levels of intra-regional trade in the world (11-12%) despite prefer-ential market access and significant cultural homogeneity. Thus, trade potential exists but is as yet untapped and evaluat-ed to 1.5 trillion US$ in 2010. The LAS countries foreign trade reach in 2010 a value of 740.2 billion US$ i.e. 21% of increasecomparing to 2009 due to the soaring prices of food and energy products worldwide against the intra-trade of LAS evaluat-ed to 88.3 billion US$ in 2010 i.e. 12% of LAS foreign trade.

Evolution of the Foreign Trade of the League of Arab States (LAS)

Arab League trade share in 2010 (ITC, 2012)

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Thus, the trade of LAS with OECD and Developing Countries (DCs) is about 80% of all LAS foreign trade in 2010 except-ing oil products.The intra-trade of LAS is appreciable (>20%) with Palestine, Oman, Somalia and Bahrain due to the geographical proximi-ty, the importance of level of demand of some products made by some LAS and also the existence of bilateral and multilat-eral trade agreements.

This is a result of many factors including:* dominance of oil for many economies in the Arab coun-tries;* similarity of production and export structures;prevalence of non-tariff barriers;* lack of political will and weak institutional mechanisms;* Services constitute a large share of GDP in almost allArab economies (regional average more than 50%).- Arab countries have comparative advantage in a widearray of services e.g. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain andYemen in travel and transport services, - Egypt and Saudi Arabia in other business services,- Egypt in construction;- Regional trade in services can act as engine for growthand integration among Arab countries, especially capitaland labor movements (the two main devices of servicestrade) are in better position in terms of mobility and integra-tion when compared to merchandise trade.

Some Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) concludedby Arab countries

Very few Arab countries have engaged in actualregional commitments:Arab countries PTAs with other trading partners areconsidered GATS-plus PTAs. This has been the casewith countries who have signed PTAs with the USincluding Morocco, Oman and Bahrain.Jordan in its PTAs with US and Singapore where com-mitments have been based on a positive list approach;Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman in their PTAs with theUS, where their commitments have been based on anegative list approach. Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain and Oman PTAs with USseem to have deep liberalization as compared to theiroriginal GATS commitments in the WTO.

Weighted average tariffs

10-21%

1-2%

0-0.3%

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Conclusion- Regional integration requi-res efforts beyond theremoval of ʻconventionalʼtariffs: * Tariff preferences do notautomatically translate intointegration.* Non-tariff obstacles signifi-cantly hamper intra-LAStrade: . especially in manufacturing. especially due to SPS andTBT measures and Rules ofOrigin. Necessary to fully imple-ment the provisions relatedto elimination of non-tariff

obstacles within the GreaterArab Free Trade Area(GAFTA)* Foster public-private dia-logue with the goal ofremoving burdensome obs-tacles to trade, therebyassisting companies be-come more competitive- Expand the services sec-tors in order to create newjobs, particularly for women- as women are not well rep-resented in the currentindustrial sectors;- Focus on innovation andskills intensive sectors withhigh potential for value addi-

tion; - Invest in capacity buildingand skills development par-ticularly for women;- Improve business environ-ment and strengthen tradesupport institutions. FTAs can result in someexport gains, and possiblyincreased FDI flows, but thesize and durability of thesebenefits – highly uncertain.FTAs will most likely lead toan increase in imports withimpact for the trade balanceand the external debt posi-tion.Most FTAs include «Sin-

gapore issues» - invest-ment, competition policy orgovernment procurement –which have been excludedfrom the agenda of multilat-eral negotiations. FTAs thusconstitute a major vehicle fordeeper integration, withpotential risks. �

ICDT, ITC

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Discussion about the Signature of an MoU between CIS Countries to define future cooperationgoalsThe sixth session of the Council of the CIS Finance Ministers was held on May 23rd, 2012 in Astana in order to discuss thefinancial and economic situation in the CIS countries.The session discussed a plan of action to implement the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between thefinance ministries of the CIS Countries, issues of financial risk given the background of the current global instability andother issues. Additionally, the finance ministers identified goals for future cooperation. �

TRADE REGULATIONS & AGREEMENTS

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Republic of Turkey sign Customs Agreement

The Director General of Saudi Customs signed in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey, with Undersecretary of Turkish Ministry ofCustoms and Trade a cooperation agreement on trade exchanges between the two countries on May 21st, 2012.On the sidelines of the signing ceremony, the constructive cooperation between the customs of the two countries waspraised. �

Malaysia and Australia sign a Free Trade Agreement

It was reported on May 21st, 2012 that a free trade agreement (FTA) would be signed between Malaysia with the hope thatit would help fast-track ongoing talks with China, South Korea and Japan.Under the liberalization agreement with Malaysia, 97.6 percent of tariffs on Australian goods sold there will be eliminated atonce and will rise to 99 percent by 2017.The services sector will gain increased access to the market, including the ability to become majority owners in Malaysianbusinesses.In return, Australia will accelerate the removal of tariffs which was due to happen by 2020, to make it occur immediately.It is to be noted that Malaysia is an important economic partner and a regional neighbour for Australia and that the agree-ment would culminate negotiations that began in 2005.Kuala Lumpur ranks as Canberra's third-largest trading partner in ASEAN and the 10th biggest overall. �

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Outcomes of the Seminar on the Framework Agreement on theTrade Preferential System among the Member States of theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation to the benefit of the Members ofthe League of Arab States Kuwait, May 14th-15th, 2012

