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Ministers
of higher education, science and technology from member countries
of
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has announced that they
will set
up the InterIslamic Network of Virtual Universities, based in
Iran and
financially supported by the Islamabad based OIC and the
Islamic Development
Bank in Jeddah. The InterIslamic Network of Virtual
Universities will be
established to strengthen and improve scientific,
instructional, research and
technological collaboration among the Islamic countries.
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COMSTECH is the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific
and
Technological Cooperation established by the Third Summit of OIC
(Organization of the Islamic Conference) held at Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 1981.
Its mission is to help to strengthen individual and collective capacity of OIC
member states in science and
technology through mutual cooperation,
collaboration and networking of
resources. COMSTECH enables the OIC
member states to use science and technologies
as the powerful contributor
towards socio-economic development and rapid
industrialization in the OIC region.
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Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC)
Standing Committee on Scientific
and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH)
General Assembly has concluded
its 14th Session in Islamabad on 13 January 2011. The COMSTECH
General
Assembly has adopted far reaching recommendations for the promotion
of Science and Technology in the Muslim World underscored in this regard the
need to mobilize necessary political will, allocation of financial and other resources.
Get more information about COMSTECH here.
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