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TIJARISPublished by the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade

issue 120, May-June 2011

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THE 38TH SESSION OF THE OIC COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS: A CHALLENGE TO STRENGTHEN JOINTISLAMIC ACTION

ASTANA, REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN JUNE 28TH- 30TH, 2011

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TIJARISISSN 0651 - 1578

DIRECTOR GENERALAllal RACHDI

EDITORHoucine RAHMOUNI

Drafting CommitteeHoucine RAHMOUNIEl Hassane HZAINE

Brahim ALLALIRajae BENMOUSSA

Kadiatou DIALLOMerième EZZAKI

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CONTENTSTijaris - issue 120, May - June 2011

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� EDITORIAL* The 38th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC:

a challenge to strenghten the joint Islamic action

� TRADE PROMOTION* Evaluation of the 13th OIC-EXPO 2011 * The 1st OIC-Tunisia Health Expo postponed to 2012* The 1st OIC Cotton and Textiles Exhibition - Ouagadougou,

Burkina Faso, September 21st - 25th, 2011* Calendar of Trade Fairs & Exhibitions of the OIC's Countries:

July - August 2011

� TOURISM PROMOTION* The 2nd OIC-TOURISM EXPO postponed to 2012

� ICDT’S ACTIVITIES

� ECONOMY, FINANCE & INVESTMENT* Trade Regulations & Agreements

� ENTERPRISE

* Gourma Cotton Company (SOCOMA)

* Business Opportunities

� E-COMMERCE* Trade Information Network for Islamic Countries (TINIC)* Virtual Exhibition

� MEET WITH

* The National Foreign Trade Office (ONAC)

� IN BRIEF* News in brief

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� SPECIAL ISSUE� Special Country: Burkina Faso

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EDITORIAL

THE 38TH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE OIC:A CHALLENGE TO STRENGTHEN JOINT ISLAMIC ACTION

By Allal RACHDIDirector General of

ICDT

The Council of Foreign Ministers, of theOIC whose importance is crucial for theOIC Member States because of the roleit plays in strengthening and boostingthe economic and political cooperationamong its members, will hold its 38thsession in Astana, the capital of theRepublic of Kazakhstan, on June 28th-30th, 2011 at a crucial moment markedby the changes dictated by the revolu-tions of the "Arab Spring" and the politi-cal tensions across countries. Thesechanges and the economic and finan-cial crises that have shaken the interna-tional arena and their impact on eco-nomic and social situation, are a majorconcern for Member States at the con-ference.To this end, the Council of ForeignMinisters of the OIC will seek to identifyways and means likely to alleviate thenegative repercussions of such a criticalsituation caused by the effects of global-ization, global financial crises, global cli-mate warming and political tensions inthe Arab world on their economies andtheir stability. The Council will also workto strengthen cooperation and consoli-date these countries' markets so thatthey can respond appropriately to thenew conditions created by the Worldand Arab economic crisis.The 38th session of the Council ofForeign Ministers of the OIC is anotheropportunity to meet the challenge tostrengthen joint Islamic action to pro-mote the image of the Islamic Ummahthroughout the world and meet theobjectives provisions of the Charter ofthe Organisation of the Islamic Confe-rence, which was amended and adopt-ed on March 14th, 2008 at the DakarSummit.They will also be on the agenda, theissues relating to the Palestine ques-tion, the revolutions experienced by

some member countries and the condi-tions of Muslim communities andminorities. The Astana Declarationwhich will be adopted by the heads ofdelegations at the end of that session,will translate the issues and strategiesto be followed by Member States tomeet the challenges in the years tocome.The occasion will also be an opportuni-ty to examine the mid-term progress ofthe Plan of Action adopted by the 3rdExtraordinary Summit of the OIC held inMakkah Al Mukarramah in December2005, which has set as a goal, amongothers, the strengthening of economiccooperation among its members andthe establishment of a timetable throughwhich the intra-OIC trade will reach 20%of their total trade and examine the pos-sibility of establishing a free trade area(FTA) by 2015.In this perspective, the Islamic Centrefor Development of Trade (ICDT) hasengaged in such a process due to acontinuous evolution of intra-OIC since2004 and its stagnation at about 16.6 %in 2008, despite the global crisis thathas developed since then, on the onehand, and the political will of MemberStates of the OIC to move forward andengage in the TPS/OIC negotiations, onthe other. These two achievements are,indeed, positive signs for the considera-tion of such a situation by ICDT, toachieve its objectives and, in particular,the establishment of a Free Trade Areabetween the Member States of the OIC.The feasibility study of the future FreeTrade Area recommended by the 3rdExtraordinary Summit of the OIC,whose terms of reference were estab-lished, will identify the schedule and thetechnical and legal modalities for theimplementation of such an area. �

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ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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Tijaris 120 - May-June 2011

TRADE PROMOTION

EVALUATION OF THE 13TH TRADE FAIR OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE ORGANISATIONN OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (13TH OIC-EXPO 2011)Sharjah, State of the United Arab EmiratesFrom 24th to 29th April 2011

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Within the framework of strengthen-ing economic and commercial coop-eration among the Member States ofthe Organisation of the Islamic Con-ference and increasing the volume ofintra-OIC trade and boosting invest-ment among the OIC Member States,and in compliance with the relevantresolutions of the 24th Session of theStanding Committee for Economicand Commercial Cooperation of theOrganisation of the Islamic Confe-rence (COMCEC), which welcomedthe offer of the State of the UnitedArab Emirates to host the 13th TradeFair of the Member States of theOrganization of the Islamic Confe-rence”, the Sharjah Chamber ofCommerce and Industry and theIslamic Centre for Development ofTrade (ICDT) organized under theauspices of His Highness Sheikh Dr.Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi,Member of the Supreme Council ofthe United Arab Emirates and Rulerof Sharjah, the 13th Trade Fair of theMember States of the Organisation ofthe Islamic Conference “OIC-EXPO2011”in Sharjah EXPO Centre from24th to 29th April 2011 under thetheme “Economic Partnership andSustainable Development”.The Fair lasted 6 days and wasopened to professionals, economicoperators and the General Publicfrom.10 a.m. to 8 p.m.This event was attended by 27 OICMember States as well as byInstitutions and the Muslim Com-munities in Non OIC MemberCountries: (India, China and Thai-land).The following Countries attended theFair: Republic of Azerbaijan; PeopleʼsRepublic of Bangladesh; Republic ofBenin; Arab Republic of Egypt;Republic of Indonesia; Republic ofIraq; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan;Republic of Kazakhstan; State ofKuwait; Malaysia; Kingdom ofMorocco; Republic of Cameroon;Republic of Mali; Republic ofMozambique; Republic of Niger;Sultanate of Oman; Islamic Republicof Pakistan; State of Palestine;

Republic of Senegal; Republic ofSudan; Syrian Arab Republic;Republic of Tunisia; Republic ofTurkey; State of the United ArabEmirates; Republic of Uganda andRepublic of Yemen;The Islamic Centre of the IslamicCentre for Development of Trade(ICDT) was represented in this eventby the following Members of itsDelegation: Mr. Allal RACHDI,Director General; Mr. Houcine RAH-MOUNI, Counsellor to the DirectorGeneral and Mr. Abdel Aziz ALAMI, incharge of Trade Promotion Depart-ment;Likewise, the International IslamicTrade Finance Company (ITFC) -Islamic Development Group - partici-pated in this event and sponsored theparticipation of 9 LDCs, OIC MemberStates. The Islamic Centre forDevelopment of Trade (ICDT) hasfinanced the participation of theRepublic of Benin and the Republic ofSenegal in this Fair.

OPENING CEREMONY:The official opening Ceremony of the13th Edition of the Trade Fair of theMember States of the Organisation ofthe Islamic Conference, which is heldfor the second time in Sharjah, tookplace on April 24th, 2011 at SharjahExpo Center. The inaugural ceremo-ny was chaired by His HighnessSheikh Sultan Bin Mohammad BinSultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and

Deputy Ruler of Sharjah together withthe Representative of H.E. Prof. Dr.Ekmeleddin IHSAONGLU, SecretaryGeneral of the OIC, H.E Mr. BassemAwad Allah, Secretary General of theIslamic Chamber of Commerce andIndustry and their Excellencies, Mr.Allal RACHDI, Director General of theIslamic Centre for Development ofTrade, and Mr. Ahmed MohammedAL MIDFA, Member of the Federationof the UAE Chambers of Commerceand Industry, Chairman of theSharjah Chamber of Commerce andIndustry. They were also present Dr.Waleed AL-WOHAIB, Chief Exe-cutive Officer of the InternationalIslamic Trade Finance Corporation(ITFC-IDB Group), the Ambassadorsof the OIC Countries and the Officialsin charge of the pavilions of partici-pating countries.Inaugural speeches were pro-nounced by the following personali-ties: HH Sheikh Sultan Bin MohamedBin Sultan Al Qassimi, Crown Princeand Deputy Ruler of Sharjah ; H.EMr. Ahmed Mohammed AL MIDFA,Member of the Federation of the UAEChambers of Commerce and Indus-try, Chairman of Sharjah Chamber ofCommerce and Industry; H.EBassem Awadallah, Secretary Gene-ral of the Islamic Chamber of Com-merce and Industry; HE AmbassadorAhmed Al Haddad, Director ofEconomic Affairs of the Organizationof the Islamic Conference.


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After the inauguration of the Fair, thepersonalities visited the variousstands of participating countries.

ACTIVITIES ON THE SIDELINESOF THE FAIR:On the sidelines of the Fair, the 14thPrivate Sector Meeting of IslamicCountries was organized from April24th to 26th, 2011 under the theme:“14th of the Private Sector Forum topromote Intra-OIC Trade”.

DISTRIBUTION OF TROPHIESAND CERTIFICATES: In implementation of article 15 of theRegulations of the Trade Fair ofIslamic Countries, the Committee ofTrophies, composed of the Repre-sentatives of the Islamic Centre forDevelopment of Trade (ICDT) andSharjah Chamber of Commerce andIndustry met under the co-chairman-ship of H.E Mr. Allal RACHDI,Director General of ICDT and H.E Mr.Ahmed Mohammed AL MIDFA,Chairman of Sharjah Chamber ofCommerce and Industry during a cer-emony organized to that effet on April25th, 2011 to select the most deserv-ing stands by applying the criteriadefined by the Rules of the Fair,namely: the area; the quality ofexhibits; the number of participatingcompanies; the number and level ofthe official commercial representationand the steadiness of participation todate.The trophies were awarded to the fol-lowing countries: Republic ofIndonesia: First Prize; State ofKuwait: Second Prize; Republic of

Tunisia placed equal with theRepublic of Sudan: Third Prize. TheUnited Arab Emirates was awarded,a special prize. Likewise participationCertificates were granted to the otherparticipating countries. The Members of ICDTʼs Delegationvisited during the Fair, the variouspavilions and stands of participatingcountries to promote ICDTʼs activitiesand collect brochures and CD-ROMson the products and services of par-ticipating companies in order toadvertise them in the virtualExhibition of the Internet Web Site ofthe Centre.

