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TIJARIS
Published by the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade
issue 126 - June-August 2012
SPECIAL COUNTRY
REPUBLIC OF GUINEA
INTERVIEW WITH
H.E Mrs. Baldé Hadja
Mariama BAH,
Minister of Hospitality,
Tourism and
Handicrafts of the
Republic of Guinea
10 - 12 December 2012
Expo Centre Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
SPECIAL ISSUE
International Food
& Technology Exhibition
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Contents - Issue 126 - June-August 2012
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EDITORIAL
OIC Single Window, the Fastest Way to Trade
Facilitation between the OIC Member Countries
18 * Trade in Services
The 4th SISDAK Expo & Forum - Dakar, Senegal
July 2012
The Sixth Exhibition of Agribusiness Industries in
6 CARTHAGE DECLARATION
Seminar on "The Five Liberties in the Arab Maghreb
Union Integration Vision" - Carthage, Tunisia 2012
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OIC NEWS
Recent activities of H.E. Prof. Dr.
Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLUI,
Secretary General of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
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DIPLOMACY
OIC/UN Cooperation Meeting
Geneva 2012
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INTERVIEW
H.E. Mrs. Baldé Hadja Mariama
BAH
Minister of Hospitality, Tourism
and Handicrafts of the Republic
of Guinea
12 TRADE PROMOTION
* Commodity Trade
The 14th OIC-EXPO 2013 - Iran
The First Fair on Furniture, Decoration, Household
and Electrical Appliances of the OIC Member States
Saudi Arabia, May 2013
The 1st OIC Halal Food Expo in Sharjah - UAE,
December 2012
The 1st Handicrafts Exhibition of the OIC Member
States - Kingdom of Morocco, April 2013
Outcomes of the 5th Exhibition of Agribusiness
Industries in the OIC Member States
The 1st OIC China Expo and Economic &
Trade Forum - Yinchuan - September 2013
The International Investment and Trade Fair &
the 3rd China-Arab States Economics and
Trade Forum China, September 2012
the OIC Member States - Sultanate of Oman, May
2013
Africa CEO Forum - Geneva, November 2012
The 8th World Islamic Economic Forum
Malaysia, December 2012
20 CALENDAR OF TRADE FAIRS & EXHIBITIONS
Calendar of Trade Fairs & Exhibitions of the OIC
Countries: September-October, 2012
23 TOURISM PROMOTION
2nd OIC Tourism Expo - Arab Republic of Egypt,
December 2012
Calendar of Tourism Fairs & Exhibitions of the OIC
Countries: September-October, 2012
27 FORUMS & CONFERENCES
Outcomes of UNCTAD 13th Meeting in Doha,
State of Qatar
Semiar on the proliferation of Bilateral and Regional
Trade Agreements and their impact on the regional
integration process in Arab Countries - Kingdom of
Morocco, June 2012
Training 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 - Kingdom
of Morocco, June 2012
The 23rd Annual Session of the “Crans Montana
Forum - Azerbaijan, June - July 2012
Seminar on Foreign Trade Liberalization and Trade
Defense Systems in the OIC Member States Kingdom of Morocco, September 2012
Training Seminar on “Export Promotion and
Investment Strategies in the context of Globalization
TRNC, December 2012
32 OUTSTANDING EVENTS
The Conference on the “Emerging of new econom-
ic policy makers in the Arab Mediterranean
Countries: What Economic Agendas for Islamic
Actors?” - Barcelona, July 2012
The “OIC High level Forum on Trade Facilitation &
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Contents - Issue 126 - June-August 2012
Single Window Initiatives for Enhanced Regional
Economic Cooperation” 2012 - Kingdom of Morocco,
November 2012
The 2nd World Shipping Summit 2012 - Xiamen China, September 2012
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63 TRADE SUPPORT INSTITUTIONS
The International Centre for Trade and Export
Promotion of Guinea (CIEPEX)
The West African Development Bank (BOAD)
65 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
SPECIAL COUNTRY: REPUBLIC OF GUINEA
68 MEET WITH
The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
The Organization for Business Law Harmonization
(OHADA)
The African Intellectual Property Organization
(OAPI)
Attijariwafa Bank
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SPECIAL ISSUE
72 E-COMMERCE
Trade Information Network for Islamic Countries:
TINIC
Virtual Exhibition
74 ICDT'S LIBRARY
THE WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND
MONETARY UNION (WAEMU)
75 IN BRIEF
77 ICDT'S OTHER ACTIVITIES
55 ECONOMY, FINANCE & INVESTMENT
The levers of international competitiveness of
SMEs
Importance of the Regional integration of the
League of Arab States
Trade Regulations & Agreements
60 OIC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Outcomes of the Seminar on the Framework
Agreement on theTrade Preferential System among
the Member States of the Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation to the benefit of the Members of the
League of Arab States - Kuwait 2012
Outcomes of the National Seminar for the popularization of ICDTʼs and IDBʼs Group Services Kingdom of Morocco, June 2012
TIJARIS - ISSN 0651 - 1578
DIRECTOR GENERAL
Dr. El Hassane HZAINE
EDITOR
Houcine RAHMOUNI
DRAFTING COMMITTEE
Rajae BENMOUSSA
SALL Mamoudou Bocar
Brahim ALLALI
Kadiatou DIALLO
Amadou Cire SALL
Abdel Aziz ALAMI
Med Mokhtar BDIOUI
Merieme EZZAKI
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EDITORIAL
The OIC Single Window,
the Fastest Way to Enhance Trade Facilitation
between the OIC Member Countries
By
Dr. EL Hassane HZAINE
Director General
The international trade in goods and
services require a facilitation of international trade operations. This requirement is so obvious to OIC Member
States in their endeavor to respond
effectively to the external demand and
enhance their competitiveness. It is for
this purpose that the concept of the
OIC SINGLE WINDOW has been created.
Indeed, most of OIC Member States
are establishing a national single window to allow the presentation of unique
data on imports and exports which are
processed in real time by all relevant agencies, facilitating, thus, the quick
decision-making for the clearance of
goods. The OIC SINGLE WINDOW is
an electronic platform, the use of which
requires the participation of a minimum
of two (2) or all 57 OIC Member States.
The simplification, harmonization, standardization and automation of trade
procedures and the documents which
control the flow of goods across national borders are indispensable components of trade facilitation across borders. In this perspective, the implementation of a Single Window platform
for all of these formalities is provided
for in the trade facilitation program. The
implementation of a Single Window initiatives requires complete reengineering of the clearance process and
involves the establishment of links and
sharing of information between customs and other government agencies
in charge of foreign trade (G2G) and
between the private sector and the
government (B2G). The involved
Government agencies include the
administrations of customs, port and
airport authorities, transport authorities
and para-states organizations (e.g
health and phytosanitary inspection
services, SPS); whereas, banks, customs brokers, freight forwarders and
shippers are the main actors of the private sector.
Within this context, the Islamic Centre
for Development of Trade (ICDT) and
the Malaysian Company Dagang Net
Technologies Sdn Bhd (Dagang Net)
have decided to undertake operational
activities aiming at facilitating trade and
investment between OIC Member
States, with a view to achieving the
objectives of the Ten Year Program of
Action of the Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC) adopted by the OIC
3rd Extraordinary Summit held in
Makkah Al Mukarramah in December
2005, particularly the objective to
increase the share of Member States'
total trade to 20% by 2015. The proposed project will be implemented in
stages with a three years first phase.
Thus, the OIC SINGLE WINDOW
intends to start with the Countries that
have signed and ratified all the TPSOIC protocols, the Rules of Origin and
PRETAS.
In practical terms, the OIC SINGLE
WINDOW will allow economic operators realize all foreign trade steps on
their computers in local businesses
and organizations, without moving.
Mandatory documents will be transmitted as computer images and information will safely and confidentially travel
from computer to computer without
feedback information.
Therefore, Internet access through the
system of the OIC SINGLE WINDOW
will connect business partners with the
global data exchange transport and
finance networks. One can, therefore,
expect prompt delivery, reduced transportation costs and reduced error risks.
However, the most important conditions that determine the success of a
single window system is the political
will of both governments and public
authorities, as well as the participation
of the business community, which
entirely grants support, without limits.
Thus, the basic legal framework including the provision of the privacy of laws
rules, which will ensure the security of
exchanged information, should be
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CARTHAGE DECLARATION
Seminar on “The Five Liberties in the Arab Maghreb Union
Integration Vision”
Palace of Carthage, Republic of Tunisia
June 1st, 2012
The five liberties in the AMU integration
vision are notably:
movement, residence, employment,
investment and municipal
council elections.
The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) represented by its Director General, Dr. El Hassane
HZAINE, participated actively in the Seminar on "the five liberties in the Arab Maghreb Union" held by the
Presidency of the Republic on June 1st, 2012 at the Palace of Carthage, Republic of Tunisia
The seminar raised a series of questions relating to cooperation of Tunisia with the Arab Maghreb States and the
requirements of the vision of integration in the Maghreb.
Thus, in a document called "Call of Carthage", participants
stressed that it was not enough to announce this project in
speeches but that it was imperative to carry it out on the
ground as a reality".
The document also argued that the AMU next Summit
scheduled to be hed in October 2012 in Tunisia, would lead
to 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 agreements
concluded within the framework of the AMU, to consolidate
the Union's institutions, to create mechanisms of participato-
ry democracy and to strengthen cooperation in the security
field. The textile-clothing sector represents a
chief support of manufacturing industries
in Tunisia
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OIC NEWS
H.E. Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU received the UN Secretary
General Ban-Kimoon at OIC Headquarters
The 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 ever
strengthening cooperation between the OIC and the UN
since Their Excellencies Secretaries General Ihsanoglu and
Ban-Kimoon took their respective offices.
Leading their individual high level delegations, the
Secretaries General of the OIC and the UN discussed issues
of mutual concern ranging from political to socio-economic
and humanitarian domains. They were also raised and discussed during the meeting the OIC-UN bilateral cooperation
at the level of the General Secretariat as well as between the
OIC institutions and UN agencies, ongoing and future OICUN joint programs and activities including cooperation in the
field of mediation and humanitarian assistance, PalestineIsrael peace process, security and humanitarian situation in
Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan and Sahel
region.
H.E. the OIC Secretary General assured Mr. Ban-Kimoon of
OICʼs support and cooperation on issues of international
concern. The UN Secretary General expressed his appreciation for the visionary leadership of H.E. the OIC Secretary
General and reiterated his conviction that OIC is a strategic partner of the UN. He underlined that the UN and the OIC
are 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 sustainable cooperation for world peace, security and stability. H.E. Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU, OIC Secretary General, met
the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation
H.E. the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was received on 8 June 2012, by President
Rustam Minnikhanov in Kazan, Tatarstan. Upon the invitation of the President, H.E. the Secretary General visited Tatarstan
to attend as a guest of honour the traditional celebration «Izge Bolgar zhyeny», honoring the 1123rd anniversary of the official adoption of Islam in Volga Bulgaria region. During
the meeting, both parts reviewed the excellent and
fruitful relations between the OIC and Tatarstan within
the broad framework of cooperation between the OIC
and the Russian Federation.
Strengthening further cooperation in economic, cultural and social fields between Tatarstan and the OIC
Member States were also discussed in the meeting.
H.E. Prof. Dr. IHSANOGLU lauded the efforts made by
the Government of Tatarstan to restore the historical
and heritage sites bearing testimony of Muslim culture
and civilization in the region. He thanked the President
for his patronage to such commendable initiatives.
During the visit, H.E. the Secretary General inagurated
the 3rd All Russia Forum of Tatar Religious Figures
which was held under the theme “National Identity and
Religion”. H.E. the Secretary General also participated in the reopening of the ancient city of Bulgar and
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DIPLOMACY
OIC/UN Cooperation Meeting
Geneva, May 1st – 3rd, 2012
A delegation of the Islamic
Centre for Development of
Trade (ICDT), led by its
Director General, Dr. El
Hassane HZAINE, participated in the OIC-UN General Cooperation meeting
held in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 1st to 3rd
2012.
This meeting was mainly
devoted to the follow-up of
the implementation of the
decisions and recommendations of the last OIC-UN
meeting held in Istanbul,
Republic of Turkey, from
July 29th to 1st, 2010. It
was also a good opportunity
for both Organizations to review their ongoing activities.
The Islamic Centre for
Development of Trade submitted, on this occasion, the
Report on its bilateral cooperation with the UN Agencies, namely the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United
Nations Environment Pro-
gram (UNEP), the United
Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),
the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Trade Centre (ITC),
the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the
World Tourism Organization
(UNWTO), the Food and
Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO),
the International Fund for
Agricultural Development
(IFAD) and the United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Western
Asia (UNESCWA).
It is to be noted that the
meeting agreed to create a
virtual e-Working Group
comprising five members
each from the UN and the
OIC to follow-up on the
activities, projects and programmes agreed upon at
the meeting by the participating institutions.
The Working Group constituted the coordinating team
at the headquarters of both
organizations, which is to
biannually issue periodic
progress reports that are to
be distributed to all participating institutions.
On this occasion, it was convened that the next UN-OIC
cooperation meeting will
take place in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey in 2014. THE ISLAMIC CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
TRADE (ICDT)
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INTERVIEW
Her Excellency Mrs. Baldé Hadja Mariama BAH,
Minister of Hospitality, Tourism and Handicrafts of the
Republic of Guinea
In your quality as Minister
of Hospitality, Tourism
and Handicraft of the Republic of Guinea, would
you tell us about the support strategy adopted by
your Country within the
framework of its plan of
economic development ?
With four natural regions
with varied climates and
geography, Guinea has one
of the most touristic potentials of the West African subregion. The diversity of the
tourism product predisposes
the destination to the practice of all types of tourism:
seaside tourism, adventure
tourism, ecotourism, sports
tourism, hunting tourism,
sport fishing, cultural tourism etc. …
However, the sector's contribution to the national economy remains very low, its
contribution to the GDP
barely exceeded 2% during
the past decade. Since the
advent of the third Republic,
new strategies to reverse
this trend are being gradually put in place, they target
several areas:
. the improvement of the
business climate, the promotion of private investment
and the enhancement of
tourism offer with the key to
the lifting of physical constraints, as well as those
related to facilitation, financing, land tenure, taxation
and cost factors.
. the diversification of the
national tourism offer and
the tourism, hotel and
Artisanal infrastructure, by
leading products of great
quality, which create wealth
and employment.
. the increase in the share of
tourism in the Gross National Product (GNP).
The Five Year Development
Plan (2011-2015), adopted
by the Government materializes concretely the different
strategies. It is divided into
13 operational projects, taking into account, the national and sectoral policies on
investment, land use, environment, poverty reduction
and economic integration.
Thus, the Government of the
3rd Republic considers tourism and handicrafts as
important factors for sustainable development, job creation, acceleration of growth, openness and subregional economic integration.
In this perspective, the purpose of its action in these
areas, aims to make of
Guinea a land of welcome
and hospitality, an attractive
and accessible destination,
which offers tourism products and handicrafts of high,
diverse, visible, viable and
competitive quality.
What role does the
Guinean Handicraft play
in the economy of your
Country ? How does it
contribute to the development of the tourism sector
in Guinea ?
The handicrafts sector rep-
resents a major part of the
economic activities in Guinea. It covers mining, production, processing, maintenance, repair or services.
Largely manual, the handicrafts activity is exerted
mainly in wood, metals, textiles, leather etc. ...
The sector contains nearly a
hundred activities carried
out by thousands of small
businesses spread over the
entire national territory, contributing, thus, to the creation of employment, early
learning, production of
goods and services at low
costs, preservation and the
enhancement of cultural
heritage.
In terms of tourism, handicrafts remarkably contribute
to the enrichment and diversification of the tourism
product in Guinea, particularly, in the context of construction, equipment and
receptive decoration, participation in fairs and business
events nationally, regionally
and internationally.
Despite its contribution to
the economic and social
development, the Guinean
handicraft sector is currently
facing its weak productivity
and competitiveness because of endogenous and exogenous factors.
It is for the purpose of
removing these constraints
and providing new opportunities to operators, who
progress in this important
sector of national economy,
that the Government is
working to develop innovative strategies and policies,
which have the effect of
improving the status of the
artisan so as to improve
his/her means of production,
improve his/her technical
and management capabilities and enhance the promotion and marketing of works
of art and crafts on the
regional and international
market.
How do you evaluate the
tourism activity in the
Member States of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC) ? And
what are, according to
you, the ways and means
that may contribute to the
prosperity of this sector in
these Member States?
Tourism and travel have a
special place in the total
exports of services in the
OIC Member States with a
share of 42.57%, US$ 48.38
billion in 2006.
However, the tourist activity
is largely dominated by the
Middle East and Asian
regions.
The sub-Saharan Africa, to
which belongs the Republic
of Guinea, was at the bottom
with 0.56% of the total
exports of services of the
OIC Member States, i.e. US
$640 Million.
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Many factors can favor or
hamper the growth of
tourism in the OIC Member
States, among which we
should note:
- visas issuing procedures ;
- border bureaucracy and
customs regulations;
- the accessibility to different
destinations;
- the existence of convenient, economical and safe
means of transport.
The ways and means that
may contribute to the prosperity of this sector in the
OIC Member States were
largely outlined in the strategy document adopted by the
sixth session of the Islamic
Conference of Tourism Ministers of the OIC Member Countries held in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, from June 29th to
July 2nd, 2008. This document sets the framework for
tourism development and
cooperation between the
OIC Member States.
Other national or regional
strategies can also largely
contribute to the prosperity
of the sector in the Member
States; notably:
- the establishment of training institutions specialized in
tourism and hospitality jobs;
- the implementation of
development projects with a
regional focus on poverty
eradication, development of
joint promotion and marketing, preservation of biodiversity, the promotion of
crafts and cultural heritage ;
- Strengthening of taxation
and customs incentives to
encourage investment;
- Participation in various
tourism fairs in Islamic countries, as a framework which
emphasizes
cooperation
and exchange between the
Member Statesʼ tourism
industry ;
- Exchange of economic and
commercial information on
tourism among the OIC
Member Statesʼ agencies
and institutions ;
- The creation of national
tourism professionals associations and federations
within the OIC Member
Countries.
As you know, the Islamic
Centre for Development of
Trade (ICDT) will organize
the 2nd Tourism Fair of
OIC Member States in
Cairo, Arab Republic of
Egypt, on December 20th23rd, 2012. What do you
think of the regular organization of such an event?
The regular organization of
the Tourism Fair of OIC
Member States will provide
Member States with a
dynamic framework for promotion, exchange and dialogue. It will allow a better
knowledge of Member Countries and the investment
opportunities offered by their
respective economies. The
Fair will contribute to strengthen and diversify friendship links and cooperation
between the countries of the
“Ummah Islamic”.
It will enable our Country,
the Republic of Guinea, to:
- promote awareness of its
rich tourism potential in both
the Islamic and International
markets ;
- discover new markets;
- strengthen the operational
capacities of the Tourism
operators and diversify partnerships. This is an opportunity for public and private
Guinean Tourism actors, to
make contacts, promote
their products and sell their
destination on the international market.
With a view to promoting
tourism between Islamic
Countries, the OIC has
established a Development and Cooperation
Framework between the
OIC Member States in the
Tourism field, which contains the "Regional Project on Sustainable Development of Tourism in a
Network of Cross-Border
Parks and Protected Areas
in West Africa", the regional coordination of
which has been assigned
to the Republic of Guinea.
What are the latest developments in this project?
First, I would like to seize
this opportunity you offer me
to thank, on behalf of my
Country, the Members States beneficiaries of the project and the Organisation of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC),
and especially its Secretary
General, H.E Prof. Dr.
Ekmeleddine IHSANOGLU,
for their constant support to
our Country within the framework of the elaboration
and the future implementation of the project.
The holding in Casablanca
on February 7th-8th, 2012 of
the Steering Committee
meeting was a turning point
in the direction of the operationalisation of this project,
as evidenced by the results
of the meeting.
Among the decisions and
recommendations that should be mentioned:
- the designation of my
Country as President of the
Steering Committee for the
period 2012-2014;
- the adoption of an activities
program forward covering
the period 2012-2013, with a
program of advocacy for the
project funding ;
- the inclusion of the project
in the Member States' priority development plans and
programs ;
- the definition of key thematic areas and priority
intervention to record the
project in the path of the
support declined by donors
at the donors conference
held in Dakar on May 27th 28th, 2011.
- the admission of Côte
d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia,
Nigeria and Togo as members of the Steering Committee and the effective participation of ECOWAS and
UEMOA in the work of this
committee, giving, thus, to
this project a truly regional
dimension.
The decisions and recommendations of the ECOWAS
Technical, Transport, Communication and Tourism
Committee, held in Abidjan
on April 3rd - 5th, 2012 embody the regional roots of
the project and constitute
the regional institution's
strong act of commitment to
support Member States
through the effective implementation of the project,
under the Treaty and the
conventions that govern it.
What are, in your opinion,
the aspects of cooperation between ICDT and the
Ministry of Hospitality,
Tourism and Handicrafts
of your Country on which
emphasis should be laid?
To boost cooperation between my department and
the Islamic Centre for
Development of Trade, we
believe that the focus should
be primarily dwelt on the following aspects:
- training and capacity building of human resources;
- the promotion of Guinean
tourism and handicrafts
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products in the international
fairs and events organized
under the aegis of ICDT ;
- investment promotion ;
- exchange of information
and documentation on investment opportunities and
partnership in the Islamic
world.
The importance and impact of the Framework
Agreement on the Trade
Preferential System among OIC Member States
(TPS-OIC) and its additional protocols on the
development of intra-OIC
trade are no longer to be
proved. What are the actions undertaken by your
Country for the signing
and ratification of these
documents as well as the
participation
of
your
Country in the negotiations organized by the OIC
Trade Negotiations Committee ?
Trade is now recognized as
a growth engine. The Trade
Preferential System among
the OIC Member States
(TPS-OIC) and its additional
protocols on the development of intra-OIC trade is
the keystone for the liberalization and reduction of tariffs in the trade field. The
TPS-OIC gives Member
States a variety of methods
of negotiations allowing the
rate of intra-OIC trade to
reach 20% by 2015, as recommended by the Ten Year
Program of Action adopted
by the OIC 3rd Extraordinary
Islamic Summit Conference.