Within the framework of thetechnical assistance provid-ed by the Islamic Centre forDevelopment of Trade to theMember States of the Orga-nisation of Islamic Coope-ration in the field of tradenegotiations and in theimplementation of ICDT'swork program for the year2012 adopted by the 28thsession of its Board ofDirectors, the Centre organ-ized in cooperation with theMinistry of Industry andTrade of the State of Kuwaita seminar on the "Frame-work Agreement on the Tra-de Preferential Systemamong the Member Statesof the Organisation of Isla-mic Cooperation to the be-nefit of the Members of theLeague of Arab States" onMay 14th -15th, 2012 in theState of Kuwait. This semi-nar aimed to introduce thissystem, explain its require-ments and stimulate theArab countries, which havenot yet announced theiraccession to the system, tospeed up the procedures forcompleting the signatureand ratification of the saidframework agreement. The seminar was attendedby more than 45 specialists

from different Institutions,namely: the Ministry of Tra-de and Industry, the Ministryof Finance, the Chamber ofCommerce and Industry andthe General Administrationof Customs from Kuwait; theMinistry of Trade and Indus-try and the Ministry of Na-tional Economy of Oman;the Cooperation Council forthe Arab States of the Gulf;the Ministry of Commerceand Industry from the King-dom of Saudi Arabia; theCOMCEC Coordination Of-fice and the Islamic Centrefor Development of Trade,which participated with adelegation headed by Dr. ElHassane HZAINE, DirectorGeneral, who pointed out onthe occasion, that the organ-ization of the seminar fellwithin the framework of theactivities carried out byICDT with a view to over-coming the obstacles thathinder trade, represented intariff and non-tariff barriersand within ICDT's activitiescarried out to the benefit ofthe Member States of theOrganisation of Islamic Co-operation so as to get themacquainted with the frame-work Agreement on theTrade Preferential System

and to inform them aboutthe latest development ofthe trade negotiations bet-ween Member States. Hecarried on that the seminarwould also contribute tostrengthen relationships bet-ween ICDT and the State ofKuwait.

Objectives of the seminar:The seminar aimed throughthe different presentations toclarify the objectives andprinciples of the Trade Pre-ferential System among theMember States of the Or-ganisation of Islamic Co-operation and the variousoptions with regard to tradenegotiations. It also cast aspotlight on the methodolo-gies offered as regardstrade negotiations. The mainfunction of the Trade Prefer-ential System among theMember States of the Or-ganisation of Islamic Co-operation consists in provid-ing the framework of a har-monious agreement, whichfacilitates the exchange oftrade concessions betweenthe Member States of theOrganisation of Islamic Coo-peration, which constitutesan essential means to stimu-late trade and raise the stan-

dard of living (productionand operation) in MemberStates, noting that tariff,non-tariff and para-tariff bar-riers are the more frequenttools used by MemberStates to exercise controlover foreign trade. On the sidelines of the seminar, Dr. El HassaneHZAINE, Director General ofthe Centre, paid a courtesyvisit to His Excellency theMinister of Trade and In-dustry of the State of Kuwait.He also held a workingmeeting with His Excellencythe Deputy Minister and HEthe Assistant Undersecre-tary for Foreign Trade andseized the opportunity topresent the Centre's activi-ties and expressed his will-ingness to work with theKuwaiti authorities in thefield of trade promotion andinvestment. In this regard,Dr. HZAINE laid stress onthe care provided by theSecretary General of theOrganisation of Islamic Co-operation, HE Prof. Dr.Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU,to strengthen cooperationwith Kuwait in all fields,especially those involved inthe Islamic Commercial andEconomic work. �

OIC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

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Tourism in Kuwaitis today a distinct

economic sectorthanks to itsfinancial andsocial returns

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OIC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

Within the framework of thepromotion of the services ofboth the Islamic Centre forDevelopment of Trade(ICDT) and the Group ofIslamic Development Bank(IDB), ICDT organized incollaboration with the Fo-reign Department of theMinistry of Industry, Tradeand New Technologies ofthe Kingdom of Morocco,

with the support of theRegional Office of the IDBGroup in Rabat, a "NationalSeminar for the populariza-tion of ICDTʼs and IDBʼsGroup Services" to the ben-efit of the public and privateMoroccan operators on Ju-ne 7th, 2012 at Royal Man-sour Hotel in Casablanca,Kingdom of Morocco.On this occasion, ICDT pre-

sented the latest develop-ments in the field of tradebetween the OIC MemberStates, the OIC Fairs andExhibitions to be organizedby the Centre, the TradeInformation Network for Is-lamic Countries (TINIC) andthe Trade Preferential Sys-tem among OIC MemberStates (TPS/OIC). Likewise, the representative

of the IDB Group presentedthe services related to fi-nancing and export insur-ance.They participated in thismeeting, the Presidents ofthe Regional Chambers ofCommerce and Industriesand the representatives ofprofessional associations,banks and Moroccan publicoperators. �

Outcomes of the National Seminar for the popularization of ICDT’sand IDB’s Group ServicesJune 7th, 2012 - Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco

Solar Energy is a potential ofEngine of growth for the

Moroccan Economy

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TRADE SUPPORT INSTITUTIONS

The International Centre for Trade and Export Promotion of Guinea(CIEPEX)

West African Development Bank (BOAD)

PresentationThe International Centre forTrade and Export Promotionof Guinea (CIEPEX), as theonly professional body incharge of organizing thetrade fair events in Guinea,and which is considered asthe greatest platform to pro-mote the Country's trade is,in fact, the technical unit ofthe Ministry of Commerce,Industry and SMEs whosemission is to promote andboost Guinea's commercialand economic exchangesand revitalize the capacity ofinterference of businessesand professional organiza-tions.