EVALUATION OF THE FAIR:The indoor surface area of the Fairreached 3.0000 Square meters. 500enterprises exhibited their products inthe Fair, which was visited by 1,500businessmen from the different OICMember States seeking businessopportunities and partnerships.In fact, the information collected fromexhibitors showed that, on the whole,they have all commended the excel-lent organisation, arrangements andfacilities, particularly those madeavailable by the Emirati party, whichhas ensured the best conditions toexhibitors. Likewise, services thatwere offered comply with the interna-tional criteria relating to the holding offairs.It was also noted that most of addedvalue exhibited products reflected thereal economic and industrial progressrecorded by some Member States, aswell as the High Technology andtechnical levels of participating coun-

tries.Through the questionnaire that wasdistributed by ICDTʼs Representativeto the various pavilions and stands ofparticipating countries, ICDT re-ceived requests from some partici-pants wishing to benefit from theCentreʼs services and to promotetheir productions and services in thevirtual exhibition on ICDTʼs InternetWeb Site.Participants also noted with apprecia-tion the holding of the 14th PrivateSector Meeting of the OIC MemberStates on the sidelines of the Fair,providing, thus, an excellent opportu-nity to Businessmen to establishbusiness dealings and indentifycooperation and complementaryfields among the Member States ofthe Organisation of the IslamicConference. During the Fair, the Islamic Centre forDevelopment of Trade (ICDT) heldmeetings with the representatives ofthe Cypriot side to discuss the latestdevelopments in the joint organiza-tion of the Forum and Exhibition on“Higher Education Services in theOIC Member States”, from November28th to December 1st, 2011, inGirne, Turkish Republic of NorthernCyprus (TRNC).ICDT also held a meeting with Mr.Harris Liu, Deputy Director Generaland Vice Chairman of the EXPOBureau of Ningix Hui AutonomousRegion in China to discuss the possi-bility to organise jointly the “OICCHINA EXPO” scheduled to be heldIn Yinchuan, Capital of the provinceof Ningxia Hui in 2013. �


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SHARJAH

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TRADE PROMOTION

THE 1ST OIC-TUNISIA HEALTH EXPOPostponed to 2012

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Motivated by the common desire to provide the 1st OIC Health Expo with all conditions of success, theIslamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) and the Ministries of Trade and Handicrafts and PublicHealth of the Republic of Tunisia in collaboration with the Exhibition grounds of the International TradeCentre of Tunis have decided to defer the holding of the 1st OIC Health Expo to 2012 with a view to givingthemselves enough time to continue promoting this important event in the OIC Member countries. Onbehalf of the Organizers, the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade apologizes for any involved incon-venience and kindly invites the OIC Member States to make the necessary arrangements to ensure themassive participation of their Representatives in this important event. �

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Within the framework of the Five-YearPlan of Action of the Organisation ofIslamic Conference (OIC) dedicatedto the cotton sector, to promote pro-duction and improve competitivenessof the cotton industry-textiles, theIslamic Centre for Development ofTrade (ICDT) and the NationalForeign Trade Office (ONAC) ofBurkina Faso will organize under theauspices of the Ministry of Industry,Trade, Promotion of Private Initiativeand Handicrafts of Burkina Faso(MICPIPA) and in collaboration withthe International Islamic TradeFinance Corporation (ITFC), the firstCotton and Textiles Exhibition in theOIC Member States, from September21st to 25th, 2011 at the ExhibitionGrounds of the International Handi-crafts Exhibition of Ouagadougou(SIAO) - Burkina Faso. This first exhibition will be held under

the theme: "Cotton textiles, growth ofthe economies of the OIC MemberStates".This Exhibition will allow profession-als in cotton and textiles to presenttheir offers, learn about the latest pro-duction techniques, discover newtechniques and solutions to improveproductivity and meet experts of thisindustry. This exhibition will also pro-vide the opportunity to do businessand establish partnership and coop-eration relations between economicoperators of the cotton and textiles inthe OIC Member States. It is also anopportunity to bring together produc-ers of cotton; the countries providedwith expertise in this field as well asfinancial institutions.To ensure to this exhibition all theconditions of success, Organisersheld the first coordination meetingrelating to the organisation of this

exhibition on 30th March, 2011 at theheadquarters of the National ForeignTrade Office (ONAC) in Ouaga-dougou, which focused on the modal-ities of organisation and promotion ofthis exhibition in the OIC MemberStates.Useful information on the Exhibition: In accordance with the provisions ofthe Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) on the organisation of thisexhibition signed between ICDT andONAC, Organisers have pledged toprovide to participants all the facilitiesfor transportation, freight, stay andclearance of goods.The price per square meter of exhibi-tion space has been set as follows:The square meter equipped (shelfscheme): 115 US$.The square meter is not equipped (in-door bare space): 100 US$. �

TRADE PROMOTON

THE 1ST OIC COTTON AND TEXTILES EXHIBITIONOuagadougou, Burkina FasoSeptember 21st - 25th, 2011

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The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)

Tours des HabousP.O. Box: 13545 Casablanca 20 000

MoroccoTel: (212) 522 314 974 Fax: (212) 522 310 110

Web Site: www.icdt-oic.orgE-mail: [email protected]

National Foreign Trade Office (ONAC)

01 POBOX 389 Ouagadougou 01

Burkina FasoTel: (00226) 50 31 13 00 / (00226) 50 31 13 01

Fax : (00266) 50 31 14 69E-mail : [email protected]

Web Site: www.onac.bf

For more details, please contact organizers:

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TRADE PROMOTION

CALENDAR OF TRADE FAIRS & EXHIBITONS OF THE OIC’S COUNTRIESJuly - August 2011

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IRANMETALS INDUSTRY, MINES ANDRELATED INDUSTRIESMetals Industry, Mines and RelatedIndustries Trade ShowDate: July 01 - 30, 2011Venue: Mashad Fair GroundsEnd of Vakiel Abad Blvd.Mashad - IranTel: +98 (511) 5013000Fax: +98 (511) 5018000E-mail: [email protected]: Mashad InternationalExhibition Co.End of Vakiel Abad Blvd.Mashad - IranTel: +98 (511) 5013000Fax: +98 (511) 5018000 E-mail: [email protected]

MALAYSIAASIA INFRASTRUCTUREAsia's International InfrastructureDevelopment Exhibition & Confe-renceDate: July 05 - 07, 2011Venue: Borneo Convention CentreQueen's Court, Sublot-5Lot 9936, 4th Floor, Block E,Jalan Wan Alwi93350 Kuching, Sarawak - MalaysiaTel: +60 82 453 350Fax: +60 82 457 350Organizer: AMB Exhibitions SdnBhd1701, 17th Floor, Plaza Permata(IGB),6, Jalan Kampar, Off Jalan TunRazak, 50400 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaTel: +603 4045 4993Fax: +603 4045 4989 E-mail: [email protected]

BANGLADESHBACE EXPO DHAKABangladesh Architectural, Engi-neering, Construction TechnologyExpoDate: July 06 - 09, 2011

Venue: BICC - BangabandhuInternational Conference CentreAgargaon, Sher-E-Bangla NagarDhaka - BangladeshTel: +880 (2) 9100023Fax: +880 (2) 9100020E-mail: [email protected]: ASK Trade & ExhibitionsPvt. Ltd27, 2nd Floor, Dilu RoadNew Eskaton - Dhaka - 1000BangladeshTel: +880 1711335627Fax: +880 2 9551907 E-mail: [email protected]

TURKEYKONYA SHOE, SHOE SIDE INDUS-TRY AND FASHIONShoe & Ready-to-Wear FairDate: July 07 - 10, 2011Venue: KTO - Tüyap KonyaInternational Fair CenterAksaray Yolu 1.km - Konya - TurkeyTel: +90 (332) 345 29 41-49Fax: +90 (332) 345 29 49E-mail: [email protected]: Tüyap Fairs andExhibitions Organization Inc.E5 Karayolu - Gurpinar KavsaoyBüyükçekmece - Istanbul - TurkeyTel: +90 (212) 867 11 00Fax: +90 (212) 886 93 99 E-mail: [email protected]

IZMIR INTERNATIONAL FAIRIzmir International Fair Date: Aug. 01 - 30, 2011Venue: Culturepark Fair GroundSair Esref Bulvari No:50Montro 35230 Kulturpark - TurkeyTel: +90 (232) 482 1270Fax: +90 (232) 445 2579E-mail: [email protected]: TIzfas Izfas Sair Esref Bulvari No:50Montro 35230 Kulturpark - TurkeyTel: +90 (232) 482 12 70Fax: +90 (232) 425 43 42

E-mail: [email protected]

INDONESIAINDO FIREX EXPO & FORUMInternational Fire, Protection, Safetyand Rescue EventDate: July 14 - 16, 2011Venue: Jakarta International Expo(JIExpo)Gedung Pusat Niaga Lt.1 Arena PRJ Kemayoran Jakarta10620 - IndonesiaTel: +62 (21) 266 45 000/131Fax: +62 (21) 657 000 10E-mail: [email protected]: PT. Napindo MediaAshatamaJl. Kelapa Sawit XIV Blok M1 No.10Kompleks Billy & Moon, PondokKelapa - Jakarta 13450 - IndonesiaTel: +62 21 865 0962Fax: +62 21 865 0963 E-mail: [email protected]

KUWAITKUWAIT HOUSEHOLD EXHIBI-TIONKitchenware, Glassware, Electrical& Electronic Household, Foodstuff &Groceries, Household AppliancesDate: July 19 - 29, 2011Venue: Kuwait International FairsGround6th Ring Road Motor-highwayMishref - KuwaitTel: +965 538 7100Fas: +965 539 3872E-mail: [email protected]: KIF (Kuwait InternationalFair)PO Box 656Safat - 13007 - KuwaitTel: +965 538 7100Fax: +965 5393872 E-mail: [email protected]

UAEDEAL - DUBAI ENTERTAINMENT,AMUSEMENT & LEISURE SHOW

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Dubai Entertainment, Amusement &Leisure ShowDate: July 24 - 26, 2011Venue: Dubai World Trade CentreSheik Zayed RoadConvention Gate - Dubai - UAE Tel: +971 4 3321000Fax: +971 4 3312173E-mail: [email protected]: International Expo-Consults LLCP.O.Box:50006Dubai - UAE Tel: +971 (4) 343 5777Fax: +971 (4) 343 6115 E-mail: [email protected]

HMFFS - HOMES MIDDLE EAST

FURNITURE & FURNISHING SHOWMiddle East Furniture & FurnishingShow. Home & office, Restaurant &Hotels, Decoration & Arts and crafts,lamps, lightings, carpet, rugs, wallspapers, paints, roof & flooring prod-ucts, garden furniture, fabric andupholstery...Date: Aug. 19 - Sept. 04, 2011Venue: Expo Centre SharjahSharjah - UAE Tel: +971 6-5770000Fax: +971 6-5770111E-mail: [email protected]: Expo Centre SharjahSharjah - UAE Tel: +971 6-5770000Fax: +971 6-5770111

E-mail: [email protected]

NIEGERIANIGERIA INTERNATIONAL POWEREXPO AND CONFERENCENigeria Power Expo and ConferenceDate: Aug. 15 - 18, 2011Venue: Nicon International Confe-rence Centre1 Aguiyi Ironsi StreetMaitama Abuja - NigeriaTel: +234 9 413 1811Fax: +234 9 413 2418Organizer: IBKG Exhibitions252 Herbert Macaulay WayYaba, Lagos - NigeriaTel: +234 01 4749963E-mail: [email protected] �

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Profile

Established in 1978 under the able leadership of Dr. Juma KhalfanBelhoul, a prominent UAE national, the company is now an LLC. Themain factory is located at Al Quoz Industrial Area, Dubai with state of theart technology and highly skilled labor. It has been acknowledged as thelargest manufacturer & supplier of uniforms in the UAE, specialized inCustomized Uniforms.