The TPS-OIC is certainly the
first step for the establishment of a unified economic
space between the OIC
Member States on the basis
of a gradual elimination of
obstacles to free the movement of goods and services,
with the perspective of the
gradual establishment of an
Islamic common market as
advocated by the 8th Islamic
Summit held in Tehran in
December 1997.
The Republic of Guinea has
participated in all rounds of
trade negotiations for the
establishment of the Trade
Preferential System among
the OIC Member States, and
the preparation for the Protocol on para-tariff and nontariff measures contained in
the Preferential tariff scheme (PRETAS). Guinea has
so far:
- signed and ratified the
Framework Agreement on
the Trade Preferential System among OIC Member
States ;
- signed the Memorandum
on para-tariff and non-tariff
measures contained in the
Preferential tariff scheme
(PRETAS) and the rules of
origin.
With regard to the ratification by the Government of
the Protocol on the tariff and
non-tariff measures covered
by the Preferential Tariffs
Scheme (PRETAS), the process is underway.
With the advent of the third
Republic, Guinea seizes
more the opportunities offered by its insertion into the
vast array of economic integration and cooperation to
strengthen economic relations and tourism with the 56
OIC Member Countries through:
- the further liberalization of
trade and effective business
environment ;
- the deepening of its integration in the sub-regional
market ;
- and the effective implementation of the Framework
Agreement on the Trade
Preferential System and
additional protocols on the
development of trade among OIC Member States.
Guinea has the largest and
richest continental shelf in
West Africa.
The fishery supports some
70,000 livelihoods directly
and provides half the countryʼs
dietary protein.
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Commodity Trade
The 14th OIC - EXPO 2013
Islamic Republic of Iran
In implementation of the resolution n°1/6/iii/2 adopted by the 24th
Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial
Cooperation of the OIC (COMCEC) held in Istanbul in October
2008, which welcomed the offer of the Islamic Republic of Iran to
host the Trade Fair of the OIC Member States in 2013, the Islamic
Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) will organize, under the
auspices of the Ministry of Commerce of the Islamic Republic of
Iran, the 14th OIC-EXPO in Tehran, in 2013.
This fair, which will enable OIC
Member States to promote their
products and services, will also
be a platform meeting for busi-
nessmen, Trade Promotion
Organs and professional associations in the Islamic World.
Within the framework of the
preparations of the Fair, a coordination meeting
which gathered ICDTʼs representatives and the
Iranian Officials was held on July 10th, 2012. The 1st Fair on Furniture, Decoration,
Household and Electrical Appliances of
the OIC Member States
Medina - Saudi Arabia - May 12th - 17th, 2013
In line with strengthening
cooperation links between
the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)
and the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, and following the
proposal of Al Medina International Exhibition Co.
made on 26th October, 2011
to organize jointly with ICDT
an Exhibition on Light Industry in the OIC Member
States, both parties will
organize under the aegis of
the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry of the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia the 1st Fair
on Furniture, Decoration,
Household and Electrical
Appliances in the OIC Member States from May 12th to
17th, 2013 at the Exhibition
Centre “Addar of Al Medina
Al Mounawara", Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia.
In this respect, both parties
held the first coordination
meeting on January 23rd-
24th, 2012 at the headquarters of Al Medina International Exhibition Co., Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which
was devoted to the organizational and participation
modalities, as well as the facilities and incentives granted to participating Countries
to ensure a massive participation of Member States in
the said event.
The 2nd coordination meeting was held at ICDTʼs
Headquarters in Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco, on
April 18th-19th, 2012, on the
occasion of which both parties signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU)
governing the exhibitionʼs
organizational modalities.
The next coordination meeting is scheduled to be held
in Saudi Arabia in September 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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Commodity Trade
The 1st OIC Halal Food Exhibition in Sharjah
December 10th-12th, 2012
Within the framework of the activities to promote
trade and investment between OIC Member
States, the Islamic Centre for Development of
Trade (ICDT) and the Sharjah Chamber of
Commerce and Industry will jointly organize the
1st OIC Halal Food Exhibition in Sharjah on
December 10th-12th, 2012 at Expo Centre
Sharjah, State of the United Arab Emirates.
This exhibition will host the Halal industry players
(food industry, cosmetics, parapharmaceutical
products,....) in the OIC Countries in search of
business opportunities. The objectives of this
Exhibition are su-mmed up as follows:
- to enable industry players to promote their Halal
products and services through a trade professional exhibition ;
- to enable policy makers and experts to
exchange experiences and discuss the problematic of "Halal" concept and "Halal" certification
criteria ;
- to develop partnerships and strategic alliances
among industry players in the Halal OIC Member
States ;
- to create a platform for meetings between
industry professionals ;
- to develop intra-OIC investment in the Ha-lal
industry field ;
- to generate business contacts and opportunities
and establish business partnerships between
manufacturers, service providers and all industry
players.
This exhibition is open to the participation of 57
Member States of the OIC, the Muslim communities in non-OIC Member States, Observer
Countries, the OIC Institutions and Economic
Operators in the OIC Member States. The event
will provide an excellent opportunity for the companies and agents operating in the "Halal" sector
to promote their products and services not only in
the Middle East Market, but also in other OIC
Member Countries. In order to surround the
Exhibition with all the conditions of success, the
organizers held the first coordination meeting on
February 27th, 2012 at ICDT's headquarters in
Casablanca, which focused on the organizational
aspects and the promotional campaign of the
exhibition. On this occasion, a memorandum of
understanding was signed by the Director General of ICDT, Dr. El Hassane HZAINE, and Mr
Saif Mohammed Al MIDFA, Director General of
the Expo Centre Sharjah (ECS). Tijaris 126 - June-August 2012
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Commodity Trade
The 1st Handicrafts Exhibition of the Member States of the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 2013
Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco
April 11th-14th, 2013
The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)
will organize under the aegis of the Ministry of Handicrafts of the Kingdom of
Morocco in collaboration
with the “Maison de l'Artisan” and the Office of Fairs
and Exhibitions of Casablanca (OFEC), the 1st
Handicrafts Exhibition of the
Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on April 11th14th, 2013 at OFEC, Kingdom of Morocco. This event,
which is meant to constitute
a real exchange Crossroads, will enable the professionals of the Handicrafts
sector to submit their sup-
plies and promote their
products & services. The
event will thus gather, within
a common exhibition space,
the OIC Countries endowed
with a well-established reputation in the handicrafts
sector as well as Finance
Institutions.
Thanks to its international
dimension, this event is also
an opportunity to enter into
business relationships and
establish partnership cooperation links between the
OIC Member States.
In order to surround this
event with all the conditions
of success, a coordination
meeting was held on March
8th, 2012 at the headquar-
ters of the Islamic Centre for
Development of Trade in
Casablanca, Kingdom of
Morocco, between the Representatives of ICDT and
of the following institutions:
the Ministry of Handicrafts,
the Union of the Chambers
of Handicrafts, “La Maison
de l'Artisan”, the Federation
of Handicrafts Entrepreneurs and the ''Office des
Foires et Expositions de
Casablanca''. This meeting
was mainly devoted to the
discussion of both the
organization modalities and
the promotion of this great
event. A second coordination meeting involving the
Regional Office of the Is-
lamic Development Bank
Group (IDB) in Rabat was
held on April 12th, 2012 at
the headquarters of the
Ministry of Handicrafts of
the Kingdom of Morocco in
Rabat.
On this occasion, a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) on the organization
of this event between ICDT,
“La Maison de l'Artisan” and
the OFEC was signed.
In compliance with this
MoU, facilities and incentives were provided to
ensure a massive participation of OIC Member States
in this event. Outcomes of the 5th Exhibition of Agribusiness Industries in the OIC Member
States
Jeddah – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 20th – 23rd, 2012
Within the framework of their
cooperation program, the
Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) and
the Saudi “Al-Harithy Company for Exhibitions Limited
(ACE)" organized from May
20th to 23rd 2012, under
the aegis of the Ministry of
Agriculture of the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia, concomitantly with the 17th Food
/Hotel/ PROPAC Arabia, the
5th Exhibition of Agribusiness Industries in the OIC
Member States in the
Jeddah Centre for Forums
and Events, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia.
This exhibition constituted a
platform for many countries
that were represented by
different national stands,
firms and companies which
presented their latest innovations and developments in
the sectors of food, hotels,
catering and packaging.
The exhibition was also an
opportunity for such exhi-
bitors to introduce their
countriesʼ products and
experience and to conclude
business deals, investment
and joint ventures, supporting, thus, and raising the
level of bilateral trade and
enhancing the economic
cooperation and integration
between the OIC Member
States.
This exhibition was held
over four days and was
open to professionals and to
the public from 5 p.m. to 10
p.m.
350 companies from the following Countries participated in this Exhibition: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Morocco, Arab Republic of Egypt, Republic of
Indonesia, Malaysia, Republic of Lebanon, Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, Republic of Niger, Republic of
Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Republic of
Turkey.
They also participated in the
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this event, the following nonMember States: Belgium,
France, China, Germany,
Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Italy, USA, Taiwan,
South Korea and Switzerland.
On the sidelines of the exhibition, competitions were
organized by the Saudi
Arabian Chef Association,
which brought together the
best specialists in the arts of
the table, contested by the
most skilled chefs of the
most luxurious hotels and
restaurants under the supervision of a jury composed of
international experts.
The aim of these competitions was to motivate the
participants to raise the per-
formance level of the food
industry and keep up with
the international standards
in this area, as well as to
give the opportunity to visitors and the Saudi society
to get acquainted with food
industry, contributing, thus,
to make the city of Jeddah
rank the rightful region on
the map as regards the
Commodity Trade
organization of trade fairs.
On this occasion, ICDTʼs representative presented the
Centreʼs activities and services and collected the brochures and pamphlets of
the OIC Member Statesʼ
products so as they would
be virtually promoted at
ICDT's website. The 1st OIC-China Expo and Economic & Trade Forum 2013
Yinchuan - China
September 11th-15th, 2013
The Islamic Centre for
Development and Trade
and the Autonomous
Region of the Peopleʼs
Republic of China “Ningxia Hui” will organize
the «1st OIC China
Expo and Economic &
Trade Forum 2013» on
September 11th-15th,
2013 in Yinchuan, Capital City of “Ningxia
Hui”, Autonomous Region, Peopleʼs Republic
of China at the Yinchuan International Exhibition Centre under the
theme:
"Friendship,
Cooperation and Development".
preparations for the organi-
zation of this event, the
ICDT and the Autonomous
Region of the Peopleʼs Republic of China “Ningxia
Hui” held on March 3rd,
2012 in Tunis, Republic of
Tunisia, the 2nd coordina-
fruitful discussions between
participants who examined
and adopted the General
Plan for the organization of
the Expo and agreed upon
the promotional campaign
to be conducted in the OIC
tion meeting for the organization of this Expo, on the
sidelines of the 1st OIC
Health Expo, held from
March 1st to 4th, 2012 at
the Exhibition Ground of
Kram of Tunis, Republic of
Tunisia. The meeting knew
Member States so as to
ensure their large participation in such an event.
In compliance with the provisions of the Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) on
the organization of the Fair
signed on December 7th,
2011 between ICDT and the
Government of the Autonomous Region of NingxiaHui, Organisers pledged to
grant the OIC Countries and
participants all the facilities
for transport, freight, stay
and clearance of goods.
Incentives including the price per square meter at the
Yinchuan International Exhibition were also provided.
It is to be noted that a coordination meeting is to be
held on the sidelines of the
International
Investment
and Trade Fair & the 3rd
China-Arab States Economics and Trade Forum,
which is to be held from
September 12th to 16th,
2012. Tijaris 126 - June-August 2012
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Commodity Trade
The International Investment & Trade Fair and the 3rd China-Arab
States Economic and Trade Forum
September 12th to 16th, 2012
It is to be organized by the Ministry of Commerce of the Peopleʼs Republic of China, the CCPIT and the Peopleʼs
Government 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.
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Senegal has an established industrial
sector producing a range of goods
from handmade crafts, textiles and
shoes to trucks and cement
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Trade in Services
The 4th SISDAK Medical Forum & Expo 2012
4th Int’l. Trade Exhibition on
Medical & Health Equipment
5th – 8th July 2012
Dakar, Republic of Senegal
The 4th SISDAK Medical forum & Expoʼ2012 took place
from 5-8th July 2012 at Dakar International Fair Grounds
with the aim to provide a framework for exhibition, meetings and medical scientific exchanges for health stakeholders in Senegal, the countries of the West African subregion
and professionals from all over the world. The 4th SISDAK
2012 was jointly organized by the “Centre international du
Commerce Extrrieur du Senegal” (CICES) and the Ministry
of Health and Public Care, Government of Senegal, and
supported by West African Organization for Health, Bukrina
Faso, in order to achieve the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of Health which is one of the fundamental 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, equipment
and machinery, Manufacturers, Importers, Exporters associations, Government, Military, Private Health organizations and purchasing organizations etc. from 16 member
countries of the Economic Community of West Africa SubSahara countries and the rest of the world. The Sixth Exhibition of Agribusiness Industries in the Member States of the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman - May 13th-16th, 2013
In preparation for the organization of the Sixth Exhibition of Agribusiness Industries in the Member States of
the Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation which is to be
held on May 13th-16th,
2013, the organizers, namely, ICDT and Al-Sha'am
For Organizing Exhibitions &
Festivals L.L.C Sultanate of
Oman held a coordination
meeting at ICDT's headquarters in Casablanca on June
11th, 2012 to discuss the
organizational aspects and
the promotional campaign of
the event with a view to
inducing a large participation of OIC Member States.
In this respect, the facilities
and incitations to be granted
to Member Countries were
agreed upon. The meeting
was also an opportunity for
both sides to sign the memorandum of understanding
governing the organizational
modalities and aspects of
the exhibition. ICDT and AlSha'am For Organizing Exhibitions & Festivals L.L.C
Sultanate of Oman seized
the opportunity to further
develop cooperation links
between them in several
areas of common interest
and convened to organize
jointly in the Sultanate of
Oman the following exhibitions: Handicrafts Exhibition
of the OIC Member State in
2014; Fair on Furniture, Decoration, Household Appliances in the OIC Member
States in 2014; OIC Health
EXPO in 2015. In its turn,
Al-Sha'am For Organizing
Exhibitions & Festivals L.L.C
Sultanate of Oman committed to promote the general
and specialized exhibitions
and events that are to be
organized by ICDT in the
OIC Member States to companies and businessmen in
the Sultanate of Oman so as
to ensure an extensive participation of them. At the end
of the meeting, both sides agreed to organize the second coordination meeting
during the month of September 2012.
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Trade in Services
Geneva, November 20 - 21, 2012
The CEO AFRICA FORUM is conceived as the first international high-level business leaders in Africa, beyond
the sectoral and chapels off the beaten track of academic appointments. It brings together for two days, leaders
companies, investors, financial decision makers, policy-makers to promote the successes of the African private
sector, providing a platform for public-private dialogue and high-level strategic solutions to support the development of the company and its African markets.
The conference and workshop program of the AFRICA CEO FORUM is dedicated to the challenges African
business leaders are confronted with today. Its objective is to promote the continent’s private sector and to contribute to its international promotion.
Developed in close cooperation with the African Development Bank, the AFRICA CEO FORUM is jointly organized by the “Groupe Jeune Afrique” and Rainbow Unlimited.
The 8th Islamic World Economic Forum
Malaysia, 4 - 6 December 2012
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CALENDAR OF TRADE
FAIRS & EXHIBITIONS
Calendar of Trade Fairs & Exhibitions
of the OIC Countries
September-October 2012
IRAN
IRAN PLAST
International Trade Fair Plastic &
Rubber
Date: Sept. 04 - 07, 2012
Venue: Tehran Permanent Fairground
Dr. Chamran Highway
Tadjrish - Tehran - Iran
Tel: +98 21 21919
Fax:+98 21 22662672-3
Organizer: NPC (National Petrochemical Company)
Sheikh Bahaei St.
PO Box 19395
6896, Tehran - Iran
Tel: +98 21 22 24 74 79
Fax: +98 21 22 24 74 80
KAZAKHSTAN
KAZBUILD
Kazakhstan International Exhibition
Construction and Interiors, Windows,
Doors & Facades, Ceramics & Stone
Date: Sept. 04 - 07, 2012
Venue: Atakent International Exhibition Centre
42, Timiryazev Str.
Almaty, 050057 - Kazakhstan
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FAIRS & EXHIBITIONS
Tel: +7 (727) 2582535
Fax: +7(727) 2582959
Organizer: Iteca
2nd floor, 42 Timiryazev Str.
480057 Almaty - Kazakhstan
Tel: +7 3272 583434
Fax: +7 3272 583444
KIOGE
Kazakhstan International Oil & Gas
Exhibition & Conference
Date: Oct. 02 - 05, 2012
Venue: Atakent International Exhibition Centre
42, Timiryazev Str.
Almaty, 050057 - Kazakhstan
Tel: +7 (727) 2582535
Fax: +7(727) 2582959
Organizer: Iteca
2nd floor, 42 Timiryazev Str.
480057 Almaty - Kazakhstan
Tel: +7 3272 583434
Fax: +7 3272 583444
UAE
INTERNATIONAL
HUNTING
&
EQUESTRIAN EXHIBITION
International Hunting & Equestrian
Exhibition
Date: Sept. 05 - 08, 2012
Venue:
Abu-Dhabi
National
Exhibition Center - Adnec
Khaleej Al Arabi Street
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 (0) 2 444 6900
Fax: +971 (0) 2 444 6135
Organizers:
- Emirates Falconers Club
45553 Abu Dhabi - UAE
Tel: +971 2-6212975
Fax: +971 2-6215772
- Turret Media FZ LLC
Twofour54, Building 4, Level 4, Room
405 - PO Box 77806, Abu Dhabi UAE Tel: +971 (0)2 401 2777
Fax: +971 (0)2 401 1760
PAPER ARABIA
International Technological Exhibition
for Paper, Printing & Converting
Industries
Date: Oct. 01 - 03, 2012
Venue: Dubai International Exhibition
Centre
Sheik Zayed Road
Convention Gate - Dubai - UAE
Tel: +971-4-3321000
Fax: +971-4-3312173
Organizers: Al Fajer Information &
Services
P.O. Box 11183 - Dubai - UAE
Tel: +971 (4) 3406888
Fax: +971 (4) 3403608
TURKEY
ZUCHEX
International Housewares & Gift,
Electrical Appliances Fair
Date: Sept. 05 - 09, 2012
Venue: Tüyap Fair Convention and
Congress Center
E-5 Karayolu
Gürpinar Kavsagi
Büyükçekmece
34522 Istanbul- Turkey
Tel: +90 (212) 886 68 43
Fax: +90 (212) 886 62 43
Organizer: Life Medya Fuarcilik Ltd.
Sti.
Necatibey Cad. Hacimahmut Ishani
No: 72 Kat: 6, Karaköy
Istanbul - Turkey
Tel: +90 (212) 292 60 31
Fax: +90 (212) 292 34 20
TATEF
International Metalworking Technologies Exhibition
Date: Oct. 02 - 07, 2012
Venue: TCNR Expo Center
Atatürk Havalimani Karsisi
34149 Yesilköy, Istanbul - Turkey
Tel: +90 (212) 465 74 74
Fax: +90 (212) 465 74 76
Organizer: EUF (E Uluslararasi Fuar
Tanitim Hizmetleri A.S)
19 Mayys Caddesi, Golden Plaza Kat:4
34360 - Sisli Istanbul - Turkey
Tel: +90 212 291 83 10
Fax: +90 212 240 43 81
PAKISTAN
PLASTI & PACK PAKISTAN
International Plastic & Packaging
Industry Exhibition
Date: Sept. 06 - 08, 2012
Venue: Karachi Expo Centre
University Road - Karachi - Pakistan
Tel: +92 (21) 4999000
Fax: +92 (21) 4999111
Organizer: Pegasus Consultancy
(Pvt.) Ltd.
2nd Floor - Business Centre Mumtaz
Hassan Road - Karachi-74000 Pakistan
Tel: +92 (21) 111 734 266
Fax: +92 (21) 241 0723
IGATEX PAKISTAN
International Garment, Textile & Leather Machinery, Accessories & Fabrics
Exhibition
Date: Oct. 03 - 06, 2012
Venue: Expo Centre Lahore
158-H Johar Town - Lahore - Pakistan
Tel: +92 (42) 111-092-042
Fax: +92 (42) 5304309
Organizer: PCEMS Pakistan (Pvt.)
Ltd.
220, 2nd Floor, Clifton Centre, Block-5
Clifton, Karachi - Pakistan
Tel: +92 21- 5810637/9
Fax: +92 21- 5810636
BANGLADESH
BACE EXPO DHAKA
Bangladesh Architectural, Engineering,
Construction Technology Expo
Date: Sept. 06 - 09, 2012
Venue: -BICC- Bangabandhu International Conference Centre
Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar
Dhaka - Bangladesh
Tel: +880 (2) 9100023
Fax: +880 (2) 9100020
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Organizer: ASK Trade & Exhibitions
Pvt. Ltd
27, 2nd Floor, Dilu Road
New Eskaton - Dhaka - 1000
Bangladesh
Tel: +880 1711335627
Fax: +880 2 9551907
MOROCCO
PROTEXPO
Security & Risk Management Trade
Expo
Date: Sept. 11 - 13, 2012
Venue: Office des Foires et
Expositions de Casablanca (OFEC)
Rue Tiznit, Face à la Mosquée
Hassan II - Casablanca - 20000 Morocco
Tel: +212 5 22.20.06.54
Fax: +212.5 22.26 49 49
Organizer: Shine Event
217, bd Zerktouni
Bureaux Prince, étage E
Casablanca - Morocco
Tel: +212 (0)5 22 94 04 56
Fax: +212 (0)5 22 94 48 23
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2nd OIC TOURISM EXPO 2012
Arab Republic of Egypt
December 20th-23rd, 2012
The Islamic Centre for Development of
Trade and the Egypt Expo and
Convention Authority (EECA) will
organize, under the auspices of the
Tourism Ministry of the Arab Republic
of Egypt, the Second edition of the
Tourism Fair of the Member States of
the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation from December 20th to 23rd, 2012.
Organizers have held, so far, 7 coordination meetings for the organization of
this important event.
During the sixth and seventh coordination meetings, which were held in Cairo
on January 17th and 18th, 2012, and in
Casablanca on June 14th-15th, 2012,
respectively, ICDT and EECA discussed the points relating to the organization of this event, along with the promotional campaign of the fair, so as to
ensure a great participation of the OIC
Member States.