Within its advisorymission to economicoperators, the CIE-PEX's objective is toidentify and assessthe causes of thepotential problems oftheir business / market

and suggest appropriatesolutions related to the ben-eficiaries. ExportsThe mission of CIEPEX inthe field of export promotionaims to help economicagents to diversify their re-venue streams and maxi-mize revenue from market-ing their products and ser-vices in a sustainable way.The CIEPEX's contributionto the development of Gui-nea's economy is based ontwo fields of expertise inter-nationally: the capacity de-velopment for export; andthe identification and prose-cution of international mar-

kets.The services are aimed at to promote CIEPEX peas-ant and professional organi-zations, economic operatorsand exporters engaged inincreasing the collectivewealth of Guinea througheconomic exchanges withthe world.CIEPEX activities aim tomake available all suchbusiness and social informa-tion that will allow productionunits to make strategic deci-sions across the variousservices it offers.InvestmentAs Guinea is a world ofinvestment opportunities toenter, thanks to its abun-dance in natural resources,the CIEPEX could developover the years a close rela-tionship with all Guineantraders and serves as afocal point for research ofboth Guinean and foreign

trading partners. It achievesits mission of promoting theGuinea basin as a rivilegeddestination through:- carrying out economic mis-sions abroad to exploreinvestments;- receiving foreign investorsin Guinea;- promoting projects inGuinea;- seeking Guinean and for-eign partners. �

ADDRESS

International Centre forTrade and Export

Promotion (CIEPEX) Common Kaloum BP: 2000

Conakry, Republic ofGuinea

Cell: (+224) 60 29 27 64/6496 08 71/63 12 36 99

Fax: +224 64 53 20 68 [email protected]


The West African Develop-ment Bank (BOAD) is a pub-lic institution with an interna-tional character aiming,under Article 2 of itsConstitution, at promotingthe Member States' bal-anced development toachieve the economic inte-gration of West Africa byfinancing priority develop-ment projects.It was created by theAgreement signed on No-vember 14th, 1973 and

became operational in 1976. Its member states areBenin, Burkina, Côte d'Ivoi-re, Guinea Bissau, Mali,Niger, Senegal and Togo.By the WAEMU Treaty si-gned on January 10th, 1994and gotten into force onAugust 1st, 1994, the BOADhas become a specializedand autonomous Unioncompeting with full inde-pendence to realize theobjectives of the WAEMUwithout prejudice.

Designed as a bank to pro-mote the integration and re-gional solidarity, the BOADhas been endowed with:- financing the constructionor improvement of infra-structure development, par-ticularly in the communica-tions, hydraulic equipment,electrical fields, ...- the improvement, the cre-ation or transfer of owner-ship of the means of produc-tion and distribution in ruraland industrial sector.

T h eB O A Di n t e r -v e n e sdirect lyor thro-u g hs u b s i -d i a r i e sand spe-c i a lfunds established by theBank or national financialinstitutions. Its interventionscan take the following forms:

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equity, loans and long-termaverage, downstream andinterest subsidy. Member states, communi-ties and public institutions,financial institutions, organi-zations, companies and indi-viduals can also benefit fromits funding.To increase the effective-ness of its interventions,modulate its actions andadapt the best, special fundswere created for fund en-hancement, fund guaran-tees and redemptions, aswell as fund studies.

The BOADʼs Role in theUEMOAIts role is to transform themonetary union into an eco-nomic and monetary union,in 1994, demonstrating thewillingness of Member Sta-tes to extend the economicfield, the solidarity that bindsthe monetary base, and use

the money to accelerate theregional integration. It is theovert expression of theirawareness of the mutualbenefits of membership inmonetary union and theneed to preserve and stren-gthen the cohesion of thelatter.

Objectives:The objectives of theUEMOA (Article 4 of theTreaty) are to:- strengthen the competitive-ness of financial and eco-nomic activities of memberstates as part of an openand competitive market anda rationalized and harmo-nized legal environment;- ensure the convergence ofmember statesʼ economicpolicies through the estab-lishment of a multilateralsurveillance procedure;- create between memberstates a common market

based on the free movementof persons, goods, services,capital and the right of theestablishment of a commonexternal tariff and a commontrade policy;- establish coordination ofnational sectoral policiesand implement joint actionsand possibly common poli-cies, notably in the followingareas: human resources,planning, transport and tele-communications, environ-ment, agriculture, energy, in-dustry and mining;- harmonize the proper func-tioning of the common mar-ket, the laws of the MemberStates and particularly thesystem of taxation. �


TRADE SUPPORT INSTITUTIONS

ADDRESS:

West African Development Bank

(BOAD)68, Avenue de la

LibérationTel: (228) 221.59.06 /221.42.44 / 221.01.13 Fax:(228) 221.52.67 /

221.72.69Telex:5289 BOAD

TG / 5336 BOAD TGEmail:

[email protected]

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GUINEA

TURKEY

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSPARTNERSWe are seeking white long grain riceunder the following terms and condi-tions:- Commodity: White long grain rice - Specification: 25% broken - Quantity: 12.500 x 12 =150.000MT - Shipment: 12.500 MT / Month - Parking: 50 Kg New PP Bags - Destination: Conakry- Price: CIF - Payment: DLC We are also seeking ordinaryPortland cement 42.5 under the fol-lowing terms and conditions: - Commodity: OPC 42.5 - Quantity: 12.500 x 12 =150.000MT - Shipment: 12.500 MT / Month - Parking: 3 PLYS Craft paper water resistant Destination: ConakryPrice: CIFWe are regularly selling: gold, mani-factured articles, mineral products,petroleum products, tropical fruits,wood, diamonds.We are regularly buying: construc-tion materials, financial services,food stuffs, manifacture articles,foods, petroluem products.- Our Contact: Sekou Kone, General ManagerInternational Business Partners Tel : 00224 64 27 29 51Fax : 00224 30 46 35 11Conakry, Guinea

COMPLIMENTARY NETWORKING& BUSINESS MATCHINGTurkish Electrical & ElectronicsIndustry are looking for partners inMalaysia.The Malaysia Global Business

Forum together with the TurkishCommercial Office in Kuala Lumpur,Istanbul Electrical-Electronics, Machi-nery & ICT Exportersʼ Association(Turkish Electro Technology – TET)have an incoming delegation compris-ing leading companies in the Electrical& Electronic Sectors. These compa-nies are looking for partners, agentsand distributors in Malaysia and theASEAN Region.

