IOFS DELEGATION VISITS COMSATS SECRETARIAT IN ISLAMABAD TO FURTHERING CONSULTATIONS ON SCIENTIFIC AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANGLES OF FOOD SECURITY

In follow-up to the initial technical virtual meeting held on 16 August 2022 and upon instructions of its Director General, His Excellency Mr. Yerlan Baidaulet, a delegation of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) composed by Dr. Ismail Abdelhamid, Director of Program & Projects Office, and Mr. Abdula Manafi Mutualo, Senior Liaison Officer, visited the Secretariat of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, to consolidate the consultations on developing joint actions in implementing the food security and climate change projects to ensure sustainable agricultural development, and inclusive economic growth.

 

As the receiving side, COMSATS was represented by officials responsible for programming, including Mr. Farhan Ansari, Deputy Director, Dr. Huma Balouch, Deputy Director, Mr. Irfan Hayee, Additional Director, and Dr. Mehwish Qayyum Durani, Additional Director.

 

The two sides agreed that the focus of joint work would be the scientific and sustainable development perspectives of addressing the challenges of food insecurity in Africa within the common areas found in the five pillars of the IOFS 2031 Strategic Vision, which is to be materialized in an MoU and Plan of Action to be soon signed by the leadership of both Institutions,

 

Finally, the two sides agreed to exchange delegations to attend relevant respective events, which may start by COMSATS attending the upcoming IOFS 5^th General Assembly to be held on 10-11 October 2022 in Tunis, Republic of Tunisia, under the theme: “Partnerships for sustainable Food Security: Africa within OIC Geography”.