Participants also decided to organize
art shows, national days and visits to
some of the Egyptian monuments, as
well as a seminar on national strategies in the tourism sector on the sidelines of the fair.
Such discussions constituted the framework of a Memorandum of Understanding, which was signed by ICDT,
the Ministry of Tourism of Egypt and
the Egypt Expo and Convention Authority (EECA) in July 2012. 2n
December 20-23, 2012
For more information, visit the
organizers' websites:
ICDT: www.icdt-oic.org
and
EECA: www.cairofair.com www.goief.gov.eg
Egypt Expo
and
Convention
Authority
(EECA)
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Calendar of Tourism Fairs & Exhibitions
of the OIC Countries
September-October 2012
SEPTEMBER 2012
Malaysia
UNWTO
Hotel Energy Solution Workshop
September 3 - 4,2012, Langkawi,
Malaysia
E-Mail: [email protected]
Azerbaijan
UNWTO - Flavours of the Silk Road:
International Conference on Food,
Culture and Tourism along the Silk
Road
September 6, 2012 | Baku, Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
ATF Dhaka - ASIAN TOURISM FAIR
2012
September 20 - 22, 2012 | Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Kazakhstan
ASTANA LEISURE 2012 - 9th
Kazakhstan International Tourism
Exhibition
September 26 - 28, 2012 | Astana,
Kazakhstan
Iran
International Conference on
Literary Tourism
September 26 - 28, 2012 | Mashhad,
Iran
United Arab Emirates
The 18th World Route Development
Forum
September 29 - October 2, 2012 | Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
OCTOBER 2012
Iraq
First International Tourism Fair
October 8 - 11,2012 | Baghdad, Iraq
Jordan
11th FEMIP Conference - 'Towards
Sustainable Tourism in the
Mediterranean'
October 25, 2012 | Amman, Jordan
Uzbekistan
TITF 2012 - 18th Tashkent
International Tourism Fair 'Tourism on
the Silk Road'
October 31 - November 2, 2012 |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Tourism in Turkey is focused largely on a
variety of historical sites, and on seaside
resorts along its Aegean and
Mediterranean Sea coasts
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AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRY
and its Halal baby food jars
have revolutionized the feeding of muslim babies by
VITAMEAL Baby
AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRY
and its Halal baby food jars
have revolutionized the
feeding of muslim babies
by VITAMEAL Baby
Located in Marrakech, Morocco since 2004, “AGRO
FOOD INDUSTRY “is the
first manufacturer in the
world to produce, under the
brand VITAMEAL BABY,
100% HALAL baby food jars
providing at least 50 references of fruit compotes,
drinks and baby food jars
made of vegetables, fruits,
meat, fish and fruit drinks.
VITAMEAL BABY was created in Morocco after realizing
that: "In 2004, no prepared
food existed to facilitate the
daily life of Muslim women.
We studied the market and
found that mothers of nowadays are more and more
working can cope the difficulties in cooking for their
baby – so that they needed
prepared food for their baby.
"We just satisfy their expectations and make high-quality products according to the
latest European standards
in infant feeding", said
Philippe Karim CHAROT,
the co-founder of the com-
pany.
The production tool of
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FORUMS & CONFERENCES
Outcomes of the 13th Meeting of the UNCTAD
Doha, State of Qatar
21st – 26th April 2012
Doha, Capital of the State of Qatar,
hosted from April 21st to 26th,
2012, the thirteenth quadrennial
conference of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) under the theme:
"Development centered globalization: Towards inclusive and sustainable growth and development.
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-South
and triangular cooperation.
. Addressing persistent and emerging development challenges as related to their implications for trade and development
and 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 for
sustainable and inclusive development.
As the first major United
Nations ministerial gathering
focusing exclusively on trade and development since
the fallout from the 20082009 economic and financial
crisis, UNCTAD XIII sought
to address issues of the
green economy and climate
change, on debt and financial and monetary reform,
on science and technology
and the next era of globalization.
Following the opening statements, the Conference
heard interventions from
high-level Government officials who welcomed the
meetingʼs focus on equitable
growth and globalization
and stressed the need to
move quickly to offset the
continuing impact of the
global financial crisis.
In the face of the continuing
“fragility” of the global economy following recent economic crises, Member Sta-
tes called for financial flows
oriented towards supporting
inclusive and sustainable
development at the Thirteenth Ministerial Meeting of
the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTADXIII) closing session.
“Finance should support the
real economy [towards] sustainable, sustained, inclusive and equitable economic
growth and sustainable development”, according to the
“Doha Mandate”, adopted at
the conclusion of the Meeting.
The Mandate sets out agreed conclusions on policy
analysis and the role of
UNCTAD on the overall
theme of the Meeting —
“Development-centred globalization: towards inclusive
and sustainable growth and
development”, covering key
priorities considered during
a week.
They included
enhancing and enabling the
economic environment to
support inclusive development, strengthening all
forms of cooperation and
partnership for trade and
development, addressing
persistent and emerging development challenges and
their implications for trade
and development and promoting trade, investment,
entrepreneurship and related investment policies to
foster economic growth and
sustainable development.
Accompanying the Mandate
was a political declaration
known as the “Doha Manar”,
which lent strong support to
the efforts of UNCTAD in
promoting inclusive development through commerce
and structural change for
over the next four years.
“We recognize the need to
make our common economic life more conducive to
progressive structural chan-
ge, more productive of inclusive and sustainable growth
and development and more
effective in fostering broadbased inclusion in a new
and more robust social contract,” the Manar states. At
the same time, it acknowledges the need to strengthen UNCTAD and the impact
of its work by enhancing its
efficiency,
effectiveness,
transparency, accountability
and partnerships.
The Manar also recognizes
the economic significance of
the revolutionary protests
occurring over the past
year. “The winds of change
blowing in many parts of the
world today attest to the
desire of populations for
responsive policies that foster participatory and inclusive approaches to development towards achieving
prosperity for all,” it said.
According to the Mandate,
the more substantive of the
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two texts adopted, Member
States noted that the global
financial crisis had struck in
2008 shortly after UNCTAD
XII, and that its effects had
spread very rapidly and
widely. It had not spared the
worldʼs poorest countries,
and despite the policy efforts
of both developed and developing countries, the global
economic recovery remained fragile. Its ripple effects
had impacted, among other
things, efforts to ensure food
security, combat climate
change and stabilize energy
and other commodity prices.
“Development-centred globalization sets the stage for
inclusive growth and development and contributes
towards reducing poverty
and creating jobs,” the
Mandate states, adding that
development
strategies
should be inclusive and
designed to meet human
needs. In addition, the role
of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development targets were still
instrumental to achieving
those needs by 2015.
“People have similar needs
and aspirations, including
freedom, human rights, in
particular the right to development, decent work [and]
all aspects of affordable
health care and good governance at all levels.” Since
those ends were closely
interconnected, development strategies should be
based on an integrated and
holistic approach, if the
desired policy options were
to emerge.
As for the role of UNCTAD in
achieving development-centred globalization, the organization remained the United
Nations focal point for the
integrated treatment of trade
and development, as well as
related issues in the areas of
finance, technology, investment and sustainable development.
UNCTAD should, through
the three pillars of its mandate — consensus-building,
policy-oriented analysis and
technical cooperation —
continue to deliver meaningful results, within available
resources, while enhancing
synergies and promoting
collaboration with the efforts
of other international organizations, according to the
Mandate.
Specifically, it should contribute to global efforts to
transition towards a green
economy; continue to monitor and assess the evolution
of the international trading
system and its trends from a
development perspective;
and continue to support the
specific needs of Least
Developed Countries, small
island developing States,
middle-income
countries
and those with economies in
transition.
“For trade to serve as an
engine of inclusive growth
and development, the multilateral trading system must
remain open, transparent,
inclusive, non-discriminatory
and rules-based,” the Mandate states, adding that the
effective integration of developing countries, in partic-
ular least developed countries and transition economies, into the multilateral
trading system should remain a priority. Further, the
successful conclusion of the
Doha Development Agenda
negotiations was crucial to
the creation of new trade
flows that would generate
economic growth and development.
The Mandate stresses that,
in a time of fragile economic
recovery, trade protectionism remained a risk, and
efforts to fight all forms of
protectionism should continue. States were strongly
urged to refrain from promulgating and applying any unilateral economic, financial or
trade measures hindering
market access, investment
and freedom of transit.
Meaningful trade liberalization would also require
addressing non-tariff measures and aim to reduce and
eliminate other arbitrary or
unjustified trade barriers. QATAR Airways
has outlined route
expansion plans for
2012, which focused
on Australia, Africa,
Europe and the
Middle East, with a
raft of new destinations set to join the
airlineʼs rapidly-growing global network.
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Seminar on "the proliferation of Bilateral and Regional Trade
Agreements and their impact on the regional integration process in
Arab Countries"
Casablanca - Kingdom of Morocco
June 4th-6th, 2012
As part of their technical
assistance programs related
to issues related to the
World Trade Organization
(WTO), the Islamic Development Bank Group (Cooperation Department) and the
Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) organized a seminar on "the proliferation of Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements
and their impact on the
regional integration process
in Arab Countries" on June
4th - 6th, 2012 at the Golden
Tulip Farah Hotel in Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco. Regional trade agreements (RTAs) have proliferated and expanded since
the creation of the WTO,
particularly since the launch
of the Doha Development
Agenda (DDA). Two major
developments or changes
are noted in the configuration of RTAs of the "new
generation". On the one
hand, all countries, Developing ones (Dcs), Developed (DCs) and even the Least
Developed Countries(LDCs)
are actively involved in this
process. On the other hand,
more and more bilateral,
subregional, regional and
interregional, including regional groupings, are emerging. What should be an
exception, in the multilateralism context, has become
the rule, and the rush to RTA
was exacerbated because
of the lack of tangible
progress in the negotiation
process of the Doha Round
and the benefits they provide to the States concerned. The question therefore arises particularly for
Developing Countries, in
general, and for the OIC
Member States in particular,
about the gains and profits
to be generated from these
RTAs and the contribution of
these agreements in the
multilateral trading system.
In this context, the seminar
aimed to review the implications of RTAs on the development policies of the OIC
Member States and to
deduce the practical lessons
regarding the various options available to the regional integration process.
Through the presentation of
diverse experiences and
perspectives, this seminar
sought to:
. Analyze the relationship
between Article XXIV of the
GATT and WTO rules relating to regional economic
integration agreements.
. Examine to what degree
this rush towards RTAs is
affecting the prospects of
the OIC Member States to
integrate the multilateral
trading system and to honor
WTO commitments.
. Explore the opportunities
and challenges of these
agreements for the OIC
Member States.
. Study the right conditions
and strategies to adopt to
take advantage of regional
integration.
. Explain and analyze the
experiences of some regional agreements, Arab and
African, and examine the differences and similarities
between the North-South
and South-South agreements.
. Provide an opportunity for
participants to present the
experiences of their countries on the current negotiations of bilateral and regional agreements.
The seminar was attended
by several Member States of
the OIC and international
and regional organizations.
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Training Seminar in the field of International and Islamic Trade to the
benefit of the Officials of the Ministry of Trade
of the Republic of Iraq
26-29 June 2012 - Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco
Within the framework of its
program of technical assistance for the benefit of the
OIC Member States, the
Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) organized a Training Seminar in
the field of International and
Islamic Trade to the benefit
of the Officials of the Ministry of Trade of the Republic
of Iraq at ICDTʼs Headquarters in Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco, from 26th
to 29th June 2012.
On this occasion, the Centre
made the following presentations:
- Activities of the OIC and
the Ten Year Program of
Action ;
- Intra-OIC Trade: Current
situation and prospects ;
- Trade Promotion;
- Role of Trade Information in Trade Promotion ;
- The Trade Preferential System among
the OIC Member States ;
- Matters related to trade
negotiations and accession
to the WTO;
- Activities of the Islamic
Development Bank Group
(ITFC, ICIEC, etc…). The 23rd Annual Session of the “Crans Montana Forum”
June 28th-1st July, 2012, Baku – Azerbaijan
June 28th-1st July,
2012,
Baku – Azerbaijan
The 23rd session of “Crans Montana Forum” took place on June 28 - July
1st, 2012 in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan.
The Forum was devoted to the public and private governance as far as
energy policy is concerned.
Since the World,
Governments
and
business circles were
changing, they had to
shape,
implement
and apply new and
sustainable policies
to the production, the
distribution and the
safety of energy for
today and tomorrow.
The
June
2012
Crans Montana Forum held in Baku
was an open debate between Government Officials,
International Organizations and Busi-
nesses, trying to
shape what
the
World could be tomorrow with an important focus on Ener
gy and Renewables.
The Forum's major
debates included the
role of Azerbaijan in
securing the Far Eastern Europe, the future and models for
Islamic Countries as
far as their World
Integration is concerned, implementing and monitoring
Ethical rules in International Corporate
Policies. Tijaris 126 - June-August 2012
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Seminar on Foreign Trade Liberalization and Trade Defense
Systems in the OIC Member States
Casablanca, Morocco, September 26th-28th, 2012
Trade liberalization experienced various approaches. In many instances it has been regarded as detrimental to economic
development, protectionist theories attempting to maintain the need to increase borderline protection by various tariff, nontariff 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 practices, trade agreements provide for trade defence measures based on well-established internationally agreed rules (agreements concerning antidumping measures, compensatory taxes, safeguard measures, and restrictive measures entailing
major imbalances in the balance of payments).
During the period when the financial crisis worsened, a number of protectionist theories emerged aimed at resorting to trade
defence measures more frequently. There were other theories which maintained giving up during this period any trade
defence measures that might adversely affect international trade. Thus, safeguards, antidumping measures and countervailing duties are classified as trade defence instruments or trade remedies, intended to protect domestic production against
foreign imports.
However, safeguards differ from antidumping measures and countervailing duties in an important respect: while the latter
essentially consist of actions undertaken to counteract unfairly traded imports, safeguards can be implemented on products
imported under fair trade conditions.
Facing this paradox and in
compliance with the relevant
recommendations of the
COMCEC and the Council
of Foreign Ministers of the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) aiming at
well-positioning
Member
States in word trade negotiations, the Islamic Centre
for Development of Trade
(ICDT) and the Islamic
Research and Training
Institute (IRTI), Member of
Islamic Development Bank
Group in collaboration with
the Ministry of Industry,
Trade and New Technology
(MCINET) of the Kingdom of
Morocco, will organize a
Seminar on “Foreign Trade
Liberalization and Trade De-
fence Systems in the OIC
French Speaking Member
States” in Casablanca in
April 2012.
OBJECTIVES
The main objective of this
seminar are as follows:
- Sharing experience between OIC Member States in
the field of Trade Defence;
- Presentation of Trade
Defence systems at TPS/OIC, regional and international levels.
The program of this seminar will last three days and
will cover the following modules:
* Module 1: General introduction to the trade defence
system of the WTO (Speak-
ers: WTO,UNCTAD, ICTSD,
academicians and practitioners)
Module 2: National experiences in trade defence
(Speakers: Morocco, Egypt,
Senegal, Turkey, Pakistan,
Malaysia ...);
* Module 3: Trade defence
measures within the TPS/
OIC(Speakers: ICDT, COM
CEC);
* Module 4: Trade defense
instruments used in the regional economic groupings (Speakers: ECOWAS,
WAEMU, AMU, GAFTA,
AGADIR AGREEMENT ...)
The training seminar is open
to the participation of the
officers from the Ministries
of Trade, Foreign Affairs,
Trade Promotion Organs,
Investment Promotion Agencies, Diplomatic Missions
and interested international
preparations of this Seminar, a first coordination
was held at ICDTʼs Headquarters with the Representatives of the Moroccan
Foreign Trade Department
on April 4th, 2012. On this
occasion, both parties discussed the organizational
modalities of this event and
decided that it would be
held from September 26th to
28th, 2012 in Casablanca,
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Training Seminar on “Export Promotion and Investment Strategies
in the context of Globalization”
December 3rd-6th, 2012 - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)
and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group will
organize, under the auspices of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Turkish
Republic of Northern Cyprus
and in collaboration with the
Near East University, a
Training Seminar on “Export
promotion and investment
strategies in the context of
globalization” in the Turkish
Republic of Northern Cyprus, on December 3rd-6th,
2012.
preparations of this Training
Seminar, ICDT organized a
coordination meeting at its
Headquarters in Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco, on
May 28th - 29th, 2012 to dis-
cuss the organizational modalities of the said training
workshop. This workshop
aims at contributing to the
economic development and
trade and investment promotion through the leveling
up of the personnel in the
relevant positions of trade
and investment promotion
organizations in the OIC
Countries.
The objectives of this workshop are to introduce the
concept of export and investment promotion and to
explain how responsibilities
are distributed among various organizations and agencies to formulate, approve
and implement policies that
promote and develop exports and investment. OUTSTANDING EVENTS
The High Level International Conference on “Emerging New
Economic Policy Makers in the Arab Mediterranean: What Economic
Agendas for Islamic Actors?”
3rd – 4th July 2012, Barcelona – Spain
The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade participated in the High Level
Conference on “Emerging
new economic policy makers in the Arab Mediterranean Countries: What
Economic Agendas for Islamic Actors?” held from 3rd
to 4th July 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. This High Level
Conference organized by
the European Institute of the
Mediterranean (IEMed) aimed at helping new economic
policy makers in the Arab
Mediterranean Countries to
design and implement growth-oriented economic poli-
cies as well as achieve the
sustainability of nascent
democracies existing in their
countries.
In this respect, it enabled the
policy makers of the Arab
Mediterranean Countries,
particularly those who have
had new governments namely, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia
and Morocco, to answer to
the following issues:
- What were the constitutional economic reforms and the
new economic institutions
that would need to be implemented within their countries?
- How would fiscal and sub-
sidies reform be carried out?
- What concrete reforms
should be implemented to
tackle corruption?
- What would be the role of
the state in the economy?
- What were the priority economic sectors to be most
promoted?
- How to promote PublicPrivate Partnerships?
- What should be the policies to support SMEʼs and
entrepreneurship?
- How would the social and
solidarity sector be promoted?
- What developments on
employment rights were
foreseen?
- How would gender inequality be addressed?
Last but not least, this conference constituted a useful
opportunity to compare the
situation in different countries and the way in which
public/private dialogue, as a
consensus building tool to
promote policy reforms, was
carried out. On this occasion, ICDT submitted a working paper on “integration in
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OUTSTANDING EVENTS
OIC High Level Forum on Trade Facilitation & Single Window
Initatives for Enhanced Regional Economic Cooperation
Casablanca, Morocco, 19-21 November 2012
Background
Due to its direct and immediate impacts on countriesʼ
competitiveness, trade facilitation has become an important agenda item of international trade after the reduction of customs tariffs
through bilateral and multilateral trade agreements.
Trade facilitation within and
across borders is now seen
as a key driver of national
trade development as well
as a stimulator of regional
economic integration and it
is a high concern for policy
makers at a national and
regional level.
In this context, IDB Group
along with other OIC institutions place utmost attention
to supporting trade facilitation efforts at national and
regional level. This support
includes technical assistance to MCs and regional
organizations for the preparation of national and regional trade & transport framework agreements and master plans. IDB group in cooperation with OIC Institutions
organize workshops, seminars and capacity building
programs to support trade
facilitation efforts in the wider strategic context of economic integration and cooperation among OIC Member
Countries and regions.
Because of the critical role
of customs administrations
in the facilitation and control
of trade transactions recent
OIC workshops and seminars organized in 2011
repeatedly recommended
active role of customs
administrations in trade facilitation initiatives, for example through the promotion of
data harmonization, information exchange and single
window initiatives.
Simplification, harmonization, standardization and
computerization of trade
procedures and documents
that control the flow of goods
across national borders are
indispensable components
of facilitation of trade across
borders and in that context,
the implementation of a single-stop platform for all
these formalities, usually
called single-window (SW),
is high in the trade facilitation agenda. Implementation
of SW initiatives requires a
complete reengineering of
the clearance processes
and involves interlinkages
and information sharing between customs and other
government agencies (G2G)
responsible for trade, export
and impor and between the
private sector and govern-
ment agencies (B2G). The
government agencies involved include notably the customs administrations, the
port authorities, the transport administrations and the
parastatals (e.g. sanitary
and phytosanitary inspection services, SPS), while
banks, insurance companies, customs brokers,
freightforwarders, shipping
companies and shippers
being the main private sector stakeholders.
Successful SW implementation drastically improves the
time and the cost performance of the international
trade transactions and facilitates the implementation of
regional and global trade
agreements,
enhancing
hence, regional economic
integration. But, the SW
implementation comes at a
cost and with great challenges that require intensive
cooperation efforts and experience sharing to build
upon successes and failures
of other SW initiatives.
In the last decade, regardless of income level, many
governments have introduced a form of SW system
to manage export and import related procedures, with
a various success in implementation and also various
business models according
to local context and available resources. A more
advanced use of information
technology in the context of
customs clearance has also
emerged under the name of
e-Customs. According to the
WB Doing Business Report
2012, today 49 countries in
the world have a Single
Window in place. Many OIC
countries are among those
implementing e-Customs,
SW or simply some form of
interagency data exchange
system to facilitate trade
international transactions,
and electronic facilities such
as trade portals that provide
traders with data and information about trade rules and
regulations, computerized
customs systems like ASYCUDA World that enable
electronic customs clearance, or port community
systems of first or second
generations that enable the
efficient management of
cargo movements in ports
with advanced track and
tracing features. The next
challenge is now for national
entities (whether customs
administrations, SW operators, ports, parastatals, etc.)
to develop interconnectivity
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mation can be collected and
exchanged at a regional
level.
International and regional
standards already exist and
are being disseminated by
international organizations
such as WCO, UNECE or
UNCTAD, and most regional
trade agreements support
the interconnection and data
exchange agenda.
The main benefit for the
trading community is that a
Single Window can provide
the trader with a single point
for the one-time submission
of all required information
and documentation to all
governmental agencies involved in export, import or
transit procedures. As the
SW enables governments to
process submitted information, documents and fees
both faster and more accurately, traders should benefit
from faster clearance and
release times, enabling
them to speed up the supply
chain; in addition to the
improved transparency and
increased predictability and
good governance. However,
the successful implementation of such regional initiatives will be determined by
the level of collaboration in
analyzing cross-border supply chain issues and ensuring technical interoperability
of national systems. There is
a need also to create appropriate legal framework for
information exchange across borders and data security challenges. But these
issues are being solved in
different parts of the world
by enhanced cooperation
and dialogue.