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TOURISM PROMOTION

THE 2ND OIC-TOURISM EXPO Postponed to 2012

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All the incentives and information on this fair are contained in the Exhibitorʼs manual published on the websites of the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade: www.icdt-oic.org

and that of the Egypt Export and Convention Centre (EECA): www.cairofair.com - www.goief.gov.eg

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POSTPONED TO 2012

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SPECIAL COUNTRY

BURKINA FASO

SPECIAL ISSUE

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GENERAL BACKGROUNDo Official name: Burkina Fasoo Geography and location: BurkinaFaso is a landlocked nation in WestAfrica. It is surrounded by six countries:Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Beninto the south east, Togo and Ghana to thesouth, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.o Area: The area of the country is274,200 sq. km.o Population: 12,603,185 million (2002est.).o Climate: Burkina Faso has a primarilytropical climate with two very distinct sea-sons: the rainy season with between 24-35 inches (600 and 900 mm) of rainfalland the dry season during which the har-mattan blows, a hot dry wind from theSahara. The rainy season lasts approxi-mately 4 months, May/June to Septem-ber and is shorter in the north of thecountry.o Capital: Ouagadougou.

o Main Cites: Banfora, Bobo-Dioulasso-(the country's second largest city, locatedin the south-west), Bokin, Dedougou,Djibo, Dori, Fada N'Goruma, Gaoua,Gorom-Gorom, Kaya, Koudougou, Leo,Oradara, Ouahigouya and Zorgo. o Offical language: The official lan-guage is French.o Main National Languages: Moré,Dioula, Fulfuldéo Religion: Islam and other. o Provinces: Burkina Faso is divided

into 45 provinces, each of which isadministered by a High Commissioner.The provinces are, in turn, divided into382 departments, including 33 com-munes and more than 8,000 villages.The name of the province reflects thehistorical background of the region.o Currency: CFA franc (CFA725= $1).o Time: GMT.o Banking & Business Hours:- Banks: Monday to Friday: 7.30 am-11.30 a.m and 3.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m.- Shopping: Monday to Saturday: 08.00a.m-12.00 a.m and 3.00 p.m-6.00 p.m. o Independence Day:August 5th, 1960o National Day: December 11th.o Public Holidays:- 1st January: New Years Day- 1st May: Labour Day- 4th August: Anniversary of Revolution- Moveable religious holidays: Lailat al-Miraj; 'Id al-Fitr', 'Id al-Adah'; EasterMonday; Ascension and PentecostMonday.o Education: The education system inBurkina Faso has three levels: primarylevel for children whose age is between7 and 13, the secondary level for the agegroup from 13 to 19 years and the uni-versity. Primary education is divided into threelevels of two years each: the preparatorylevel, the elementary level and middlelevel. In 1992, there were 2587 primaryschools, but significant efforts are made

to increase the number of classrooms.Primary education is attested by thediploma of the CEP (Certificate of pri-mary education).Secondary education is organized in twocycles of four and three years. The endof each cycle is also attested by a diplo-ma. Secondary education includes gen-eral education, technical education andvocational training which includes train-ing of teachers and masters. Number ofschools in Burkina Faso are public, butrecently there has been a flowering ofprivate institutions.Burkina Faso has three universities witha total capacity of about 10,000 students:The University of Ouagadougou,Polytechnic University of BoboDioulasso and the Ecole NormaleSuperior Koudougou.

GOVERNMENTo Government type: Republico Government Structure: BurkinaFaso is a constitutional state. TheConstitution, ado-pted by referen-dum in June1991, secures ademocratic andcivil state. TheConstitution ofBurkina Faso rec-ognizes inherentfreedom of expression and the freeassociation of all citizens. Members ofParliament are popularly elected for afive-year term. o The President: the President is theHead of State. He ensures compliancewith the Constitution. He sets the broadguidelines of state policy. He embodiesand ensures national unity. He is theguarantor of national independence, ter-ritorial integrity, permanence and conti-

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nuity of the State, respect agreementsand treaties. The President of BurkinaFaso is elected for five years by directuniversal suffrage, equal and secret. Heis re-elected once. The President ofBurkina Faso appoints the PrimeMinister and terminates his duties or onthe presentation by him of his resigna-tion. The President also chairs theCouncil of Ministers. The President ofBurkina Faso is the Supreme Leader ofthe National Armed Forces and, as such,he presided over the Supreme DefenceCouncil. o Parliament: The Burkina parliamentconsists of a single chamber called“National Assembly” in the words of theConstitutional Law No. 2002-001/AN ofJanuary 22, 2002.

Under LawNo. 014-2001/ANof July 3,2001 onthe Elec-toral Code(amended

by Acts No. 002-2002/AN of January 23,2002, No. 013-2004/AN of April 27 2004,No. 024-2005/AN of May 25, 2005, No.002-2006/AN of February 27, 2006, No.019- 2009/AN of May 7, 2009), theNational Assembly has 111 seats, i.e. 15seats on the national list and 96 seats onprovincial lists.Deputies are elected by direct universal,equal and secret suffrage for a term of 5years. The National Assembly convenesby right each year for two ordinary ses-sions of 90 days each.The first session begins on the firstWednesday of March, and the secondon the last Wednesday of September.The National Assembly may meet for anextraordinary session on a specific agen-da convened by the Speaker, or on the

request of the Prime Minister or theabsolute majority of MPs. Deputies are elected for five (5) years bydirect universal suffrage, equal andsecret. The National Assembly shallmeet by right each year in two ordinarysessions of 90 days each.The first session begins on the firstWednesday of March. The second, thelast Wednesday of September. The latteris also called budget session.The National Assembly may meet inextraordinary session when convenedby its Chairman at the request of PrimeMinister or the absolute majority of mem-bers on a specific agenda.o Judicial power: It is vested in thejudges and is exercised throughout theterritory of Burkina Faso under the juris-diction of the judicial and administrativeorder established by the law. The judici-ary is the guardian of individual and col-lective freedoms. It enforces the rightsand freedoms set forth in thisConstitution. The courts of the judicialand administrative in Burkina Faso are:

* the Court of Cassation;* the State Council;* the Court of Auditors;* Courts and tribunals established by

the law. o Institutions: The Constitution ofBurkina Faso provides for oversightorganizations, advisory agencies andother authorities, which deal with eco-nomic, social, and cultural issues ofnational interest. The Mediator and theEconomic and Social Council (C.E.S.)also play a major role in the same field.The Mediator (Ombudsman) is both aninstitution and an independent authoritythat is appointed for five-year, nonrenew-able term, by presidential decree afterconsultations with numerous authorities.Its decisions are irrevocable and inde-pendent of directives from any authority.

The Mediator deals with disagreementsbetween private citizens, associationsand the administration or other stateagencies. If the complaint is justified, theMediator instructs the agency at fault tosettle the dispute amicably even if theaffair goes to court.It may also order the administration torevise its decision, or make proposals forimprovements in the operation of thestate agency in question.Likewise, whenever the complaint stemsfrom an unfair application of the law, theMediator may propose amendments tothis law.The Economic and Social Council(C.E.S.), an advisory agency, rendersopinions on bills, ordinances or decreesthat are submitted to it. The Head ofState can seek advice from theInstitution on any social and economicissues. In addition and on its own initia-tive, the C.E.S. provides judgment on theway social and economic schedules andprograms of action are carried out bygovernment.

ECONOMIC OVERVIEWEconomically, the government's efforts inimplementing structural reforms are rec-ognized and highlighted by the develop-ment partners (public financial manage-ment, revenue mobilization, increasedproductivity of the cotton sector, improvethe business climate ) ...Thanks to the efforts of the Governmentin all sectors, Burkina Faso reached asignificant level of economic perform-ance that deserves to be consolidated.The major economic reforms focused onliberalizing trade and prices, privatizationof publicly owned companies and therevision of the entire legislative and reg-ulatory affairs by adopting measures atleast 176 since 2005.Indeed, the Government of Burkina Faso

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has adopted key strategies of develop-ment in several areas of economic life.These strategies, which can be sumedup in: the improvement of the legal envi-ronment of business and the establish-ment of governance in favor of private ini-tiative, the strengthening of the capacityof enterprises, the development of institu-tions supporting the private sector, thedevelopment and strengthening of high-level vocational training, the develop-ment of agriculture, agro-industrial andlivestock, providing private sector withfunds, the development of infrastructure,the creation and safeguarding of jobsand the development of the mining sec-tor focus on the industry, handicrafts,mining, agribusiness, livestock, tourismand ICT ...Besides, Burkina Faso has decided topromote growth through the private sec-tor. Government intervention in thisframework has enabled the implementa-tion of many reforms.Burkina is attempting to improve theeconomy by developing its mineralresources, improving its infrastructure,making its agricultural and livestock sec-tors more productive and competitive,and stabilizing the supplies and prices offood grains. Staple crops are millet,sorghum, maize, and rice. The cashcrops are cotton, groundnuts, karite(shea nuts), and sesame. o Foreign trade:- Main Exports Products: Raw cotton,gold, live animals & meat, fruit & vegeta-bles, hides & skins, sesame seeds,groundnuts, rubber and rubber products.- Main Partners: France, Côte d'Ivoire,EU, Japan, China, USA, Ghana, Italy,Belgium and Venezuela.- Main Imports Products: Machinery,transport equipments, food supplies, ironand steel products, petroleum products,textiles, construction materials, pharma-

ceuticals and chemicals.- Main Partners: France, Côte d'ivoire,Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, Libya,Senegal, Togo, EU, Japan, China, USA,Ghana and Venezuela.o Trade: It is to be noted that trade isamong the most promising businessincome in Burkina Faso. On December31st, 2006, there were 32,059 registeredbusinesses in the furniture trade andcredit, a figure that would have changedconsiderably. The categorical analysiscreations highlights the tendency to prac-tice the job of a "merchant". In this sector,stakeholders in Burkina Faso are essen-tially the Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs). They exercise a large majority inthe sale of merchandise. However, somespecializations are visible through thesale of products such as art, constructionmaterials, fruits and vegetables etc..Within the sector, there are a few largecompanies, some of which operate in theimport / export field. o Agriculture: Traditionally, agriculture isthe most important economic activity ofBurkina Faso as it makes live more than10.000.000 of Burkinabes and occupiesmore than 84.1% of the working popula-tion. To the difference of the other coun-

tries ofW e s tA f r i c a ,Bu rk inaFaso isdevotedprimarilyto thefood crop,with forobjective,

arriving quickly at a complete food self-sufficiency of its population.Thus, the major part of its cultivatedgrounds is devoted to the production ofcereals: sorghum or large millet in the

more sprinkled areas and the small milletin the dry areas and on the sandygrounds.Together, these African cereals providemore than 1.6 million tons per annumand occupy 73% of the cultivatedgrounds of Burkina Faso.Among the complementary food cropsappear the corn (370 000 t/an), the man-ioc, the yams, rice paddy (90 000 t/an),the groundnut (15 000T), etc… Themajority of them like rice or the yam arecultivated in the wettest areas of BurkinaFaso, in the extreme South-west (Turka,Gouin, Sénoufo and Lobi).In addition, Burkina Faso also produces400.000 tons of cane with sugar, trans-formed per annum into sugar by theSOSUCO, in Banfora.In spite of its efforts to develop the pro-duction, the country does not arrive atbeing self-sufficient in the food field andmust import more than 12.000 tons ofcereals per annum.Certain food crops are also cultures ofexport; sesame seeds and groundnuts.In full rise, the culture of cotton especial-ly developed in the West (Bobo) aroundBoromo, Dédougou, Houndé and Sore-Dioulasso.While, the production of cottonseed rep-resented only 32.000 T in the years1970, it reaches 340.000 T today. It ispartly transformed on the spot (shelling,spinning and weaving, in particular in thetextile complex of Koudougou) and ispartly exported towards the Far East andEurope.In Burkina Faso, the average annual pro-duction of cashew nuts totaled only25,000 tons of which 10% conversion onthe spot and the rest exportedunprocessed to India and Vietnam.- Other commercial cultures:* fruit and vegetable: This market-gar-dening and fruit-bearing production

