ALECSO Director-General signs Cooperation Agreement with IOFS Director-General

ALECSO Director-General signs Cooperation Agreement with IOFS Director-General

 

 

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Ould Amar, Director-General of ALECSO, received, on May 19, 2023 at ALECSO headquarters, H.E. Mr. Yerlan Baidaulet, Director-General of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS).

The meeting was attended by H.E. Dr. Mohammad Sanad Abu Darwish, Director of the Department of Science and Scientific Research. 

The meeting discussed ways of promoting strategic cooperation and coordination between the two Organization with the aim of enhancing food security in a way that meets the needs of Member States, especially countries in crisis situation.  

The Director-General thanked the IOFS for welcoming cooperation with ALECSO in implementing the “Arab Conference on Food Security During and After Crises”, which ALECSO plans to organize at the end of 2023. He stressed that ALECSO, as an Arab house of expertise, stands ready to cooperate with the IOFS in implementing joint projects and programs that can help achieve food security and raise awareness of the importance of promoting rational consumption and avoiding waste of resources. He indicated that in view of the current challenges, one of the priority areas of ALECSO-IOFS cooperation is to help Islamic and Arab countries develop awareness plans and programs for the preservation of food resources, with focus on awareness among young generations.

For his part, the IOFS Director-General thanked Dr. Ould Amar for his tireless efforts to enhance and scale up joint international cooperation, through practical programs and projects reflecting the two Organizations’ shared vision.

During this meeting, a Framework Agreement was signed between the two Organizations in the presence of the directors of ALECSO’s technical departments.