OIC Secretary General Inaugurates Information Resource Centre at OIC Headquarters

19/10/2017- The OIC Secretary General, Dr. Yousef A. Al Othaimeen, inaugurated on 18th October 2017, the Information Resource Centre at the OIC General Secretariat headquarters in Jeddah. The Centre is comprised of four sections: Business Center, Training, Seminars/workshops, and Archives.

The Secretary General noted that the main objective behind establishing this Centre was to achieve a transition from conventional paper-driven information to a digital platform that would benefit, in the near future, the exchange of knowledge between the General Secretariat, the subsidiary and specialized institutions, and the Member States.

From his side, the Director of IT Department and Information Resource Centre, Mr. Wajdi Bin Hamaid Al Quleti, indicated that there was a close cooperation between the centre and King Fahd Public Library with the Centre providing to the latter over 4980 copies of an assortment of publications that include reports, periodicals and books issued by the OIC subsidiary organizations such as the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), the Islamic Centre for Research, Art and Culture (IRCICA) and the Standing Committee on Science and Technology (COMSTECH).

Mr. Al Quleti also noted that training programs will be launched aimed at capacity-building for the benefit of the OIC staff in the areas of computer science, project management and data security and confidentiality.

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