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developed around the cities to meet theneeds for the townsmen. It is also intend-ed for export. The French beans and thetomatos of Kongoussi (Northern ofOuaga, in Mossi) and the grafted man-gos of Banfora (South-western) occupynow the 3rd rank in the export earnings,behind cotton and livestock products.o Fishing: it is practised primarily in therivers crossing Burkina Faso (Mouhoun,Nakambé, Nazinon, Comoé, Sourou;etc…), in the lakes of Bam and Dem, inthe backwaters such as the laying-upbasins of the stoppings, such as thestopping of Kompienga and in Gourma,in the south-east of the capital).o Industry: The main industries inBurkina Faso are concentrated in theagricultural sector, mining, agriculturalprocessing, brewing & bottling and lightindustry, though on a smaller scale.o Manufacturing: it is limited to cottonand food processing, mainly in Bobo-Dioulasso and import substitution heavilyprotected by tariffs. Some factories areprivately owned and others are set to beprivatized.o The services sector: it is involved insupporting the national economy throughactivities such as financial intermediation,insurance, telephone, etc.. The bankingsystem now has twelve (12) commercialbanks. As for the insurance market, it isoccupied by nine (9) companies. Since2001, the country has one (1) fixed-lineoperator and three (3) of mobile telepho-ny. These large operators offer productsand services that contribute to the cre-ation of many companies whose opera-tors value added services. The analysisof the distribution companies in the serv-ices sector by legal form shows that thecreations of individual type are mostnumerous. The business headquarters,over 70% are in Ouagadougou. Marketservices with the exception of trade have

contributed to 13% at the formation ofvalue added in 2008.o Natural ressources: Burkina'sexploitable natural resources are limited,although deposits of manganese, zinc,limestone, marble, phosphate and goldhave attracted the interest of internation-al mining firms.The mining sector in Burkina Faso isgrowing. In 2008, the government fore-cast of annual tax revenues of more than100 billion CFA francs in 2010 with anextraction of 10 tonnes of gold per year.Today's figures confirm these estimates.Burkina Faso has entered the circle ofmining countries. The industrial extrac-tion of gold has reached 12.2 tons in2009, with export revenues of 177 billionCFA francs and a contribution to GDP ofaround 4% (at least 8% with spillovers).Gold ranked first, then came cotton tobecome the largest foreign exchangeearner for Burkina Faso in 2009.o Electricity: 220 million kWh (1996) areproduced in Burkina Faso using fossilfuels and hydro electric power. The

potential exists, andprojects are under-way, to increase thehydroelectric installedcapacity of BurkinaFaso. Electricity isprovided by theparastatal utility “So-ciete Nationale del'Electricite et du Gaz”

(SONELGAZ). The government laun-ched the Development Program for theElectricity Sector (PDSE) in March 2006.The project mostly addresses the net-work reinforcement and extension, suchas the connection between Bobo-Dioulasso – Ouagadougou and the con-struction of thermal power stations. In thelong run, the connection between theGhanaian network and Ouagadougou is

envisaged, by constructing a high volt-age line connecting Bolgatanga (Ghana)and the capital of Burkina Faso. o The banking sector: this sector isflourishing in Burkina Faso and the bank-ing system in Burkina Faso is now full of12 banks and five financial institutions(SOBCA, SBE, Burkina lease, andSOFIGIB Alios Finance). In the banking sector itself, six (6) banksdominate the market. They are: BIB,BICI-B, BOA, IWC, Ecobank and SGBB.A major event, which took place early thisyear 2011 coincides with the implemen-tation in Burkina Faso of a branch of theBanking Company of West Africa(CBAO), the Moroccan banking groupAttijariwafa Bank. The latter intends toinnovate in the activities already leasing,banking, insurance and banking, realestate, international networks and moremoney transfer, Western Union, Money

Gram, leasing,asset management,market intermedia-tion, consultancy,leasing, factoringetc. Today, the state hasgiven way to privateoperators for beingpredominantly pres-

ent in the single Housing Bank of Burkina(BHBF), capital of 2 billion FCFA. Themissions are BHBF, among others, toprovide the Burkinabe ordinary homeloans (acquisition, self construction,development, extension ...), home loanshousing (direct acquisition of developedland or new home) housing savingsaccounts and loans to property develop-ers.The total withdrawal of the state sector,was without doubt one of the factors thatled to the propellers of large private oper-ators entered the financial market.

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Evidenced at the beginning of the year,the arrival on the market intermediationmarket, stock of Coris, Coris subsidiaryof Bank International (CBI), which willnow compete with the CompanyBurkinabe Intermediation (SBIF), a sub-sidiary of BIB-UBA.o Infrastructure:- Roads: the network includes 15,272km of which 2,380 km are asphalt coat-ed. Several projects are in progress, such asthe bituming of Ouagadougou-Koupéla(EUR 35 million) and Bobo Dioulasso-Boromo axes (EUR 66 million) financedby the European Union. Other projectsare also ongoing: Kaya-Dori, BoboDioulasso-Dédougou, Ouagadougo-Kongouss. Further road networks devel-opment are being studied, such as theexecution of the Ouagadougou-Bitouaxis for a total cost of EUR 250 million(EDF funding, tender launched at theend of 2007).- Railways: there is one single line con-necting Ouagadougou to Abidjan. Since its privatisation in 1995, the linehas been operated by “SociétéInternationale de Transport Africain duRail” (SITARAIL). Intercon-nection proj-ects with other countries are envisaged,especially with Ghana. - Airports: 2 international airports(Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso).The construction of the new airport inOuagadougou has been announced inSeptember 2006 by the Ministry ofTransports, amounting to EUR 366 mil-lion which was to be financed by the

Islamic Development Bank and Asecna. - Water: 61% of the population hasaccess to water. Since the reform in1998, two institutions have been manag-ing drinking water, namely, DGH(General Directorate of Hydraulics) andONEA (National Office of Water andDrainage) which provide the distributionin the urban and semi-urban areas. As tothe major infrastructure projects, the Zigadam has been filled in 2002 in order toimprove the water supply in the capitaland the construction of the Samendénidam is envisaged (hydroelectric produc-tion and irrigation) amounting to EUR276 million. Safety works are also cur-rently being implemented on the Bagrédam. - Telecommunications: ONATEL-SA, a

leader intelecom-munica-tions inBurkina

Faso offers a range of modern telecom-munication products and services. Itpositions itself as the locomotive ofnational development.Fixed telephony is the primary activity ofONATEL-SA. It evolves with currenttechnology to satisfy everyone throughits availability, new services, its afford-

able, its compatibility and need for othercommunication technologies.

TELMOBis a sub-sidiary ofm o b i l ece l l u l a rONATEL-SA. The

Burkinabe first operator, has the largestnetwork in terms of coverage, cus-tomers, distributors and offer services tai-lored to the needs of customers.Fasonet is the leading provider ofInternet access in Burkina Faso and themanager of national access to theInternet. It provides several services,such as web hosting, email, mainte-nance and equipment networks.The School of Telecommunications is theVocational Training Centre of ONATEL-SA. It also forms for other telecom oper-ators in Burkina Faso and Africa.Fixed telephony is the primary activity ofONATEL (SA). It evolves with currenttechnology to satisfy customers throughits availability, new services, affordability,its compatibility and need for other com-munication technologies.Developed in the 90s, technology WLL(wireless local loop) is a method thatallows connection to a landline traditionalwireline network via radio waves. Thistechnology has proven its effectiveness.It has already led to the extension of tele-phone networks in many countries world-wide, mainly in Brazil, Canada, Egypt,the United States of America, Franceand Senegal.To accelerate significantly the possibili-ties of access to means of communica-tion to the public and respond specifical-ly to the needs of different audiences,ONATEL-SA has opted for a new tech-nology, wireless, CDMA offers both voicetelephony, broadband Internet and SMS.ONATEL (SA) offers its mobile services

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through its subsidiary TELMOB. TheBurkinabe first mobile telecommunica-tions operator has the largest network interms of coverage, the largest marketshare in terms of turnover and the largestnetwork of distributors. It thus offers theappropriate services and needs of thecustomer and at lower cost.In addition, the subsidiary enables itssubscribers and subscribers of networksoutside Burkina remain contactable atany time through either the service roam-ing outgoing or incoming roaming serv-ice.o Investment:There are ten reasons to invest inBurkina Faso which are as follows:- A political and institutional stabilitybased on an ongoing quest for social dia-logue and political consensus;- A stable and sustainable healthy macro-economic context;- A firm choice for a free-market economyopened to foreign investments;- A favourable, innovative and especiallyattractive legal and regulatory frame-work, with a firm policy relating to the pro-tection, the security and the promotion ofinvestments;- An area of monetary stability, with acommon currency within UEMOA, freelyconvertible with a fixed parity in relationto the Euro;- A young, dynamic, enterprising popula-tion, as well as an abundant and hard-working workforce;- A central geographical location in theheart of West Africa, ECOWAS andUEMOA states. A common border withsix States of ECOWAS and five States ofUEMOA. Such a position enables thecountry to have access to a potentialmarket of 73 million inhabitants fromUEMOA States and over 280 millioninhabitants in ECOWAS States;- A key legal and judicial environment, a

harmonised business law that is continu-ously improved within the framework ofthe Organisation for the Harmonizationof Business Law in Africa (OHADA);- A good international road network, witha performing international transit systemwhich enables Burkina Faso to be a hubfor UEMOA and ECOWAS states;- A significant economic potential which isnot yet sufficiently used in the areas ofagriculture, mining, industries, tourismand services.- Investment Climate: An InvestmentClimate to international standardsThe country has become attractive toinvestment due to a healthy macroeco-nomic framework, a sustained and sus-tainable growth, a political stability and aninstitutional and a constantly improvingbusiness environment.Supported by the International Com-munity, Burkina Faso has implementedand completed a series of structuraladjustment reforms and created condi-tions favorable to the theory of foreigndirect investment (FDI). Indeed, BurkinaFaso has adopted more than 176 reformmeasures to improve its investment cli-mate. These reforms have led to signifi-cant advances in securing investors andhoisted Burkina Faso to the rank of thetop 10 reformers in the world accordingto Doing Business 2009, the WorldChampion in deregulation of the labormarket, with an undisputed leadership a-mong countries of the WAEMU andOHADA.- Investment security: In its ongoingquest for ways to improve the security ofinvestors and their investments, BurkinaFaso has signed investment protectionagreements with several countries. Theobjective of these agreements is toencourage and protect foreign invest-ment and establish a legal frameworkthat defines the conditions for the promo-

tion and protection of investments madeby investors, nationals of countries partyto the Convention. - Investment Code: The investmentcode guarantees the equal treatment ofboth foreign and domestic investors. Theprinciple criteria is the investmentʼs directvalue added. Its minimum acceptablelevel is set at 35 percent. Other criteriainclude the investmentʼs contribution toBurkinaʼs economy and itʼs environmen-tal impact.The investment code guarantees foreigninvestors the right to transfer abroad andfunds associated with an investment,including dividends, receipts from liquida-tion, assets, and salaries. Such transfersare authorized in the original currency ofthe investment. The constitution guaran-tees basic property rights, such rightscannot be infringed upon except in thecase of public necessity, as defined bythe government.Foreign and domestic private entities arealso guaranted the rights to establish andown business enterprises and engage inall forms of renumerative activity guaran-teed by the constitution and the invest-ment code. Foreigners are encouragedto engage in the privatization of paras-tatal enterprises. Burkina Faso has alegal system which protects and facili-tates acquisition and disposition of allproperty rights, including intellectualproperty. The investment code guaran-tees foreign investors the same rightsand protection as local enterprisesregarding trademarks, patent rights,labels, copyrights and licenses.Burkina Faso has relatively well devel-oped labor regulations. The sector repre-sents approximately 10 percent of theworkforce, with allegiances of 60 percentof government workers and half of theprivate sector employees in urban areas.It is the governmentʼs policy to increase

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employment opportunities for nationalworkers. - Tourism:*Attractions: For the history lovers,there is plenty to see in the EthnographyMuseum in the Capital City Ouaga-dougou, which houses an interesting col-

lection of Mossi arte-facts.The National Mu-seum in the LycéeBogodogo and theSnake Museum inthe “Collège de laSalle” are also worthvisiting. Outside theMoro-Naba Palace,

every Friday morning around 6 am, onec a nwatcht h ein te r -estingMoro-N a b a

ceremony, with traditional costumes anddrums. Attractions in the vicinity of Ouaga-dougou include a small artificial lake18km (11 miles) to the north where onecan see some wildlife. Other places ofinterest for the animal lovers include,Sabou, where crocodiles can be seen atclose quarters.

