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Intra-OIC and International Trade & Investment Magazine TIJARIS Published by the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade Issue 128 - November-December 2012 Under the auspices of the SPECIAL Ministry of Tourism of the Arab Republic of Egypt ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) organizes in collaboration with the Egypt Expo & Convention Authority (EECA) The 2nd OIC Tourism Fair HE Dr. Mohammad MORSI Cairo, March 19th-22nd, 2013 President of the Republic p.13 - p.33 in the Arabic Version Visit of H.E. Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU, Secretary General of the OIC to the Kingdom of Morocco December 11th – 15th, 2012 19-22 March 2013 The 39th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC Djibouti, 15th – 17th November 2012 p.35 - p.38 in the Arabic TIJARIS’ GUEST Version The Tourism Sector in OIC Countries: H.E. Hisham Zaazou Minister of Tourism of the Arab Challenges and Prospects Republic of Egypt الطبعة العربية لتجاريس توجد في مؤخرة اجمللة Tijaris 128 - November - December 2012 1 IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT TRUST TIJARIS Since “Tijaris” is disseminated to 57 Member States and read by economic operators, take advantage of the business opportunities appearing on it to generate more trade flows. We want indeed to make of this magazine a suitable space for dialogue, firstly, for economic operators and secondly, to create unlimited opportunities to get your products well known... So entrust the advertisements of your products and services to us, trust “Tijaris” and be sure that your adverts will be widely disseminated by this magazine in such a manner as to meet market requirements... We are thus convinced that “Tijaris” is the most suitable advertising medium to make known your products and services by the economic operators of the Islamic World which constitutes a market of 1.5 billion of consumers. So subscribe now and make your adverts on our magazine. To subscribe to “Tijaris” and use its advertising services, visit our website www.icdt-oic.org or contact Mrs. Kadiatou DIALLO at ICDT. Tel: 0522314974 ISLAMIC CENTRE FOR Fax:0522310110 DEVELOPMENT OF [email protected] TRADE (ICDT) Tijaris 128 - November - December 2012 2 TIJARIS, YOUR TRADE & INVESTMENT PARTNER IN THE OIC REGION Contents - Issue 128 - November-December 2012 EDITORIAL 5 r Africa Middle East Investment Forum - Dubai - UAE - December 10th-11th, 2012 r The Tourism Sector in OIC Countries: Challenges and TIJARIS’ GUEST 12 Prospects r LIGHT ON 6 H.E. Hisham Zaazou, Minister of Tourism of the Arab r The Visit of H.E. Prof. Dr. Republic of Egypt Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU to the Kingdom of Morocco - December 11th-15th, 2012 OIC TRADE IN COMMODITIES 13 r The 14th TFOIC 2013, Tehran - Islamic Republic of Iran, October 28th-November 1st, 2013 OIC NEWS 7 r The 1st Commercial Handicrafts Exhibition of the OIC Mem- ber States - Kingdom of Morocco, April 11th-14th, 2013 r H.E. Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU meets the Egyptian r The First Exhibition on Furniture, Decoration, Household and Vice President and Prime Minister and discusses arrangements Electrical Appliances of the OIC Member States, for Upcoming Islamic Summit in Cairo, November 5th, 2012, Medina, Saudi Arabia, May 12th-16th, 2013 Republic of Egypt r The Sixth Exhibition of Agribusiness Industries in the OIC r Construction of the OIC new headquarters in Jeddah, Member States - Sultanate of Oman, May 13th-16th, 2013 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia r The 1st OIC China Expo and Economic & Trade Forum, Sep- r The 39th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the tember 11th-15th, 2013 OIC - Djibouti, November 15th–17th, 2012 r Outcomes of the 1st OIC Halal Food Expo, Sharjah, UAE, De- r The 4th Conference on the Role of Women in Development of OIC Member States, December 4th – 6th 2012, Jakarta, cember 10th-12th, 2012 Indonesia OIC TRADE IN SERVICES 19 r The Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the «Group of Friends of the Syrian People» December 12th, 2012, Marrakech, Kingdom r The “International Exhibition of Solutions for Transport and of Morocco Logistics (SISTL)” November 15th - 17th November 2012, Dakar, Republic of Senegal DIPLOMACY 10 OIC TRADE & TOURISM FAIRS’ CALENDAR 20 r The 8th Islamic World Economic Forum, December 4th – 6th, 2012, Johor Bahru, Malaysia r January-February 2013 r The Eighth Summit of the Developing-8 Countries, Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan - November 19th-21st, 2012 Tijaris 128 - November - December 2012 3 TIJARIS, YOUR TRADE & INVESTMENT PARTNER IN THE OIC REGION Contents - Issue 128 - November-December 2012 IN FOCUS 22 ECONOMY, ISLAMIC FINANCE & INVESTMENT 30 r ICDT’s Participation in the Steering Committee Meeting of r Principles and Foundations of Islamic Economics and the “Regional Project on Sustainable Tourism Development in Finance at the service of the Real Economy, Trade, Investment a Network of Cross-border Parks and Protected Areas in West and Development Africa”, 17th October 2012, Arusha – Tanzania r Islamic Finance in a