SMIIC Forum 2012

Abstract

Organized by the Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries
(SMIIC), a subsidiary organ of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
(OIC), this forum was held on November 6-9, 2012, at Turkey’s Cornelia De
Luxe Resort in Belek. The 160 delegates, who came from thirty-five countries,
represented the National Standardisation Bodies (NSB), important national
organizations of member countries, and such international organizations
as the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), the International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the European Committee for
Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC), the Standardisation Organisation
for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GSO),
the Turkish Standards Institution (TSE), the Turkish Accreditation Agency
(TURKAK), the Saudi Standards Metrology and Quality Organization
(SASO), the Malaysian National Metrology Laboratory (SIRIM), the International
Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), the OIC General
Secretariat, the Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
(COMCEC), the Statistical Economic and Social Research and
Training Centre (SESRIC), and the Islamic Centre for the Development of
Trade (ICDT).
Also present were media outlets, representatives of various government
bodies, officers from the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the Republic of
Turkey (DIYANET), and academics from significant international universities.
One of the forum’s main objectives was to create a platform to bring together
experts and professionals from the fields of standardization, accreditation, and
metrology in order to discuss these areas’ current circumstances within OIC
member countries and at the international level ...