Then, the three national parks – atKabore Tembi, at ʻW ̓near the Benin andNiger border, and at Arli, the Ranch deNazinga, South of Ougadougou, near

Po, represent a game reserve with sev-eral elephants, antelopes, monkeys,baboons and warthogs. The ancient Mossi village, Pabre at ashort distance from another large reser-voir north of the city is another sightsee-ing destination.For a perspective of busy markets andstreetlife, the Grand Marché in BoboDioulasso, the largest town inhabited by

Bobo people in Burkina Faso, is the idealplace. At the "Musée Provincial duHouët" and the "Grande Mosquée" in theKibidwé district, one can find regionalrelics, arts and crafts. Trips to the out-skirts of the city include the picturesquesacred fish pond of "La Mare auxPoissons Sacrés de Dafra", 8km (5miles) southeast of the city; the fantasticbathing pond of "La Guinguette", located

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the in "La Fôret de Kou", 18km (11 miles)from the city and the "Mare auxHippopotames", 66km (41 miles) north-east of the city where hippos can beviewed from the pirogue.Nature lovers can enjoy the majesticKarfiguéla Waterfalls, 12km (3 miles)northwest of the town. It can be viewedfrom the town of Banfora, Southwest ofBobo Dioulasso. The extraordinarySindou Rock Formations can be seenfrom the town of Sindoua about 50km(31 miles) west of Banfora. �

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Monument Place Naba Koom, Ouagadougou

Sources:

- www.burkina.com- www.investir-bf.info- www.ambaburkina-fr.org- www.an.bf

- www.ccia.bf- www.ouaga-ca-bouge.net- www.bk-conseil.com- www.cp-investburkina.bf- www.onatel.bf

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ICDT’S PUBLICATION

The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) has recently published a study entitled:

“COUNTRY PROFILES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)MEMBER STATES OF THE ORGANISATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE

IN FIGURES”

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ICDT’S ACTIVITIES

REGIONAL PROJECT ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN A NETWORK OF CROSS-BORDER PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS IN WEST AFRICA Participation in the Donors Conference27-28 May 2011, Dakar – Republic of Senegal

In order to mobilize funds needed forthe financing of the Regional Projecton Sustainable Tourism Develop-ment in a Network of Cross-BorderParks and Protected Areas initiatedin 2005 by ten West AfricanCountries, the Steering Committeeof the Project organized, under theauspices of the President of theRepublic of Senegal H.E MaîtreAbdoulaye WADE, a Donors Confe-rence at the hotel Meridien in Dakar,Republic of Senegal, from May 27thto 28th 2011.The Organisation of the IslamicConference (OIC) as well as theWorld Tourism Organization(UNWTO), both members of theSteering Committee of the project,actively contributed to this event. During this encounter, the feasibilitystudy and the portfolio of fundingopportunities of the project werepresented to the donors and devel-opment partners such as the IslamicDevelopment Bank (IDB), the

African Development Bank (ADB),the West African Economic andMonetary Union (WAEMU), theUnited Nations Development Pro-gram (UNDP), the United NationsEducational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization (UNESCO), the Fren-ch Cooperation, the Korea Co-oper-ation Agency (KOICA), the UNWTOSTEP (Sustainable Tourism forEliminating Poverty) Foundation andthe Aga Khan Foundation.Delegations of stakeholders of theproject, highly represented by theirTourism Ministers, also took part inthe debates to emphasize the impor-tance of the implementation of theproject for the benefit of local popu-lations and the preservation of bio-diversity.The project was highly appreciatedby the donors and developmentpartners who expressed, on thisoccasion, their willingness to sup-port its implementation to developinfrastructures, accommodation and

transportation within this region.It is worth underlining that partici-pants stressed the importance of abetter implication of the private sec-tor in the management of the proj-ect. They also emphasized theimportance of closer coordinationand better governance of the proj-ect.The Islamic Centre for Developmentof Trade (ICDT) largely contributedto the success of this Conferencethrough:- The production of a documentaryfilm on the West African Parks andprotected Areas that was projectedduring the opening ceremony of theConference ;- Its technical and material contribu-tion to this event; - The quality of the contribution of itsdelegation in the debates as well asin the elaboration of the report andrecommendations of the DonorsConference. �

CO-ORGANIZATION OF THE 16TH EDITION OF FOOD PROPAC ARABIA Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 29th -June 1st, 2011

Following the success of the holdingof the 15th Edition of Food, Hotel,Propac Arabia (Food Propac Arabia2010) organized under the patron-age of the Saudi Ministry ofAgriculture and with the support ofthe Organisation of the IslamicConference (OIC) and the IslamicCentre for Development of Trade(ICDT), Al-Harity Company for

Exhibitions and ICDT co-organizedin Jeddah the 16th Edition of FoodPropac Arabia from 29th May to 1stJune 2011.During this event, 350 companiesfrom both OIC Member States andNon OIC Member States (i.e UnitedStates of America, Switzerland,India, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Holland,Singapore, China, Poland) exhibited

their products and services. It was an occasion for ICDTʼs repre-sentative to assist participatingMember States, present the servic-es provided by the Centre and col-lect the advertizing brochures of theOIC Member Countriesʼ companieswith a view to promoting their prod-ucts and services on ICDTʼs VirtualExhibition. �

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27th Meeting of the Follow up Committee of the Standing Committee for Economic andCommercial Cooperation (COMCEC) Ankara, Turkey, May 31st-June 2nd, 2011

The 27th Meeting of the follow upCommittee of the Standing Com-mittee for Economic and Commer-cial Cooperation (COMCEC) washeld from 31st May to 2nd June2011 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey. The Islamic Centre for Development(ICDT) was represented by Mr. ElHassane HZAINE, Director ofStudies and Training department.This meeting, chaired by Mr. AhmetYAMAN, Under-Secretary of theState Planning Organization of theRepublic of Turkey, was attended by11 OIC Member States, the Repub-lic of Iraq as Observer State, theSecretariat General of the Organi-sation of the Islamic Conference(OIC) and by the OIC subsidiary,specialized and affiliated institutionsincluding IDB, ITFC, ICIEC, ICCI,OISA, SESRIC, IUT and IRCICA.On this occasion, ICDTʼs represen-tative presented the Centreʼs activi-ties during the examination of thefollowing items of the draft agenda: Agenda n°2: Examination of theimplementation of the OIC Ten YearPlan of Action and of the Plan ofAction for the reinforcement of eco-nomic and trade cooperation withinthe OIC Member states;

Agenda n°3: Cooperation in thedomain of Trade;Agenda n°7ii: Poverty Alleviation.The Committee took note of allactivities undertaken by the Centrewithin the framework of the imple-mentation of the OIC Ten year Planof Action, notably:- The organization of the Consulta-tive Group meeting, on February2011, for the reinforcement of intra-OIC trade;- The organization of the OIC Tradeand specialized fairs. We can quotethe 13th Edition of the OIC TradeFair (OIC Expo) organized inSharjah on April 2011, the Agro-foodFair held in Jeddah in May 2010and the 1st OIC Building Expoorganized in Dakar on June 2010;- The holding of the Cotton andTextile Exhibition on September2011 in Ouagadougou;- The holding of the 1st OIC HealthExpo in 2012 in Tunis;- The holding of the 2nd Edition ofthe OIC Tourism fair in Cairo in2012.In this regard, it is worth underliningthat the COMCEC requested ICDTto increase the organization of OICfairs and exhibitions and improve

their content.On the sidelines of this meeting,ICDTʼs representative participatedin the following encounters:- The 18th meeting of the SessionalCommittee to present, among oth-ers, the last developments of theproject on the technical cooperationbetween OIC Member States indus-trial property agencies and of theregional project on sustainabletourism development in a network ofcross-border parks and protectedareas in West Africa;- The informal Consultative Meetingon OIC Cotton Plan of Action withrepresentatives of the Republic ofTurkey, COMCEC, OIC, IDB, ICDTand BADEA to discuss the project oforganizing a Donors forum andmeeting to finance the activities list-ed in the OIC Plan of Action onCotton. In this regard, participantssuggested to examine the possibili-ty to join this project with the holdingof the Steering Committee and theProject Committee meetings onCotton and the forum and exhibitionon Cotton and Textile to be held inOuagadougou, Burkina Faso, onSeptember 2011. �

ICDT's participation in the workshop on the Impact of Transport Networks on Trade andTourismIzmir, Turkish Republic, June 7th-9th, 2011

The Islamic Centre for Developmentof Trade took part in the Workshopon the Impact of Transport Networkon Trade and Tourism, held in Izmir,Turkish Republic from June 7th to9th, 2011. The workshop was organ-ized by the IDB Group, SESRIC incollaboration with the Turkish Mini-stry of Transport and Communi-cation and the COMCEC.They also took part in this meetingthe following Member States: Alge-

ria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bang-ladesh, Cameroon, Djibouti, Egypt,UAE, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Mali,Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Senegal,Chad, Tunisia, Turkmenistan andTurkey, as well as the followingorganizations: the Secretariat Ge-neral of the OIC, the CooperationOffice of the COMCEC, the IDBGroup, CFTO, SESRIC, ICDT, ICCI,OISA, the United Nations Commis-sion for Europe (UNECE), the

Economic and Social Commission ofthe United Nations for Asia and thePacific (UNESCAP), the Economicand Social Commission of the UnitedNations for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), the United Nations Com-mission for Africa (UNECA), AfricanDevelopment Bank (AfDB), AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB), the ArabBank for Economic Develop-ment inAfrica (BADEA), the Organi-zation ofEconomic Cooperation (ECO), the

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League of Arab States, theInternational Road Transport Union(IRU), the Union of Chambers andExchanges Product of Turkey(TOBB) and the Authority of TurkishRailways (TCDD).ICDTʼs participation was effective indifferent sessions of the workshop,among which: - Session I: Identification of commonproblems, challenges and opportuni-ties for cooperation, during which therepresentative of ICD presentedrecent data (2010) on intra-OIC tradepotential, the complementarity oftrade in the OIC countries and trans-port costs, Annual Report 2011 andthe state of the TPS/OIC PRETASand Rules of Origin.- Session IV: transport corridors andpriority policy recommendations toimprove cooperation in transport:ICDTʼs representative presented thestudy on transport and trade facilita-tion in the OIC Member States, while

highlighting the importance of trade inservices, transport in the economiesof Member States. The potentialtransport of OIC countries, barriers totransport development in memberStates, regional strategies in the fieldof transportation and recommenda-tions to facilitate the development ofthe transport sector in OIC countries.The other two sessions of the work-shop consisted in:- Session II: Corridors of internationaltrade and best practices- Session III: Policies on Trade andTransport Facilitation. During the question and answer peri-od, the representative of ICDTinformed participants that ICDT willorganize before the end of 2011 atraining seminar on logistics and itsrole in promoting trade in Tunisia andExpo Logistics and transport eitherTangier or Dubai in 2013.

Expert Group Meeting of the OIC

on Transport Cooperation (Izmir,June 9th, 2011)The meeting was chaired by Mr.Erdem Direkler, Director of Inter-national Relations Department,Ministry of Transport and Communi-cation. They participated in the meet-ing the following Member States:Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,Cameroon, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq,Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar,Senegal, Chad, Tunisia and Turkey,as well as international organizationssuch as the General Secretariat ofthe OIC, COMCEC, the IDB Group,CFTO, ICDT, SESRIC, ICCI, OISA,UNESCWA, ADB and UNECE.The meeting was held in two ses-sions:- Session I: Identification of commonproblems, challenges and opportuni-ties for collaboration- Session II: Possible framework forcooperation of Member States of theOIC in transport. �


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ICDT's participation in the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF)Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan, June 7th-9th, 2011

The 7th World Islamic EconomicForum (WIEF), an annual gatheringof the top business leaders in theIslamic world, was held in Astana,Republic of Kazakhstan, on 7th-9thJune 2011.For the first time, the WIEF wasorganized in a Central Asian Re-public under the theme: “GlobalizingGrowth: Connect, Compete, Collab-orate”. The holding of the WorldIslamic Economic Forum is a signifi-cantly important event for Islamiccountries as well for other countriessince it enables discussions on

issues related to Islamic bankingand finance, infrastructure develop-ment, SMEs, ecosystem, halal,renewable energy and food security. During this edition, Leading Expertsin all related areas interacted jointlywith government bodies, agenciesand corporate entities of theRepublic of Kazakhstan. Thus, the7th WIEF enabled the achievementof main targets on deepening multi-side cooperation among all its parti-cipants and further globalization ofsustainable economic growthtrends.