Challenging Economy - Moving r ICDT’s participation in the SMIIC Forum, November 8th – 9th, Forward 2012, Antalya, Republic of Turkey r Trade Regulations & Agreements FORUMS & CONFERENCES 2 OIC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS 38 r The “OIC High Level Forum on Trade Facilitation & Single r List of the Member States having signed and ratified the TPS/ Window Initiatives for Enhanced Regional Economic Coopera- OIC Agreement, the PRETAS Protocol and the Rules of Origin tion”, February 18th-20th, 2013, Casablanca, Morocco under the auspices of ICDT and the COMCEC as of September r Seminar on Industrial Property Policies, November 8th – 9th, 2012 2012, Ankara, Republic of Turkey TRADE & INVESTMENT MARKETS 39 r Training Seminar on Export Strategies and International Mar- keting to the benefit of Libyan Officials, Casablanca, Kingdom of r Business Opportunities Morocco, December 16th-19th, 2012 r ICDT organizes in 2013 Training Seminars on the TPS/OIC to E-COMMERCE 1 the benefit of the Iraqi & Palestinian Officials r r 1st OIC/COMCEC Private Sector Tourism Forum, Izmir, Trade Information Network for Islamic Countries (TINIC) Republic of Turkey, December 7th-8th, 2012 constitutes a market of 1.5 billion of consumers r ICDT’s participation in the Moroccan Forum on International ICDT’S LIBRARY 3 Trade - 3rd National Conference on Export - Skhirat, Kingdom of Morocco, December 11th, 2012 IN BRIEF TIJARIS - ISSN 0651 - 1578 DIRECTOR GENERAL SALL Mamoudou Bocar Amadou Cire SALL Dr. El Hassane HZAINE Belkacem BOUTAYEB Abdel Aziz ALAMI Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz Med Mokhtar BDIOUI EDITOR Kadiatou DIALLO Merieme EZZAKI Houcine RAHMOUNI DRAFTING COMMITTEE ADVISOR Rajae BENMOUSSA OIC International Business Centre Sdn Bhd - Malaysia Tijaris 128 - November - December 2012 EDITORIAL The Tourism Sector in OIC Countries: Challenges and Prospects In recent deca- the latter has established an institutional the lack of tourism diversification and des, tourism has forum which is the Islamic Conference of safety. It is worth underlining at this point become a de- Tourism Ministers (ICTM) with a view to that during the Workshop on “The Private veloped indus- following up and contributing to tourism Sector Cooperation for enhancing Intra- try contributing development among the Islamic World. OIC Tourism” held on December 10th, significantly to The 7th Session of this Conference held 2010 in Izmir (Republic of Turkey), OIC the economic in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, from Tourism actors also pointed out the lack By and social de- 28th to 30th November 2010, reviewed, of communication and close cooperation EL Hassane HZAINE vel opment of a among others, the implementation of ac- between the private sector and the public Director General large number of tivities listed in the “Short-Term plan and authorities as well as between the OIC countries. It is indeed, one of the main Program for the implementation of the Member Countries themselves, notably economic activities and an important Framework for Development of Coope- regarding visa issues which is essential source of foreign exchange earnings and ration in the domain of Tourism between to facilitate tourists movements. Taking employment in many OIC countries which the OIC Member States” among which we into account the great success of the lea- have focused their efforts on developing can quote the following: organization by ding OIC Countries in the field of Tourism, their tourism sector and tourism-related ICDT of the OIC Tourism Fairs;” establish- it is crucial for the OIC Member States industries. In this regard, it is worth un- ment by ICCIA of an “OIC Tourism Portal” to collaborate with those Countries that derlining that some of them achieved a for the dissemination of information on succeeded in developing their Tourism notable success. However, the share of tourism related issues in the OIC Coun- Sector with a view to exchanging ex- OIC total tourism activities in the world tries; establishment of alliances between periences and best practices in this key tourism market remains modest (about tourism stakeholders in the OIC Coun- Sector. After the holding of the First Edi- 11%) and is concentrated in a small tries (Tourism promotion bodies, airlines tion of the OIC Tourism Fair in Istanbul number of countries (Turkey, Malaysia, companies and private Tour Operators); (Republic of Turkey), ICDT is organizing, Indonesia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, simplification of visa, customs and fo- under the auspices of the Ministry of Tou- UAE, Tunisia, Morocco, etc…). One can reign exchange formalities for tourists rism of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the quote that the tourism potential of the from Member Countries; follow-up of the 2nd Edition of this Fair from March 19th OIC Member States remains untapped implementation of the Regional Project to 22nd, 2013 in Cairo (Arab Republic of despite the huge tourism resources of of “Sustainable Tourism Development Egypt) in collaboration with the Egypt several Countries, which are endowed in a Network of Cross-Border Parks and Expo & Convention Authority «EECA».