UNB, Dhaka :
The first meeting of OIC Water Council has approved the plan of action to address the water-related challenges in its member states.
The OIC Water Council approved a comprehensive plan of action for the implementation of activities under the OIC Water Vision.
The implementation plan calls for establishing a network of centers of excellence working in the water sector in the OIC countries to carry out necessary collaborative research activities, according to the OIC.
The meeting also called upon donor agencies, including IDB, to intensify their efforts for strengthening the research and technical capabilities of the member states for formulating necessary water policies as well as carrying out water infrastructure projects.
Ministers from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Uganda, Iran, Iraq and Turkey participated in the meeting held on November 15-16, and high officials from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Guinea, and Tunisia as well as OIC institutions IDB, ISESCO, SESRIC and COMSTECH, and other organizations namely the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources Development and Management (INWRDAM) attended the first meeting of OIC Water Council.
The meeting was held in pursuance of the decision of the 3rd Session of the Islamic Conference of Ministers responsible for Water (ICMW) held in Istanbul on May 15-16, which established the OIC Water Council with the mandate to formulate a plan of action for the implementation of OIC Water Vision.
The first meeting of OIC Water Council has approved the plan of action to address the water-related challenges in its member states.
The OIC Water Council approved a comprehensive plan of action for the implementation of activities under the OIC Water Vision.
The implementation plan calls for establishing a network of centers of excellence working in the water sector in the OIC countries to carry out necessary collaborative research activities, according to the OIC.
The meeting also called upon donor agencies, including IDB, to intensify their efforts for strengthening the research and technical capabilities of the member states for formulating necessary water policies as well as carrying out water infrastructure projects.
Ministers from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Uganda, Iran, Iraq and Turkey participated in the meeting held on November 15-16, and high officials from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Guinea, and Tunisia as well as OIC institutions IDB, ISESCO, SESRIC and COMSTECH, and other organizations namely the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources Development and Management (INWRDAM) attended the first meeting of OIC Water Council.
The meeting was held in pursuance of the decision of the 3rd Session of the Islamic Conference of Ministers responsible for Water (ICMW) held in Istanbul on May 15-16, which established the OIC Water Council with the mandate to formulate a plan of action for the implementation of OIC Water Vision.
