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Coordinator General COMSTECH
Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary
cg@comstech.org
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Adviser
Prof. M. Qasim Jan
adviser@comstech.org
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Adviser
Dr. S. Khurshid Hasanain
adviser_skh@comstech.org
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Director Finance & Accounts
Mr. Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman
mujeeb@comstech.org
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Director HR & Administration
Mr. Aftab Hussain Zaidi
aftab.zaidi@comstech.org
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General Manager Hospitality
Mr. Naveed Aamer
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Sr. Manager IT
Mr. Usman Quddus Malik
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Programme Manager
Ms. Hanifa Beg +92-51-9049-5195
Comstech Scientific Literature Search Service
COMSTECH
purchased scientific databases and started free Scientific Literature Search
Service which continued to flourish during the past sixteen years (1999 to
2014) as COMSTECH received 14,206 requests
from scientists and sent 30.665 GB (about 15
million pages) of scientific information to researchers in 20 member states of
the OIC including People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sultanate
of Brunei
Darussalam, Djibouti, Republic of Indonesia, Islamic
Republic of Iran, Republic
of Iraq, Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan,
Malaysia, Kingdom of Morocco, Republic of Mozambique, Sultanate
of Oman, Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, Kingdom
of Saudi
Arabia, Republic of Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Republic
of Tajikistan, Republic
of Turkey, United
Arab Emirates and Republic of Yemen. COMSTECH
invested US$42,691 during
2008-2010 to upgrade its databases and further improved this program.
During
the last four years, 2011 to 2014, 176 requests from Pakistan, Iraq and Jordan
have been processed by providing 1.32 GB of data.
COMSTECH Inter-Library Resource Network Service
Coordinator
General decided to use the existing resources of the OIC region by inviting
important libraries to participate in COMSTECH Inter-Library Resource Network Programme.
Under this program a Library that is a member of this Network is required to
provide free re-prints of articles requested by an individual or organization
from a member state, as well as bear the costs of postage. In return each
member Library benefits by having free access to the photocopies of articles
from any of the journals held by other Libraries in the Network, thereby
providing a wealth of scientific information to library users across the OIC
region.
As the
initial response was rather encouraging therefore the Coordinator General
entrusted the COMSTECH Secretariat with the task of setting up an in-house
facility to commence the massive task of collecting the list of journal
holdings from the member libraries and preparing the document in the form of a
hardcopy as well as its electronic version to be made available on line.
COMSTECH
has made available journal holdings of forty-seven libraries from thirteen
member states including People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Republic
of Indonesia,
Islamic Republic of Iran,
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Malaysia, Kingdom
of Morocco,
Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
State of Qatar,
Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, Republic of Senegal, Syrian Arab
Republic, and Republic of Turkey.
This
massive database, launched in March 2001, now lists 30,187 journals on COMSTECH
website.
The main
objective of COMSTECH Inter-Library Resource Network Service is to make the
scientific journal holdings of major OIC libraries accessible via free
photocopy service that is to the scientific community of the OIC region.
The aim is to benefit from the existing resources of the OIC region and
organize the library resources to permit its collective utilization by a larger
section of the OIC research community.
“Brain – Machine Interface: Future of
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Singularity”
A Public Lecture by Dr. Naweed. I. Syed,
University of Calgary, Canada.
COMSTECH organized a public lecture on
“Brain – Machine Interface: Future of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
and Singularity” by internationally renowned neuroscientist, Dr. Naweed. I.
Syed. The lecture was held at the COMSTECH Secretariat on Wednesday,
Oct 16 as a Distinguished Lecture arranged annually by COMSTECH on
cutting edge scientific advances and technologies. The speaker, Dr. Naweed Syed
specializes in Biomedical Engineering, and is currently serving as Professor
and Scientific Director of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute,
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. Dr. Syed was a part of
the first team to develop a bionic hybrid which enabled direct dialogue between
the brain cells and the silicon chip, thereby opening up the path for two-way
communication with the brain. He is also the first scientist to
reconstruct respiratory network in cell culture and these two studies were
declared as the breakthrough of the decade.
