The opening ceremony of the Model OIC conference, simulating the session of Standing Committee on Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) was organized by the Indonesian Youth Council and the OIC Indonesian Youth Organization, with the support of the Eurasian Regional Center of Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF-ERC), as well as with the partnership of the People’s Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia, on July 30 in the building of the legislative body of Republic Indonesia (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat). It should be noted that the conference was held as the conclusion of the Model OIC Academy of International Relations, which lasted nearly two months.
More than 50 students from Indonesia’s leading universities participated in the simulation conference on the topic “Economic Revitalization: Aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic”. Representatives of a number of leading ministries and state institutions of Indonesia, which will host the next summit of the G20, which will be held in Bali in November 2022 and will host the theme of “Recover Together, Recover Stronger”, participated in the opening and closing ceremony of the Model OIC simulation conference.
At the opening ceremony, among others, the Vice Speaker of People’s Consultative Assembly Hidayat Nur Wahid, the Vice Chair of Interparliamentary Cooperation Mardani Ali Sera, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, the Senior Advisor to the Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs of Indonesia Rulli Nuryanto, the Indonesian National Police Representative Mayndra Eka Vardhana, , Deputy Assistant at the Ministry of Human Development and Culture of Indonesia Dr. Katiman, Co-Chair of Indonesia Young 20 Budi Sugandi, Director of Social Culture and International Organization of Developing Countries at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Penny Devi Herasati wished good luck to the participants of the conference by giving congratulatory speeches.