OZMEN SERIGRAFI VE PAN-TOGRAF SANAYI - ERSAN OZMENTurkish firm, located in Izmir, special-ized in serigraphy and trade, is look-ing for reciprocal production opportu-nities. The firm also offers itself as asub contractor in the field of serigra-phy for interested partners. The firmhas been working on serigraphy since1988. With 23-years experience inserigraphy and trade, the firm hasbeen regarded as the leader of theprinting sector in the Aegean regionwith its professional staff and high-tech machines. The firm has 375square-metres of closed working areaand professional staff. The capacity ofthe firm is enough to handle the wholeproduction process starting from draftdesigns to production and printing.Activities found in the offer:Various types of printed matter andarticles for printing;- Printing, publishing and related serv-ices.Address:2838. SOK. N°:10, K: 2-3, 1. SANAYISITESIZip Code: 35110 - District: MersinliProvince: İZMİRPhone: +90-232-4336327 Fax: 4581828E-mail: [email protected]

MENSA GROUPOur group comprises several compa-nies with diversified activity such asimporting, exporting and trading phar-

maceutical raw materials, food, feed,cosmetics, generic pharmaceuticalmanufacturing, medical supplies &dental equipment manufacturing,pharmaceutical, hospital/ medical sup-plies and consumer goods distribution.Address:Mensa Building 3rd floor Jalan H.R.Rasuna Said Kav B-34 -35 KuninganJakarta 12940 - IndonesiaPhones : 5222468 (Hunting)Fax : 0062-21 5256337 5222467

MASTER TRADE INTERNATIONALA Bangladeshi company specialized inball-point pen manufacture wishes todeal with Saudi companies.Contact person: M. A. Quddus,Managing DirectorAddress: 30, BangabandhuAvenue (5th Floor), G.P.O. Box792, Dhaka BangladeshTel: 880-2-9555678Fax: 880-2-9563341Email: [email protected]

BINDEX INTERNATIONALWe are a Bangladeshi company spe-cialized in export of cement, aluminiumprofile for windows and doors, PVCpipe, jute and jute bags.We wish to deal with Saudi compa-nies.Contact Name: Manjur H Chisti, ChiefExecutiveAddress: 18-1 Shamsur RahmanRoad, Khulna-9100, BangladeshTel: +880-41-722109Fax: +880-41-730341Email: [email protected]

FRESH FRUIT COMPANYAddress = 14 Iran Street, DokkiCity, State & ZIP = CairoCountry = EgyptPhone = +2027619995Fax = +2023379623

BANGLADESH

INDONESIAEGYPT

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Web Page: www.ffcegypt.com/con-tact.htmWe have the best Henna quality allover the world.Person to Contact = Mrs. ZeinabAbdel Hamid

CHC NAMEX General TradingL.L.C.We want to buy all kinds of slimmingtea, which contains the ChinesHerbal, from manufacturers or sup-pliers from China. We need a hugeamounts, so if you have the productsin stock and have interest in cooper-ating with us, please contact us andsend the details and quotation of the product.We are regularly selling: cotton tow-els, bath towels, silk scarves, lug-gage, trolley, laminate flooring, solarpanels.Our contact: Xie Rui Yin, Sales ExecutiveTel: 971-04-4471415Fax : 971-04-4471416Dubai - United Arab Emirates

RAFI MARBLE & BUILDING MATERIALS LLCWishes to import marble, granite,tile and building materials.Tel : +971-6-5437136Fax : +971-6-5436851E-mail: [email protected]

AL TECH DIGI PAINTS LLC.A Company specializing in technolo-gy transfer for editing photos in T-shirts, plates and wood, provides itsservices.Tel: +971 4 2869325Fax: +971 4 2869365E-mail: [email protected]

GENERAL INDUSTRIALENGINEERINGIt has officially launched on January

10th, 2012 its new machine GI360for the manufacture of buildingframeworks wrought iron (iron framebuilding No. 6).To attract new consumers and cre-ate a new trend in Tunisa, EIGoffers this machine until 31December 2012 for a price of120,000 dinar instead of 135,000dinar. Address:Tunisia- manouba - 2011Phone: 20075865Site Web: www.gitunisie.com

AJAO (ASSOCIATION OF YOUNGARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN OFOUAGADOUGOU)Description: Sales of fruit: mango,shea nuts, either fresh or raw nuts orwalnuts cooked or processed intoconsumable peanut.Partnership sought: Commercialpartner (import-export).Address: Rue 19 Nossin secteur 19Ouaga Ouagadougou, KadiogeTel: +225 05629970 (22613)

HENZINI INTERNATIONAL LTDWe basically deal in the export ofcommodity crops, such as soyabean, cashew, chilli pepper, cotton,sesame seeds, timber, coffee, cocoa,rubber, cassava, vanilla, etc. We alsoassist foreign companies advertisetheir wares/services in Nigeria andother countries in the sub-region ofWest Africa.Address: N°.9, IFE Oluwa Street, AdeoniEstate, Ojodu, Ikeja, Lagos 2341,Nigeria Phone: 234 1 793 3246E-mail: [email protected]