In his lecture, Dr. Naweed placed his own
work in the context of the world wide ongoing efforts in neuroscience and the
impact of this research on the fields of artificial intelligence, machine
learning and robotics. Dr. Naweed, went on to explain how these developments
open up astounding possibilities for global health care in the future. He also
addressed the issue of ‘singularity” in the context of combining Neuroscience
with Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning, and the apprehensions of
some scientists that the smart machines may drastically change human activity
and society. The lecture was followed by an engaging Question and answer
session.
MINUTES
OF THE FIRST MEETING OF
STEERING COMMITTEE
ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OIC STI AGENDA 2026
COMSTECH
SECRETARIAT, ISLAMABAD
March 18-19,
2019
The
First Meeting of the Steering Committee on the Implementation of OIC STI Agenda
2026 comprised of the OIC Institutions including the OIC General Secretariat,
COMSTECH, COMCEC, IsDB, ISESCO, SESRIC, IAS, SMIIC, OIC-CERT, and ICYF was held
at COMSTECH Secretariat, Islamabad on March 18-19, 2019. Under the Chair of
H.E. Dr. Tariq Banuri, Coordinator General COMSTECH, the following members of
the Steering Committee attended the meeting:
ORGANIZATION
OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION (OIC)
H.E.
Amb. Muhammad Naeem Khan
Assistant Secretary General
OIC General Secretariat
Mr.
Irfan Shaukat
Director General (S&T)
OIC General Secretariat
Mr.
Arsalan Hasan Basri
Professional Officer
OIC General Secretariat
COMSTECH
H.E. Dr.
Tariq Banuri
Coordinator General (COMSTECH)
Prof.
Dr. S. Khurshid Hasanain
Adviser (COMSTECH)
Prof.
Dr. M. Qasim Jan
Adviser (COMSTECH)
Syed
Aftab Hussain Zaidi
Director HR & Administration (COMSTECH)
COMCEC
H.E. Mr.
Mehmet Metin EKER
Director General (COMCEC)
Mr.
Fatih ÜNLÜ
Senior Expert (COMCEC)
IsDB
H.E. Dr.
Hayat Sulaiman H. Sindi
Senior Advisor to the President for Science, Technology, and Innovation
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Mr.
Mohamed Abida
Manager Executive Management Support & Protocol Division, Office of the
President (IsDB)
ISESCO
Dr.
Mukhtar Ahmed
Adviser to the Director General and Supervisor of the Cabinet (ISESCO)
SESRIC
Mr.
Mehmet Fatih Serenli
Director of Training and Technical Cooperation Department (SESCRIC)
IAS
Prof.
Dr. N.M. Butt
FIAS, Vice President, (IAS)
SMIIC
H.E. Mr.
Ihsan OVUT
Secretary General (SMIIC)
Mr.
Cagri CANKURTARAN
Expert (SMIIC)
ICYF
H.E. Mr.
Taha Ayhan
President (ICYF)
H.E. Dr.
Tariq Banuri, Coordinator General COMSTECH chaired the opening session and
welcomed the delegates of 1st Steering Committee Meeting.
He briefed the participants on the 1st OIC
Summit on Science and Technology held on September 10-11, 2017 in Astana,
Republic of Kazakhstan and emphasized the importance of Science, Technology and
Innovation (STI).
H.E.
Amb. Muhammad Naeem Khan, Assistant Secretary General OIC also thanked the
participants and shared his views on the decisions of 1st OIC
Summit and ongoing preparations of the 2nd OIC
Summit on Science and Technology proposed to be held in Uzbekistan in 2020.
The Agenda of the meeting was circulated earlier and the floor was opened
for discussions. The Chair invited delegates to give their short views.
The
representatives from SMIIC, SESRIC, IsDB, and IAS took part in the
deliberations and thanked the Chair for such a warm reception and hospitality
extended to them.
Decision: The
Agenda of the meeting prepared and presented by the COMSTECH Secretariat was
presented before the meeting and it was adopted unanimously.
The TORs
of the 1st Steering Committee Meeting prepared by the COMSTECH in
consultation of the OIC General Secretariat were presented before the meeting.
