In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Training Course on 'Health Statistics' at Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Republic of the Sudan on 25-29 December 2016.

SESRIC hosted a delegation of international students from Public Administration Institute for Turkey and Middle East (TODAİE) on 22 December 2016

SESRIC organised a two day long training course on “Cross Border Activities” at the venue of the Bangladesh Railway on 21-22 December 2016. Two experts from the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) conducted the course, with the participation of the staffs from the Mechanical, Traffic, Railway Police and Finance Departments of the Bangladesh Railway.

A fatwa concerning the importance of occupational safety and health for workers, the legitimacy of its goals, and the necessity of commitment to its standards and compulsion of applying its procedures has been issued by the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA). The fatwa is a further step towards realising the outcomes of the General Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), which was endorsed by the Third Islamic Conference of Labour Ministers (ICLM) held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 28-30 October 2015.

SESRIC has organised the First Meeting of the Working Group on Preparation of Strategic Plan on OIC-VET in Ankara, Turkey on 20-21 December 2016. The objective of the Working Group was to develop the Roadmap and Terms of Reference (ToR) for the preparation of a comprehensive multinational strategic plan for OIC Member Countries, and was attended by senior experts, working in this specific area from TVET authorities from OIC Member Countries which are member of the working group, as well as the relevant OIC Institutions.

SESRIC organised in collaboration with the General Directorate of Occupational Health and Safety (DGOHS) operating under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of the Republic of Turkey (MoLSS) a study visit to the National Occupational Health Office (ONMT) in Nouakchott, Mauritania on 19-23 December 2016. The aim of this project was to improve Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) legislation structure of the state by utilizing the expertise of the DGOHS, as a resource center.

SESRIC organized the Training Course on “Money and Banking Statistics” at Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) during 19-21 December 2016.

The Third International Seminar on Quality Assurance of Islamic Higher Education was hosted by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia in collaboration with the Directorate General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) in Indonesia on 17-20 December 2016.

The World Halal Summit & Helal Expo was held on the sidelines of the 10th The Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) General Assembly Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey on 15-17 December 2016.

Islamic Development Bank (IDB) organised a meeting on “Scaling up and enhancing partnership for sustainable results among IDB Member Countries” in collaboration with the International and Technical Cooperation Agencies (I&TCA) at IDB Headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 14-15 December 2016.

SESRIC jointly organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Turkey and the Turkish Green Crescent Society the “Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Tobacco Control Policies for OIC Member States ” in Istanbul, Turkey on 14-16 December 2016.

SESRIC organised a training course on “The Future Prospects of Agroforestry in Sustaınable Rural Development” within the framework of the Environmental Capacity Building Programme (Environment-CaB) in Banjul, Gambia on 13-15 of December 2016.

SESRIC organised s five days training course on “The Use of Advanced Technology in Cotton Production” within the framework of the OIC Cotton Capacity Building Programme (OIC-CTP) in Lahore and Multan, Pakistan on 12-16 of December 2016.

Workshop on “Sukuk and Islamic Liquidity Management” was jointly organised by SESRIC, Istanbul School of Central Banking (İMB) and the World Bank Global Islamic Finance Development Center (GIFDC) on 12-14 December in Istanbul, Turkey.

SESRIC hosted a delegation of Jordanian NGO representatives, within the framework of the Jordan Civil Society Capacity Development Programme of ORSAM, at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey on 08 December 2016.

In accordance with its 2016 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC has organised the Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’ at Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) of Brunei Darussalam on 6-8 December 2016.

The 15^th Conference of the the International Association for Official Statistics (2016 IAOS) was hosted by the Statistics Centre of Abu Dhabi (SCAD) in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 6-8 December 2016.

The 2^nd Session of the Annual Coordination Meeting of OIC Institutions (ACMOI) was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 04-05 December 2016.The main aim of the meeting was to review and evaluate the status of implementation of all OIC resolutions, decisions and programs of actions, including the exchange of expertise and identification of required partnerships among the OIC Institutions.The meeting provided a great opportunity to follow-up the coordination and collaboration of the institutions operating under the OIC’s umbrella.

The First International Muslim Health Communities Congress was held by Sağlık-Der in Istanbul, Turkey on 02-04 December 2016. The congress aimed to bring together Muslim NGOs which are active in healthcare fields in different parts of the world. Furthermore, the congress comprised discussions on the problems and solutions of Islamic world through different panels and conferences.

In line with Thematic Area 3 on “Maternal, New-born and Child Health and Nutrition” of the OIC Strategic Health Programme of Action (OIC-SHPA), the Consultation Meeting for the OIC Maternal Health and Child Survival Project on “mobilisation of resources for scale-up interventions to improve maternal, new-born, and child care” was held in Casablanca, Morocco on 30 November -01 December.