ERDANICO CO. LTDExports licorice rootAddress: 15, Republic Square, office 121124 - Almaty, 050013 KazakhstanTel: 7 (3272) 662094Fax: 7 (3272) 509143Email: [email protected]

AL MANSOOR PLASTIC FACTORYbased in Jordan. We produce allkinds of plastic bags (HDPE, LDPE,Tshirt, shopping, etc...).We produceall kinds of plastic bags in a very highquality. Mansur Industries plant allkinds of plastic bags In cooperationwith the Foundation for bone AmerBrokerage & Investment. The factoryproduces all kinds of plastic bags ofvarious sizes, colors and printing.The prices ranging from 1600 to $2000 depending on demand andaccording to many things and condi-tions of:- measurement of the bag ;- thickness of the bag ;- the quality of the bag (raw materi-als) by demand ;- is there a print on the bag or not andhow much color printing ;- quantity required.Method of payment be 50% of thevalue of load at the agreement andthe remainder upon completion andbefore the exit of the car from thefactory (in the early stages of thedeal)Ahmed Alkilani Sales & Marketing ManagerAL-Mansour plastic ind.,factoryAmman -Jordan Tel: 00962 5 3652000Fax: 00962 5 3650904Mob: 00962 79 7442945Skype: ahmedalklaniEmail:[email protected]�


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Vision 2020: the new strategy aiming at strengtheningtourism as an engine of economic, social and cultural

development of Morocco

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The Central Bank of the States of West Africa


The BCEAO is a public institution whose headquarters is in Dakar, Senegal.In addition to the issue of banknotes and coins in the Member States of the Union under its exclusive privilege, the BCEAOis in charge of:- the centralization of foreign exchange reserves of the Union;

The Central Bank of the States of West Africa (BCEAO) is the central bank common to the eight member states of the WestAfrican Monetary Union (WAMU), notably: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal andTogo.

- management of monetary policy of the Unionʼs member states;- bookkeeping Treasures of the Unionʼs States;- the definition of the banking law applicable to banks and financial institutions.

MissionsThe the Central Bank of the States of West Africa (BCEAO) has the following basic tasks:- to define and implement monetary policy within the WAMU;- to ensure the stability of the banking and financial system of the WAMU;

- to promote the smoothoperation, supervisionand safety of paymentsystems in WAMU,- to implement policychanges to WAMU in theconditions adopted bythe Council of Ministers,- to manage the officialforeign reserves of theWAMUʼs Member Sta-tes.The Central Bank mayconduct, in respect ofmonetary equilibrium,assignments or projectsthat contribute to improv-ing the environment ofmonetary policy, diversi-fication and strengthen-ing of the financial sys-tem of WAMU and tech-nical and professionalcapacities in the bankingand financial sector.

OrgansThe organs of theBCEAO are: the Gover-nor, the Monetary PolicyCommittee, the Board ofDirectors, the Audit Com-mittee and the NationalCouncils of Credit.�

BCEAO HQ, Dakar-Senegal

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The Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa(OHADA)

The Organization for theHarmonization of BusinessLaw in Africa (OHADA) wascreated in 1993 by an inter-national treaty with the goalto overcome the legal andjudicial insecurities in itsmember states. OHADA is a system of busi-ness laws and institutionsadopted by 17 West andCentral African nations: Be-nin, Burkina Faso, Came-roon, Central African Repu-blic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire,Comoros, Democratic Re-public of the Congo, Gabon,Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,Equatorial Guinea, Mali,Niger, Republic of the Con-go, Senegal, and Togo, toestablish a uniform legalframework governing com-merce and investment in theregion.

Areas Governed ByOHADA Laws:Under OHADA, the followingUniform Acts have beenadopted, superseding anyexisting laws of the memberstates governing the sameareas:

- General commercial law;- Company law;- Secured transactions;- Debt recovery and enforce-ment law;- Bankruptcy law;- Arbitration law;- Accounting law;Law relating to the trans-portation of goods by road

The OHADA Uniform Actof ArbitrationIn 1999, OHADA States

adopted a Uniform Act ofArbitration (the Uniform Act),which sets out the basicrules for any arbitrationwhere the seat of arbitrationis an OHADA member state.The Uniform Act on Arbitra-tion (the Uniform Act) gov-erns any arbitration takingplace in an OHADA memberstate, whether the arbitrationinvolves parties from anOHADA country or from aforeign State. Framed on the

UNCITRAL Model Arbitra-tion Law, its purpose is to promote arbitration as anefficient means to settle dis-putes.The Uniform Act on Arbitra-tion (the Uniform Act) doesnot limit arbitration to com-mercial and professionalmatters; individuals and cor-porate bodies alike mayrefer their dispute to arbitra-tion. �

Address:Organization for the

Harmonisation ofBusiness Law in Africa

(OHADA) Permanent Secretariat 01 BP 8702 Abidjan 01

Côte d'IvoireTelephone:

+ 237 2 221 09 05Fax:

+ 237 2 221 67 45

The craft sector

is an economic activity conducive to the professional

development in Algeria

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The African Intellectual Property Organisation(OAPI)