Decision:
The amendments proposed by the Steering Committee were unanimously agreed upon
and, TORs were adopted (Annexure-I). download from here
Draft
Work Plan for the Implementation of OIC STI Agenda was presented before the
meeting. Dr. Khurshid Hasanain, Adviser COMSTECH introduced the Revised Draft
Work Plan and activities of OIC STI Agenda 2026 as summarized in the Working
Paper. The Chair then invited the members for detailed discussions on the
documents and asked for their valuable suggestions, amendments and inputs, if
there are any. The Members of the Steering Committee went through the Work Plan
priority wise and suggested some amendments in the Work Plan.
On the
second day of meeting (March 19, 2019), the meeting started at 09:30 am. The
First Session was chaired by H.E. Amb. Muhammad Naeem Khan. He welcomed the
representative of the ICYF arrived in early morning of March 19, 2019 and
shared proceedings of 1st day of the meeting with
him. The representative of the ICYF thanked the Chair as well as COMSTECH
and assured COMSTECH for ICYF’s cooperation and full support for the
implementation of the OIC STI Agenda 2026.
Members
of the Steering Committee reviewed the incorporated amendments and advised some
more addition/ deletion in the Work Plan.
The
modified version of the Revised Work Plan was circulated among the participants
and the Chair informed the participants that the amendments suggested in the
Work Plan in the earlier sessions have been incorporated. The Steering
Committee again reviewed each priority one by one to ensure that all the
amendments have been incorporated. After the review, the Chair suggested
to the members that the amended Work Plan may be adopted, if there is no
observation.
Decision:
The amended Work Plan was adopted unanimously (Annexure-II). download from here
Brainstorming session on Ideas/Proposals for the 2nd OIC
Summit on Science and Technology, Uzbekistan
H.E. The
Coordinator General COMSTECH chaired the Session and thanked the participants
for approval of Work Plan and TORs of the Steering Committee. The Chair
introduced the purpose of holding 2nd OIC
Summit on Science and Technology in Uzbekistan in 2020, viz. reporting on the
progress made towards achieving the targets set up in OIC STI Agenda 2026;
identifying obstacles to progress; and providing further motivation to member
states for cooperation and investment in S&T; and highlighting the
achievements of Member States in the intervening period between the two
Summits.
Dr.
Khurshid Hasanain briefed the participants about COMSTECH efforts for the 2nd Summit
so far. He explained that a concept paper for the next Summit had been prepared
for the 2nd Summit and shared with the OIC General Secretariat.
COMSTECH had proposed “Science Diplomacy” as the theme of the next Summit.
COMSTECH has also strongly advised the need for parallel activities and events
at the Summit to showcase the progress being made, and the obstacles towards the
achievement of the goals of the STI Agenda. COMSTECH also emphasized the need
for sensitizing Heads of States towards investing in the implementation of the
OIC STI Agenda 2026.
H.E.
Amb. Muhammad Naeem Khan gave the background information on the preparations,
ideas and purposes of holding the S&T Summit. He informed that during the 1st Summit
in Kazakhstan, the Government of Uzbekistan had shown its keen interest to hold
the 2nd OIC Summit on S&T in 2020. In this regard the
Government of Uzbekistan would like to sign the agreement with the OIC General
Secretariat.
He
further informed that during the 1st Summit,
5 awards were conferred on the leading scientists from the OIC Member States on
their achievements in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation.
There were four different sessions and leading scientists and energy
experts from the OIC Member States were invited as speakers. Sideline meetings
and science exhibition were also organized. Resulting from this, the
Astana Declaration and OIC STI Agenda 2026 were adopted and COMSTECH was
requested to prepare strategy to implement the plan.
The
Assistant Secretary General requested the delegates to give their inputs and
proposals particularly the theme for the 2nd OIC
Summit on S&T so that they can be shared with the Government of Uzbekistan.
There were several proposals and suggestions received from the floor and the
Chair informed the delegates that these may be consolidated and forwarded to
the Government of Uzbekistan for their part. These suggestions are summarized
below:
Suggestions received from different
institutions regarding focus and activities of the 2nd OIC STI Summit in
2020.
