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📍 Istanbul, 31 October 2026 Mr. Mazhar HUSSAIN, Director of the Research Department at SESRIC, presented the main findings of the 2026 edition of “Towards the Achievement of Prioritised Sustainable Development Goals in OIC Countries” during the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of the 42nd Ministerial Session of COMCEC. He also highlighted SESRIC's contributions to the implementation of the COMCEC Strategy and Ministerial Policy Recommendations, outlining activities undertaken across key cooperation areas for the benefit of @OIC_OCI Member Countries. He further presented the OIC-TVET Strategic Roadmap 2035, which provides a comprehensive framework for enhancing vocational education and training, strengthening youth employability, and promoting skills development and intra-OIC cooperation. Mr. HUSSAIN reaffirmed SESRIC's continued commitment to supporting evidence-based policymaking, institutional capacity development, and sustainable socioeconomic progress across the OIC region.

On #AfricaYouthDay, we celebrate the energy, creativity and resilience of Africa’s young people, who are shaping the continent’s present and future. Africa is the world’s youngest continent. In 2025, more than 305 million young people lived in Africa, representing 23.8% of the world’s youth population. Of these, approximately 131 million (42.9%) lived in @OIC_OCI countries in Africa. Empowering African youth through quality education, skills development, decent jobs and entrepreneurship is key to turning this potential into a demographic dividend, and to giving young people a real voice in the decisions that affect their lives.

Happy National Day to our @OIC_OCI member country, the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. 🇩🇿 Wishing peace and prosperity to the people of #Algeria. November 1: #AlgeriaNationalDay

📢 OUT NOW! SESRIC launched the OIC Economic Outlook 2026 during the 42nd Ministerial Session of COMCEC, taking place on 31 October – 3 November 2026 in Istanbul. The report provides a comprehensive assessment of recent economic performance and developments in @OIC_OCI countries against a global environment marked by geopolitical tensions, shifting trade and investment patterns, technological transformation, and continued uncertainty. This edition adopts a renewed and more integrated structure, bringing together economic performance and structural change, macroeconomic stability, external linkages, and financing conditions, while giving greater attention to differences across income groups and individual OIC countries. 🔗 Access the full report: sesric.org/publications-deta…

Rapid urbanization fundamentally reshapes economic and social landscapes. In 2025, 45% of the global population lived in cities under the new “degree of urbanisation” definition of the UN. Managing this demographic transition requires robust spatial data and coordinated policy frameworks. SESRIC assists OIC countries in navigating these shifts by providing research on sustainable urban planning, facilitating technical training for municipal authorities, and fostering the exchange of evidence-based solutions for urban infrastructure and service delivery. #WorldCitiesDay #SDG11

📍 Doha, 27 October 2026 H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK delivered the opening keynote at the “SESRIC–UNCTAD Regional Seminar on FDI Statistics in OIC Member Countries”, jointly organised by SESRIC and @UNCTAD on the margins of the World Investment Forum #WIF2026. Highlighting key findings from the upcoming OIC Economic Outlook 2026, H.E. SELÇUK noted that FDI inflows to OIC countries grew from USD 148 billion in 2021 to USD 220 billion in 2025, raising their global share from 8.3% to 13.5%. She underscored that maximizing this potential requires urgent action to overcome critical data gaps and enhance data quality. Nevertheless, H.E. SELÇUK emphasized that sustainable development requires looking beyond the volume of capital to measure true impacts on productivity, innovation, employment, and domestic enterprise linkages. Reaffirming SESRIC's dedication to capacity building through its StatCaB Programme—which has empowered statistics experts across all 57 OIC countries—she called for deeper collaboration with @UNCTAD, @ICDT_OIC, @isdb_group, @GCCStat and other statistical institutions to build resilient investment data ecosystems in OIC countries. #WIF2026 #FDIStatistics

📍 Doha, 27 October 2026 Mrs. Nan Li COLLINS (@CollinsNan), Director of the Investment Division at @UNCTAD, delivered her opening remarks at the “SESRIC–UNCTAD Regional Seminar on FDI Statistics in OIC Member Countries”, jointly organised by SESRIC and UNCTAD on the margins of the World Investment Forum 2026. She underlined the critical role of accurate, reliable Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) data in shaping evidence-based policies, tracking sustainable development goals, and unlocking new avenues for cross-border economic growth across member states. Looking ahead, she underscored the strong commitment of UNCTAD to increasing collaboration with SESRIC, other OIC institutions, and regional statistical organizations to develop joint initiatives, facilitate technical cooperation, and foster long-term economic resilience in OIC countries. #WIF2026 #FDIStatistics

📍 Doha, 27 October 2026 H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK held a bilateral meeting with H.E. Abdulaziz bin Nasser bin Mubarak AL KHALIFA, Secretary General of @npcqa, on the margins of the 9th World Investment Forum. The two sides discussed ways and means to further strengthen cooperation through signing an MoU. In addition, the meeting underscored the importance of knowledge exchange and success stories in the region, as well as NPC’s interest in tailored training courses under SESRIC’s StatCaB on topics related to AI and economic statistics. The NPC, which hosts Qatar’s National Statistical Centre, actively contributes to the OIC Statistical Commission (@oicstatcom), most recently at its 15th Session in Jeddah in September 2026. #WIF2026 #DohaWIF2026