The African Intellectual Pro-perty Organisation (OAPI) isthe institution created andvested with the powers tomanage intellectual propertyand related issues within 16Member States: Benin,Burkina Faso, Cameroon,Central African Republic,Chad, Congo, Cote dʼIvoire,Gabon, Guinea-Conakry,Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauri-tania, Niger, Senegal, Togoand Equatorial Guinea. Thisorganization was created bythe Bangui Accord of 02March 1977 which constitut-ed the Revision of theLibreville Accord of 13 Sep-tember 1962. Another diplo-matic meeting was con-vened by the members ofthe Bangui Agreement onFebruary 24, 1999 endingup with the revision of theBangui Agreement and thesetting up of a new instru-ment “The Revised BanguiAccord”. The creation ofOAPI was inspired by the

desire to promote the effec-tive contribution of intellectu-al property to the develop-ment of their States on theone hand and concerned onthe other, to protect intellec-tual property rights on theirterritories in an effective anduniform manner. For each ofthe member States, theorganization shall serveboth as the National Indus-trial Property Office. Theinstitutionalization of OAPI isan indication of the Africanʼsdrive towards globalization.States voluntarily surrendernational sovereignty for re-gional regroupings in thelight of harmonizing theirregional intellectual propertyprotection measures. Whatmakes OAPI unique is thatthe issuance of an industrialproperty title by this institu-tion confers automatic pro-tection of rights valid in allthe 16 member States, un-like other regional organiza-tions which require separate

filing in each member State.OAPIʼs mission includes: - The issuance of protectiontitles. - Documentation and infor-mation. - Promotion of technologicaldevelopment.

Objectives:To contribute to the attain-ment of the industrial deve-lopment objectives of Mem-ber States through the achi-evement of the followingspecific objectives: - ensure the protection andpublication of intellectualproperty right items; - encourage creativity andtransfer of technology th-rough intellectual propertyrights system; - render the legal frameworkto promote investment bycreating favorable condi-tions of the principles ofintellectual property; - implement effective train-ing programs to enable the

African Intellectual PropertyOrganisation render betterquality services. - create conducive condi-tions for enhancing thevalue of research findingsand for domestic companiesto make use of technologicalinnovations.Organs of OAPI: These arethe Administrative Council,the Directorate General andthe High Commission ofAppeal.Subject Matter protectedat OAPI:. Patents for an invention; . Utility Models for inventionsthat do no meet up with thecriteria for patentability;. Distinctive Signs, namely:Trade Marks; CommercialNames / Trade Names; In-dustrial Designs and Mo-dels; Geographical Indica-tions; . Layout Designs of In-tegrated Circuits; . Plant Variety. �

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The Agricultural sector plays a key role in theTunisian economy, as it ensures the food secu-

rity of the country, based mainly on domesticproduction and is the main activity in several

regions

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AttijariWafa Bank plans to expand its presence in mostly French-speakingAfrican CountriesAttijariwafa Bank SA is aMorocco based financialand banking group. TheCompany is engaged in theprovision of banking and in-surance products and ser-vices. The Companyʼs bank-ing activities include person-al and professional banking,corporate banking, invest-ment banking and interna-tional banking. The Compa-nyʼs subsidiaries include,among others, Wafa Im-mobilier, Wafa Assurance,Wafasalaf, Wafabail, Wafa-cash, Wafa LLD and AttijariFinances Corp. The Company is active in 22countries through 2,088branches. As such, the enti-ty is an imposing presence,

boasting one million cus-tomers served by 460 na-tional branches. With itsconsiderable resources, ma-rket share and expertise, ithas always sought to con-solidate its national lead asa full service or "universal"bank, establish "regional"footholds in Europe, the Ma-ghreb and West Africa andeventually pursue larger,international ambitions, in-cluding the establishment ofa North American presence.Attijariwafa Bank is a univer-sal bank which ranks first inthe Maghreb and the WestAfrican Economic and Mo-netary Union (UEMOA) areaand holds sixth position interms of assets in Africa.

Attijariwafa Bank en-tered the Senegalesebanking where it iscurrently working onmerging Attijari Se-negal and the CBAOand in neighboringMali where it took overBIM as the govern-ment of Mali under-took to privatize it.Besides, AttijariwafaBank took control over fiveunits of France's CreditAgricole in Sub SaharaAfrica, reinforcing its posi-tion in Senegal with Creditdu Senegal, and in Congo,with Credit du Congo, whileopening up the doors of theCôte dʼIvoire market with a51% stake acquisition in the

Societe Ivoirienne desBanques. In Gabon,Attijariwafa Bank has a sub-stantial stake in the coun-try's third largest bank,Union Gabonaise desBanques and in Cameroonwith the Societe Camerou-naise des Banques. �

The automotive industry inTurkey plays an important role inthe manufacturing sector of the

Turkish economy

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Saudi-Argentine Businesspartnership ExploredAn Argentine business dele-gation discussed with Saudibusinessmen ways to ex-pand commercial and indus-trial cooperation betweenthe Kingdom of Saudi Arabiaand Argentina.The meeting was held atRiyadh's Chamber of Com-merce and Industry andgathered representatives ofa number of Argentine com-panies along with Saudibusinessmen.

The 10th UAE - AlgerianJoint Committee held inAlgeriaIt was reported on April 29th,2012 that the tenth round ofthe UAE-Algerian JointCommittee opened in Alge-ria. The meeting, which wasco-chaired by UAE Ministerof Economy Sultan BinSaeed Al Mansouri andAlgerian Minister of FinanceKarim Joudi, was to exploreways to enhance bilateralrelations between UAE andAlgeria, especially in thefields of economy, trade andinvestment. The meetingwas also to hammer outmechanisms for bolsteringmutual cooperation in thefieldss of trade, energy,finance, education, civil avi-ation and industry. Theprospects of setting up jointventures in the fields ofbanking and other industrieswere also discussed.

Tajikistan and Azerbaijanexpand cooperationTajik Finance Minister andAzerbaijani Ambassador toDushanbe discussed the de-velopment of bilateral co-operation. They mulled theissues of cooperation in theareas of finances, industry,agriculture, trade, invest-

ments, as well as businessdevelopment. They also dis-cussed the development oftechnical and cultural colla-boration.

