COMSTECH Organization of Islamic Conference Standing Committee on Scientific & Technological Cooperation Inter- Islamic Science & Technology Network on Oceanography
The Mission and Objectives of INOC Mission : is to play the catalyser role to foster closer cooperation among the islamic countries in the field of development and management of marine resources. Objectives: to facilitate the exchange of scientific data and information and the transfer of knowledge resulting from marine scientific research and maintain continuing dialogue with member states on the development of Ocean services; to set-up and maintain a data bank on the developments on the marine sciences and related services, taking into account national interests of the subscribing countries; to collaborate and cooperate in the areas of common interest with a view to help each other in building up the national capability of the member states in the development of the exploration and exploitation of the marine resources; to initiate joint projects of research and development, help member states in the training of quality manpower and render consultancy and advisory services in the field of oceanography; to maintain liaison and develop partnership with other similar organizations of the word.
Membership Member states at present are composed of the following 18 OIC countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan. Observateur: North Cyprus.
INOC Executive Council members (2009-2013) President : Prof. Orhan USLU / Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul- TURKEY. Vice President : For Arab states: Prof. Amir IBRAHIM, High Institute of Marine Research, Tishreen University, Lattakia / SYRIA For Asia: Dr. Vahid CHEGINI, Iranian National Center for Oceanography, Tehran, I.R. IRAN For Africa : Dr. Hamet Diaw DIADHIOU, Centre de Recherche Océanographiques de Dakar / SENEGAL Executive Director: Prof. Abdelouahab CHOUIKHI, IMST- Dokuz Eylul University- IZMİR, ALGERIA.
INOC Scientific Committee President : Dr. Hratch Kouyoumjian,Lebanon Members : Dr. Djamel Eddine ZOUAKH, ISMAL, Algiers-Algeria. Prof. Mohammad Zafar, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Prof. Samia Kamel Mikhail, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Savari, Department of marine biology, University of marine science and technology,iran Dr. Birane SAMB, Centre de Recherches Océanographiques de Dakar Thiaroye, Dakar/Sénégal Dr. Mohammad Khaleel Al-Zibdah, Marine Science Station (university of Jordan-Yarmouk University) Aqaba-JORDAN. Dr. Assad Ahmed Al-Thukair, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia Prof. Hamza-Chaffai Amel, Sfax University-IPEIS,09-03, IPEIS, BP 805-3018 Sfax- Tunisia Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Avni Benli, Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Izmir, Turkey Dr. Kemal Can Bizsel, Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Izmir, Turkey
Training courses & Research projects Project on Vermetid terraces in South Mediterranean-2006; Training courses on marine taxonomy 2010; Observing and assessing ecosystem changes in the Levantine Sea - ECOLE- Med.2011.
Scientific Meetings International Workshop MED 2000 on Education, Research and Technology for Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, Izmir / TURKEY, 4-6 July 2000; International Workshop on Marine Biodiversity in the Islamic countries, INOC- Algerian Ministry of Fisheries, Algiers/ ALGERIA, 22-24 October 2001; International Workshop on Mediterranean Vermetid Terraces and the Status of Lessespian Migration,INOC- National Centre of Marine Science of Batroun, Beirut / LEBANON, 19-21 December 2002; International Workshop on Marine Pollution and the Impacts of Seawater desalination plants on the coastal environment, Dubai / UAE, 01-03 December 2003;
International Workshop on Marine & Coastal Protected Areas, INOC-University of Meknes, Meknes-Morocco; 23-25 March 2005. International Workshop on The protection of Coastal & Marine Environment, 09-11 November 2005, Izmir-Turkey. International Conference on coastal Oceanography and sustainable marine aquaculture-confluence Synergy, INOC- Borneo Marine Research Centre/University Malaysia Sabah, 02-04 May 2006, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, International Seminar on Coastal water management & sustainable use of marine resources, INOC Centre de Recherche Oceanographique de Dakar-Thiaroye Dakar- Senegal, 14-16 November 2006.
International Conference on Rapid urbanization and land use conflicts in coastal cities, INOC- Universities of Jordan & Yarmouk, 30 October-01 November 2007, Aqaba- Jordan. International Conference on Modeling and Monitoring of Marine pollution, INOC- Iranian National Center for Oceanography (INCO), 01-03 December 2008, Kish Island- Iran. International Workshop on "Integrated Coastal Zone Management, INOC- Marine Institute of marine Science & Technology/ Dokuz Eylul University, 20-22 October 2009,Izmir- TURKEY. 2 ème Colloque international Biosurveillance & Ecosystème Littoraux BEL 02 28-30 Novembre 2010, Oran Algérie. International conference on " Biodiversity of the Aquatic environment: towards a diverse and sustainable world» Lattakia, Syria, 13-15 December 2010.
International Symposium on Marine Ecosystems,Natural Products and their Bioactive Metabolites 25-27 October 2011 Bogor, INDONESIA Organized by Bogor Agricultural University Faculty of Fisheries & Marine Science INDONESIA Inter-Islamic Science and Technology Network on Oceanography - TURKEY
Focal points of INOC Algeria: Ecole Supérieure des Sciences de la Mer et de l Aménagement du Littoral (ESSMAL), Algiers Bangladesh : Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, University of Chittagong, Chittagong Egypt : National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries,. Cairo UEA : Marine Resources Research Centre Umm Al- Qaiwine, Dubai Indonesia : Indonesia Institute of Sciences, Research and Development, Centre for Oceanography,Jakarta Iran : Iranian National Center for Ozeanograph, Tehran Irak : Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Basra Jordanie : Marine Science Station, Aqaba Liban : Centre National des Sciences Marines- CNRS, Batroun Libya : Marine Biology Research Centre, University Al-Fateh, Tajura Malaysia : Borneo Marine Research unit, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Mauritanie : Institut de la Mer et de la Recherche Océanographique,Nouadhibou Maroc : Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Casablanca. Pakistan : National Institute of Oceanography, Karachi Saudi Arabia : Faculty of Marine Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Senegal : Centre de Recherches Océanographiques de Dakar Thiaroye - Dakar/ Syria : Marine Research Institute, Tishreen University, Lattakia Tunisia: Institut National des sciences et Technologie marine, Tunis Turkey ; Deniz Bilimleri ve Teknolojisi enstitüsü,dokuz Eylül University, Izmir