The Objectives of the
Forum
The Forum will be a platform
for information sharing
among the participants on
their trade facilitation programs, particularly on single
window initiatives. The
forum will review the lessons
learnt from the implementation of single window systems in OIC MCs and some
other examples from other
regions of the world. The
forum will examine the current situation in data exchange among agencies
and across the borders;
what policies, legal frameworks and technologies
have been put in place and
are needed for optimized
information sharing across
the borders. The forum will
advocate the benefits of
customs system interconnections, data harmonization and development of
regional data center and
aims at identifying steps in
building an enabling environment for interoperable
single window systems
among OIC MCs. In this
context, the Forum will promote the use of international
standards and codes in single window and paperless
trade projects and examine
the facilities, solutions provided by ASYCUDA and
similar other custom automation systems for interagency and cross-border
data exchange. The 2nd World Shipping Summit 2012
September 19th-21st, 2012 - Xiamen - China
The World Shipping Summit is an annual event for
the international shipping
community. By attracting
high-level participants and
wide attention around the
world, it has contributed
greatly to promoting communication and exchange of
views in the world of shipping and other related industries.
The World Shipping Summit
2012 will be held in the city
of Xiamen from September
19 to 21, 2012. Centered
upon the theme of "Sharing
an Orderly Market", the Summit will once again provide
a high-profile platform for
leaders and shipping profes-
sionals to get together to
discuss issues of the industry's most pressing common
concern and work out visionary and effective plans to
address the current challenges faced by the industry
and to achieve healthy, sustainable and long-term development of the world's
shipping industry.
In the past eight years,
COSCO, DREWRY, MARITIME CHINA and JOC
(Journal of Commerce) successively co-organized the
"World Shipping Summits" in
Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Dalian, Qingdao, Guangzhou and Boao.
Each year, the Summit was
attended by hundreds of top
leaders from the maritime
world including shipping carriers, shippers, ports, shipbuilders, government officials, scholars, bankers,
lawyers and other industry
professionals. As a highquality and insightful platform, the summit has built
up a critical forum that
enables the voices of industrial elites to be heard and
allows the joint efforts of
shipping community for building a healthy shipping market to be recognized. The
Summit has also contributed
to the shaping of better
industry norms and greater
corporate citizenship and to
the safeguarding of common
interest of all stakeholders of
the world maritime community.
Different from the traditional
conferences, this year's
summit includes a number
of diversified sessions such
as keynote speeches, workshops, forums, industry
meetings, governors meetings and panel discussions.
The Summit aims to encourage two-way communications and indepth dialog
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SPECIAL COUNTRY
REPUBLIC OF GUINEA
H.E Alpha Condé
President of the Republic of Guinea
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GENERAL BACKGROUND
o Official name: Republic of
Guinea
o Geography: Located in
Western Africa, bordering the
North Atlantic Ocean, between
Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone,
Côte dʼIvoire, Senegal and
Mali. Guinea is divided into
four landscape zones. Lower
Guinea is an area intersected
by many small rivers, coastal
plain with an average altitude
of 1800 meters. The second
area is called Middle Guinea. It
consists of the Fouta Djallon
barren highlands with an altitude of 600 to 1500 meters.
The third zone is Upper
Guinea, which consists of a
savannah and plains and the
fourth is Forest Guinea. This
area consists of plains with a
dense forest. Off the coast are
also many smaller islands,
including the “Iles de Los, Iles
de Tamara, Iles de Soro, Iles
de Kaback and Iles de Room”.
o Population: 10,057,975,
according to 2010 Estimation.
o Climate: Tropical, generally
hot and humid; monsoonaltype rainy season (June to
November) with southwesterly
winds; dry season (December
to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds.
o Capital: Conakry.
o Regional Capitals: Kindia
in Lower Guinea, Labé in
Middle Guinea, Kankan in
Upper Guinea and NʼZérékoré in Forest Guinea.
o Official language of
Administration: French.
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o Spoken Languages:
- Lower Guinea: Soussou
- Middle Guinea: Poular
- Forest Guinea: Kpele
- Upper Guinea: Malinke
o Public holidays:
- Janu. 1st: New Year's Day;
- April 3rd: Second Republic
Day;
- April 9th: Easter Monday;
- May 1st: Labour Day;
- May 25th: Africa Day;
- October 2nd: Independence
Day;
- Nov. 1st: All saint's Day;
- Dec. 25th: Christmas Day.
o Currency: Guinean franc
(GNF).
o Local Time: GMT.
GOVERNMENT
o Government Structure: the
Republic of Guinea is a secular, independent and democratic country with a constitution.
o President: The President of
the Republic is the Head of
State. He is elected through
popular vote for a five-year
term renewable once. He
nominates the government on
the prime minister's proposal.
The President holds the position of Commander in Chief of
the Army.
o The State Institutions:
The system of Government is
democratic.
- The Executive power: it is
exercised by the Government.
- The Legislative power: it is
exercised by the National
Assembly.
- The National Transitional
Council (CNT): It acts as
National Assembly.
- The Judicial system is
based on French civil law, customary law, and decree. The
system is composed of courts
of first instance, two Courts of
Appeal (in Kankan and in
Conakry) and the Supreme
Court.
o Administrative divi-
sions: Guinea is divided
into seven administrative
regions and subdivided into
thirty-three prefectures. The
national capital, Conakry,
ranks as a special zone.
The regions are Boké,
Faranah, Kankan, Kindia,
Labé, Mamou, Nzérékoré
and Conakry.
ECONOMIC POTENTIAL
The economy in Guinea
depends mainly on tropical
agriculture, fishing and mining.
Guinea is the worldʼs second
country for bauxite production.
Guineaʼs mineral wealth includes more than 4-billion
tonnes of high-grade iron ore,
significant diamond an gold
deposits, and undetermined
quantities of uranium.
o Human Ressources:
The population of Guinea is
the primary wealth of the
Country. It is made up of a
mosaic of peoples constituting
a population characterized by
the following features:
- its dynamism and its capacity
for adaptation, which explain
the reasons for the active presence of Guinean nationals
everywhere in Africa, Europe,
Asia and America;
- its leaning towards social
progress demonstrated by the
very high position held by the
Guinean woman in the society;
- its artistic creativity which permitted Guinean bands like
Bembeya Jazz National,
Guinean singers such as
Kouyaté Sory Kandia and
Mory Kanté, Guinean writers,
novelists, poets, narrators and
painters to be pushed to the
top of world reputation;
- its legendary hospitality.
Whether in Maritime, Middle,
Upper Guinea or in the Forest
Region of Guinea, everywhere
the visitor feels at home. He is
well received and pampered.
These predispositions of the
Guinean population make
Guinea 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 Country
has fertile lands, abundant
underground and surface
water. The biggest rivers
watering the West African
region have their sources in
Guinea. As a matter of fact
Guinea is termed the “Water
Tower of West Africa”.
- Guinean Forests:
The eastern and southern
parts of Guinea are covered
with a primary forest of
100,000 km2. There is also a
secondary forest of an area of
40,000 km2.
- Agricultural Resources:
National assets that include
topography, hydrography and
climate create ideal conditions
for developing dynamic and
diversified agriculture, animal
husbandry and forestry.
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Guinea has at its disposal 7
million hectares of cultivable
land. The most productive land
is found in the Forest Region,
in plains, particularly in Maritime Guinea and in Upper
Guinea or in bottom lands.
Assessment of the 2011 crop
year: 41,629 tons of rice,
through the provision of 1 832
tonnes of rice seeds and 1,800
tons of fertilizers. These inputs
have helped to cultivate
26,171 hectares of rice. 15,290
liters of pesticides were also
provided by the government
as well as 70,000 packaging
bags.
About 20,000 tons of fertilizers,
22,000 liters of insecticides,
185,000 liters of herbicides
and a large quantity of rice
seed to a value of
40,745,000,000
Guinean
francs and 185,529 liters of
herbicides to a value of
5,565,870 francs were made
available to the National
Chamber of Agriculture of
Guinea.
For the 2012-2013 crop year, it
is envisaged not only the cultivation of 40,000 hectares with
growing rice, corn, but also the
market gardening for a quantity of 10,000 tons of fertilizer to
meet the challenge.
- Mineral Resources:
As regards mineral resources,
some people have talked of
geological scandal in view of
the existence of abundant and
varied wealth. The Guinean
subsoil conceals significant
deposits of:
* Bauxite = 25 billion tons,
accounting for the 2/3 of world
reserves approximately;
* Gold = 1000 tons;
* Diamond = 30 million carats.
Moreover, Guinea has the
richest high grade iron ore deposits in the world, but which
have not yet been developed:
the Simandou range contains
2 billion tons and the Mount
Nimba 1 Billion tons.
Apart from the aforementioned
wealth, the Guinean soil contains limestone deposits (Mali,
Siguiri and Kindia) not yet
exploited and there are indications of the presence of nickel,
cobalt, titanium and uranium.
The investment projects summary in the Mining sector from
2006 to 2015 presents 12 proprojects with a total investment of U.S. $ 27 billion
(Ministry of Mines and
Geology, 2005). For some, the
start of major new projects in
the mining sector, including
the Sangaredi alumina refinery, the iron Nimba and
Simandou project with the
consortium Euronimba and
Rio Tinto Group, the ACG
Friguina Extension is a real
regain to increase significantly
the sector's impact on overall
growth and produce training
effects on the other sectors of
the economy (World Bank,
2004).
The proposed alumina refinery
Sangarédi
(Global
Alumina Company) will invest
U.S. $ 3.2 billion for the production of 3 million tons of alumina per year, with possible
expansion to 5.4 million
tonnes per year.
Structure of Mega-mining projects
Aluminum
foundry
Capacity
Investment
Permanent
database
US $
jobs
T/year
240 000 2 500 000 000
7 000
Phase
Construction
jobs
20 000
State
Revenues
US $
300 000 000
Sangaredi 1 000 000 1 300 000 000
alumina
refinery
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
Transguinea
60 000 000 2 000 000 000
2 000
10 000
300 000 000
* Hydroelectric Potentials:
129 falls which can be developed have been identified.
Their hydroelectric potential is
6.11 GW with a probable production of 19,300 GWH. The
most important falls are on the
Konkoure, Fatala, Gambia,
Niger and Tinkisso Rivers.
- Sea resources:
The Guinean coast opening to
the Atlantic Ocean is 300 km
long, with an exclusive economic zone of 56,000 Km2. Its
fish resource potential is estimated at 230,000 Tons.
- Tourism Potentials:
Guineaʼs tourism potentials
offer a variety of sites that are
as attractive as every other.
Whether one considers fine
sand beaches, verdant islands, mountains with their
falls and micro-climate, the
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savanna where the big game
roams through and wanders
around constituting a wonderful hunting ground. Guinea
also offers valuable sites of
great interest:
* Niokolo-Badiar and Upper
Niger national parks ;
* Chimpanzees at Bossou living in community under the
leadership of a patriarch. They
use a tool (woodstick) to pick
fruits from trees and dig holes.
* Mount Nimba viviparous
toads which reproduce by giving birth to small toads instead
of laying eggs.
* The bridegroom veil sparkling
out of a water fall is located in
Kindia. It is of an exceptional
beauty and unbelievable
brightness, looking so much
like a bridal veil.
* The Lady of Mali caved by
erosion in the rock on a mountain and gives the perfect
image of a woman.
Finally, it should be recalled
that Guinea is the motherland
of the famous African Ballets,
the best percussionists of the
continent, bands and several
musical groups of World
renown.
In order to develop all its
tourism assets, the government has formulated a national policy which is progressively
forging ahead. The implementation of the policy through an
appropriate and dynamic organization and through fund
raising to finance the required
facilities will render Guinea a
dreamed and profitable destination in a very near future.
Seven agencies are presently
marketing the “Guinea Destination”. They are: Mondial
Tours, Karou-Voyages, Guinée-Voyages, SDV, Agence
DAS, Théa-Voyages and ITV.
ECONOMIC SECTORS
- Agriculture, Fisheries and
Animal Husbandry:
Agriculture is one of the
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engines of the Guinean economy. Natural assets like topography, hydrography and climate bestowed upon the
Country create ideal conditions
for developing dynamic and
diversified agriculture, animal
husbandry and forestry.
As the most important economic activity, agriculture
involves 67% of the active population and accounts for 33%
of GNP. Vast domains are irrigable and good farming opportunities exist in the Forest
Region, in plains (especially in
Maritime Guinea and Upper
Guinea) or in bottom lands.
Agriculture focuses on major
subsistence crops like rice
(populationʼs staple food), cassava, maize, yam, and peanuts.
The formulation of an Agricultural Development Policy
Letter (LDPA) has allowed the
boosting of rural development,
the opening of new prospects
in the agricultural sector since
1991 with the support of development partners.
In this way and with the objective of making use and taking
advantage of existing synergies, concrete and complementary actions have been
taken in the field of agronomic
research, agricultural extension services, hydro-agricultural development, feeder roads
and product commercialization.
Animal breeding is extensive in
general. The Fouta Djallon
region is the primary breeding
area with more than half the
livestock number. Upper
Guinea comes second. The
livestock is composed of cattle
(with the NʼDama breed which
is highly valued and trypanoresistant), sheep, goats and
pigs (80 % of the latter is found
in the Forest region).
Under the Animal Breeding
Sector Restructuring Project
(P.R.S.F) which started in
1987, the Government has
devised a set of measures
including:
* rational exploitation of all animal stocks;
* development of intensive
breeding;
* creation of community breeding centers;
* ranching and feeder ranching
development for the multiplication of sires and meat production from slaughtered animals
to meet populationʼs food
requirements;
*providing agriculture with draft
oxen and manure.
The Country is presently selfsufficient in meat, but it
depends heavily on imported
dairy products. Achievements
are particularly significant in
the privatization of vet services
to address animal health.
As far as fishing is concerned,
Guinea, stretching over a
coast of 300 km long with an
exclusive economic zone of
200 nautical miles, possesses
tremendous fish resources,
but these are inadequately
exploited.
Fisheries represent a vital sector of the economy and therefore a source of foreign
exchange earnings. At the
same time, this activity provides 40 % of animal proteins
consumed in the Country. In its
artisanal form and under the
projects initiated by the Government, reactivation efforts
have been undertaken and
units equipped with motorized
fishing boats along with the
provision of modern tools.
Industrial-scale fishing is making headway. It is a very prom-
ising activity. The most commonly exported species include sea breams, threadfins,
sharks, and shrimps.
- Industry, Mining and
Geology:
* Industry: The Guinean industry with the private sector as
key player since 1985 is char-
acterized by youthfulness, limited scale, inadequate promotion of resources and local
products, exclusive quasi-orientation to the domestic market and to the production of
consumer goods (agrifoodstuffs).
* Mining and geology: The
mining industry mainly relates
to the extraction of bauxite, diamond and gold. Three big
companies are operating in the
sector of bauxite and alumina.
They are: “La Compagnie
des Bauxites de Guinée
(CBG)“. It is located in the
Boke region and is managed by an American group.
“La Compagnie des Bauxites
de Kindia (CBK) - Kindia
Bauxite Company - which until
very recently this company
was operating under the name
of SBK (Société des Bauxites
de Kindia) and used to belong
entirely to the Government
before being taken over by
RUSAL Group. It produces 2.5
million tons of bauxite for
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Bauxite production has remained the
backbone 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 700,000
tons of alumina. It is operated
by RUSAL Group. The sectors
of gold and diamond are
involving two types of mining:
artisanal operations based on
traditional methods to extract
alluvial gold and diamond; and
industrial mining. Small scale
miners are involved in the first
type of mining and their production estimated at 100,000
carats per year is far from
being negligible. The companies involved in the sector of
gold and diamond at the
moment are the following:
SAG
(Ashanti
Goldfield
Guinea) which produced over
10 tons of gold in 2003; SMD
(Dinguiraye Gold Mining Company) controlled by KENOR, a
Norwegian company. Its production was 4 tons of gold in
2002. AREDOR (part of its
concession has been assigned to the mining Industry,
resumed diamond mining in
1996). The production has
reached 100,000 carats.
In the area of gold and diamond, the following companies are involved : Semanfo
(from Canada) and DE CASSIDYGOLD Corporation for
gold; TRIVALENCE Mining
(Canada) and DIA BRAS for
diamond.
In the bauxite/alumina sector, a
number of big projects are in
the process of being finalized.
KAMSAR Alumina Plant
Project conceived by Alcoa
and Alcan. It is an alumina
refinery project expected to
produce 1.5 million tons of alumina per year.
GLOBAL Project composed of
MARUBENI and MITSUBISHI
from Japan in partnership with
an American venture capital
company. They have just concluded a convention with the
Guinean government for the
construction of a 2.8 million ton
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capacity alumina refinery.
In the field of iron, two large
projects are on the path of
implementation:
The SIMANDOU iron ore mining project conducted by RIO
TINTO, and the MOUNT
NIMBA iron ore mining project
with EURONINBA (a consortium of European, Japanese
and South Afri-can/Australian
companies). Connected with
these two operations is the
TRANSGUINEAN Railway
project, a railway line linking
the Forest Region to the
Atlantic Ocean, passing
through the center of Guinea.
- Trade and Handicraft:
In the sector of trade, the free
enterprise economy adopted
by the 2nd Republic has resulted in establishing a policy aiming at a greater revitalization of
this activity which can support
and stimulate national production efforts.
* Domestic Trade: Trade liberalization functions through privatized distribution and commercialization and by the elimination of public enterprises
has made space for fair and
effective competition in business transactions.
The monopolization system
has been abolished. The
Government and the Chamber
of Commerce together determine the rules of trade and
look after their good application. In accordance with the
national prices policy matching
the objectives of the government, national and foreign economic players are no longer
subject to an imposed programme of importation or
exportation.
The Department of Commerce
has also taken measures to
ensure the freedom of pricing,
putting emphasis on supplying
the country with basic consumer products or convenience goods. Trading is not
restricted, except when it
relates to strategic or hazardous products or violates
rules and regulations on health
and on moral standards.
The procedure for importing
goods is channelled through
the Central Bank (BCRG), the
importerʼs local bank and a
registered private company
charged with inspecting the
consignment prior to embarkation. This necessary control
gives rise to the issuance of a
verification certificate whereby
the merchandise need only
customs declaration along with
shipment and transport documents.
With the exception of the preembarkation control, the procedure symmetrically follows
the opposite way in the case of
export. Foreign exchange is
obtained through the instituted
interbank foreign exchange
auction market.
* Foreign Trade: The objective
assigned to foreign trade is to
ensure the commercialization
and promotion of export
goods.
The strategy designed to
reflate agricultural produce
exports aims at increasing production and opening outlets on
sub-regional and international
markets.
Since 1985, the exportation of
agricultural produce has increased significantly thanks to
the reactivation of coffee, cotton, oil palm and fruit and vegetable production. Even
though export volumes remain
still low comparatively to
potentials, a noticeable progression has been observed.
With the progress made in
areas like coffee, rubber plantations, fruits and cotton, medium-term prospects are seemingly encouraging. Private
commercial banks presently
established in Guinea are
among others:
- ”Société Générale de
Banques” (SGBG) with two
branch offices (Conakry and
Kankan). Their customers represent about 25%;
- The International Bank for
Trade and Industry in Guinea
(BICIGUI) with eleven branches. They have the largest
share of the market, about
38%;
- The International Union of
Banks in Guinea (UIBG) with
about 12% of the market
share;
- The Islamic Bank of Guinea
(BIG), the first private bank to
open in Guinea;
- The Morocco-Guinean
Popular Bank (BPMG) with a
market share close to 7%;
- Ecobank.
* Handicraft: This sector has
been developed due to the
great potentials of the countryʼs
rich cultural diversity.
Major activities in the sector
are: dyeing, shoemaking, sculpture/woodcarving, pottery
and cabinet making. Products
deriving from these activities
are mainly limited to supplying
the domestic market.
Nonetheless, because of their
variety and remarkable quality,
they are very much liked by
tourists and they arouse great
interest during international
trade fairs.
- Telecommunications:
Since 1984, a programme has
been implemented to modernize telecommunications. In
July 1992, a law was promulgated to reorganize the sector;
as a result, two stand-alone
entities were established in
1993: the Guinean Post Office
(OPG) and the Telecommunication Company of Guinea
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1993: the Guinean Post Office
(OPG) and the After
Telecommuni(SOTELGUI).
a first
cation
Company
of the
Guinea
phase, the capital of
2nd
(SOTELGUI).
After ato first
Company
was opened
priphase,shareholding,
the capital of but
the 2nd
vate
the
Company was however
opened to still
priGovernment
vate
shareholding,
but
the
owns 60% of the shares.
Government
however
still
In
accordance with
the condiowns
60%
of
the
shares.
tions of contract, SOTELGUI
In accordance
condihas
developed with
basicthe
telephotions
contract,
SOTELGUI
ny
andofpublic
phone
booths.
has developed
basic telephoAlthough
the capacity
of the
ny
and
public
phone
booths.
network is continuously
imAlthough itthe
capacity
of the
proving,
falls
far short
of
network is continuously
imexpectations
in comparison
proving,
it falls demand
far short
of
with
the growing
to be
expectations
in
comparison
satisfied. In this respect, the
with the growingallowed
demand tothe
be
Government
satisfied.
emergence of, among others,
In response
to the telecom
present
the
following private
growing demand
fromORANprivate
companies:
AREEBA,
enterprises,
cellular phones
GE
and CELCOM...
gained a strong foothold
ohave
Transportation:
in
Conakry.
* Conakry International Airport
o Transportation:
is
an airport located in
* Conakry the
International
Airport
Conakry,
capital of
the
is
an
airport
located
in
Republic of Guinea in West
Conakry,
the capital
of the
Africa.
It is divided
into domesRepublic
of Guineaterminals.
in West
tic
and international
Africa.
It
is
divided
into
domesThe airport services a number
tic West
and international
terminals.
of
African airlines
such
The
a number
as
Airairport
Ivoire,services
Benin Golf
Air and
of West
African
such
Slok
Airlines,
and airlines
a number
of
as
Air
Ivoire,
Benin
Golf
Air
and
North African and European
Slok Airlines, and a number of
North African
andAirlines,
European
airlines:
Brussels
Air
airlines:
Brussels
Airlines,
France and Royal Air Maroc.Air
and Royal
Air Maroc.