Jordan and Indonesia dis-ccussed Agriculture Co-operationIt was reported on June24th, 2012 that JordanianMinister of Agriculture dis-cussed with Indonesian Am-bassador to Jordan meansof enhancing bilateral coop-eration in agricultural areasand benefiting from Jorda-nian expertise in fightingdrought. They also reviewedprospects of the JordanianAgriculture Ministry's partici-pation in an Indonesian Pro-ducts Exhibition, which wasto be held on July and waysto recruit Indonesian laborsto work in Jordan's agricul-ture sector. The agricultureministries in Jordan andIndonesia are to sign a Me-morandum of Understand-ing (MoU) this year in orderto boost further agriculturalcooperation between thetwo countries.

The Fifth China-Arab Sta-tes Cooperation Forumheld in TunisiaThe Fifth China-Arab StatesCooperation Forum washeld in Tunisia's seasidecity of Hammamet from 29-31 May, 2012 where 17 Arabcountries foreign ministersand the Chinese ForeignMinister gathered to explorenew ways to reinforceChina-Arab cooperation.The forum focused on newprojects between China andArab countries in differentfields, including public hea-lth, human resources, stren-gthening the exchange ofexpertise in good gover-nance and development in

addition to continuing politi-cal consultations betweenthe Chinese Foreign Mi-nistry and its counterparts inArab countries.The meeting ended with theadoption of the final declara-tion of the Ministerial Con-ference with 53 items con-cerning the political, eco-nomic, cultural, social andhuman fields, for a furtherpromotion of the Forum.Economically, China andArab parties have agreed tostrengthen trade and finan-cial cooperation in order toachieve mutual interestsand common developmentwhile emphasizing the im-portance of continuing thefacilitation of trade flows andinvestment and benefit pref-erential advantages offeredby both sides in areas suchas technology, capital andfinancial resources.China and Arab countrieswill work to establish amechanism for cooperationin agriculture and try tostrengthen cooperation onenvironmental and naturalresource conservation.It is also to encourage coop-eration in the field of oil, nat-ural gas, renewable energy,technology and expertiseexchange between Chinaand Arab countries in themutual interest of both par-ties.

The 2nd Conference onTurkish – Arab IndustrialCooperation, Benghazi,LibyaThe 2nd Conference onTurkish – Arab IndustrialCooperation was held inBenghazi in Libya on June3 - 4, 2012 under the theme“Restructuring Libya”. 22Arab League memberstates, on ministerial level,participated in the confer-

ence along with the Turkishdelegation, which was head-ed by the Turkish Science,Industry and TechnologyMinister and which included100 industrialists and busi-nessmen who representediron-steel, construction, pe-trochemistry, machinery,food, telecommunication,textile, automotive, bankingand medical sectors. The aim of the Conferencewas to provide any supportthat was needed in theestablishment of new indus-trial facilities and drafting thenew Industrial Strategy forLibya. Thus, the Turkish sidewas ready to provide Libyawith any possible means ofcooperation particularly inthe field of automotive, che-mistry, electrics, energy, ma-chinery and textile sectors. Speaking at the 2nd Turkish-Arab Industrial CooperationConference in Benghazi,Libya, the Turkish Ministerpointed out, as regards tra-de flows, that the Gover-nment of Ankara targeted toreach 100 billion USD oftrade volume between Tur-key and the Arab Leaguecountries within the next fiveyears. He added that sincetrade volume between Tur-key and Arab League coun-tries had been six billionUSD in 2002 and that it roseto 35 billion USD in 2011,the Arab League countriesconstituted 9% of Turkey'stotal foreign trade. Thus, itwas necessary to increasefree trade agreements andvisa exemption betweenTurkey and the Arab coun-tries. �


IN BRIEF

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Burkina FasoThe First

African Producer of Cotton

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ICDT’S OTHER ACTIVITIES


ICDTʼs Participation in the 28th Session of the Fo-llow-up Committee of the COMCECAnkara, Republic of Turkey May 8th-10th, 2012The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade participated in the 28th Session of the Follow-up Committee of the COMCECheld in Ankara, Republic of Turkey from May 8th to 10th, 2012 with a delegation led by Dr. El Hassane HZAINE, DirectorGeneral. 13 OIC Member States attended the meeting along with two observers, 13 OIC organizations and 7 internationaland regional organizations.The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade participated also in the 20th meeting of the Session Committee, which washeld on May 8th, 2012 before the 28th session of the Follow-up Committee of the COMCEC and which witnessed the par-ticipation of different OIC institutions. Turkish institutions such as TOBB and the Turkish Patent Institute also took part in themeeting.ICDT's participation in the 28th Session of the Follow-up Committee of the COMCEC consisted in presenting reports on theCooperation in the area of Trade, namely, SPC-OCI, Islamic Trade Fairs, OIC Tourism Fairs, Road Map for Enhancing Intra-OIC Trade, WTO Related Technical Assistance.

Holding of the 29th Session of ICDT's Board of DirectorsMay 24th-25th, 2012Casablanca – Kingdom of MoroccoThe Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) held the 29th session of its Board of Directors on May 24th-25th, 2012at its Headquarters in Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco. During this session, ICDTʼs Board of Directors examined last year Activity Report, endorsed the closing accounts of the year2011 and adopted the work program as well as the budget of the year 2013. This session was also an occasion for the Members of ICDTʼs Board of Directors to review the implementation level, byICDT, of the Ten Year Program of Action in the economic field, adopted during the 3rd Extraordinary session of the IslamicSummit held in Makkah Al Mukarama from 7th to 8th December 2005.