The Islamic Centre for Developmentof Trade (ICDT), was represented atthis event by Mr. Amadou Ciré SALL. On this occasion, ICDTʼs represen-tative actively participated in the dif-ferent sessions of the Forumnotably, the session related to FoodSecurity, the Forum of BusinessWomen and the Young Leadersmeeting. The latter also promotedthe Centreʼs activities and held fruit-ful discussions with participantsnotably those originated fromKazakhstan, South Africa, Russia,Turkey and Malaysia. �

ICDT's participation in the Kazan SummitKazan, Russian Federation, June 20th-21st, 2011

The Islamic Centre for Developmentof Trade (ICDT), represented by Mr.Allal RACHDI, Director General, par-ticipated in the Kazan Summit 2011

on June 20th - 21st, 2011 in Kazan,Russian Federation.This Summit, which is an Inter-national Islamic Business and

Finance Summit, aims at identifyingstrategic development prospects ofinternational economic relationshipsbetween Russia and Muslim coun-

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tries developing cooperation in thesphere of direct investments in theprivate sectors of Russia and Muslimcountries and organizing public dis-cussions and development of re-commendations on Islamic financialsystem operation. This event enabled the representa-tives of financial institutions,investors, businessmen, representa-

tives of government authorities,scholars and academicians fromRussia, CIS countries, Europe,Southeast Asia and Middle Eastcountries to explore investmentopportunities in Russia. The Director General of ICDT wasinvited to this event as honoredguest. On this occasion, he made aspeech during the Strategic Forum

session whose main theme was“New solutions – Russia and theMuslim World”. ICDTʼs DirectorGeneral also seized the opportunityto meet High Officials in Tatarstan incharge of commerce and investmentfor further co-operation opportuni-ties.�

ICDT's participation in the 36th Annual Meeting and Board of Governors of the IDB GroupJeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - June 26th – 30th, 2011

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB)held the 36th Edition of the AnnualMeeting of the IDB Group at its head-quarters in Jeddah, Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia from 26th to 30th June2011.The main event of this meeting, heldonce a year, was the Board ofGovernors of the IDB Group.

Meetings of the Boards of Governorsor General Assemblies of the entitiesof the Group and of major institutionsof the Muslim world also took placeon the same occasion as well asseminars, workshops and other foraon specific topics of interest to IDBmember countries.The Islamic Centre for Development

of Trade (ICDT) was represented byMr. Mamoudou Bocar SALL. The lat-ter, among others, made a presenta-tion on the “Evaluation of recentintra-OIC Trade” during the 36thBoard of Governors of the IDB Groupheld from June 27th to 28th, 2011. �

ICDT's participation in the 38th session of the OIC Council of Foreign MinistersAstana, Republic of Kazakhstan, June 28th-30th, 2011

The Islamic Centre for Developmentof Trade (ICDT) attended the 38thEdition of the Council of ForeignMinisters of the Organization of theIslamic Conference (OIC) held inAstana, Republic of Kazakhstan,from 28th to 30th June 2011.This encounter enabled the OICForeign Ministers to adopt severalresolutions related to politic affairs,social and cultural, humanitarian,legal, economic, administrative andfinancial aspects of the Organi-zation.The Islamic Centre for Developmentof Trade (ICDT) was represented byMr. El Hassane HZAINE.

On this occasion, ICDT submittedthe following documents:- Report on the activities of theIslamic Centre for Development ofTrade;- Plan of Action of ICDT 2006/2016;- Report on the activities related tothe Economic Assistance to MemberStates and Non-OIC Countries andMuslim Communities;- Report on Fairs and Exhibitions ofthe OIC Member Countries;- Report on the Regional Project onSustainable Tourism Development ina Network of Cross-border Parksand Protected Areas in West Africa;- Executive Summary of the Annual

Report on Trade among the OICMember States for the year 2010;- Report on the follow up of theimplementation of the ExecutiveProgramme of the Road Map forachieving Intra-OIC trade targets onIntra-OIC trade;- Report of the 3rd Meeting of theConsultative Group for EnhancingIntra-OIC trade;- Report on the Project of the FreeTrade Area among the OIC MemberStates;- Progress Report on the implemen-tation of the OIC Ten Year Program-me of Action. �

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Burkina FasoThe First

African Producer of Cotton

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Qatar's Joint Committee for FoodInspection Imposes TemporaryBan on Russian Meat It was reported on May 4th, 2011 thatQatar's Joint Committee for FoodInspection has recommended toimpose a temporary ban on theimport of cow, sheep and gazelles'chilled and forzen meat and theirproducts from Russia owing to thespread of the Foot-and-Mouth dis-ease (FMD). The decision was takenat a meeting of the Joint Committeefor Food Inspection held under thechairmanship of the Director of thepublic health department at theSupreme Council of Health (SCH) Dr.Sheikh mohamed bin hamad bin jas-sim al thani.During the meeting, the said commit-tee members approved the recom-mendations adopted by the workteam to study the voluntary validityperiod of some foodstuffs and agree-ing to extend the validity period oftahina, a thick sauce made ofsesame oil for another year as perthe scientific research forwarded inthis regard and the extending the oilsvalidity period according to the gulfstandards specifications.The aforesaid committee also abro-gated the procedures for the ratifica-tion of the certificates of origin, com-mercial invoices, documents and theattached documents on part of thestate's embassies and consulatesabroad for goods exchanged amongthe Arab member states in theGreater Arab Free Trade Organi-sation according to the cabinet's deci-sion No. (7) of 2010.

Indonesia and China sign 21 MoUsduring PM Wen Jiabao's visitIt was reported on April 30th, 2011that Indonesia and China signed 21memoranda of understanding (MoU)during the last three days of the visit

to Indonesia by Chinese PrimeMinister Wen Jiabao.The two countries' governmentssigned five MoUs on April 29 and 16others between governments andbusinesses and between the busi-nesses sectors of the two countrieson April 30th.The potential investment to comefrom the MoUs reaches US$10.4 bil-lion.According to the trade ministry the 21MoUs include MoUs on joint activitiesbetween Indonesian and Chinese for-eign ministries, between theIndonesian and Chinese govern-ments for expansion and deepenedbilateral economic and trade rela-tions.Others are MoUs between theChinese ministry of industry andinformation technology and theIndonesian ministry of industry forindustrial and technology cooperationand between Hanban and theIndonesian ministry of education forChinese language teaching.It was also signed, the protocol foramendment of the MoU in marinecooperation between the Indonesianminister of marine resources andfisheries and the Chinese MarineResource Administration.Other MoUs signed were betweenthe Indonesian minister of industryand the Industrial and CommercialBank of China (ICBC) for supportingindustrial cooperation between thetwo countries which is worth US$4billion and MoUs between theIndonesian minister of industry andBank of China Limited in corporatefinancial service for the industrial sec-tor worth US$4 billion.Indonesia and China also signedMoUs between the IndonesianAssocation of Electronics Industryand the Chinese Chamber ofCommerce for exports and imports of

machineries and electronic productsto promote trade and investmentcooperation between the two coun-tries' business communities.The Indonesian minister of industryhas also signed a technical arrange-ment with SANY Group of China forthe SANY Indonesia Industrial Parkdevelopment project worth US$200million.Indonesia's Perum Perumnas (state-owned housing estate company)meanwhile signed cooperation dealwith Metallurgical Corporation ofChina Overseas Ltd. for low-costhousing development in a large scaleand the development of a new city inMaja Area worth between US$150and US$300 million.Indonesia's minister of communica-tions and information meawnhilesigned cooperation with Huawei oninformation technology development.Indonesia and China also signed acontract agreement for coal-firedpower plant development in ParitBaru with a capacity of 2x55MWworth US$100 million and an MoU forthe Karama hydro-power projectworth US$800 million.The Indonesian province of WestPapua also signed an MoU with StateDevelopment and Investment Cor-poration of China (SDIC) for cementplant development project worthUS$300 million.Indonesian PT Graha Inti Jaya andPT Putra Bangun Bersama mean-while signed a cooperation agree-ment with Tianjin Julong Group foroilpalm estate development worthUS$200 million and PT SemenGrobogan Semarang signed cooper-ation with CTIEC for a cement plantworth US$260 million.PT Sulbar Pembangunan meanwhilesigned a strategic collaborationagreement with Corporation of ChinaOverseas Ltd. for the development of

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infrastructure projects in WestSulawesi province worth US$60 mil-lion.PT Cahaya Fajar Kaltim and JiangxiJiushen International Electro-mechanical Equipmnet Co. Ltd.made an EPC contract for MBALUTPhase II Extension 1x60 MW powerproject in Tanjung Batu, EastKalimantan worth UD$56 million.The Technology Assessment andApplication Agency meanwhilesigned an MoU with BYD CompanyLtd. and PT Industri TelekomunikasiIndonesia (INTI) and the IndonesianChamber of Commerce and Industry(KADIN).The China Development Bank (CDB)signed a MoU with Sinar Mas Pulpand Paper Products in financingworth more than US$165 million.

Azerbaijani and German entrepre-neurs' organizations sign agree-ment to establish business rela-tionsIt was reported on May 11th, 2011that an agreement would be signed toestablish business relations betweenthe Azerbaijani National Confedera-tion of Entrepreneurs (NCE) and theMunich Chamber of Commerce inOctober.The agreement was reached during ameeting between the NCE presidentMammad Musayev and Vice Pre-sident and Executive Director of theChamber of Commerce and Industryof Munich and Upper Bavaria FrankDollendorf. The meeting was part ofthe Azerbaijan-German BusinessForum, held in Berlin and Munich.

Azerbaijan and Lithuania ink taxcooperation agreementIt was reported on May 5th, 2011 thatTax Ministry of the AzerbaijanRepublic and the State Tax Inspec-torate under the Finance Ministry ofLithuania Thursday signed an agree-ment on technical cooperation.The Agreement was signed by taxminister Fazil Mammadov (Azerbai-jan) and head of the Tax Inspectorateunder the Finance Ministry ofLithuania Modestas Kaseliauskas.

As is stated, signing of agreement oncooperation between tax administra-tions of both countries have greatimportance for expansion of bilateralcooperation in taxation field.The Agreement will promote efficien-cy of activity of the Azerbaijan-Lithuania inter-governmental com-mission, as well as from the point ofview of development of internationalrelations in the field of taxation.The Agreement will also enableexchange of experience betweenAzerbaijan and Lithuania, a EU mem-ber country, to improve tax legislationand tax administration.

Qatar and China SignMemorandum of UnderstandingIt was reported on May 8th, 2011 thatthe Public Prosecution in the State ofQatar and the Supreme People'sProcuratorate of the People's Re-public of China signed a memoran-dum of understanding on strengthen-ing cooperation in the judicial field.The memorandum of understandingwas signed for the State of Qatar byHE the Attorney General Dr. Ali binFetais Al-Marri for the SupremePeople's Procuratorate in the Peo-ple's Republic of China by China'sProsecutor-General Cao Jianming.The memorandum comes out of thetwo sides conviction in the value ofclose cooperation between them inthe public prosecution field, theenforcement of law, the enhance-ment of cooperation between the twosides and the effective judicial per-suasion on the basis of mutualrespect for sovereignty and jurisdic-tion of each party HE Dr. Ali binFetais Al-Marri said in a joint pressconference with his Chinese counter-part, following the signing that thememorandum is the first of its kindbetween the State of Qatar and thePeople''s Republic of China in thejudicial field, explaining that it aims atthe exchanging of information bet-ween the two sides on their respec-tive laws, regulations, rules and crim-inal justice systems as well as coop-eration between Attorney-Generaloffices in Qatar and China in relation

to the training of staff working in thepublic prosecution office in eachother's country. He said trainingshould be in areas of priority to beagreed upon by the two parties. Dr.Al-Marri noted that the memorandumwill provide a kind of direct coopera-tion between the offices of theAttorney General in the two coun-tries, to make work much easier thannow, explaining that it is open and notlimited to a certain period of time. Inresponse to a question regardingwhether the fight against corruptionwas among the terms of the memo-randum Dr. Al-Marri said the begin-ning of relations between the two par-ties was related to the fight againstthis phenomenon during the firstmeeting between the two sides heldduring the meetings of the Inter-national Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), heldin Macau, China, pointing out to theexistence of many points includingthe fight against corruption.According to Dr. Al-Marri, a group ofChinese employees will arrive inDoha during the month of Octoberthis year for training at the Generalprosecution in Qatar while a group ofQatari employees would receivetraining in China in July 2011 in Chinafor a period between 3 to 6 months.