*France
Rail transport
in Guinea:
* Rail transport
in Guinea:
Guinea
has 1,086
km of railGuinea
hasincludes
1,086 km
This
279of
kmrailat
ways.
This
includes
279
km at
ways.
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) gauge
1,435
mm
8 1⁄2 in)
gauge
and
807
km(4atft 1,000
mm
(3 ft
at 1,000
mmlatter
(3 ft
3and
3⁄8807
in)kmgauge.
The
3
3⁄8
in)
gauge.
The
latter
includes 662 km in common
includes
662 km
common
carrier
service
frominKankan
to
carrier service from Kankan to
Conakry.
Conakry.
Three
different railway compaThree
different
railway
companies
are
currently
operating
in
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nies are currently operating in
Guinea: “Chemin
“Chemin de
de fer
fer de
de
Guinea:
Guinée”
(ONCFG),
“Chemins
Guinée” (ONCFG), “Chemins
de fer
fer de
de la
la Compagnie
Compagnie des
des
de
Bauxites dede
Guinée”
Bauxites
Guinée”
- “Che-“Chemin
fer Conakry”
min
de ferdeConakry”
(CBG)
(CBG)
and
“Chemin
deBoké”.
fer de
and “Chemin de fer de
Boké”.
o Foreign investment:
o Foreign
investment:
The
two main
documents for
The
two
main
documents
for
the legal regulation
of foreign
the legal regulation
of foreign
investment
are the Investment
investment
areand
thethe
Investment
Code
of 1987
Code of
Code
of
1987
and
the
Code of
Economic activity of 1992.
Economic
activity
of
1992.
The Investment Code of 1987
The and
Investment
of 1987
lists
defines Code
the principles
lists
and
defines
the
principles
of Guinean legal approach to
of Guinean
legal approach
to
private
enterprising
of foreignprivate
enterprising
foreigners.
These
are theofmain
of
ers. These
are free
the main
of
these
principles:
transfer
these
principles:
free
transfer
of profits abroad; legal equality
of aprofits
abroad;
equality
of
foreigner
and legal
a Guinean,
a
of a foreigner
andaanatural
Guinean,
legal
person and
per-a
legallegal
person
and a natural
person;
guarantee
of exproson;
legal
guarantee
of
expropriation and nationalization;
priation
and of
nationalization;
legal
equality
governmentlegal
equality
of
owned and privategovernmententerprises;
owned
and private
enterprises;
free
import
of equipment
and
free import
and
free
export of
of equipment
finished prodfree
export
of
finished
products; free production manageucts; free
management
and production
free selection
of a
ment and free selection of a
partner.
partner.
The
Code also fixes a list of priThe Code
alsoguarantees
fixes a list ofthat
priority
fields and
ority
fields
and
guarantees
that
state benefits will be granted to
state benefits
be granted
to
those
foreignwill
investors
who
those
foreign
investors
who
are engaged in one of the listare branches.
engaged in This
one oflist
thewas
listed
ed branches.
This
list was
modified
by the
President's
modified
by the
decree
of June
30th,President's
1995. On
decree
of
June
30th,decree
1995. the
On
the grounds of this
the grounds
of thisare
decree
the
following
sectors
considfollowing
sectors are
considered
privileged:
agricultural
ered
privileged:
agricultural
sector (especially productive
sectorcrops),
(especially
productive
food
industrial
sector,
food crops),
industrial
sector,
cattle
breeding,
fishing, fertilizcattle
breeding,
fishing,
fertilizers production, medicare
and
ers
production,
medicare
and
education, tourism, construceducation,
tourism, business.
construction
and banking
tion very
anddecree
banking
This
alsobusiness.
subdividThis
very
decree
subdivided Guinea into also
4 economic
ed Guinea
into of
4 them
economic
zones,
and each
was
zones,
them was
to
haveand
its each
own of
benefit-andto have system
its owndepending
benefit-andprivilege
on
privilege
system
depending
on
its development level.
its development
Annex
I to thelevel.
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Annexdeals
I towith
thetheInvestment
Code
limitations
Code
deals
with
limitations
for legal/natural the
foreign
per-
for legal/natural foreign person's activities.
activities. In
In publishing
publishing
son's
business
and
TV/
radio
broadbusiness and TV/ radio broadcast
foreigners
are
not
allowed
cast foreigners are not allowed
to hold
hold more
more than
than 40%
40% of
of
to
shares
and
are
prohibited
from
shares and are prohibited from
directing aa mass-media
mass-media enterenterdirecting
prise.
prise.
Annex IIII contains
contains aa list
list of
of those
those
Annex
branches
of
Guinean
econobranches of Guinean economy where
where private
private capital
capital -- both
both
my
national and
and foreign
foreign -- is
is not
not
national
allowed.
The
list
includes:
elecallowed. The list includes: elecwater supply,
supply, post
post
tric power,
power, water
tric
service armament
and telecommunicaservice,
production
tion sale.
service,
armament
and
In the
2nd articleproof
duction
and
sale.
In the
the annex it is specified
that2nd
in
article of thecases
annex
is speciexceptional
theit National
fied that in exceptional
Investment
Committee cases
might
the
National
Investment
allow private capital
into the
Committeebranches.
might allow private
prohibited
capital
into economic
the prohibited
By
now the
liberalbranches.
ization in Guinea reached the
By now
the economic
liberalpoint
when
the Investment
izationofin1987
Guinea
the
Code
has reached
grown compoint
when
the
Investment
pletely out-of-date and calls for
Code ofchanges.
1987 hasThere
grownwill
comprompt
be
pletely
out-of-date
and calls
for
no
need
for arguments
if we
prompt
changes.
There
will
be
take into consideration the
no
need
for
arguments
if
we
drastic increase of the amount
take
intocapital
consideration
the
of
foreign
in what used
drastic
increase
of the amount
to
be the
"prohibited"
fields.
of foreign
in what used
There
arecapital
the examples
of,
to
be
the
"prohibited"
fields.
telecommunication service
There are the
examples
of,
SOTELGUI,
water
power comtelecommunication
service
pany SEEG - foreign capital
SOTELGUI,
power commakes
up a water
considerable
part
pany
- foreign
capital
of
theirSEEG
finance.
The managemakesofupthese
a considerable
ments
companies part
are
of
their
finance.
Thebut
managenominally Guinean,
in fact
ments
of these
companies
are
their
steady
functioning
is posnominally
Guinean,
in fact
sible
only due
to thebut
help
fortheir steady
functioning
eign
personnel
(expertsis posand
sible
only
due
to
the help fortechnicians).
experts
personnel. of
6eign
major
waysand
of penetration
6
major
ways
of
penetration
of
foreign capital into the public
foreign
capital
into
the
public
sector can be distinguished.
can be
distinguished.
*sector
Technical
support:
As a gen*eral
Technical
support:
a genrule, this type of As
economic
eral
rule,
this
type
of
economic
activity isn't lengthy enough to
activity
isn't lengthy
enough
to
have
a strong
influence
on the
have aofstrong
influence on the
policy
an enterprise.
of an enterprise.
*policy
Delegation
of a representa*
Delegation
of a representative to the general
directorate
tiveantoenterprise
the general
directorate
of
allows
a forof
an
enterprise
allows
foreigner to take part in the amaneigner
to
take
part
in
the
management of a state-owned
agement of a state-owned
enterprise but
but doesn't
doesn't ensure
ensure
enterprise
an
equal
free-hand
in
the
prian equal free-hand in the private
sector.
vate sector.
Lease of
of an
an enterprise
enterprise allows
allows
** Lease
a
private
person
to
shoulder
a private person to shoulder
complete responsibility
responsibility for
for the
the
complete
current management
management of
of aa pubpubcurrent
lic service.
service. In
In this
this case
case the
the govgovlic
ernment
has
the
exclusive
ernment has the exclusive
right to
to regulate
regulate the
the investinvestright
ments and
and prices
prices of
of the
the finfinments
ished
products
(management
ished products (management
structure of
of SOGEL
SOGEL electric
electric
structure
company can
can be
be used
used as
as an
an
company
example
here).
example here).
Consession: In
In this
this case
case aa
** Consession:
private legal
legal // natural
natural person
person
private
has
the
exclusive
right
to
manhas the exclusive right to manage
the
enterprise
and
run
all
age the enterprise and run all
the financial
financial operations.
operations. After
After
the
termination of
of the
the consession
consession
termination
term
the
enterprise
with its
its
term the enterprise with
entire
infrastructure
is
passed
entire infrastructure is passed
over to
to the
the government.
government.
over
*
Creating
an
open joint-stock
joint-stock
* Creating an open
company
gives
a
chance
to
company gives a chance to
hold aa controlling
controlling block
block of
of
hold
shares and
and thus
thus have
have influinflushares
ence
on
the
policy
of
an
enterence on the policy of an enterprise
prise
Privatization:A
Aprivate
private person
person
** Privatization:
takes
possession
of
the
entertakes possession of the enterprise
and
provides
for
its
prise and provides for its
steady development
development and
and funcfuncsteady
tioning.
tioning.
All the
the listed
listed ways
ways of
of foreign
foreign
All
capital penetration
penetration into
into the
the
capital
public
sector
of
Guinea
are
public sector of Guinea are
working out
out quite
quite successfully
successfully
working
while the
the government
government contincontinwhile
ues to
to regulate
regulate foreign
foreign capital
capital
ues
activity
on
the
Guinean
territoactivity on the Guinean territory
and
reserves
the
right
of the
the
ry and reserves the right of
last word
word in
in all
all the
the arising
arising
last
questions.
questions.
The Code
Code of
of Economic
Economic activity
activity
The
of 1992
1992 establishes
establishes the
the principrinciof
ple
of
regime
reciprocity:
forple of regime reciprocity: aa foreign
citizen
may
freely
engage
eign citizen may freely engage
in all
all economic
economic activities
activities in
in
in
Guinea provided
provided that
that aa
Guinea
Guinean citizen
citizen is
is granted
granted aa
Guinean
right
to
participate
in
identical
right to participate in identical
activities in
in the
the country
country of
of the
the
activities
foreigner.
But
this
principle
foreigner. But this principle
doesn't always
always work
work in
in reality.
reality.
doesn't
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The citizens of better developed countries have an opportunity to monopolize a sector
on Guinean economy, and in
Guinea a foreigner enjoys the
save economic privileges and
performs the same duties as a
Guinean, but only subject to
observing the provisions of the
Foreigners' Entry and Stay Act
of 1994.
Apart from the two main codes,
foreign economic activity is
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touched upon in various sectoral acts, such as the SeaFishing Code and the Mining
Code of 1995. The permission
for domestic diamond and precious metals development may
be granted to natural and legal
persons of Guinean and foreign nationalities.
o Diplomacy:
The Republic of Guinea has
been represented by an
Embassy in the Kingdom of
Morocco, which ensures, notably, the follow-up of cooperation with ICDT, since the independence eras. The Embassy
is now headed by a Charge
d'Affaires in the person of His
Excellency Aboubacar SYLLA,
who, with a dynamic team,
fights for the strengthening of
bilateral cooperation between
the Republic of Guinea and the
Kingdom of Morocco. This rela-
tionship has undergone five
major diplomatic sessions of
bilateral cooperation, the last
was held in Rabat in 2002. A
sixth session, which was to be
held in 2004 has not taken
place yet. Its holding will enable
the carrying out of several joint
projects related to the economic 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 DE
GUINEE
S.E Alpha Condé
Président de la République de Guinée
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o Nom officiel: République
de Guinée
o Géographie: La Guinée
se trouve sur la côte atlantique de lʼAfrique de l'Ouest
entre la Guinée-Bissau, la
Sierra Leone, la Côte
dʼIvoire, le Sénégal et le
Mali. la Guinée est répartie
en quatre zones géographiques. La Basse Guinée est un domaine coupée
par de nombreuses petites
rivières, plaine côtière avec
une altitude moyenne de
1800 mètres. La deuxième
zone est appelé la Moyenne
Guinée. Elle se compose
des hauts plateaux du Fouta
Djallon avec une altitude de
600 à 1500 mètres. La
troisième zone est la Haute
Guinée qui se compose
dʼune savane et de plaines
et la quatrième est la Guinée
Forestière. Cette zone est
constituée de plaines avec
une forêt dense. Au large de
la côte, il a de nombreuses
petites îles, y compris les
Iles de Los, de Tamara, de
Soro, de Kaback et de
Room.
o Population: 10.057.975,
selon l'estimation à 2010.
o Climat: Tropical, généralement chaud et humide;
saison des pluies (Juin à
Novembre) avec des vents
du sud-ouest; saison sèche
avec armatan (Décembre à
Mai).
o Capitale: Conakry.
o Capitales régionales:
Kindia en Basse Guinée,
Labé en Moyenne Guinée,
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Kankan en Haute Guinée et
Nʼ Zérékoré en Guinée
Forestière.
o Langue officielle dans
lʼadministration: le français.
o Langues parlées:
- Basse Guinée: Soussou
- Moyenne Guinée : Poular
- Guinée Forestière: Kpèlè
- Haute Guinée: Malinké
o Jours fériés:
- 1er Janvier: Jour de l'An;
- 3 Avril: Deuxième Journée
de la République;
- Avril 9: Lundi de Pâques;
- 1er mai: Fête du Travail;
- 25 mai: Journée de
l'Afrique;
- 2 Octobre: Jour de
l'Indépendance;
- 1 novembre: Toussaint;
- 25 décembre: Jour de
Noël.
o Monnaie: Franc guinéen
(GNF).
o Heure locale: GMT.
GOUVERNEMENT
o Structure du gouvernement: la République de
Guinée est un pays laïc,
indépendant et démocratique avec une constitution.
o Président: Le Président
de la République est le Chef
de l'Etat. Il est élu par voie
de vote populaire pour un
mandat de cinq ans renouvelable une fois. Il nomme le
gouvernement sur proposition du premier ministre Le
résident occupe le poste de
Commandant en chef des
forces de lʼarmée.
o Les Institutions d'Etat:
Le système de gouvernement est démocratique.
- Le pouvoir exécutif: il est
exercé par le Gouvernement.
- Le pouvoir législatif: il est
exercé par l'Assemblée nationale.
- Le conseil national de
transition (CNT): fait office
dʼAssemblée nationale.
- Le système judiciaire est
fondé sur le droit civil
français, le droit coutumier
et le décret. Le système est
composé des tribunaux de
première instance, de deux
cours d'appel (situés à
Kankan et à Conakry) et de
la Cour suprême.
o Divisions administratives: La Guinée est divisée
en sept régions administratives et subdivisée en trentetrois préfectures. La capitale
nationale, Conakry, se classe comme zone spéciale.
Les régions sont Boké,
Faranah, Kankan, Kindia,
Labé, Mamou, Nzérékoré et
Conakry.
P O T E N T I E L
ÉCONOMIQUE
L'économie en Guinée
dépend principalement de
l'agriculture, la pêche et de
l'exploitation minière. La
Guinée est le deuxième
pays producteur de bauxite
au monde. Les richesses
minérales de la Guinée se
composent de plus de 4 milliards de tonnes de minerai
de fer à forte teneur, de
gisements de diamants et
aurifères de même que de
quantités non négligeables
d'uranium.
o Ressources humaines:
La principale richesse de la
Guinée est sa population qui
se caractérise par:
- Son dynamisme et sa
capacité d'adaptation, ce qui
explique les raisons de la
présence active de ressortissants guinéens partout en
Afrique, en Europe, en Asie
et en Amérique;
- Son penchant vers le progrès social et la parité mis
en évidence par la forte
position de la femme guinéenne dans la société;
- Sa créativité artistique qui
a permis à des groupes
guinéens comme le Bembeya Jazz national, des
chanteurs guinéens comme
Kouyaté Sory Kandia et
Mory Kanté, des écrivains
guinéens, des romanciers,
des poètes, des narrateurs
et à des peintres à acquérir
une réputation mondiale;
- Son hospitalité légendaire.
Que ce soit en Guinée
Maritime, Moyenne Guinée,
en Haute Guinée ou en Guinée Forestière, partout en
Guinée le visiteur se sent à
la maison. Il est bien reçu et
choyé. Ces prédispositions
de la population guinéenne
font de la Guinée une bonne
destination, tant pour les
touristes que pour les investisseurs.
o Ressources naturelles:
- Les ressources en eau en
Guinée: Les précipitations
en Guinée se situe entre
1.200 et 4.200 mm par an.
Pour cette raison, le pays
possède des terres fertiles
et une quantité abondante
d'eau en surface et au soussol. Les plus grands fleuves
de la région dʼAfrique de
l'Ouest ont leurs sources en
Guinée. Cʼest pour cela que
lʼon appelle la Guinée « le
château dʼeau dʼAfrique
Occidentale".
- Les forêts guinéennes: Les
régions de lʼest et du sud de
la Guinée sont recouverts
d'une grande forêt de
100.000 km2. Il existe aussi
une forêt dans une autre
partie du pays dʼune superficie de 40.000 km2.
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- Ressources agricoles: Des
conditions idéales de topographie, de lʼhydrographie et
du climat ont favorisé non
seulement le développement dʼune agriculture dynamique et diversifiée, mais
ont également permis lʼes-
sor de l'élevage et de la
foresterie. La Guinée a à sa
disposition 7 millions d'hectares de terres cultivables.
Les terres les plus productives se trouvent dans la
région forestière et dans les
plaines, plus particulièrement en Guinée maritime et
en Haute Guinée.
Bilan de la campagne agricole de 2011: 41629 tonnes
de riz, grâce à la mise à disposition de 1832 tonnes de
semences de riz et 1.800
tonnes dʼengrais. Ces intrants ont permis de cultiver
26.171 hectares de riz. Il a
été également mis à disposition 15 290 litres de produits
phytosanitaires et 70 000
sacs dʼemballages par le
gouvernement.
Environ 20.000 tonnes dʼengrais, 22 000 litres dʼinsecticides, 185.000 litres dʼherbicides et une quantité importante de semences de riz
pour
une
valeur
de
40.745.000.000 de francs
guinéens et 185.529 litres
dʼherbicides pour une valeur
5.565.870 de francs ont été
mis à la disposition de la
Chambre Nationale dʼAgriculture de Guinée.
Pour la campagne agricole
2012-2013, il est envisagé
lʼaménagement de 40.000
hectares pour la culture du
riz, du maïs et mais également pour le maraîchage
pour une quantité de 10.000
tonnes dʼengrais pour gagner le pari.
- Ressources minérales: En
ce qui concerne les ressources minérales, certaines personnes parlent de
scandale géologique en raison de l'existence de richesses abondantes et variées en Guinée. Le sous-sol
guinéen recèle d'importants
gisements de:
* Bauxite = 25 milliards de
tonnes, ce qui représente
environs 2/3 des réserves
mondiales;
* Or = 1000 tonnes;
* Diamant = 30 millions de
carats.
En outre, la Guinée a les
plus grands gisements en
minerai de fer dans le monde encore inexploités: la
chaîne du Simandou contient 2 milliards de tonnes et
du Mont Nimba 1 milliard de
tonnes. En dehors de cette
richesse, le sol guinéen
contient du calcaire (Mali,
Siguiri et Kindia) du nickel,
du cobalt, du titane et de lʼuranium.
La synthèse des projets
dʼinvestissement dans le
secteur Minier de 2006 à
2015 présente 12 projets
pour un investissement total
27 milliards de $US
(Ministère des Mines et de
la Géologie, 2005). Pour
certains, le démarrage de
nouveaux projets majeurs
dans le secteur minier,
comprenant notamment la
raffinerie dʼalumine de
Sangaredi, le projet Nimba
et Simandou pour le fer
avec le consortium Euronimba et le groupe Rio
Tinto, lʼExtension de ACG
Friguina, constitue un véritable regain1 pour accroître
de manière significative
lʼimpact du secteur sur la
croissance globale et produire des effets dʼentraînement sur les autres secteurs de lʼéconomie (Banque Mondiale, 2004).
Le projet de la raffinerie
dʼalumine de Sangarédi
(société Global Alumina)
prévoit un investissement
de 3,2 milliards $US pour
une production de 3 millions de tonne dʼalumine
par an, avec extension possible à 5,4 millions de
tonnes par an.
Structure des Méga projets Miniers
Capacité de Investissement Emplois Emplois phase Revenus Etat
Base T/an
en USD
permanents construction
en USD
Fonderie
dʼaluminium
240 000
2 500 000 000
7 000
20 000
300 000 000
Usine
1 000 000 1 300 000 000
dʼAlumine
de
Sangarédi
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
Transguinea
60 000 000 2 000 000 000
2 000
10 000
300 000 000
- Les potentiels hydroélectriques: 129 chutes ont été identifiées. Leur potentiel
hydroélectrique est de 6,11
GW, avec une production
probable de 19.300 GWH.
Les chutes les plus importantes se trouvent sur le
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bie, le Niger et la rivière
Tinkisso.
- Les ressources de la mer:
la côte guinéenne située sur
l'océan Atlantique sʼétend
sur une superficie de 300
km de long, avec une zone
économique exclusive de
56.000 Km2. Son potentiel
de ressources de poisson
est estimée à 230.000
tonnes.
- Les potentiels touristiques:
La Guinée offre des poten-
tialités touristiques énormes
avec une variété de sites
aussi attrayants les uns que
les autres compte tenu de
ses plages de sable fin, de
ses îles verdoyantes, de ses
montagnes et de sa savane
où erre le gros gibier constituant ainsi un merveilleux
terrain de chasse.
La Guinée possède également des sites de valeur
d'un grand intérêt:
* Les parcs nationaux du
Niokolo-Badiar et du HautNiger;
* Bossou où vivent des
chimpanzés en communauté sous la direction d'un
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patriarche. Ils utilisent un
outil (woodstick) pour cueillir
des fruits des arbres et
creuser des trous ;
* Le Mont Nimba où vivent
des crapauds qui se reproduisent en donnant naissance à de petits crapauds
au lieu de pondre des œufs ;
* Le voile de la mariée,
chute d'eau située dans la
ville de Kindia est d'une
beauté exceptionnelle et
dʼune luminosité incroyable ;
* La Dame du Mali.
Enfin, il convient de rappeler
que la Guinée est la patrie
des célèbres Ballets africains, des meilleurs percussionnistes du continent de
même que des bandes et de
plusieurs groupes musicaux
de renommée mondiale.