1.
OIC GS emphasized
highlighting the activities of the different OIC S&T organs at the Summit
and suggested that activity reports from each institution be made available at
the Summit, and the efforts to achieve/make/progress towards the goals of the
STI Agenda 2026 by the institutions be projected.
2.
COMSTECH explained
that they had suggested “science diplomacy” as the theme of the Summit so as to
emphasize the mutual benefits that accrue to respective member states by
contributing to the STI Agenda programs. They referred to the opening
statements of their representative with regards to COMSTECH suggestions for the
2nd Summit. Additionally, they suggested that the selection
and announcement of Awards to Scientists at the Summit can be further
improved.
3.
IsDB proposed
that the UN SDG#9 (Building Resilient Infrastructure, promoting inclusive and
sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation) be adopted as the theme
of the next Summit. They also suggested that the Science and Policy interface
(strategy-policy) discussions be held and universities highlight innovation
efforts. IsDB also emphasized the need of discussing resources for implementing
the STI Agenda, with the Heads of States.
4.
COMCEC suggested
that there should be one well defined theme for the Summit and that should be
one of the priorities of the STI Agenda 2026.They also suggested holding an OIC
STI Fair on the sidelines of the Summit including an exhibition for success
stories of Science, Technology and Innovation in OIC countries. They suggested
forming a panel for discussion on “knowledge economy for economic development”.
They suggested publicizing and disseminating information about these events to
governments, civil society and academia of OIC countries.
5.
ISESCO suggested
that the second Summit should focus on the specific targets set up by the 1st Summit
and report on the progress thereby. They also spoke of advising member states
for specific actions they need to undertake to address the needs of S&T
development.
6.
SESRIC suggested
as the theme for next Summit, “Exchange of scientific knowledge among member
states” and emphasized the need for exposure of researchers and students to the
cultures of different member states. They also proposed conducting a survey of
the achievements of member states and a scientific fair at the summit
showcasing the success stories.
7.
ICYF suggested
that the Summit can be made an important opportunity for encouraging young
people. Success stories of young people (e.g. entrepreneurs) need to be
highlighted at the Summit and private sector should be invited for match making
of innovators and investors.
8.
IAS suggested
that dialogue between policy makers and scientists should be encouraged at the
Summit. They also suggested inviting representatives from the industry at the
occasion and for interaction with them to identify the obstacles for
industrialization.
In the
end, The First Meeting of the Steering Committee for the Implementation of OIC
STI Agenda 2026 strongly condemned the terrorism incident in New Zealand and
showed the sympathies with the victims. They also urge the New Zealand
government to take strong and effective measures to counter rising Islamophobia
in the country.
The
meeting was concluded on the vote of thanks by the Chair
International Seminar on COVID-19
Title: “COVID-19
Epidemiology Evidence Based Policy and Prospects for Vaccine.”
By Prof. Dr. Saad B. Omer
Date and
Time : May 6, 2020 , 5:00 am EST (2:00 pm PST)
Coronavirus
disease (2019-nCoV) aka Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by a novel
coronavirus i.e. severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2). Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, causing
illness in humans and circulate among animals such as bats. The disease spreads
primarily from person to person through small droplets, which are expelled when
a person with Covid-19 coughs, sneezes, or speaks.
The
disease was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China and has since
spread globally, resulting in the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
Robust
response and scientific efforts are underway to curb this menace. On forefront
is the development of vaccine. World Health Organization (WHO) has 76 vaccine
candidates against Covid-19 so far among which only 5 are under clinical
evaluation. These 5 may have to prove their worth through rigorous follow up
and testing.
COMSTECH
has arranged web based seminar to discuss Covid-19 epidemiology and its
ramification for wider public health and health sciences particularly for the
OIC member states. Prof. Dr. Saad B. Omer is invited for this seminar. In
this talk, Prof. Omer will delve into insights of Covid- 19 epidemiology
globally. He will discuss prospects, rigors and future predicaments for the
Covid- 19 vaccine production.
