The First Meeting of the COMCEC Transport Working Group was held on March 28th, 2013 in Ankara, Turkey with the theme of “Transport Infrastructure Financing Modalities: Public Private Partnerships in the OIC Member States”.

The Meeting was attended by the representatives of 13 Member States, which have notified their focal points for the Transport Working Group namely, Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Senegal, Turkey and Uganda. Representatives of COMCEC Coordination Office, SESRIC, Islamic Development Bank, OISA, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and TAV Airports Holding have also attended the Meeting.

The Representatives of the Member States have shared their experiences, achievements and challenges in implementing the Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects in transport sector in their respective countries. The Meeting has considered the Studies namely “Bridging the Gaps: Implementation Challenges for Transport PPPs in the OIC Member States” commissioned by the COMCEC Coordination Office to the EIU and the “Transport Outlook 2013” prepared by the COMCEC Coordination Office.

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