Afin de développer tous ses
atouts touristiques, le gouvernement a formulé une
politique nationale qui est
actuellement entrain dʼêtre
mise en œuvre. Cette politique fera sûrement de la
Guinée une destination de
rêve et rentable dans un
avenir très proche. Sept
Agences commercialisent
actuellement la "Destination
Guinée". Ce sont: Tours
Mondial, Karou-Voyages,
Guinée-Voyages,
SDV,
Agence
DAS,
ThéaVoyages et ITV.
S E C T E U R S
ECONOMIQUES
- Agriculture, Pêche et
Elevage:
L'agriculture est l'un des moteurs de l'économie guinéenne. Des conditions
idéales de topographie, de
lʼhydrographie et du climat
ont favorisé le développement dʼune agriculture dynamique et diversifiée, de
l'élevage et de la foresterie.
LʼAgriculture, en tant quʼactivité économique la plus
importante, implique 67% de
la population active et représente 33% du PNB. De
vastes domaines irrigables
de même que de bonnes
pratiques existent dans la
région forestière, dans les
plaines (en particulier en
Guinée maritime et en
H a u t e - G u i n é e ) .
LʼAgriculture met l'accent
sur les cultures vivrières
majeures, comme le riz (aliment de base de la population), le manioc, le maïs, l'igname et l'arachide.
Lʼélaboration dʼune Lettre de
politique de développement
agricole (LDPA) a permis la
relance du développement
rural, l'ouverture de nouvelles perspectives dans le
secteur agricole depuis
1991 avec l'appui des partenaires au développement.
De cette façon, et avec l'objectif de tirer parti des synergies existantes, des actions
concrètes et complémentaires ont été prises dans le
domaine de la recherche
agronomique, des services
de vulgarisation agricoles,
des aménagements hydroagricoles, de lʼinfrastructure
routier et de commercialisation des produits. L'élevage
est de manière générale
étendue sur tout le territoire.
La région du Fouta Djallon
est la principale zone de
reproduction avec plus de la
moitié du nombre de bétail
(avec la race N'Dama, qui
est très apprécié et trypanorésistants). La Haute-Guinée arrive en deuxième
position. Le bétail est composé de bovins, caprins,
moutons, chèvres et de
porcs (80% se trouve dans
la région forestière).
Dans le cadre du projet de
restructuration du secteur
de lʼélevage initié en 1987,
le gouvernement a mis au
point un ensemble de mesures comprenant:
* L'exploitation rationnelle
de tous les stocks d'animaux;
* Développement de l'élevage intensif;
* Création de centres d'élevage communautaire;
* L'élevage et le développement de lʼalimentation dʼélevage pour la multiplication
des taureaux et la production de viande en vue de
répondre aux besoins alimentaires des populations;
* Approvisionnement de l'agriculture en bœufs de traits
et fumier.
Le Pays est actuellement
autosuffisant en viande et
dépend en grande partie
des produits laitiers importés. Les acquis sont particulièrement importants en
matière de privatisation des
services vétérinaires pour
traiter la santé animale. En
ce qui concerne le secteur
de la pêche, la Guinée, qui
s'étend sur une côte de 300
km de long avec une zone
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économique nautique exclusive de 322 km, possède
d'énormes ressources halieutiques, mais celles-ci ne
sont pas exploitées de
manière adéquate.
La pêche représente un
secteur vital de l'économie
et constitue une source de
devises. Dans le même
temps, cette activité fournit
40% des protéines animales
consommées dans le pays.
Que ce soit dans sa forme
artisanale et dans le cadre
des projets initiés par le
gouvernement, de grands
efforts ont été déployés de
même que des unités
équipées de bateaux de
pêche motorisés et des outils modernes ont été mis à
disposition. Lʼindustrie de la
pêche offre de bonnes perspectives. C'est une activité
très prometteuse. Les espèces les plus communé
ment exportées comprennent les dorades, les barbures à huit barbillons, les
requins et les crevettes.
Industrie, des Mines et
Géologie:
*
Industrie:
L'industrie
guinéenne en coopération
avec le secteur privé en tant
qu'opérateur clé depuis
1985 est caractérisée par la
précocité de développe-
ment, de balance limitée, de
promotion inadéquate des
ressources et des produits
locaux, à l'exclusion de la
quasi-orientation vers le
marché domestique et à la
production de biens de consommation (agro-alimen-
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taire).
* Mines et géologie: L'industrie minière se rapporte
principalement à l'extraction
de la bauxite, de diamants
et d'or. Trois grandes entreprises sont actives dans le
secteur de la bauxite et l'alu-
mine. La Compagnie de
Bauxites de Guinée (CBG)
située dans la région de
Boké et gérée par un groupe
Américain. La Compagnie
des Bauxites de Kindia
(CBK). Jusqu'à très récemment, cette société a été
exploitée sous le nom de la
Société des Bauxites de
Kindia (SBK) et appartenait
entièrement au gouvernement avant d'être repris par
le Groupe RUSAL. Cette
dernière produit 2,5 millions
de tonnes de bauxite principalement exportés en Ukraine. La Société «Guinea
Alumina» (ACG) produit
700.000 tonnes d'alumine. Il
est egalement exploité par
le Groupe RUSAL.
Lʼexploitation de l'or et du
diamant se fait selon deux
procédés : lʼexploitation artisanale repo-sant sur des
méthodes
traditionnelles
pour extraire l'or et le diamant et l'exploitation minière
industrielle. Seul un échantillon de mineurs est impliqué dans le premier type
dʼexploitation minière et la
production
estimée
à
100.000 carats par an est
loin d'être négligeable.
Les entreprises impliquées
dans le secteur de l'or et du
diamant pour le moment
sont les suivants: La Société
Ashanti Goldfield de Guinée
(SAG) qui a produit plus de
10 tonnes d'or en 2003; La
Société Minière de Dinguiraye) contrôlée par Kenor,
une société norvégienne. Sa
production était de 4 tonnes
d'or en 2002. AREDOR (une
partie de sa concession a
été attribuée à l'industrie
minière a repris les mines
de diamants en 1996. La
production a atteint 100.000
carats.
Dans le domaine de l'or et
du diamant, les entreprises
suivantes sont impliquées:
Semafo (du Canada) et DE
CASSIDYGOLD
Société
pour l'or; Trivalence Mining
(Canada) et Dia Bras pour le
diamant. Dans le secteur de
la bauxite / alumine, un certain nombre de grands projets sont en cours de finalisation. Le Projet de lʼusine
d'alumine de Kamsar a été
conçu par Alcoa et Alcan. Il
s'agit d'un projet de raffinerie d'alumine qui devrait produire 1,5 millions de tonnes
d'alumine par an. Le Projet
appelé « Global Project » a
été lancé par Marubeni et
Mitsubishi du Japon en
partenariat avec une société
privée américaine. Ils viennent de conclure une convention avec le gouvernement guinéen pour la construction d'une raffinerie
dʼune capacité de 2,8 millions de tonnes d'alumine.
Dans le domaine du secteur
du fer, deux grands projets
sont en voie dʼêtre réalisés:
Le projet minier pour lʼexploitation de minerai de fer
« Simandou » conduit par
Rio Tinto et le projet minier
pour lʼexploitation de minerai de fer «Mont Nimba »
projet d'exploitation minière
de minerai initié avec
EURONIMBA (un consor-
tium de sociétés européennes, japonaises, sudafricaines, australiennes).
Sʼajoute à ces deux projets,
le projet «TRANS-guinéen »
de chemins de fer, une ligne
de chemin de fer devant relier la région forestière à
l'océan Atlantique, en passant par le centre de la
Guinée.
Commerce et Artisanat:
Dans le secteur du commerce, la libre entreprise
adoptée par la 2ème République a permis d'établir une
politique visant à une plus
grande revitalisation de
cette activité qui peut
soutenir et stimuler les
efforts nationaux de production.
* Commerce intérieur: La
libéralisation du commerce
a permis lʼémergence d'une
concurrence loyale et effective dans les transactions
commerciales. Le monopole
est désormais révolu. Le
gouvernement et la Chambre de Commerce déterminent ensemble les règles du
commerce et veillent à leur
bonne application.
Conformément à la politique
nationale du Gouvernement
relatif à la fixation des prix,
les acteurs économiques
nationaux et étrangers ne
sont plus soumis à un programme dʼimportation ou
dʼexportation. Le Département du commerce a également entrepris des mesures
pour assurer la liberté de fixation des prix, mettant l'accent sur l'approvisionnement du pays avec des produits de consommation de
base ou avec des produits
de consommation courante.
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libéral, sauf quand il concerne des produits stratégiques ou dangereux ou sʼil
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ments ayant trait aux normes morales et médicales.
La procédure pour importer
des marchandises est engagée à la Banque Centrale
Guinéenne (BCRG), à la
banque locale de l'importateur et au sein dʼune entreprise privée chargée d'inspecter l'envoi avant l'embarquement.
Ce contrôle nécessaire
donne lieu à la délivrance
d'un certificat de vérification
dans lequel la marchandise
a besoin seulement de la
déclaration en douane ainsi
que l'expédition et les documents de transport. À l'exception du contrôle de préembarquement, la procédure se présente symétriquement à l'opposé dans le
cas de l'exportation. Le
Change étranger est obtenu
par l'intermédiaire du marché interbancaire de devises.
* Commerce extérieur:
L'objectif assigné au commerce extérieur est d'assurer la commercialisation et la
promotion des exportations
de biens. La stratégie visant
à relancer les exportations
de produits agricoles vise à
accroître la production et à
trouver des débouchés sur
les marchés sous-régionaux
et internationaux. Depuis
1985, l'exportation des produits agricoles a augmenté
de manière significative
grâce à la réactivation de la
production du café, du
coton, de lʼhuile de palme,
de fruits et de légumes.
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Même si les volumes des
exportations restent encore
faibles
comparativement
aux potentiels existants, une
progression notable de la
situation a été observée.
Avec les progrès réalisés
dans des domaines tels que
celui du café, des plantations de caoutchouc, des
fruits et du coton, les perspectives à moyen terme
restent encourageants. Les
banques
commerciales
privées actuellement établies en Guinée sont entre
autres:
- La Société Générale des
Banques
de
Guinée
(SGBG) avec deux succursales (Conakry et Kankan).
Leurs clients représentent
environ 25%;
- La Banque Internationale
pour le Commerce et
l'Industrie
en
Guinée
(BICIGUI) avec onze branches. Ils ont la plus grande
part du marché, environ
38%;
- L'Union Internationale des
Banques en Guinée (UIBG)
avec environ 12% de part du
marché;
- La Banque Islamique de
Guinée (BIG), la première
banque privée à ouvrir en
Guinée;
- La Banque Populaire
Marocco-Guinéenne
(BPMG) avec une part de
marché de près de 7%;
- Ecobank.
* Artisanat: Ce secteur a été
développé en raison de la
grande et riche diversité culturelle du pays. Les principales activités dans le
secteur sont: la teinture, la
cordonnerie, la sculpture / sculpture du bois, poterie et
ébénisterie. Les produits
découlant de ces activités
sont principalement commercialisés sur le marché
local. Néanmoins, en raison
de leur variété et qualité
remarquable, ils sont beaucoup appréciés par les
touristes de même quʼils
suscitent un grand intérêt
lors de foires commerciales
internationales.
- Télécommunications:
Depuis 1984, un programme
a été mis en œuvre pour
développer et moderniser
les télécommunications. En
Juillet 1992, une loi a été
promulguée pour réorganiser le secteur, suite à cela,
deux entités autonomes ont
été créés en 1993: lʼOffice
des Postes de Guinée
(OPG) et la Société des
Télécommunications
de
Guinée (SOTELGUI). Après
une première phase, le capitale de la 2e compagnie a
été ouvert à l'actionnariat
privé, mais le gouvernement
détient toujours 60% des
actions. En conformité avec
les conditions du contrat, la
SOTELGUI a développé la
téléphonie de base et des
cabines téléphoniques publiques. Bien que la capacité
du réseau soit en constante
amélioration, lʼoffre reste
faible par rapport à la
demande croissante de la
clientèle. À cet effet, le gouvernement a permis lʼapparition de nouvelles sociétés
privées de télécommunication: AREEBA, ORANGE,
CELCOM et bien dʼautres.
- Transport:
* L'aéroport international de
Conakry est situé dans la
capitale de la République de
Guinée. Il est divisé en ter-
minaux domestiques et
internationaux. Lʼaéroport
est fréquenté par de nombreuses compagnies aériennes africaines de l'Ouest
tels que : Air Ivoire, le Bénin
Golf Air et Slok Airlines et
par dʼautres compagnies
dʼAfrique du Nord et dʼEurope : Brussels Airlines, Air
France et Royal Air Maroc.
* Le transport ferrovier en
Guinée: La Guinée possède
1,086 km de chemins de fer.
Cela comprend 279 km du
total de 1,435 mm et de 807
km à 1000 mm. Celui-ci
comprend 662 km en service de support commun de
Kankan à Conakry. Trois
compagnies ferroviaires différentes sont actuellement
en exploitation en Guinée:
"Chemin de fer de Guinée»
(ONCFG), "Chemins de fer
de la Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée" - "Chemin
de fer Conakry" (CBG) et
«Chemin de fer de Boké ".
- Investissements étrangers:
Les deux principaux documents de la réglementation
juridique relative aux investissements
étrangers
sont le Code des investissements datant 1987 et le Code de l'activité économique
de lʼannée 1992. Le Code
des investissements de
1987 énumère et définit les
principes de la juridiction
guinéenne relatifs aux investissements étrangers.
Voici la liste des principes
les plus importants: le libre
transfert des bénéfices à l'étranger; l'égalité juridique
entre un étranger et un Guinéen, une personne morale
et une personne physique;
garantie légale d'expropriation et de nationalisation, l'égalité juridique des entreprises publiques et privées;
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pement et la libre exportation des produits finis; la
gestion de la production libre et le libre choix d'un
partenaire.
Le Code fixe également une
liste de domaines prioritaires et garanti que les
bénéfices de l'État soient
accordés aux investisseurs
étrangers qui sont engagés
dans l'une des branches
citées. Cette liste a été
modifiée par le décret
Présidentiel du 30 Juin
1995. Selon ce décret, les
secteurs suivants sont considérés comme prioritaires:
le secteur agricole (en particulier les cultures vivrières),
le secteur industriel, l'élevage, la pêche, la production d'engrais, l'assurancemaladie et de l'éducation, le
tourisme, la construction et
les activités bancaires.
Ce décret a également
réparti la Guinée en 4 zones
économiques, de manière à
ce que chacune dʼelle possède son propre bénéfice et
système de privilèges compte tenu de son niveau de
développement. L'annexe I
du Code des investissements porte sur les limitations d'activités juridiques /
personne physique étrangère. Dans le secteur de
l'édition et la télévision /
radio, les étrangers ne sont
pas autorisés à détenir plus
de 40% des actions et il leur
ait interdit de diriger une
entreprise de mass média.
L'annexe II contient la liste
des domaines protégés de
l'économie guinéenne où les
capitaux privés - à la fois
nationaux et étrangers – ne
sont pas autorisés.
La liste comprend: l'électricité, l'approvisionnement en
eau, les services de poste,
la production et la vente
d'armement. Dans le 2e arti-
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cle de l'annexe, il est précisé
que dans des cas exceptionnels le Comité national d'investissement pourrait permettre dʼintroduire des capitaux privés dans les domaines protégés. Aujourdʼhui la
libéralisation économique
en Guinée a atteint le point
où le Code des investissements de 1987 nʼest plus en
phase avec la réalité et nécessite une révision immédiate. L'augmentation drastique de la part des capitaux
étrangers dans ce qui était
autrefois considérés comme
domaines protégés confirment cela. Le cas des services de télécommunication,
de la SOTELGUI, la SEEG
Société de l'eau d'alimentation – au sein desquels les
capitaux étrangers constitue
une partie considérable de
leur financement reste un
exemple tangible. Les directions de ces entreprises sont
nominalement
guinéens,
mais
lʼassistance
est
assurée par un personnel
lic, nous pouvons distinguer
les six principales manières
dʼintroduction du capital
étranger suivantes :
* Le support technique: En
règle générale, ce type d'activité économique ne constitue pas une expérience
assez longue pour avoir une
forte influence sur la politique d'une entreprise.
* La délégation d'un
représentant à la direction
générale d'une entreprise
permet à un étranger de
sʼimmiscer dans la gestion
d'une entreprise d'État, mais
ceci nʼest pas valable pour
le secteur privé.
* Bail d'une entreprise, permet à une personne dʼassurer la gestion courante d'un
service public. Dans ce cas,
le gouvernement a le droit
exclusif de réglementer les
investissements de même
que les prix des produits
finis (la SOGEL compagnie
d'électricité peut être citée
comme un bon exemple).
* Concession: Dans ce cas,
étranger (experts techniciens). Dans le secteur pub-
une société morale de droit
privé / personne physique a
le droit exclusif de gérer l'entreprise et d'exécuter toutes
les opérations financières.
Au terme de la concession,
l'entreprise dans sa totalité
sera sous le contrôle du
gouvernement.
* Création d'une société
anonyme offre lʼopportunité
dʼavoir une grande influence
sur la politique d'une entreprise dans le cas où lʼon
possède des actions en
majorité
* La privatisation: une personne privée prend possession de l'entreprise et fournit
les moyens nécessaires à
son développement constant et à son fonctionnement.
Les capitaux étrangers occupent une place importante
dans le secteur public de la
Guinée et le gouvernement
guinéen continue de réglementer ce domaine et se
réserve le droit de trancher
dans toutes les questions
qui se posent. Le Code de
l'activité économique de
1992 établit le principe de la
réciprocité des régimes:
c'est-à-dire quʼun citoyen
étranger peut s'engager
librement dans toutes les
activités économiques en
Guinée à condition qu'un
citoyen guinéen se voit
accorder un droit de participer à des activités identiques
dans
le
pays
étranger. Mais ce principe
n'est pas toujours valable.
Les citoyens des pays
développés peuvent se trouver en situation de monopole, et en Guinée un
étranger jouit des mêmes
privilèges qu'un Guinéen,
mais il est tenu de respecter
les dispositions de la Loi de
1994 sur l'entrée des
étrangers en Guinée et leur
séjour. Outre, le Code des
investissements datant de
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1987 et le Code de l'activité
économique de lʼannée
1992, la question relative à
l'activité économique étrangère est abordée dans différents actes sectoriels, tels
que le Code de la mer /
pêche et le Code minier de
1995. L'autorisation pour
exploiter le diamant et les
métaux précieux est accordée aux personnes
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physiques et morales de
nationalité guinéenne ou
étrangère.
o Diplomatie:
La République de Guinée
est représentée par une
Ambassade au Royaume du
Maroc qui assure, notamment, le suivi de la coopération avec le CIDC, depuis
les ères de lʼindépendance.
Cette Ambassade est aujourd'hui dirigée par un
Chargé d'Affaires en la personne de Son Excellence
Monsieur Aboubacar SYLLA
qui, avec une équipe
dynamique, se bat pour le
renforcement de la coopération bilatérale entre la
République de Guinée et le
Royaume du Maroc. Cette
relation diplomatique a
connu cinq grandes sessions
de
coopération
bilatérale, la dernière a eu
lieu a Rabat en 2002. Une
sixième session qui devait
avoir lieu en 2004 n'a toujours pas vu le jour. Sa
tenue permettra de réaliser
plusieurs projets communs
relevant
des
secteurs
économiques et culturels. Sources:
- www.guinee.gov.gn
-www.guineaembassyusa.com
- www.guinea-mining.com
- www.guineeconakry.info
- www.mbendi.com
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THE WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION
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BACKGROUND
The West African Economic
and
Monetary
Union
(WAEMU) was established
by the Treaty signed at
Dakar on 10 January 1994
by the Heads of States and
Governments of seven
countries in West Africa
having in common the use
of a common currency, the
CFA. These are Benin,
Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire,
Mali, Niger, Senegal and
Togo.
The Treaty came into force
on 1st August 1994, after
ratification by Member States. Guinea-Bissau became the eighth member
state of the Union on May
2nd, 1997.
OBJECTIVES OF WAEMU
* To strengthen the competitiveness of economic and
financial activities of the
Member States as part of an
open and competitive market and a rationalized and
harmonized legal environment ;
* To ensure the performance
and convergence of economic policies of Member
States by establishing a
multilateral surveillance procedure between Member
States ;
* To create a common market based on the free movement of persons, goods,
services, capital and the
right of establishment of
self-employed or employed,
as well as a common external tariff and trade policy ;
* To establish a coordination
of national sectoral policies
for the implementation of
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joint actions and possibly of
common policies including
the following areas: human
re-sources, planning, agriculture, energy, industry,
mining, transportation, infrastructure and telecommunications ;
* To harmonize, to the
extent necessary for the
proper functioning of the
common market, the laws of
Member States and particularly the system of taxation.
WAEMU ORGANS
* The Conference of Heads
of State:
It is the supreme authority of
the Union and determines
any question which could
not find a solution by unanimous agreement of the
Council of Ministers. It
decides on the possible
accession of new members
and notes the withdrawal or
exclusion of participants. It
meets at least once a year
and takes decisions unanimously.
* The Council of Ministers:
Chaired by the Minister of
Finance of the Republic of
Guinea-Bissau, the Council
of Ministers sets monetary
policy and credit of the
Union to ensure the preservation of the common currency and to fund the activity and economic development of member states.
The Council shall meet at
least twice a year and takes
decisions unanimously. It is
up to change the definition
of the monetary unit and to
determine accordingly the
statement of parity of the
currency of the Union.
THE WAEMU COMMISSION
The WAEMU Commission
has the enforcement authority delegated by the Council
of Ministers. It can ask the
Court of Justice for Member
States to fulfill their obligations under the Community
law.
CONTROL ORGANS
* The Court of Justice:
The Court of Justice ensures the uniform interpretation of the Community law
and its implementation. It
settles disputes between
member states or between
the Union and its agents. It
is composed of judges, one
from each State, appointed
for a six years term.
* The Court of Auditors:
The Court of Auditors audits
the accounts of the Union
bodies and reliability of fiscal data necessary for the
exercise of multilateral surveillance.
* The Parliamentary Committee: The Parliamentary
Committee is an advisory
entity, which facilitates discussions on integration. It
receives the annual report
of the Commission and
expresses ratios or resolutions.