Speaker’s
Profile:
Prof.
Dr. Saad B. Omer is the founding Director of the Yale Institute for Global
Health, and a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the World Famous Yale
University, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, USA. He has conducted
studies in the United States, Guatemala, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, South Africa and other OIC states. Dr Omer’s research portfolio
includes clinical trials to estimate efficacy and safety of maternal and/or
infant influenza, pertussis, polio, measles and pneumococcal vaccines and
trials to evaluate drug regimens to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
He has published over 280 papers in peer reviewed journals and has mentored
over 100 junior faculty, clinical, and research post-doctoral fellows and PhD
and other graduate students. Prof. Omer’s insight about pandemics and their
impact is unique and praise worthy.
https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/saad_omer/
Procedure to join:
Step
1: Download software zoom for this web based seminar (https://zoom.us/)
Step
2: Send your request to join this seminar at khazima@comstech.org. Pl.
note you need to send your Name, Email address, Affiliation, Profession, level
of education in this email.
Contact
Information:
Coordinator General, COMSTECH Meets Minister
of Science and Technology
The newly appointed Coordinator General Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal
Choudhary H.I., S.I., T. I., soon after taking the charge of the organization, met with the
Minister for Science and Technology, Mr. Fawad Chaudhary in his office. He
briefed the minister on COMSTECH existing program, such as collaborative
programs with IFS, TWAS, Lindau Nobel Laureates Meetings, financial assistance
for Inter-Islamic Networks, assistance for conferences, workshops, and
seminars, COMSTECH awards, preparation of OIC science profile and COMSTECH
research publication program.
To highlight the future plans, he mentioned COMSTECH capacity
building initiative in infectious diseases (“preparing for the next
pandemics”), artificial intelligence initiative for health and agriculture,
science diplomacy and university-industry initiative. He emphasized the revival
of the Science Technology and Innovation Organization (STIO) approved by OIC,
and obtained contributions from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, and Malaysia. Prof.
Choudhary mentioned that the programs and activities planned for 2020-21 are
from a working paper, prepared on the instruction of the President of Pakistan
who is the Chairman COMSTECH as well.
The Minister assured him the fullest support of his Ministry in
fulfilling the mission of COMSTECH for science and technology cooperation in
OIC member states. He has shown confidence that through COMSTECH, Pakistan will
also be able to build its capacity in future fields of science and technology
through bilateral and multilateral cooperation with leading institutions in OIC
countries.
COMSTECH is the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and
Technological Cooperation of the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation)
which was established by the Third Islamic Summit of OIC held at Makkah, Saudi
Arabia in January 1981. COMSTECH is composed of all the member states of the
organization represented by their ministers of science and technology or
nominated representatives. The President of Pakistan is the chairman, Prime
Minister of Pakistan is the co-chairman and the Coordinator General is the
Chief Executive of COMSTECH which is the only OIC organization chaired by
Pakistan.
      
The work on the Science Profile is in progress. Part Ⅰ covers eight OIC
countries. (We welcome your feedback & comments at
mjamil@comstech.org)
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The work on the Science Profile is in progress. Part II
covers eight OIC countries. The first three of these four countries (Algeria,
Nigeria and Indonesia) are in order of the total volume of their respective
published scientific research between 2014 and 2016, while Jordan has been
included to give regional representation to the Middle East region. (We welcome your feedback & comments at
mjamil@comstech.org)
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Address: COMSTECH
Secretariat, 33-Constitution Avenue, G-5/2, Islamabad
Phone No. : 92
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Email: khazima@comstech.org ; comstech@comstechCOMSTECH-IFS Research Grants Program
COMSTECH
Secretariat, 33-Constitution Avenue, G-5/2, Islamabad
: 92 51 9220681-3
: 92 51 9211115, 9220265, 9205264
: comstech@comstech.org
- Literature Search-Service
comstech@comstech.org - Coordinator General COMSTECH
Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary
cg@comstech.org - Adviser
Prof. M. Qasim Jan
adviser@comstech.org - Adviser
Dr. S. Khurshid Hasanain
adviser_skh@comstech.org - Director Finance & Accounts
Mr. Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman
mujeeb@comstech.org - Director HR & Administration
Mr. Aftab Hussain Zaidi
aftab.zaidi@comstech.org - General Manager Hospitality
Mr. Naveed Aamer
naveed@comstech.org - Sr. Manager IT
Mr. Usman Quddus Malik
usman@comstech.org - Programme Manager
Ms. Hanifa Beg
hanifa@comstech.org
Allocation of Resources
US$200,000/year
COMSTECH Share US$100,000/year
Total Number of Grantees 341 (up to 2019)
COMSTECH
signed a MoU with International Foundation for Science (IFS), Stockholm, in
1998 for strengthening of S&T in the OIC member states. The joint Program
is valuable because of the similarity of the mandates and strong common
interests in capacity building of the two organizations in the developing
countries. The essential purpose of the collaboration is to enhance research capability
within the OIC region, and to reap a rich harvest by obtaining matching grants
from IFS (US$ 0.1 million/year) for OIC scientists and institutions.