ICDTs participation in the OIC 3rd Meeting of the Coordination Committee on Tourism Tehran, Iran, June 12th-13th, 2012 The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade took part in the OIC 3rd Meeting of the Coordinating Committee for the imple-mentation of the Framework development and cooperation in the field of Tourism between the OIC Member States, whichwas held in Tehran, Islamic Republic Iran, on June 12th -13th, 2012.At this meeting, the Committee reviewed the recommendations of the 7th Islamic Conference of Tourism Ministers (ICTM)held in November 2010 in Tehran. It also discussed the implementation, by the institutions of the OIC, of the framework fordevelopment and cooperation in the field of Tourism between the OIC Member States and developed a monitoring report tobe submitted to the next session of the Islamic Conference of Tourism Ministers of OIC Member States.On this occasion, ICDT submitted a report on the implementation of the said framework, and overviewed the preparationsmade for the 2nd Tourism Fair of OIC Member States to be held from December 20th to 23rd, 2012 in the Arab Republicof Egypt.

Workshop on Strengthening the Competitiveness of SMEs in OIC Member StatesAnkara, Republic of Turkey June 12th - 14th, 2012The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade participated in the Workshop on Enhancing Competitiveness of SMEs in OICMember States, which was organized by SESRIC, the IDB Group (SID) in collaboration with the Organization of Small andMedium Enterprises of the Republic of Turkey (KOSGEB) and SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp Malaysia) in Ankara,Republic of Turkey, on June 12th-14th, 2012. The following OIC Member States attended the meeting: Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cameroon,Djibouti, Egypt, Gambia, Indonesia, Iraq, the Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman,Pakistan, Senegal, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda and Yemen.

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ICDT'S participation in the 35th Session of the Islamic Commission for Economic, Cultural and Social Affairs18-20 June 2012, Jeddah-Saudi ArabiaICDT, represented by its Director General, Dr. El Hassane HZAINE, participated in the 35th Session of the IslamicCommission for Economic, Cultural and Social Affairs which was held in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on June 18th -20th, 2012.The session, which opened under the chairmanship of His Excellency Ambassador Kayrat Sarybay, Deputy Minister ofForeign Affairs of the Republic of Kazhakstan and President of the 34th Session of the Islamic Commission for EconomicAffairs, cultural and Social Affairs, heard the speech of His Excellency Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU, SecretaryGeneral of OIC, who first expressed his condolences to Saudi Arabia for the death of Crown Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz AlSaud and seized the opportunity to thank the king Abdullah bin Abdulaziz for the support he and his government continuesto give to the OIC. He then highlighted the visibility as well as the growing influence of the OIC, as shown by the recent visitat the Secretariat General of the OIC in Jeddah by His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General. He stressed thatthis situation is the result of reforms and programs that the General Secretariat and OIC Institutions have led in recent years.He also urged Member States to sign and ratify the Framework Agreement on Trade Preferential System among OICMember States, PRETAS and Rules of Origin. Besides, His Excellency asked both Member States to support thePalestinian cause and combat the Islamophobia. Finally, and the OIC Institutions to increase their vitality and to redoubletheir efforts to achieve the objectives assigned to them.When the Commission assumed the role of the General Assembly of the the OIC Subsidiary organs, ICDT, like the others,submitted its activity report. On this occasion, ICDT was commended first for the particular interest that it gives to the imple-mentation of the OIC Ten Year Program of Action adopted at the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Islamic SummitConference held in Makkah Al Mukarramah in December 2005 and for the valuable contribution of the Centre in promotingintra-OIC trade, which reached about 18.7% at September 2011.

The 6th Coordination Meeting for the implementation of the OIC Ten Year Program of Action (PAD)Jeddah, 16-17 June 2012 ICDT also took part in this meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the 35th Session of the Islamic Commission forEconomic, Cultural and Social Affairs. The opening session of the 6th Coordination Meeting for the implementation of theOIC Ten Year Program of Action (PAD) witnessed different interventions which consisted of introductory remarks regardingthe implementation of the PAD and in the recall of the positive future for Member States once the program achieved.In his speech, His Excellency Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU, Secretary General of OIC, first highlighted progress in theimplementation of the PAD. As His Excellency praised the progress of intra-OIC trade is around 18.7% at September 2012.He then highlighted the growing visibility and influence of the OIC, as shown by the recent visit at the Secretariat Generalof the OIC in Jeddah by His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations. He stressed that this sit-uation is the result of reforms and programs that the General Secretariat and OIC Institutions have led in recent years.Finally, His Excellency asked the OIC Institutions to redouble their efforts and to develop programs specific to the attentionof Member States to intensify exchanges and cooperation for the speedy implementation of the Ten Year Program of Actionof the OIC (PAD).�


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The workshop opening session heard different speeches of H.E. Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of OIC,read by Mr. Naghi JABAROV, HE EKER Metin, Director General of the COMCEC Coordination Office, Mr. Mustafa KAPLAN,President of KOSGEB and HE Dr. Savas Alpay, Director General of SESRIC. The four interventions emphasized the impor-tance of the workshop which aims to identify the common obstacles and challenges that face the SMEs of Member Statesand to propose strategies for strengthening their competitiveness in the international scene. Emphasis on the important roleof SMEs in economic growth and trade of the OIC Member States was dwelt on as well as the need to strengthen inter-SMEs through knowledge sharing, exchange of experiences and best practices in the field. After the intervention of the rep-resentative of ICDT through the presentation he made, the latter expressed the availability of ICDT to support SMEs in OICin the field of trade promotion through fairs and exhibitions, its business forums, and its site TINIC, its studies of specificmarkets.

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Banankoro, Guinea Conakry Mining diamonds.

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ISLAMIC CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE (ICDT)

Complexe Commercial des Habous - Av. des FAR -Casablanca 20000 - Morocco

Tel: 00212 522 31 49 74 - Fax: 00212 522 31 01 10 - E-mail: [email protected] - Website: www.icdt-oic.org

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