* Parliamentary Committee
Membership: it has 40
members and meets at least
once a year.
* Advisory bodies:
- The Regional Consular
Chamber:
The Regional Consular
Chamber is an advisory
body, established by the
Treaty of Union. It is respon-
sible for achieving the effective involvement of the private sector in the process
of the WAEMUʼs integration.
As an economic regional
community, the WAEMU
plays a key role in regional
governance. It defines the
processes by which the
eight member countries
shall harmonize their policies, the development of a
common market and collective decision-making in general.
In seven years, the WAEMU
Member States have harmonized their particular
business law and accounting information system of
non-financial firms.
The establishment of a
regional financial market is
represented by the establishment of a regional stock
exchange (BRVM) on September 18th, 1998. The
Customs Union came into
effect on 1st January 2000,
date of the implementation
of the Common External
Tariff.
The Union area has 72 million inhabitants, 30% of the
population of West Africa
and covers an area of 3.5
million km2. According to
recent statistics, the GDP of
the countries that form it
was valued at approximately one third of GDP in the
sub-region.
Within the WAEMU, the
micro-finance sector predominately consists of
mutual or cooperative savings and credit institutions,
which operate as non-government organizations and
associations. In 1993, the
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WAEMU Council of Ministers adopted the PARMEC
law to regulate mutual or
cooperative savings and
credit institutions. In 1996,
the Council of Ministers
adopted a framework convention to be used for institutions that do not meet the
registration criteria outlined
under the PARMEC law. A
major purpose of this framework convention was to provide operating and monitoring procedures for financial
intermediaries working in
informal sectors.
In 2007, the Council of
Ministers adopted a new law
establishing regulations for
decentralized financial systems, which will repeal and
replace both the PARMEC
law and the framework convention. As compared to the
PARMEC law, the decentralized financial systems bill
provides regulations for
both deposit and nondeposit taking micro-finance
institutions.
More
specifically, this bill
provides for the sharing of supervision between the Central Bank
of West African States
( B C E A O ) , WA E M U
Banking Commission,
which is mainly responsible for the organization and implementation of controls for
financial institutions,
and the respective
Ministry of Finance for
each member country.
The decentralized financial systems bill
was passed in Guinea
Bissau and Senegal in
2008, in Mali and
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Burkina Faso in 2009, in
Niger in 2010, and Togo and
Cote d'Ivoire in 2011. It will
become operational once it
is adopted by the final
WAEMU member country,
Benin. BCEAO issued instructions on the decentralized financial systems and
consumer protection-related
transparency in late 2010.
The Central Bank of West
African States is also responsible for the management of the monetary policy
of the WAMU Member
States. This monetary policy
is aimed at:
- adjusting global liquidity in
the economy according to
the evolution of the economic situation, so as to ensure
price stability, and promoting economic growth.
The Central Bank defines
the regulations applicable to
banks and financial institutions and ensures the
supervision of their activities.
The Central Bank also provides assistance to the
Governments of the Member States of the Union at
their request in relation with
international financial and
monetary institutions and its
negotiations concerning the
conclusion of international
financial agreements. It may
be charged with the execution of such agreements on
conditions determined by
conventions approved by
the Board of Directors. As
regards in particular the
relations of the Member
States with the International
Monetary Fund, the Central
Bank acts as a fiscal agent
in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement of
September 24, 1981, signed
between BCEAO and Member States.
The Central Bank may also
lend its assistance in the
definition, harmonisation
and application of the regulations governing external
financial relations. In that
respect, it notably establishes the balance of payments
of the States.
Other activities
The Central Bank takes an
active part in the discussion
with the partners of the
Franc Zone concerning the
reform of the insurance,
social security provisions,
savings mobilisation, business law, the Franc Zone
Monitoring Office for economic trends and regional
training centres.
The Central Bank has
developed a training policy
for its staff members which it
has subsequently extended
to banks and financial institutions, economic and financial administrations of Member States and of some subregional countries. This
training is provided by the
West African Centre for
Banking Studies and Training (COFEB), which is
located at the
Head Office of
BCEAO. The
creation of this
centre
was
motivated by
the necessity
to harmonise
the training of
the banking
sector senior
executives
and to give to
it a more reg i o n a l
scope.
WAEMU / UEMOA Headquarters
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with
Malaysia Airlines
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ECONOMY, FINANCE & INVESTMENT
The levers of international competitiveness of SMEs
By Brahim Allali, Ph.D.
Professor at HEC Montreal and
International Affairs Consultant
SMEs constitute the mostpreponderant type of enterprise in all countries with
percentages varying between 90 and 99% depending on the definition used. In
addition to this prevalence,
SMEs are also known for
other virtues, notably, job
creation, local development,
innovation... etc. However,
when considering the SMEs'
percentage in the export
effort, it comes out their low
participation rates often
below 10%. Wishing to
increase the engagement of
SMEs in export, all countries' governments implement a package of measures including tax and financial incentives.
Nevertheless, it is clear that
in most developing countries, including many OIC
countries, these measures
are far from being fruitful.
What are the reasons for the
sterility of these measures?
What are the barriers that
prevent SMEs to become
more involved in foreign
markets? How to enable
these SMEs to overcome
these barriers and improve
their international competi-
tiveness? Thus, with a view
to answering these questions, ICDT has commissioned a study on the subject to an international
expert. Such a study is to be
published by the Centre in a
few weeks.
The study in question immediately notes that, contrary
to an assumption underlying
most of the SME support
programs, these are not
miniatures of large companies. In other words, the
tools and techniques in
place to help them start from
the implicit assumption that
they will react in the same
way as large companies. Do
not we say that "who can do
more can do less"? So, if
these
measures
have
proven effective in the context of large enterprises,
they should, logically, be relevant, even more relevant
for SMEs. However, reality
teaches us that nothing is
less true. Indeed, SMEs
have characteristics that
make a species very different from that of large enterprises. Two of these characteristics seem particularly
important to mention: First,
the centrality of the SMEs'
leader who makes it play a
leading role in managing the
company and its export
process. Thus, according to
his/her profile, attitudes and
ambitions, the leader can
lead the company to internationalize or remain local,
then the competitive advantage of SMEs is often based
on its proximity to all partners of the business and in
particular with its customers.
But the adventure of SMEs
in foreign markets neutralizes this advantage and puts
the company in a situation
where the perception of barriers is amplified.
With regard to barriers and
in addition to those inside
the company and arising
from the weakness of its
resources and expertise,
SMEs are also confronted
with difficulties that conceals
its business environment
both locally and internationally. Several types are used
in the literature to categorize
these barriers and difficulties. One of them states that
SMEs which are internationalized are faced with the following disabilities: disability
of being a stranger in a market which is itself stranger;
handicap of being new, that
is to say that it is unknown
and with no image in the foreign market. However, in
several countries, customers only buy brands they
know well; finally, the handicap of small size, which
stands for the limited resources allowing to invest in
building an image and in the
consolidation of market
knowledge.
A recent study by the ITC in
two OIC member countries,
namely Burkina Faso and
Morocco, reveals that exporting SMEs also face protectionism from foreign
countries as well as difficulties of implementation of
certain measures in their
own country.
The final chapter of ICDT's
study provides a set of
measures to improve the
competitiveness of SME
exporters including the promotion of collaborative forms of export such as clusters, industrial districts, the
export consortium, porting to
Export and the management
company for export. Tijaris 126 - June-August 2012
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IMPORTANCE OF THE REGIONAL INTEGRATION OF THE LEAGUE
OF ARAB STATES
The League of Arab Statesʼ Foreign trade
The League of Arab States region has one of the lowest levels of intra-regional trade in the world (11-12%) despite preferential market access and significant cultural homogeneity. Thus, trade potential exists but is as yet untapped and evaluated 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 increase
comparing to 2009 due to the soaring prices of food and energy products worldwide against the intra-trade of LAS evaluated 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 excepting oil products.
The intra-trade of LAS is appreciable (>20%) with Palestine, Oman, Somalia and Bahrain due to the geographical proximity, the importance of level of demand of some products made by some LAS and also the existence of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements.
Weighted average tariffs
10-21%
1-2%
0-0.3%
This is a result of many factors including:
* dominance of oil for many economies in the Arab countries;
* 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 all
Arab economies (regional average more than 50%).
- Arab countries have comparative advantage in a wide
array of services e.g. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and
Yemen 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 growth
and integration among Arab countries, especially capital
and labor movements (the two main devices of services
trade) are in better position in terms of mobility and integration when compared to merchandise trade.
Some Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) concluded
by Arab countries
Very few Arab countries have engaged in actual
regional commitments:
Arab countries PTAs with other trading partners are
considered GATS-plus PTAs. This has been the case
with countries who have signed PTAs with the US
including Morocco, Oman and Bahrain.
Jordan in its PTAs with US and Singapore where commitments have been based on a positive list approach;
Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman in their PTAs with the
US, where their commitments have been based on a
negative list approach.
Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain and Oman PTAs with US
seem to have deep liberalization as compared to their
original GATS commitments in the WTO.
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Conclusion
- Regional integration requires efforts beyond the
removal of ʻconventionalʼ
tariffs:
* Tariff preferences do not
automatically translate into
integration.
* Non-tariff obstacles significantly hamper intra-LAS
trade:
. especially in manufacturing
. especially due to SPS and
TBT measures and Rules of
Origin
. Necessary to fully implement the provisions related
to elimination of non-tariff
obstacles within the Greater
Arab Free Trade
Area
(GAFTA)
* Foster public-private dialogue with the goal of
removing burdensome obstacles to trade, thereby
assisting companies become more competitive
- Expand the services sectors in order to create new
jobs, particularly for women
- as women are not well represented in the current
industrial sectors;
- Focus on innovation and
skills intensive sectors with
high potential for value addi-
tion;
- Invest in capacity building
and skills development particularly for women;
- Improve business environment and strengthen trade
support institutions.
FTAs can result in some
export gains, and possibly
increased FDI flows, but the
size and durability of these
benefits – highly uncertain.
FTAs will most likely lead to
an increase in imports with
impact for the trade balance
and the external debt position.
Most FTAs include «Sin-
gapore issues» - investment, competition policy or
government procurement –
which have been excluded
from the agenda of multilateral negotiations. FTAs thus
constitute a major vehicle for
deeper integration, with
potential risks. ICDT, ITC
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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 of
Customs 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 was
praised. 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 that
it 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 at
once 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 Malaysian
businesses.
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 agreement would culminate negotiations that began in 2005.
Kuala Lumpur ranks as Canberra's third-largest trading partner in ASEAN and the 10th biggest overall. Discussion about the Signature of an MoU between CIS Countries to define future cooperation
goals
The sixth session of the Council of the CIS Finance Ministers was held on May 23rd, 2012 in Astana in order to discuss the
financial and economic situation in the CIS countries.
The session discussed a plan of action to implement the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the
finance ministries of the CIS Countries, issues of financial risk given the background of the current global instability and
other issues. Additionally, the finance ministers identified goals for future cooperation. Tijaris 126 - June-August 2012
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Outcomes of the Seminar on the Framework Agreement on the
Trade Preferential System among the Member States of the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to the benefit of the Members of
the League of Arab States
Kuwait, May 14th-15th, 2012
technical assistance provided by the Islamic Centre for
Development of Trade to the
Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in the field of trade
negotiations and in the
implementation of ICDT's
work program for the year
2012 adopted by the 28th
session of its Board of
Directors, the Centre organized in cooperation with the
Ministry of Industry and
Trade of the State of Kuwait
a seminar on the "Framework Agreement on the Trade Preferential System
among the Member States
of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to the benefit of the Members of the
League of Arab States" on
May 14th -15th, 2012 in the
State of Kuwait. This seminar aimed to introduce this
system, explain its requirements and stimulate the
Arab countries, which have
not yet announced their
accession to the system, to
speed up the procedures for
completing the signature
and ratification of the said
framework agreement.
The seminar was attended
by more than 45 specialists
from different Institutions,
namely: the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry
of Finance, the Chamber of
Commerce and Industry and
the General Administration
of Customs from Kuwait; the
Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of National Economy of Oman;
the Cooperation Council for
the Arab States of the Gulf;
the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the
COMCEC Coordination Office and the Islamic Centre
for Development of Trade,
which participated with a
delegation headed by Dr. El
Hassane HZAINE, Director
General, who pointed out on
the occasion, that the organization of the seminar fell
within the framework of the
activities carried out by
ICDT with a view to overcoming the obstacles that
hinder trade, represented in
tariff and non-tariff barriers
and within ICDT's activities
carried out to the benefit of
the Member States of the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation so as to get them
acquainted with the framework Agreement on the
Trade Preferential System
and to inform them about
the latest development of
the trade negotiations between Member States. He
carried on that the seminar
would also contribute to
strengthen relationships between ICDT and the State of
Kuwait.
Objectives of the seminar:
The seminar aimed through
the different presentations to
clarify the objectives and
principles of the Trade Preferential System among the
Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the various
options with regard to trade
negotiations. It also cast a
spotlight on the methodologies offered as regards
trade negotiations. The main
function of the Trade Preferential System among the
Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation consists in providing the framework of a harmonious agreement, which
facilitates the exchange of
trade concessions between
the Member States of the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, which constitutes
an essential means to stimulate trade and raise the stan-
dard of living (production
and operation) in Member
States, noting that tariff,
non-tariff and para-tariff barriers are the more frequent
tools used by Member
States to exercise control
over foreign trade.
On the sidelines of the
seminar, Dr. El Hassane
HZAINE, Director General of
the Centre, paid a courtesy
visit to His Excellency the
Minister of Trade and Industry of the State of Kuwait.
He also held a working
meeting with His Excellency
the Deputy Minister and HE
the Assistant Undersecretary for Foreign Trade and
seized the opportunity to
present the Centre's activities and expressed his willingness to work with the
Kuwaiti authorities in the
field of trade promotion and
investment. In this regard,
Dr. HZAINE laid stress on
the care provided by the
Secretary General of the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, HE Prof. Dr.
Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU,
to strengthen cooperation
with Kuwait in all fields,
especially those involved in
the Islamic Commercial and
Economic work. Tijaris 126 - June-August 2012
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Tourism in Kuwait
is today
a distinct
economic sector
thanks to its
financial and
social returns
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Outcomes of the National Seminar for the popularization of ICDT’s
and IDB’s Group Services
June 7th, 2012 - Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco
promotion of the services of
both the Islamic Centre for
Development of Trade
(ICDT) and the Group of
Islamic Development Bank
(IDB), ICDT organized in
collaboration with the Foreign Department of the
Ministry of Industry, Trade
and New Technologies of
the Kingdom of Morocco,
with the support of the
Regional Office of the IDB
Group in Rabat, a "National
Seminar for the popularization of ICDTʼs and IDBʼs
Group Services" to the benefit of the public and private
Moroccan operators on June 7th, 2012 at Royal Mansour Hotel in Casablanca,
Kingdom of Morocco.
On this occasion, ICDT pre-
sented the latest developments in the field of trade
between the OIC Member
States, the OIC Fairs and
Exhibitions to be organized
by the Centre, the Trade
Information Network for Islamic Countries (TINIC) and
the Trade Preferential System among OIC Member
States (TPS/OIC).
Likewise, the representative
of the IDB Group presented
the services related to financing and export insurance.
They participated in this
meeting, the Presidents of
the Regional Chambers of
Commerce and Industries
and the representatives of
professional associations,
banks and Moroccan public
operators. Solar Energy is a potential of
Engine of growth for the
Moroccan Economy
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TRADE SUPPORT INSTITUTIONS
The International Centre for Trade and Export Promotion of Guinea
(CIEPEX)
Presentation
The International Centre for
Trade and Export Promotion
of Guinea (CIEPEX), as the
only professional body in
charge of organizing the
trade fair events in Guinea,
and which is considered as
the greatest platform to promote the Country's trade is,
in fact, the technical unit of
the Ministry of Commerce,
Industry and SMEs whose
mission is to promote and
boost Guinea's commercial
and economic exchanges
and revitalize the capacity of
interference of businesses
and professional organizations.
Within its advisory
mission to economic
operators, the CIEPEX's objective is to
identify and assess
the causes of the
potential problems of
their business / market
and suggest appropriate
solutions related to the beneficiaries.
Exports
The mission of CIEPEX in
the field of export promotion
aims to help economic
agents to diversify their revenue streams and maximize revenue from marketing their products and services in a sustainable way.
The CIEPEX's contribution
to the development of Guinea's economy is based on
two fields of expertise internationally: the capacity development for export; and
the identification and prosecution of international mar-
kets.
The services are aimed
at to promote CIEPEX peasant and professional organizations, economic operators
and exporters engaged in
increasing the collective
wealth of Guinea through
economic exchanges with
the world.
CIEPEX activities aim to
make available all such
business and social information that will allow production
units to make strategic decisions across the various
services it offers.
Investment
As Guinea is a world of
investment opportunities to
enter, thanks to its abundance in natural resources,
the CIEPEX could develop
over the years a close relationship with all Guinean
traders and serves as a
focal point for research of
both Guinean and foreign
trading partners. It achieves
its mission of promoting the
Guinea basin as a rivileged
destination through:
- carrying out economic missions abroad to explore
investments;
- receiving foreign investors
in Guinea;
- promoting projects in
Guinea;
- seeking Guinean and foreign partners. ADDRESS
International Centre for
Trade and Export
Promotion (CIEPEX)
Common Kaloum BP: 2000
Conakry, Republic of
Guinea
Cell: (+224) 60 29 27 64/64
96 08 71/63 12 36 99
Fax: +224 64 53 20 68
[email protected]
West African Development Bank (BOAD)
The West African Development Bank (BOAD) is a public institution with an international character aiming,
under Article 2 of its
Constitution, at promoting
the Member States' balanced development to
achieve the economic integration of West Africa by
financing priority development projects.
It was created by the
Agreement signed on November 14th, 1973 and
became operational in 1976.
Its member states are
Benin, Burkina, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali,
Niger, Senegal and Togo.
By the WAEMU Treaty signed on January 10th, 1994
and gotten into force on
August 1st, 1994, the BOAD
has become a specialized
and autonomous Union
competing with full independence to realize the
objectives of the WAEMU
without prejudice.
Designed as a bank to promote the integration and regional solidarity, the BOAD
has been endowed with:
- financing the construction
or improvement of infrastructure development, particularly in the communications, hydraulic equipment,
electrical fields, ...
- the improvement, the creation or transfer of ownership of the means of production and distribution in rural
and industrial sector.
T h e
BOAD
intervenes
directly
or throu g h
subsidiaries
and spec i a l
funds established by the
Bank or national financial
institutions. Its interventions
can take the following forms:
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equity, loans and long-term
average, downstream and
interest subsidy.
Member states, communities and public institutions,
financial institutions, organizations, companies and individuals can also benefit from
its funding.
To increase the effectiveness of its interventions,
modulate its actions and
adapt the best, special funds
were created for fund enhancement, fund guarantees and redemptions, as
well as fund studies.
The BOADʼs Role in the
UEMOA
Its role is to transform the
monetary union into an economic and monetary union,
in 1994, demonstrating the
willingness of Member States to extend the economic
field, the solidarity that binds
the monetary base, and use
the money to accelerate the
regional integration. It is the
overt expression of their
awareness of the mutual
benefits of membership in
monetary union and the
need to preserve and strengthen the cohesion of the
latter.
Objectives:
The objectives of the
UEMOA (Article 4 of the
Treaty) are to:
- strengthen the competitiveness of financial and economic activities of member
states as part of an open
and competitive market and
a rationalized and harmonized legal environment;
- ensure the convergence of
member statesʼ economic
policies through the establishment of a multilateral
surveillance procedure;
- create between member
states a common market
based on the free movement
of persons, goods, services,
capital and the right of the
establishment of a common
external tariff and a common
trade policy;
- establish coordination of
national sectoral policies
and implement joint actions
and possibly common policies, notably in the following
areas: human resources,
planning, transport and telecommunications, environment, agriculture, energy, industry and mining;
- harmonize the proper functioning of the common market, the laws of the Member
States and particularly the
system of taxation. ADDRESS:
West African
Development Bank
(BOAD)
68, Avenue de la
Libération
Tel: (228) 221.59.06 /
221.42.44 / 221.01.13
Fax:(228) 221.52.67 /
221.72.69
Telex:5289 BOAD
TG / 5336 BOAD TG
Email:
[email protected]
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
GUINEA
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
PARTNERS
We are seeking white long grain rice
under the following terms and conditions:
- Commodity: White long grain rice
- Specification: 25% broken
- Quantity: 12.500 x 12 =150.000
MT
- Shipment: 12.500 MT / Month
- Parking: 50 Kg New PP Bags
- Destination: Conakry
- Price: CIF
- Payment: DLC
We are also seeking ordinary
Portland cement 42.5 under the following terms and conditions:
- Commodity: OPC 42.5
- Quantity: 12.500 x 12 =150.000
MT
- Shipment: 12.500 MT /
Month
- Parking: 3 PLYS Craft
paper water resistant
Destination: Conakry
Price: CIF
We are regularly selling: gold, manifactured articles, mineral products,
petroleum products, tropical fruits,
wood, diamonds.
We are regularly buying: construction materials, financial services,
food stuffs, manifacture articles,
foods, petroluem products.
- Our Contact:
Sekou Kone, General Manager
International Business Partners
Tel : 00224 64 27 29 51
Fax : 00224 30 46 35 11
Conakry, Guinea
TURKEY
COMPLIMENTARY NETWORKING
& BUSINESS MATCHING
Turkish Electrical & Electronics
Industry are looking for partners in
Malaysia.
The Malaysia Global Business
Forum together with the Turkish
Commercial Office in Kuala Lumpur,
Istanbul Electrical-Electronics, Machinery & ICT Exportersʼ Association
(Turkish Electro Technology – TET)
have an incoming delegation comprising leading companies in the Electrical
& Electronic Sectors. These companies are looking for partners, agents
and distributors in Malaysia and the
ASEAN Region.
OZMEN SERIGRAFI VE PANTOGRAF SANAYI - ERSAN OZMEN
Turkish firm, located in Izmir, specialized in serigraphy and trade, is looking for reciprocal production opportunities. The firm also offers itself as a
sub contractor in the field of serigraphy for interested partners. The firm
has been working on serigraphy since
1988. With 23-years experience in
serigraphy and trade, the firm has
been regarded as the leader of the
printing sector in the Aegean region
with its professional staff and hightech machines. The firm has 375
square-metres of closed working area
and professional staff. The capacity of
the firm is enough to handle the whole
production process starting from draft
designs to production and printing.
