Qatar Chamber participates in Islamic Chamber meetings; Sheikh Khalifa re-elected as vice-president

Qatar Chamber chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani has led the chamber’s delegation, which participated in the 32nd meeting of the Islamic Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture's (ICCIA) board of directors held recently in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

The delegation also included Qatar Chamber board members Dr Mohamed bin Jawhar al-Mohamed and Abdulrahman bin Abduljaleel al-Abdulghani.The meeting’s agenda covered several topics, including a review of the ICCIA general secretariat’s objectives for 2022, and the investment forums that will be held in 2022 and 2023, as well as the Islamic Chamber’s schedule of meetings next year. The meeting approved Qatar’s hosting of the ICCIA general assembly meeting in 2023. Sheikh Khalifa was re-elected as first vice-president of the Islamic Chamber for the period 2021-2025.Sheikh Khalifa underscored the ICCIA’s important role in strengthening commercial co-operation between member countries in the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC), underscoring the importance of economic blocs in promoting investments and joint businesses between member countries, especially in view of recent world developments.He stressed Qatar Chamber’s support for the co-operation between all members of the Islamic Chamber with the aim to facilitate the exchange of goods and services and revitalise trade exchange between member countries to reach a common Islamic market.The meeting also included a workshop on halal businesses globally, an exhibition of productive families and handicrafts, and a presentation of investment opportunities in Indonesia, as well as bilateral meetings between business owners.ICCIA is an affiliated institution of the OIC and is the sole represents the private sector of 57 member Islamic countries. It aims at strengthening closer collaboration in trade, commerce, information technology, insurance/reinsurance, shipping, banking, and the promotion of investment opportunities and joint ventures in member countries.It also aims at supporting cooperation among the business sector in the countries of the organisation through diversifying commercial products among themselves to achieve economic integration and economic and social development therein.ICCIA also seeks to achieve the development of industrial and agricultural products in Islamic countries and promotion of the concept of quality and competitiveness through the issuance of certificates of quality relating to the methods of enterprises management and the quality and characteristics of products in accordance with the standards and criteria adopted by the chamber in accordance with the provisions of these statutes.It also aims to promote the identification of nutritive products that conform to Islamic Shariah (halal) and approving them, including the preparation of standards for guidance, standards for issuing certificates of conformity of the nutritive product with the rulings of Islamic Shariah and the trademark distinguishing the certification of halal issued by the ICCIA, and accrediting the agencies that issue such certificates and licensing the use of the aforementioned trademark, and increasing the volume of interstate trade of the products bearing the trademark distinguishing the halal certification.