Morocco and Saudi Arabia agreeto lift obstacles hindering invest-ment flowsMorocco and Saudi Arabia haveagreed to lift all obstacles whichimpede investment flow, according tothe final communique issued after the11th Moroccan-Saudi Joint Commis-sion meeting recently held.The two sides also agreed to lift allconstraints which hinder the freemovement of goods with a view tocontributing to increasing bilateraltrade and they stressed the privatesectorʼs role in boosting bilateral co-operation and investment, notably ata time of global economic crisis whichrequires further reinforcing the twocountriesʼ efforts.The two sides called on theMoroccan-Saudi Business Council to

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present concrete initiatives in order tocontribute to promoting fruitful bilater-al co-operation in all fields.

Morocco and Saudi Arabia, com-mending the negotiations on anavoidance of double taxation draftagreement, called on theirEconomy Ministers to sign it assoon as possibleBoth countries underlined the impor-tance of the two countriesʼ civiliza-tional, cultural and historic heritage,highlighting the need to benefit fromtheir respective experience in thisfield and to implement the relativeprogrammes.Earlier, the Saudi Foreign Minister,Prince Saud Al Faycal, stressed theneed for Morocco and Saudi Arabiato create a climate propitious for theprivate sector to benefit from invest-ment opportunities, create jobs andimprove the living conditions of thetwo countries' peoples.In a speech at the opening of JointCommission meeting, co-chaired byhim and his Moroccan counterpart,Taпb Fassi Fihri, the Saudi ministersaid the private sector was the cor-nerstone of development.This meeting, he added viewed withgreat interest the vision of Moroccanand Saudi businessmen regardingthe promotion of trade and invest-ment between the two kingdoms.He proposed holding regular insteadof yearly meetings between the pres-idents of the preparatory commissionand the Moroccan-Saudi BusinessCouncil to follow up the implementa-tion of recommendations and bilater-al agreements and submit theirreports to the chairmen of the JointCommission.He also commended the distin-guished political relations betweenthe two kingdoms, marked by theconsistency of stances, and the con-tinued co-ordination and consulta-tions at all levels to serve bilateralrelations and the causes of the Araband Islamic peoples and to achievesecurity and stability in their coun-tries.

Morocco and KOICA sign coopera-tion agreement in the field of auto-motive trades trainingMorocco and Korea InternationalCooperation Agency (KOICA) signed,on June 10th, 2011 in Rabat, a coop-eration agreement in the field of auto-motive trades training.Under the agreement, KOICA willcontribute to the setting up ofCasablanca's Institute of advancedtraining in automotive trades (IF-MIAC).The agreement was signed in pres-ence of Moroccan Employment andVocational Training Minister, JamalRhmani, and Ambassador of theRepublic of Korea in Rabat, Choi JaiChul.The two officials also held talks oncooperation relations between Mo-rocco and Korea in the field of auto-motive trades training.In a statement to the press, Rhmanistressed the importance of thisagreement, which is part of theMinistryʼs support for the implementa-tion of the provisions of the NationalPact for Emerging Industries (PNEI),through promoting training in automo-tive trades.For his part, the Korean Ambassadorwelcomed the excellent cooperationbetween Morocco and his country,adding that the signing of this agree-ment will contribute to improvingbilateral relations.

Morocco and the World Bank sign$4 mln-donation agreement to inte-grate climate change in develop-ment of Morocco's Green PlanMorocco and the World Bank (WB)signed, on June 8th, 2011 in Rabat,an agreement related to a donationfor financing the project of integratingclimate change in the development ofMorocco's Green plan (PMV).The donation, totalling 4.3 million dol-lars, is granted by the WorldEnvironment Fund (WEF).Signed by Economy MinisterSalaheddine Mezouar, Director of theMaghreb Department in the WorldBank Simon Gray and head of theAgricultural Development Agency

Ahmed Hajjaji, the agreement ismeant to foster the capacity ofMoroccan farmers to adjust to theimpact of climate change within theframework of the PMV.Approved on May 17, the donationaims to integrate measures of adjust-ment to climate change in projectscarried out as part of the PMVthrough reinforcing the capacities ofpublic and private institutions andfarmers.It is destined for small-scale farmersin the regions of Chaouia-Ouardigha,Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Tadla-Azilal, Doukkala-Abda and Gharb-Cherarda-Beni Hssen.

Qatar and Sudan sign customs co-operation agreementThe State of Qatar and Sudansigned an agreement on mutualadministrative assistance to enablethe proper application of customs lawin order to prevent, investigate andcombat customs crimes.The agreement was signed on theQatari side, by the Director Generalof the General Administration ofCustoms, Ahmed bin Ali AlMohannadi, while it was signed onthe Sudanese side by Sudan'sDirector General of Customs MajorGeneral Saif Al-Din Omar Suleiman.The Director General of the GeneralAdministration of Customs said thatthe agreement comes within theframework of cooperation betweenthe two countries' General Adminis-tration of Customs and expressed thehope that the agreement wouldachieve the common goals of bothcountries, according to a report ofQatar News Agency. �



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COME TO THE DISCOVERY OF BURKINA FASO

YOU WILL DISCOVER ANOTHER SIDE OF AFRICA

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ENTERPRISE

GOURMA COTTON COMPANY (SOCOMA)has for main object the purchase and the selling of the cottonseed

The Cotton Company of Gourma(Socoma) was established in July2004 from the recovery by Dagris ofthe credits of Sofitex (the CompanyBurkinabe of Textile Fibres) (55 000tons) located in the East zone ofBurkina Faso. Socoma is a limited company whoseheadquarters are located at Fada. Ithas for main object the purchaseand the selling of the cottonseed, thesale of fibre and the cotton by-prod-ucts as well as the development aidof the cotton culture and other cul-tures of the cotton system by itstechnical support and its participa-tion in the financing of the die (inputsand seeds, research and develop-ment...).The permanent manpower of

Socoma reaches 167 persons.Before its acquisition by Dagris, thefactory of Fada had a beating capac-ity of 23 000 tons of cottonseed peryear. Since October 2004, in collab-oration with Dagris, Socoma hasmodernized and extended the facto-ry capacity to reach 35000 tons ofcottonseed per year.Socoma has two units of shellinglocated at Fada (capacity of 30 000tons) and at Diapaga (capacity of 40000 tons). A third factory located atKompienga of a capacity of 40 000tons to meet the expected increasein production.The strategy of Socoma is to devel-op the cotton production with anobjective to reach 120 000 tons cot-tonseed with a view to: - helping the cotonculteurs to pro-duce durably a cotton of higher qual-ity, with a high productivity while pre-serving the environment;- providing producers, in charge ofthe culture of cotton in rotation, witha policy of a framing and assitingthem to find a productive technicalroute in order to realise food self-suf-ficiency and to ensure the cotoncul-teurs better incomes.- providing financial support to theKompienga cotton farmers to enablethem to store 50,000 tons of cotton

per rural area. The finances to beprovided shall also be for environ-mental and agricultural componentsunder the project. The componentsof the project include: *Construction of a storage unit with acapacity to hold 50,000 tons of cot-ton; and *Establishment of an agricultural andenvironmental program discussingthe following: agro-ecology, spaceconservation, cultural diversity andrevenue generation for farmers. Thetotal cost of the project is EUR 15.2million (US$ 20.2 million) financedby the “Agence Française de Déve-loppement”. �

For more information,Contact:

SOCOMAP.O.Box: 265 - Fada

N'GourmaBurkina Faso

Tel: 00 (226) 40 77 04 31or 03 70

Fax: 00 (226) 40 77 06 91

Burkina Faso

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ENTERPRISE

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Delijan Sepid Sang Our Iranian stone factory “sepidsang Delijan” is a manufacturerand exporter one of our collectionof products which include: Marble,Travertine, both title with differentfinishes such as Fild & Hond, pol-ished, Royal, Antique and varietyof colors (Light beige, red, yellow,brown..)Address:Delijan Sepid Sang Co.Delijan industrial Town,Delijan city, Markazi province,IRANTel: +98 866 4443301Fax: +98 21 44305049Website: www.sepidsang.com.

Asla Pishro Co. LtdWe are one of most experiencedand reliable exporter of dry fruitsand nuts from Iran.The following are the main itemswhich we export to different desti-nations: pistachio, raisins, almondand figs.Address: N°104 Kashani blvdP.O.Box 14665-1385,Tehran- IranTel: +98-21-44079691Fax: +98-21-44058193Email: [email protected];[email protected]

Iran Refractories Products Co.An Iranian Refractory productscompany (IREPCO) produces dif-ferent kind of basic refractories foriron & steel , foundry, copper, lead& zinc, cement, glass & limeindustries.Address: Third & Fourth Floor, No5, Shahid LotfiAve, Hafte tir Square, Tehran1589865949, IranTel :( +98 21) 8843181-3Fax : (+98 21)8843181-3

Master Trade InternationalA Bangladeshi company special-ized in Ball-point pen manufacturewishes to deal with Saudi compa-nies.Contact person: M. A. Quddus,Managing DirectorAddress: 30, BangabandhuAvenue (5th Floor), G.P.O. Box792, Dhaka BangladeshTel: 880-2-9555678Fax: 880-2-9563341Email: [email protected]

Bindex InternationalWe are a Bangladeshi companyspecialized in export of cement,aluminium profile for windows anddoors, PVC pipe, jute and jutebags, and coir. We wish to dealwith Saudi companies.Contact Name: Manjur H Chisti,Chief ExecutiveAddress: 18-1 Shamsur RahmanRoad, Khulna-9100, BangladeshTel: +880-41-722109Fax: +880-41-730341Email: [email protected]

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Ulusal Teknoloji Ltd.StiWe are manufacturers and export-ers of water treatment systems.Our company is located inAntalia/Turkey.Our products list consist of:- Stainless steel multi cartridge fil-ters- Stainless steel bag filters- Stainless steel UV systems- Stainless steel separator filtersWe wish to get in touch and coop-erate with water treatment compa-nies which are distributors andagencies in Morocco.Contact person: Özlem AyikTel: +902423222097Fax: +902423213812Email: [email protected]:www.ulusalaritma.com

Soylu GroupOur Scope of activity Productionsis as follows:°Decorative and Swimming Polls°Artificial Rocks and Cascade°Seats for Stadium and Granstand°Urban and Garden Furnishings,Childrenʼs Park and Garden PlayGroups°Drainage Channels and Loopho-les°Merment Products°Merment Mouls and Machinery°Plastic Injection Products°Plastic Spare Parts and SupplyIndustry°Defense Industry°School Hardware, Tools andEquipment, Spare Parts°Fiberglass Mould IndustryAddress: Ankara - Samsun Yolu30. km Hasanoilan- Ankara /

TurkeyTel: +90 312 866 12 76Fax: +90 312 866 31 56E-mail:[email protected]

Factory : 4th km of Gonabad -Mashhad RoadTel : (+98 535) 7255670 - 2Fax : (+98 535)7255673Email : [email protected]

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Mensa GroupOur group comprises several com-panies with diversified activity suchas importing, exporting and tradingpharmaceutical raw materials,food, feed, and cosmetics, genericpharmaceutical manufacturing, me-dical supplies & dental equipmentmanufacturing, pharmaceutical,hospital/ medical supplies and con-sumer goods distribution.Address: Mensa Building 3rd floorJalan H.R.