Activities found in the offer:
Various types of printed matter and
articles for printing;
- Printing, publishing and related services.
Address:
2838. SOK. N°:10, K: 2-3, 1. SANAYI
SITESI
Zip Code: 35110 - District: Mersinli
Province: İZMİR
Phone: +90-232-4336327
Fax: 4581828
INDONESIA
MENSA GROUP
Our group comprises several companies with diversified activity such as
importing, exporting and trading phar-
maceutical raw materials, food, feed,
cosmetics, generic pharmaceutical
manufacturing, medical supplies &
dental equipment manufacturing,
pharmaceutical, hospital/ medical supplies and consumer goods distribution.
Address:
Mensa Building 3rd floor Jalan H.R.
Rasuna Said Kav B-34 -35 Kuningan
Jakarta 12940 - Indonesia
Phones : 5222468 (Hunting)
Fax : 0062-21 5256337 5222467
BANGLADESH
MASTER TRADE INTERNATIONAL
A Bangladeshi company specialized in
ball-point pen manufacture wishes to
deal with Saudi companies.
Contact person: M. A. Quddus,
Managing Director
Address: 30, Bangabandhu
Avenue (5th Floor), G.P.O. Box
792, Dhaka Bangladesh
Tel: 880-2-9555678
Fax: 880-2-9563341
Email: [email protected]
BINDEX INTERNATIONAL
We are a Bangladeshi company specialized in export of cement, aluminium
profile for windows and doors, PVC
pipe, jute and jute bags.
We wish to deal with Saudi companies.
Contact Name: Manjur H Chisti, Chief
Executive
Address: 18-1 Shamsur Rahman
Road, Khulna-9100, Bangladesh
Tel: +880-41-722109
Fax: +880-41-730341
EGYPT
FRESH FRUIT COMPANY
Address = 14 Iran Street, Dokki
City, State & ZIP = Cairo
Country = Egypt
Phone = +2027619995
Fax = +2023379623
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Web Page: www.ffcegypt.com/contact.htm
We have the best Henna quality all
over the world.
Person to Contact = Mrs. Zeinab
Abdel Hamid
UAE
CHC NAMEX General Trading
L.L.C.
We want to buy all kinds of slimming
tea, which contains the Chines
Herbal, from manufacturers or suppliers from China. We need a huge
amounts, so if you have the products
in stock and have interest in cooperating with us, please contact us and
send the details and quotation of the
product.
We are regularly selling: cotton towels, bath towels, silk scarves, luggage, trolley, laminate flooring, solar
panels.
Our contact:
Xie Rui Yin, Sales Executive
Tel: 971-04-4471415
Fax : 971-04-4471416
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
RAFI MARBLE & BUILDING
MATERIALS LLC
Wishes to import marble, granite,
tile and building materials.
Tel : +971-6-5437136
Fax : +971-6-5436851
AL TECH DIGI PAINTS LLC.
A Company specializing in technology transfer for editing photos in Tshirts, plates and wood, provides its
services.
Tel: +971 4 2869325
Fax: +971 4 2869365
TUNISIA
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEERING
It has officially launched on January
10th, 2012 its new machine GI360
for the manufacture of building
frameworks wrought iron (iron frame
building No. 6).
To attract new consumers and create a new trend in Tunisa, EIG
offers this machine until 31
December 2012 for a price of
120,000 dinar instead of 135,000
dinar.
Address:
Tunisia- manouba - 2011
Phone: 20075865
Site Web: www.gitunisie.com
BURKINA FASO
AJAO (ASSOCIATION OF YOUNG
ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN OF
OUAGADOUGOU)
Description: Sales of fruit: mango,
shea nuts, either fresh or raw nuts or
walnuts cooked or processed into
consumable peanut.
Partnership sought: Commercial
partner (import-export).
Address: Rue 19 Nossin secteur 19
Ouaga
Ouagadougou, Kadioge
Tel: +225 05629970 (22613)
NIGERIA
HENZINI INTERNATIONAL LTD
We basically deal in the export of
commodity crops, such as soya
bean, cashew, chilli pepper, cotton,
sesame seeds, timber, coffee, cocoa,
rubber, cassava, vanilla, etc. We also
assist foreign companies advertise
their wares/services in Nigeria and
other countries in the sub-region of
West Africa.
Address:
N°.9, IFE Oluwa Street, Adeoni
Estate, Ojodu, Ikeja, Lagos 2341,
Nigeria
Phone: 234 1 793 3246
E-mail:
[email protected]
KAZAKHSTAN
ERDANICO CO. LTD
Exports licorice root
Address:
15, Republic Square,
office 121124 - Almaty,
050013 Kazakhstan
Tel: 7 (3272) 662094
Fax: 7 (3272) 509143
JORDAN
AL MANSOOR PLASTIC FACTORY
based in Jordan. We produce all
kinds of plastic bags (HDPE, LDPE,
Tshirt, shopping, etc...).We produce
all kinds of plastic bags in a very high
quality. Mansur Industries plant all
kinds of plastic bags In cooperation
with the Foundation for bone Amer
Brokerage & Investment. The factory
produces all kinds of plastic bags of
various sizes, colors and printing.
The prices ranging from 1600 to $
2000 depending on demand and
according to many things and conditions of:
- measurement of the bag ;
- thickness of the bag ;
- the quality of the bag (raw materials) by demand ;
- is there a print on the bag or not and
how much color printing ;
- quantity required.
Method of payment be 50% of the
value of load at the agreement and
the remainder upon completion and
before the exit of the car from the
factory (in the early stages of the
deal)
Ahmed Alkilani
Sales & Marketing Manager
AL-Mansour plastic ind.,factory
Amman -Jordan
Tel: 00962 5 3652000
Fax: 00962 5 3650904
Mob: 00962 79 7442945
Skype: ahmedalklani
Email:
[email protected]
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Vision 2020: the new strategy aiming at strengthening
tourism as an engine of economic, social and cultural
development of Morocco
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MEET WITH
The Central Bank of the States of West Africa
The Central Bank of the States of West Africa (BCEAO) is the central bank common to the eight member states of the West
African Monetary Union (WAMU), notably: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and
Togo.
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 BCEAO
is in charge of:
- the centralization of foreign exchange reserves of the Union;
- to promote the smooth
operation, supervision
and safety of payment
systems in WAMU,
- to implement policy
changes to WAMU in the
conditions adopted by
the Council of Ministers,
- to manage the official
foreign reserves of the
WAMUʼs Member States.
The Central Bank may
conduct, in respect of
monetary equilibrium,
assignments or projects
that contribute to improving the environment of
monetary policy, diversification and strengthening of the financial system of WAMU and technical and professional
capacities in the banking
and financial sector.
BCEAO HQ, Dakar-Senegal
- 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.
Missions
The 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;
Organs
The organs of the
BCEAO are: the Governor, the Monetary Policy
Committee, the Board of
Directors, the Audit Committee and the National
Councils of Credit.
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MEET WITH
The Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa
(OHADA)
The Organization for the
Harmonization of Business
Law in Africa (OHADA) was
created in 1993 by an international treaty with the goal
to overcome the legal and
judicial insecurities in its
member states.
OHADA is a system of business laws and institutions
adopted by 17 West and
Central African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire,
Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Equatorial Guinea, Mali,
Niger, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, and Togo, to
establish a uniform legal
framework governing commerce and investment in the
region.
Areas
Governed
By
OHADA Laws:
Under OHADA, the following
Uniform Acts have been
adopted, superseding any
existing laws of the member
states governing the same
areas:
UNCITRAL Model Arbitration Law, its purpose is to
promote arbitration as an
efficient means to settle disputes.
The Uniform Act on Arbitration (the Uniform Act) does
not limit arbitration to commercial and professional
matters; individuals and corporate bodies alike may
refer their dispute to arbitration. - General commercial law;
- Company law;
- Secured transactions;
- Debt recovery and enforcement law;
- Bankruptcy law;
- Arbitration law;
- Accounting law;
Law relating to the transportation of goods by road
The OHADA Uniform Act
of Arbitration
In 1999, OHADA States
adopted a Uniform Act of
Arbitration (the Uniform Act),
which sets out the basic
rules for any arbitration
where the seat of arbitration
is an OHADA member state.
The Uniform Act on Arbitration (the Uniform Act) governs any arbitration taking
place in an OHADA member
state, whether the arbitration
involves parties from an
OHADA country or from a
foreign State. Framed on the
Address:
Organization for the
Harmonisation of
Business Law in Africa
(OHADA)
Permanent Secretariat
01 BP 8702 Abidjan 01
Côte d'Ivoire
Telephone:
+ 237 2 221 09 05
Fax:
+ 237 2 221 67 45
The craft sector
is an economic activity
conducive to the professional
development in Algeria
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MEET WITH
The African Intellectual Property Organisation
(OAPI)
The African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI) is
the institution created and
vested with the powers to
manage intellectual property
and related issues within 16
Member States: Benin,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad, Congo, Cote dʼIvoire,
Gabon, Guinea-Conakry,
Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo
and Equatorial Guinea. This
organization was created by
the Bangui Accord of 02
March 1977 which constituted the Revision of the
Libreville Accord of 13 September 1962. Another diplomatic meeting was convened by the members of
the Bangui Agreement on
February 24, 1999 ending
up with the revision of the
Bangui Agreement and the
setting up of a new instrument “The Revised Bangui
Accord”. The creation of
OAPI was inspired by the
desire to promote the effective contribution of intellectual property to the development of their States on the
one hand and concerned on
the other, to protect intellectual property rights on their
territories in an effective and
uniform manner. For each of
the member States, the
organization shall serve
both as the National Industrial Property Office. The
institutionalization of OAPI is
an indication of the Africanʼs
drive towards globalization.
States voluntarily surrender
national sovereignty for regional regroupings in the
light of harmonizing their
regional intellectual property
protection measures. What
makes OAPI unique is that
the issuance of an industrial
property title by this institution confers automatic protection of rights valid in all
the 16 member States, unlike other regional organizations which require separate
filing in each member State.
OAPIʼs mission includes:
- The issuance of protection
titles.
- Documentation and information.
- Promotion of technological
development.
Objectives:
To contribute to the attainment of the industrial development objectives of Member States through the achievement of the following
specific objectives:
- ensure the protection and
publication of intellectual
property right items;
- encourage creativity and
transfer of technology through intellectual property
rights system;
- render the legal framework
to promote investment by
creating favorable conditions of the principles of
intellectual property;
- implement effective training programs to enable the
African Intellectual Property
Organisation render better
quality services.
- create conducive conditions for enhancing the
value of research findings
and for domestic companies
to make use of technological
innovations.
Organs of OAPI: These are
the Administrative Council,
the Directorate General and
the High Commission of
Appeal.
Subject Matter protected
at OAPI:
. Patents for an invention;
. Utility Models for inventions
that do no meet up with the
criteria for patentability;
. Distinctive Signs, namely:
Trade Marks; Commercial
Names / Trade Names; Industrial Designs and Models; Geographical Indications;
. Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits;
. Plant Variety. The Agricultural sector plays a key role in the
Tunisian economy, as it ensures the food security of the country, based mainly on domestic
production and is the main activity in several
regions
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MEET WITH
AttijariWafa Bank
plans to expand its presence in mostly French-speaking
African Countries
Attijariwafa Bank SA is a
Morocco based financial
and banking group. The
Company is engaged in the
provision of banking and insurance products and services. The Companyʼs banking activities include personal and professional banking,
corporate banking, investment banking and international banking. The Companyʼs subsidiaries include,
among others, Wafa Immobilier, Wafa Assurance,
Wafasalaf, Wafabail, Wafacash, Wafa LLD and Attijari
Finances Corp.
The Company is active in 22
countries through 2,088
branches. As such, the entity is an imposing presence,
boasting one million customers served by 460 national branches. With its
considerable resources, market share and expertise, it
has always sought to consolidate its national lead as
a full service or "universal"
bank, establish "regional"
footholds in Europe, the Maghreb and West Africa and
eventually pursue larger,
international ambitions, including the establishment of
a North American presence.
Attijariwafa Bank is a universal bank which ranks first in
the Maghreb and the West
African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) area
and holds sixth position in
terms of assets in Africa.
Attijariwafa Bank entered the Senegalese
banking where it is
currently working on
merging Attijari Senegal and the CBAO
and in neighboring
Mali where it took over
BIM as the government of Mali undertook to privatize it.
Besides, Attijariwafa
Bank took control over five
units of France's Credit
Agricole in Sub Sahara
Africa, reinforcing its position in Senegal with Credit
du Senegal, and in Congo,
with Credit du Congo, while
opening up the doors of the
Côte dʼIvoire market with a
51% stake acquisition in the
Societe Ivoirienne des
Banques.
In
Gabon,
Attijariwafa Bank has a substantial stake in the country's third largest bank,
Union
Gabonaise
des
Banques and in Cameroon
with the Societe Camerounaise des Banques. The automotive industry in
Turkey plays an important role in
the manufacturing sector of the
Turkish economy
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TRADE INFORMATION NETWORK FOR ISLAMIC COUNTRIES (TINIC)
www.icdt-oic.org
The visitors of ICDTʼs Website can find valuable information in the three working
languages of the Centre: English, Arabic and French
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www.icdt-oic.org
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ICDT’S LIBRARY
SAMPLE OF THE LATEST ACQUISITIONS
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IN BRIEF
Saudi-Argentine Business
partnership Explored
An Argentine business delegation discussed with Saudi
businessmen ways to expand commercial and industrial cooperation between
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
and Argentina.
The meeting was held at
Riyadh's Chamber of Commerce and Industry and
gathered representatives of
a number of Argentine companies along with Saudi
businessmen.
The 10th UAE - Algerian
Joint Committee held in
Algeria
It was reported on April 29th,
2012 that the tenth round of
the UAE-Algerian Joint
Committee opened in Algeria. The meeting, which was
co-chaired by UAE Minister
of Economy Sultan Bin
Saeed Al Mansouri and
Algerian Minister of Finance
Karim Joudi, was to explore
ways to enhance bilateral
relations between UAE and
Algeria, especially in the
fields of economy, trade and
investment. The meeting
was also to hammer out
mechanisms for bolstering
mutual cooperation in the
fieldss of trade, energy,
finance, education, civil aviation and industry. The
prospects of setting up joint
ventures in the fields of
banking and other industries
were also discussed.
Tajikistan and Azerbaijan
expand cooperation
Tajik Finance Minister and
Azerbaijani Ambassador to
Dushanbe discussed the development of bilateral cooperation. They mulled the
issues of cooperation in the
areas of finances, industry,
agriculture, trade, invest-
ments, as well as business
development. They also discussed the development of
technical and cultural collaboration.
Jordan and Indonesia disccussed Agriculture Cooperation
It was reported on June
24th, 2012 that Jordanian
Minister of Agriculture discussed with Indonesian Ambassador to Jordan means
of enhancing bilateral cooperation in agricultural areas
and benefiting from Jordanian expertise in fighting
drought. They also reviewed
prospects of the Jordanian
Agriculture Ministry's participation in an Indonesian Products Exhibition, which was
to be held on July and ways
to recruit Indonesian labors
to work in Jordan's agriculture sector. The agriculture
ministries in Jordan and
Indonesia are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) this year in order
to boost further agricultural
cooperation between the
two countries.
The Fifth China-Arab States Cooperation Forum
held in Tunisia
The Fifth China-Arab States
Cooperation Forum was
held in Tunisia's seaside
city of Hammamet from 2931 May, 2012 where 17 Arab
countries foreign ministers
and the Chinese Foreign
Minister gathered to explore
new ways to reinforce
China-Arab cooperation.
The forum focused on new
projects between China and
Arab countries in different
fields, including public health, human resources, strengthening the exchange of
expertise in good governance and development in
addition to continuing political consultations between
the Chinese Foreign Ministry and its counterparts in
Arab countries.
The meeting ended with the
adoption of the final declaration of the Ministerial Conference with 53 items concerning the political, economic, cultural, social and
human fields, for a further
promotion of the Forum.
Economically, China and
Arab parties have agreed to
strengthen trade and financial cooperation in order to
achieve mutual interests
and common development
while emphasizing the importance of continuing the
facilitation of trade flows and
investment and benefit preferential advantages offered
by both sides in areas such
as technology, capital and
financial resources.
China and Arab countries
will work to establish a
mechanism for cooperation
in agriculture and try to
strengthen cooperation on
environmental and natural
resource conservation.
It is also to encourage cooperation in the field of oil, natural gas, renewable energy,
technology and expertise
exchange between China
and Arab countries in the
mutual interest of both parties.
The 2nd Conference on
Turkish – Arab Industrial
Cooperation, Benghazi,
Libya
The 2nd Conference on
Turkish – Arab Industrial
Cooperation was held in
Benghazi in Libya on June
3 - 4, 2012 under the theme
“Restructuring Libya”. 22
Arab
League
member
states, on ministerial level,
participated in the confer-
ence along with the Turkish
delegation, which was headed by the Turkish Science,
Industry and Technology
Minister and which included
100 industrialists and businessmen who represented
iron-steel, construction, pemachinery,
trochemistry,
food, telecommunication,
textile, automotive, banking
and medical sectors.
The aim of the Conference
was to provide any support
that was needed in the
establishment of new industrial facilities and drafting the
new Industrial Strategy for
Libya. Thus, the Turkish side
was ready to provide Libya
with any possible means of
cooperation particularly in
the field of automotive, chemistry, electrics, energy, machinery and textile sectors.
Speaking at the 2nd TurkishArab Industrial Cooperation
Conference in Benghazi,
Libya, the Turkish Minister
pointed out, as regards trade flows, that the Government of Ankara targeted to
reach 100 billion USD of
trade volume between Turkey and the Arab League
countries within the next five
years. He added that since
trade volume between Turkey and Arab League countries had been six billion
USD in 2002 and that it rose
to 35 billion USD in 2011,
the Arab League countries
constituted 9% of Turkey's
total foreign trade. Thus, it
was necessary to increase
free trade agreements and
visa exemption between
Turkey and the Arab countries. Tijaris 126 - June-August 2012
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Burkina Faso
The 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 COMCEC
Ankara, Republic of Turkey May 8th-10th, 2012
The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade participated in the 28th Session of the Follow-up Committee of the COMCEC
held in Ankara, Republic of Turkey from May 8th to 10th, 2012 with a delegation led by Dr. El Hassane HZAINE, Director
General. 13 OIC Member States attended the meeting along with two observers, 13 OIC organizations and 7 international
The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade participated also in the 20th meeting of the Session Committee, which was
held on May 8th, 2012 before the 28th session of the Follow-up Committee of the COMCEC and which witnessed the participation of different OIC institutions. Turkish institutions such as TOBB and the Turkish Patent Institute also took part in the
meeting.
ICDT's participation in the 28th Session of the Follow-up Committee of the COMCEC consisted in presenting reports on the
Cooperation in the area of Trade, namely, SPC-OCI, Islamic Trade Fairs, OIC Tourism Fairs, Road Map for Enhancing IntraOIC Trade, WTO Related Technical Assistance.
Holding of the 29th Session of ICDT's Board of Directors
May 24th-25th, 2012
Casablanca – Kingdom of Morocco
The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) held the 29th session of its Board of Directors on May 24th-25th, 2012
at 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 year
2011 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, by
ICDT, of the Ten Year Program of Action in the economic field, adopted during the 3rd Extraordinary session of the Islamic
Summit 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 implementation of the Framework development and cooperation in the field of Tourism between the OIC Member States, which
was 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 for
development and cooperation in the field of Tourism between the OIC Member States and developed a monitoring report to
be 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 preparations
made for the 2nd Tourism Fair of OIC Member States to be held from December 20th to 23rd, 2012 in the Arab Republic
of Egypt.
Workshop on Strengthening the Competitiveness of SMEs in OIC Member States
Ankara, Republic of Turkey
June 12th - 14th, 2012
The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade participated in the Workshop on Enhancing Competitiveness of SMEs in OIC
Member States, which was organized by SESRIC, the IDB Group (SID) in collaboration with the Organization of Small and
Medium 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 OTHER ACTIVITIES
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 importance of the workshop which aims to identify the common obstacles and challenges that face the SMEs of Member States
and to propose strategies for strengthening their competitiveness in the international scene. Emphasis on the important role
of SMEs in economic growth and trade of the OIC Member States was dwelt on as well as the need to strengthen interSMEs through knowledge sharing, exchange of experiences and best practices in the field. After the intervention of the representative of ICDT through the presentation he made, the latter expressed the availability of ICDT to support SMEs in OIC
in the field of trade promotion through fairs and exhibitions, its business forums, and its site TINIC, its studies of specific
markets.
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 for
Economic, Cultural and Social Affairs. The opening session of the 6th Coordination Meeting for the implementation of the
OIC Ten Year Program of Action (PAD) witnessed different interventions which consisted of introductory remarks regarding
the 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 the
implementation 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 General
of the OIC in Jeddah by His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations. He stressed that this situation 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 attention
of Member States to intensify exchanges and cooperation for the speedy implementation of the Ten Year Program of Action
of the OIC (PAD).
ICDT'S participation in the 35th Session of the Islamic Commission for Economic, Cultural and Social Affairs
18-20 June 2012, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia
ICDT, represented by its Director General, Dr. El Hassane HZAINE, participated in the 35th Session of the Islamic
Commission 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 of
Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazhakstan and President of the 34th Session of the Islamic Commission for Economic
Affairs, cultural and Social Affairs, heard the speech of His Excellency Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU, Secretary
General of OIC, who first expressed his condolences to Saudi Arabia for the death of Crown Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz Al
Saud and seized the opportunity to thank the king Abdullah bin Abdulaziz for the support he and his government continues
to give to the OIC. He then highlighted the visibility as well as the growing influence of the OIC, as shown by the recent visit
at the Secretariat General of the OIC in Jeddah by His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General. He stressed that
this 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 OIC
Member States, PRETAS and Rules of Origin. Besides, His Excellency asked both Member States to support the
Palestinian cause and combat the Islamophobia. Finally, and the OIC Institutions to increase their vitality and to redouble
their 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 implementation of the OIC Ten Year Program of Action adopted at the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit
Conference held in Makkah Al Mukarramah in December 2005 and for the valuable contribution of the Centre in promoting
intra-OIC trade, which reached about 18.7% at September 2011.
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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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