Welcoming Note

Dear Visitor,

Welcome to the official website of Developing 8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8). You will find abundance of information about the main activities as well as almost all official documents which constitute the framework of D-8 activities. Please take time to browse through them and find out for yourself how effective this young organization has been as well as a variety of areas of cooperation covered by member states. We, at the Secretariat, are keen to provide the latest information to public on different aspects of D-8 activities and will be at your disposal for any comments, proposal or even critics which might improve our services to other website visitors.

Secretary General: Dr. Dipo Alam, Indonesia

D-8 Secretary General

D-8 Secretary General

Having graduate degrees from Chemistry Department of University of Indonesia, and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the George Washington University, USA, in the field of engineering management, industrial policy and international business, Dr. Alam had several positions at the Government of Indonesia, such as in Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) as a senior researcher, and also, at the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) as Bureau Chiefs of Industry, Trade, Mining, Technology, Marine, Aeronautics and Environment. His last position before retired was Deputy Minister of Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs for eight years. In this position he had experiences led international meetings, multilaterally and bilaterally, in several Indonesian join commissions with various countries, also meetings with the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, IMF, and other UN organizations.

Director: Ambassador Kia Tabatabaee, Iran

D-8 Director

D-8 Director

Having completed his under-graduate and graduate studies in Systems & Control Engineering and Material Management in the USA, he joined Foreign Service in 1981, and ever since then has held high ranking positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs such as : Director General for International Political Affairs, Director General for Multi-lateral Economic Cooperations, as well as Chief Negotiator for Trade Agreement with the European Union (EU). Abroad, he has served as Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to USSR (Moscow), U.N. (Geneva) and Switzerland (Bern).

Economist: Z. Esen Gönen, Turkey

D-8 Economist

D-8 Economist

Holds LL.B. degree from Ankara University School of Law and LL.M. degree in International Trade Law from University of California at Berkeley, Boalt School of Law. She began her career at the Undersecretariat of Prime Ministry for Foreign Trade as a Foreign Trade Expert and then continued at the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEİK) as a Research and Business Development Group Coordinator. During her carrer, she was specifically in charge of Turkey-EU Customs Union, Turkey-ESCS Free Trade Agreement and Free Trade Agreements of Turkey with the Mediterranean Countries.

**D-8 Desk Email/Phone/Fax Contact in Member Countries**

BANGLADESH
dgmea@mofabd.org
sh2064@yahoo.com
dirmea@mofabd.org
anis_1274@yahoo.com
Telephone:  +8802- 955 42 31-956 21 14 / +8802/ 956 21 06
Fax: +8802 9555 283 / +8802 956 25 04

EGYPT
hananbashary@gmail.com
maboulmagd007@hotmail.com
Tel: +20 2 2574 9842 / +20-2-25749842
Fax: +20 2 2574 7936 (direct) / +202 2574 7936

INDONESIA
d8.indonesia@gmail .com
ronaldmanik58@yahoo.com
ssoemarno@yahoo.com
rijenie@yahoo.com
Ph. +62 (21) 3848688 / +62 818 902232 (Uki)
Fax. +62 (21) 3507950

IRAN
a_hanjani@yahoo.com
rahimzadeh46@yahoo.com
babaee_mahmoud@yahoo.com
mh_givzad@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: +982188849540 / +9821-88841999 / +9821- 660 25 230 / +9821-61154720
Fax: +982188810538 / +982188810538 / +9821 - 6674 11 58 / +9821-61153356

MALAYSIA
mazita@kln.gov.my
ahmadjazri@kln.gov.my
zainola@kln.gov.my

Tel: +603-8887 4406 / +603-8887 4235 / +603-8887 40 93
Fax: +603-8889 2788 / +006012-2905470 / +603-8887 58 97

NIGERIA
nayemuddin@hotmail.com
akinyemioyefeso@yahoo.com
uknaibi@yahoo.com
buckstarzng@yahoo.com,
starchyigwilo@yahoo.com
folaarem2006@ yahoo.com
nickdamachi@yahoo.com

Tel: +234 /80 6616 1729
Fax: +234 9/523 5204

PAKISTAN
zahoor444@yahoo.com
hassanrazasyed@gmail.com
Tel: +9251-920 75 75 / +92 51 920 77 52
Fax: +9251- 920  75 75 / +92 51 920 73 07

TURKEY
hatun.demirer@mfa.gov.tr
aarar@mfa.gov.tr
ykul@mfa.gov.tr
ckart@mfa.gov.tr

Tel: +90 312- 292 11 89, 292 11 90 / +90312 292 15 95 / +90312-292 16 06
Fax: +90312 292 27 85 / +90312 286 86 94 / +90312 292 286 86 94 / +90312 286 86 94