📍 Doha, 26 October 2026 SESRIC participated in the High-Level Roundtable on “Partnerships, Investment and Trade: Advancing Sustainable Development and Prosperity in LDCs”, co-hosted by the Qatar Fund for Development (@qatar_fund), the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar in Geneva (@QatarMission_Ge), and the Enhanced Integrated Framework (@EIF4LDCs), in collaboration with @UNOHRLLS and UNCTAD, on the margins of the 9th World Investment Forum. The roundtable explored ways to mobilise development finance, attract quality investment, strengthen productive capacities and enhance trade to accelerate economic transformation in Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Discussions also highlighted the importance of advancing the Doha Programme of Action for LDCs ahead of its Midterm Review, scheduled for 25–27 March 2027 in Doha. SESRIC remains committed to supporting LDCs among OIC Member Countries through capacity-building, technical cooperation and partnerships with relevant international and development institutions. #WIF2026 #DohaWIF2026

H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK paid a courtesy visit to the newly appointed Ambassador of Mali to Türkiye, H.E. Oumarou MAIGA, on 30 October 2026, and extended her best wishes for his success. They discussed ways to enhance cooperation between SESRIC and Mali, with a focus on statistics, research and capacity building to strengthen relevant national institutions in Mali.

A delegation from the Faculty of Economics and Business of Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia, visited SESRIC HQs on 28 October 2026. During the visit, the delegation received a presentation on the OIC and the activities of SESRIC in #statistics, #research, and #training & #technicalcooperation aimed at fostering socio-economic development across @OIC_OCI countries. The two sides exchanged views on potential areas of cooperation, including joint research, academic exchanges, guest lectures, and training programmes. SESRIC regularly welcomes delegations to share its work in promoting cooperation and development among OIC member countries.

OIC Countries Strengthen Their Position in Global Investment! Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to @OIC_OCI countries increased to USD 220 billion in 2025 from USD 148 billion in 2021. According to SESRIC's OIC Economic Outlook 2026, the OIC share of global FDI inflows expanded from 8.3% to 13.5% over the same period. Meanwhile, the accumulated inward FDI stock of OIC countries reached USD 3.22 trillion in 2025. These figures demonstrate the growing investment significance of OIC economies and their potential to attract productive capital, strengthen industries and support sustainable economic development.

📍 Cairo, 27–28 October 2026 SESRIC participated in the High-Level Officials’ Meeting on Strengthening Migration Data in the Arab Region, jointly organised by @UNmigration and @arableague_gs in Cairo. Under Session 4, “Strengthening Migration Statistics: Harmonization, Emerging Priorities and Future Data Needs”, Mr. Seyid Tahir MAHMUD, Senior Statistics Officer, facilitated the discussions of Group 2, “Emerging Migration Data Needs and Route-Based Analysis and Research”. The discussion focused on emerging migration trends requiring stronger statistical evidence across the region, key information gaps concerning migration routes and movements between countries of origin, transit, destination and return, and opportunities for strengthening regional cooperation on migration research and analysis. Learn more: sesric.org/event-detail.php?…

📍 Cairo, 25–29 October 2026 SESRIC participated in @cairowaterweek, which this year focuses on “Water as a Catalyst for Peace, Shared Prosperity, and a Sustainable Planet”. The event was organised by @MwriEgypt, in collaboration with @fao and the European Union (EU), under the auspices of H.E. Abdel Fattah EL-SISI (@AlsisiOfficial), President of Egypt (@EGPresidency_AR). As part of its participation, SESRIC hosted a stand during the event featuring its reports, publications and activities in support of @OIC_OCI countries in the domains of water, climate change and environment. The stand highlighted the Centre’s contributions to research, capacity building, and knowledge and experience-sharing among the member countries. SESRIC was honoured to welcome high-level visitors to its stand, including ministers and former ministers responsible for water in the OIC countries, along with senior officials, experts and other participants. #CairoWaterWeek2026

Happy National Day to our @OIC_OCI member country, the Republic of Türkiye. 🇹🇷 Wishing peace and prosperity to the people of #Türkiye. October 29: #TürkiyeNationalDay #29Ekim #CumhuriyetBayramı

SESRIC, in collaboration with @AFADBaskanlik, organised a study visit on “Decision-Making and Coordination Mechanisms during Emergencies” on 26–27 October 2026 for the benefit of the Palestinian Civil Defence and the Palestine National School of Administration. Participants visited institutions operating under AFAD, the National Medical Rescue Team (UMKE) and AFAD’s Earthquake Simulation Centre. These visits provided first-hand knowledge and practical insights into Türkiye’s approaches to disaster management, including emergency decision-making, coordination mechanisms and response operations, while facilitating the exchange of experiences and good practices. Learn more: sesric.org/event-detail.php?…

📍 Gaziantep, 26 October 2026 SESRIC participated in the second edition of the Towards COP31: Local Climate Action Policy Dialogue, focused on “Local Leadership, Inclusive Urban Resilience and Sustainable Transition”, jointly organised by @GaziantepBeld, @UCLGMEWAorg, @wald_academy, @UN_Turkiye, and the COP31 High-Level Climate Champion. Mr. Muzamil EDEMA, Researcher at SESRIC, contributed to the “Just and Inclusive Transition” Technical Roundtable, highlighting the importance of meaningfully including vulnerable groups in climate action. He also highlighted SESRIC’s three core working areas of statistics, research, and training, and its capacity-building programmes based on South-South and triangular cooperation to facilitate knowledge exchange, share technical expertise and best practices, and promote skills development for sustainable development among @OIC_OCI countries.