This
important program has financed 341 projects in various disciplines in 32 member
states of the OIC. The countries supported include Afghanistan, Algeria,
Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt,
Gabon, Gambia, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania,
Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Senegal, Sierra
Leone, Somali, Sudan, Suriname, Togo, Tunisia and Uganda. The funds jointly
provided so far amount to US$ 3.6878 million. Country-wise distribution of the
grants is given in the following table:
Country-wise Distribution of COMSTECH-IFS Grantees from 1998 to 2019
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S. No. |
Country |
No. of Grantees |
Grant in US$ |
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1. |
Afghanistan |
1 |
11,900 |
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2. |
Algeria |
1 |
12,000 |
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3. |
Bangladesh |
19 |
206,400 |
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4. |
Benin |
26 |
277,599 |
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5. |
Burkina Faso |
20 |
200,329 |
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6. |
Cameroon |
19 |
209,843 |
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7. |
Cote d'Ivoire |
20 |
210,838 |
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8. |
Djibouti |
1 |
9,500 |
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9. |
Egypt |
13 |
146,230 |
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10. |
Gabon |
2 |
23,500 |
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11. |
Gambia |
2 |
19,534 |
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12. |
Indonesia |
14 |
167,220 |
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13. |
Iran |
15 |
160,610 |
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14. |
Jordan |
5 |
55,500 |
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15. |
Lebanon |
2 |
23,500 |
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16. |
Malaysia |
13 |
125,850 |
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17. |
Mali |
10 |
102,624 |
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18. |
Mauritania |
1 |
12,000 |
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19. |
Morocco |
12 |
119,970 |
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20. |
Mozambique |
5 |
54,850 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
21. |
Niger |
8 |
85,740 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
22. |
Nigeria |
22 |
230,775 |
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|
23. |
Pakistan |
38 |
417,892 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
24. |
Palestine |
2 |
22,000 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
25. |
Senegal |
12 |
128,631 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
26. |
Somalia |
1 |
12,000 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
27. |
Sierra Leone |
4 |
47,920 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
28. |
Sudan |
10 |
115,965 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
29. |
Suriname |
1 |
12,000 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
30. |
Togo |
13 |
145,979 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
31. |
Tunisia |
12 |
134,530 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
32. |
Uganda |
17 |
184,654 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total |
341 |
3,687,883 COMSTECH-ISESCO Joint Research Grants Program was announced in May 2005
and eighteen successful applicants in the fields of Agricultural Biotechnology,
Health Biotechnology, Frontier Areas of Science and Technology, Engineering
Sciences, and Medicinal Plants were awarded grants during 2005-2007. This
programme continued intermittently until 2011. COMSTECH-ISESCO managed to
implement almost all of the activities listed in the previous joint agreements.
This important program has supported 23 research projects in 15 member states
of the OIC. The countries supported under this programme include Bangladesh,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Gambia, Iran, Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Togo and Tunisia. The funds provided
amount to US$227,745 so far, and country-wise distribution of the grants is as
follows: Table 6. COMSTECH-ISESCO Grants from 2005-2011
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