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Erdanico Co. LtdExports licorice rootAddress: 15, Republic Square, office121124 - Almaty, 050013 KazakhstanTel: 7 (3272) 662094Fax: 7 (3272) 509143Email: [email protected]

The Trade Point Amman (TPA)We are importer, exporter andmanufacturer in many businessactivities.*Import: General commodities,communication equipments, com-

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SunpowerSteel manufacturer for all needs.Address:Second Industrial City - DammamP.O. Box 3318 - Dammam 31471;Saudi ArabiaTel. : +966 (3) 812-1676 -

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The National Foreign Trade Office(O.NA.C) was established byOrdinance No. 74/034/PRES/MCDIM22 on May 1974.It is a public institution with an admin-istrative nature, endowed with legalpersonality and financial autonomy.It works under the technical supervi-sion of the Ministry of Commerce andthe financial supervision of theMinistry of Finance.One of the main tasks of the ONAC isto promote trade between BurkinaFaso and the rest of the world. To thisend, it endeavours to increaseexports and rationalize imports. TheONAC responsibilities include:* To collect, process and disseminatetrade and economic information by allappropriate means, including "tradepoint" or the center of commerce forthe benefit of national and interna-tional economic operators, and pub-lic administrations;* To Promote Foreign Investment inBurkina Faso;* To Promote Burkinabe productsabroad through the organizationand/or the co-ordination of BurkinaFaso's participation in internationaltrade events such as fairs, exhibi-

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Malaysia keen on enhancedtourism ties with IranMalaysian Tourism Minister Ng YenYen annouced on May 8th, 2011 thatIran has great potentials for develop-ment of tourism industry while callingfor expansion of tourism ties withIran.Malaysian minister made the remarkin a press conference at the end ofher five-day visit to Iran and aftermeeting with Iranian Vice-Presidentfor Executive Affairs Hamid Baqaei inTehran. She said that during hermeeting with Iranian vice-presidentthey discussed ways for expansion oftourism ties. 'We discussed lifting thevisa barrier for Iranian tourists willingto travel to Malaysia,' Yen Yen added.She noted that Malaysia is going toestablish companies to providetourism services in Persian languagefor Iranians visiting Malaysia. 'Duringmy visit to Iran, representatives of 18travel agencies, five luxury hotels andtwo states accompanied me in orderto find out about providing Iraniantourists with suitable travel pack-ages,' Yen Yen added.Referring to the fact that Malaysiabegan its efforts to boost incomingtourists from Iran to Malaysia since2005, she said that the number ofIranian tourists visiting Malaysia overpast six years has considerablyincreased. 'A total of 116,250 Iraniantourists visited Malaysia in 2010showing a 14.3 percent growth incomparison with 2009,' Yen Yen said.She noted that Malaysia's tourismrevenues were $16 billion last year.'We are going to increase Malaysia'stourism revenues to the level of $56billion by 2020,' Yen Yen added.

Iran and Turkey expand relationsin energy affairsIran's Energy Minister Majid Namjooand Turkey's Minister of Energy andNatural Resources Taner Yildiz, in a

joint press conference held on May4th, 2011, said the two countrieshave decided to expand relations inenergy affairs.They held the press conference aftermeeting with each other and meetingof both countries delegations onissues of energy, electricity andwater. Yildiz said in the press confer-ence that in the negotiations it wasdecided that technical committees forconsidering ways for joint investmentof private sectors in the field of ener-gy was formed. He added that theinvestments would be in the sectionsof new energy, hydroelectric andthermo power plants.Yildiz described negotiations verysuccessful and constructive and saidthat road map of development anddeepening of cooperation in the fieldof energy between Iran and Turkeyhas been drawn and by signing the a-greement, necessary ground for thismove will be made.Namjoo said that it is a turning pointin relations between Iran and Turkeyin energy affairs.He added that the idea for suchagreement was confirmed in the lastyear meeting with Mr. Yildiz in Tehranand that technical delegations of bothcountries made strong efforts indirection of this agreement which willbe finalized by signing tonight.Namjoo said that the agreement willbe a good framework for increasingcapacities of exchanging energybetween the two countries which willincrease from 500 megawatt to morethan one thousand.Upon the road map, joint investmentand work for establishing thermo,hydroelectric, and wind power plantswill be done and it was also agreedthat cooperation take place in relationof renewable energies.Answering a question concerningIran-Turkey energy relations, Yildizsaid that Iran is the second big sup-

plier of gas for Turkey adding thatTurkey's need to energy is growing.Namjoo, heading a high ranking dele-gation arrived in Istanbul to attendthe second International WaterMeeting.

Morocco and India to promotetradeMoroccan-Indian Joint EconomicCommission has set up a roadmap topromote bilateral trade, which hastripled over the five past years,Morocco's foreign trade minister,Abdellatif Maâzouz, said.The minister highlighted, in an inter-view with "the Times of India" paper,that the two countries decided towiden their cooperation to coverother fields, such as textile and com-munications technology. He addedthat joint projects in these fields arelikely to open new markets in Europeand the United States, wheredemand on Moroccan products isincreasing, and also in Africa that hassignificant investment opportunities.Maâzouz, who was speaking on thesidelines of the 4th Moroccan-IndianIntergovernmental Joint EconomicCommission, held on April 28-29 inNew Delhi, added that the volume oftrade between the two countries hastripled between 2005 and 2010, toreach $ 1.7 billion, noting that Indiahas become Morocco's third tradingpartner in exports and first in Asia.He noted that Morocco could be aplatform for Indian investment inNorth Africa and in Sub-Saharancountries, by taking advantage of freetrade agreements and bilateral aswell as regional accords. In thisregard, the minister stressed theimportance of the tripartite partner-ship between Morocco, India and theAfrican continent to boost coopera-tion between the two countries.

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MENA-OECD Initiative extendedfor two yearsMorocco's Chairmanship of theMENA-OECD Initiative was extendedfor two years, given the "dynamic" ofthe kingdom in the region,announced in Paris the Minister incharge of Economic and GeneralAffairs and co-president of the initia-tive for the investment program, NizarBaraka.Since 2009 Morocco has been hold-ing the co-chair of the program of theOrganization for Economic Co-opera-tion and Development (OECD) for theMiddle East and North Africa region,for an initial term of three years.According to the Minister, theMoroccan Chairmanship focused itsefforts on one of the major issues,namely the integration of the MENA-OECD to develop synergies with theaim to build a common future. Hestressed, in this regard, the impor-tance of exchanging experiencebetween OECD countries and theMENA region to bring the best prac-tices and find solutions to variousissues confronting the region, partic-ularly the implementation of the gen-der approach.

Morocco took part in 16th ministerial conference of non-aligned countries held inIndonesiaMoroccan secretary of state to theminister of foreign affairs and cooper-ation, Latifa Akharbach, representedthe Kingdom in the 16th ministerialconference of the Non-Aligned Coun-tries, from May 23 to May 27 inIndonesia.The conference, held under thetheme "a shared vision of non-aligned countries for the next 50years", will be followed by a meetingto mark the fiftieth anniversary of theNon-Aligned Organisation.A foreign ministry statement saidMorocco, which is committed to themovement's founding principles,stresses the importance of South-South and three-way cooperation topromote human and sustainable

development.

Accession of Morocco and Jordanto GCC The accession of Morocco andJordan to the Gulf CooperationCouncil (GCC) is likely to strengthenpartnership and Arab economic coop-eration.Morocco reaffirmed his favorableposition to join the Gulf Co-operationCouncil (GCC), said the Communi-cations Minister, Spokesman of theGovernment, Khalid Naciri.Given its serious nature, this questionrequires a deep consideration of allits diplomatic and administrativeaspects (…) to identify the appropri-ate formulas enabling Morocco andthe GCC countries to give a tangiblecontent to this profound interaction,the Minister said at a press briefingfollowing the weekly cabinet meeting."We are still at the beginning of theprocess and we will find appropriateapproaches that will enable us tobring satisfactory answers to the peo-ples of Morocco and Gulf countries,"the Minister added.The GCC had addressed an invita-tion to Morocco on March 10th, 2011to join this regional grouping.

EU and GCC experts meet toboost cooperation in clean energyEnergy experts and scientists fromthe European Union (EU) and theGulf Cooperation Council (GCC)began a meeting in Brussels on May11th, 2011 with the objective to pro-mote common interests of stakehold-ers in the two regional blocs active inthe field of clean energy. The EU-GCC Clean Energy Network held itssecond Discussion Groups' Meeting.The idea behind the network was tobe a catalyst to promote cooperationand activities between companies,organizations and universities in theclean energy sector, as announcedby Professor John Psarras, directorof the project from the EU side.He told the gathering that the Greekprofessor noted that the Brusselsmeeting was the second Discussion

Groups' gathering of the network withthe aim to brief the participants of theoutcome of the first DiscussionGroups' Meeting held in Abu Dhabi inNovember 2010 and to build on thoseresults. The first plenary meeting ofthe network was held last January inAbu Dhabi. He said the networkworked on an informal technical levelto help and support the official EU-GCC energy group. The network has200 registered members from bothsides.Psarras said that the two-day meet-ing will focus on discussing specificco-operation within the Five Discuss-ion Groups: Renewable EnergySources, Energy Demand Manage-ment Energy Efficiency, CleanNatural Gas related Clean Techno-logies, Electricity InterconnectionsMarket Integration, Carbon Captureand Storage. Hamza Kazim, from theMasdar Institute, UAE, which is theleading counterpart of the EU fromthe GCC side in the network said theyhave had held several meetings anddiscussions on how to make this net-work sustainable . "We are reallykeen to see this network sustain itselfand moving forward. We haverequested the GCC to select the topinstitutions from different countries inorder be promoters for the GCC net-works," said Kazim.He said the Kuwait Institute forScience and Research is among thepartners in the network. Over twodays, EU and GCC experts will dis-cuss a number of issues such asRenewable Energy Sources, CarbonCapture and Storage, ElectricityInterconnections and MarketIntegration.

Pakistan and Britain co-operate forgas explorationPakistan and the United Kingdom(UK) will enhance experts level coop-eration for the development of oil andgas sector in Pakistan, particularly forextraction of natural gas from theshales. �


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ICDT's Documentation and Publication Department will be equipped with an effective tool which will enable it todevelop the Centre's action as regards trade information. In this respect, it will soon provide new services of infor-mation based on the use of the new technologies of information and communication. Thus, the Department willset up computerized databases.PAPYRUS is an integrated documentary Software allowing the automatized processing of all types of documents(books, periodicals, articles, video cassettes, DVD, CD etc). Simple as it is, this system meets perfectly the pres-ent and future needs of the Centre's Department.The objective of PAPYRUS is to develop tools giving access to the databases available at the Documentation &Publication Department, starting from distant computers. This Software has the advantage of flexible use, sinceit allows the replacement of the vocabulary of origin by the descriptors of the THESAURUS of the internationaltrade language, used by ICDT.Like most of the trade documentation services all over the world, ICDT adopted the Thesaurus of internationaltrade language for the needs of indexing its databases.This thesaurus contains a structured vocabulary which covers products and services, the functional terms usedin the field of international trade, the countries' names, the economic areas and groupings as well as the namesof the international and regional organizations having a direct or indirect role in promoting international trade. Thethesaurus comprises approximately 1200 generic terms, in addition to the narrower terms and the associatedterms.PAPYRUS is an automatic generator of key words. It allows the replacement of the manual indexing by an auto-matic, more precise and well structured procedure. PAPYRUS also allows the publishing on-line of cataloguesand the recovery for free of notes from all the libraries or sites providing notes by Unimarc items. It permits aswell to import notes from databases on CDs or from specialized sites.1. Capacity: Papyrus can manage more than 2000000 documents (theoretical limit) 2. Key words and indexing (automatic generator of key words) 3. System of localizing the documents stored4. Internet Access 5. Integrated correction of orthography (multilingual: French, English)6. Printing of jackets of any size: K7 video, CD, audio cassette7. Printing of catalogues: More than 30 different catalogues sizes (indices catalogue by key word, by subject /author, bibliographical bulletin, labels etc). 8. Sorting of data, filters and search: sorting of data System, filtering and search integrated.9. Management of loans: output and return actions with a bar code scanner or starting from the keyboard.Possible blocking of any reader in irregular situation. Display of the history of the Statistic loans at each action.10. Statistics: Statistics detailed in graphs (2D/3D) or reports. 11. Interface Access of the public to the catalogue: It allows interrogation, but prevents making any changesin the database. The readers cannot thus modify these data. 12 Seizure, edition and follow up of orders - Follow-up of providers, reminders - Receipt of documents and their transfer automatically to the database.

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